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I recently saw this article regarding a private telephone landline
network built in Beruit by the Shiite Hezbollah.
What sort of network would this be? Fiber, copper, piggybacked on
existing phone infrastructure or what?
Can it be compromised? I know that digital fiber video networks such
as Vyvx can experience a brief glitch or temporary loss of signal when
a technician patches in another party who wants to receive the feed.
What are the problems with tapping into either a fiber or standard
landline without alerting the users?
Is it possible to block/jam/disrupt such a network by means other than
physical damage?
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hWNtZqDtSz6bUmXji-7QiGBS3i-w
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Hezbollah phone system sparks new Lebanon unrest
1 hour ago
BEIRUT (AFP) =97 A private telephone network built by the Shiite
Hezbollah organisation is at the centre of a political storm that has
brought Lebanon perilously close to a new civil war.
The landline network, which Telecommunications Minister Marwan Hamadeh
said was installed with the help of Hezbollah's patron Iran, was
crucial to Hezbollah thwarting a massive Israeli assault in a
ferocious war two years ago.
The Israelis jammed cellphone networks to prevent Hezbollah commanders
from communicating with units in the field, but the landline network
continued to function.
An attack on the network could severely curtail Hezbollah's ability to
defend itself from Israel or from an attack by domestic opponents.
Hamadeh recently told the pan-Arab daily Asharq al-Awsat that the
network had been completed in southern Lebanon, along the Israeli
border, as well in the eastern Bekaa Valley, in southern Beirut and
several Christian areas in Mount Lebanon.
He said work was currently under way to complete infrastructure in the nort=
h.
After a marathon cabinet session on Monday, Prime Minister Fuad
Siniora's government declared the network illegal.
In response, Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah said in a fiery speech
on Thursday that this was a "declaration of war" against Hezbollah,
which considers the phones system to be a "major weapon" in its
arsenal.
Nasrallah threatened to "cut off the hand" of anyone who tried to
meddle with the network.
Sixteen people were killed in three days of fighting across the
country between opposition supporters and backers of the government
before an uneasy calm descended late on Friday.
Hamadeh had said the "issue of communications has been under
discussion for a long time, but we were waiting for Hezbollah to
respond to the security authorities who requested they stop all
infringements.
"Unfortunately Hezbollah refused to stop its activity and continued
with its illegal acts. Not only that but Hezbollah has been harbouring
criminals and fugitives from justice and has been refusing to
cooperate with the Lebanese security forces in applying law and order
in the areas under their control.
"All this leads us to believe they are establishing a state within the
state of Lebanon."
According to the newspaper, Iran has used an Iranian company that was
rebuilding homes destroyed during the 2006 war to lay cables for the
Hezbollah network.
Hamadeh claimed Hezbollah wants to link all the militias in Lebanon,
Syria and Iran via a vast network.
"Their goal is not security resistance. They want to connect between
all the Iranian and Syrian militias and they want to eavesdrop on
everyone," he said.
According to a Lebanese government report, the network is capable of
tracking 100,000 numbers using a digital format in which each number
is five digits long.
Other reports say the Hezbollah hardware can hook up to Lebanon's main
telephone network.
Hamadeh told An-Nahar newspaper that the issue of Hezbollah's
communications network is "no longer an issue concerning the security
of the resistance, but rather the security of Lebanon and toppling its
regime."
On Wednesday, the day fighting broke out in Beirut, An-Nahar said
officials had received direct threats warning them not to touch the
telecommunications network.
At the same time they were warned to leave Brigadier General Wafiq
Shqeir untouched in his job as airport security chief, even after
surveillance cameras under Hezbollah control were reportedly found
there.
Nonetheless the cabinet announced a decision to transfer Shqeir to the
army, removing him amid concerns over his relationship with Hezbollah.
An opposition official told the "NOW Lebanon" website that the phone
network is not a new story, and accused those who have brought the
issue back to the fore of seeking to trigger an explosion on the
domestic political scene.
"The network is identical to Hezbollah's arms and (is) part of its
security, and it's obvious that this effort is part of an American
agenda to internationalise the country and its security," he said.
There have been reports in the past that the government offered to
overlook the network if Hezbollah ends its 16-month-old sit-in in
downtown Beirut, which is aimed at toppling the government.
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