(Daily Star - Lebanon) Nicholas Blanford - A detachment of Iranian Revolutionary Guards are in Lebanon training elite units of Hizbullah and Palestinian fighters to fire rockets and carry out underwater suicide operations as part of a $50 million program, according to a "special report" allegedly compiled by a Western intelligence agency. The report focuses on a secret meeting of representatives of hard-line anti-Israel groups that took place on June 1 in Tehran to thwart any attempts to halt the suicide bombing campaign in Israel and neutralize the intifada. New shipments of missiles and rockets have been dispatched to Lebanon, the report said, including Fajr 5 surface-to-surface rockets which have a range of 70 kilometers, SAM-7 anti-aircraft missiles, and the more advanced U.S.-made Stinger anti-aircraft missiles.
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