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Paging Hezbollah

by AW1Ed••188

Hezbollah is hit by a wave of exploding pagers that killed at least 9 people and injured thousands

By BASSEM MROUE, ABBY SEWELL and KAREEM CHEHAYEB

BEIRUT (AP) — Pagers used by hundreds of members of the militant group Hezbollah exploded near-simultaneously Tuesday in Lebanon and Syria, killing at least nine people, including an 8-year-old girl, and wounding several thousand, officials said. Hezbollah and the Lebanese government blamed Israel for what appeared to be a sophisticated remote attack.

An American official said Israel briefed the United States on Tuesday after the conclusion of the operation, in which small amounts of explosive secreted in the pagers were detonated. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the information publicly.

The Israeli military declined to comment.

Among those wounded was Iran’s ambassador to Lebanon. The mysterious explosions came amid rising tensions between Israel and Iran-backed Hezbollah, which have exchanged fire across the Israel-Lebanon border since the Oct. 7 attack by Hamas that sparked the war in Gaza.

The pagers that blew up were apparently acquired by Hezbollah after the group’s leader ordered members in February to stop using cellphones, warning they could be tracked by Israeli intelligence.

AP News

I thought the Brits were the masters of dirty tricks. The pagers came from a Taiwanese outfit subcontracted to a third party and were apparently intercepted along the way for Mossad’s modifications. This pretty much settles any custody chain questions that may arise. Thanks to Mick for the head’s up.

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188 thoughts on “Paging Hezbollah”

  1. And now they have info on at least 2800 terrs or support personnel from video hospital records etc. And now the assholes will have to check every electronic device in their inventory. Genius

    1. Plus they are marked for life. They disrupted their communication network, and took thousands of fighters out of the fight with a few key strokes taking them completely by surprise and ruining whatever plans they had made for October.

      Cyber warfare isn’t just the wave of the future it is here, now. You better believe the whole world was paying attention. Eventually cyber will replace air power as the dominant and most important form of combat in future conflicts if it just didn’t already do that.

      1. Expect enlightened American college students to denounce this as an act of terrorism that just serves to advance their genocidal plans even further… 🙄

        2. Yep, my fathers middle daughter and her echo chamber have already done just that.. they do love them some slamonazis..

          1. I’m sorry to hear that’s the case, Fyr. Did notice you said, “…my father’s middle daughter…”.

            +100 if that was intentional.

            Seriously though, wish you didn’t have to “deal” with that.

            1. Yeah Just, completely intentional. I disavow any / all connection to that terrorist supporting scrunt. Sadly, the rest of the children, with the exception of me are all leftists, she’s just the most rabid. Has threatened me multiple times, but surprisingly she’s never had the courage of her convictions, other than from behind her keyboard.

  3. A Hezbollah terrorists worst nightmare…
    I heard the text sent to the pager was “Say goodbye to DEEZ NUTS”

  4. Word on the street is that Hezbollah purchased these pagers from All Points Logistics. All Points Logistics is not a front for Mossad, they just sell shitty products.

    1. Shell corporation in Hungary that addresses to a residential house with unhelpful residents. They allegedly produce pagers on license from Taiwan. The deal they offered Hezballah for an exclusive contract was the bomb.

      1. Will the manufacturer issue a safety recall?

        “Return unused portion, parts and pieces for a free replacement!”

          1. They will overlook that and provide a brand new shiny pager of an even larger size to survivors and next of kin.

    2. This is way beyond Phildo.

      It would have just tingled his ass.

      Aside, he could have ripped off the American Taxpayer on this with his highly questionable and potentially felonious Native American, Navy SEAL and LEO claims to procure the contract.

      Common sense being common sense, Phildo would have taken the money and put it up his nose.

      All-Points Logistics leads the way!

    2. Is it just me,
      or has the VG (website / server(s)) been acting up all day?

      Early this morning, VG appeared to be POOF (gone) for awhile.
      All through today, periodic intermittent delays in viewing VG,
      or crafting a new comment and pushing it through.

      2. Happened last week too. But yes today also. Just figured it was one of the bazillion DNS attacks you see around election time.

        1. Kinda glad to hear I wasn’t the only one having troubles. Both my phone and tablet are old ( i.e paid off) and was hoping not to have to replace either in the near or distant future.

      3. Hack had some issues this afternoon. Blame on that software update from a proud but humble woman owned business that sells software formerly located on Wilson Lane in Bethesda.

  9. I don’t expect the truth and only the truth to come out ever. In fact start any rumor you’d like.

    Actually, this was a screw up by Iran. They had modded these before providing to their erstwhile allies/minions so they could use them against them later. Someone accidentally triggered the code. The control feature for the rabid monster they nurtured got used to soon.

    Another reason to not let your kids play with your electronic devices.

    1. It was NORK hackers trying to extort bitcoins from Hezy. They told them they had one more chance to come up with the coin or they would blow their dicks off, inshallah.

      Hezy replied; “we triple dog dare you”.

      1. You see, that’s where things went south. One does not simply move directly to the “Triple Dog Dare”. Proper protocol must be followed. First, one issues “The Dare”. If the desired outcome is not forthcoming, “The Double Dog Dare” will be employed. If no result is achieved, then, and only then, will the “Triple Dog Dare” be used. Anything less would be vulgar and uncivilized.

        1. You skipped the double dare. It’s:
          1. I dare you
          2. I double dare you
          3. I double-dog dare you
          And the coup de grace:
          4. I TRIPLE DOG DARE YOU!

          I’ve seen A Christmas Story enough times to have it down pat.

  10. Too bad they didn’t order the really big pagers. Could have put more explosives in the device. Kinda gives the old saying from AT&T advertising slogan” Reach out and touch somebody”, a whole new meaning.

    1. Don’t let your dingle dangle mingle with the dirt.

      Mop up you dingle dangle, now you wear a skirt.

    1. Interesting ideas pop into the dark little minds of signal pukes while the rest of the world slumbers peacefully…

          1. It’s illegal to use a hand held device while driving.
            Pretty soon we will have the State Police ECM/ ECCM division.
            Careful with that radar detector!

            1. There is going to be cameras that watch the driver and breath monitors installed in future vehicles. Was included in one of the bills passed under Obama, I think. Also road taxes are going to be based on miles you drive. In addition to fuel taxes that we already have. It is already signed into law. Starting in a few years. Also all vehicles will be recorded for where you have driven. Big brother will not only be watching you, but will be riding along. Just like China. It’s all ready law.

              1. I remember reading about miles driven being taxed. Look for vehicles that don’t meet the mileage/ whereabouts tracking to be declared illegal, to be rounded up and destroyed.

                I would ask, does that go for Illegal aliens whose whereabouts can’t be tracked either?

                1. I’m looking to help out on the illegals round up. A bounty of a $1 a head and you could make millions.

      2. Hack blames it on the lack of a robust preventive maintenance program. “If you don’t PM your gear, you can’t have any Comm. How can you have any Comm if you don’t PM your gear?”

          1. Why yes, yes it does. Back when Hack Stone was calling cadence while assigned to Electronic Maintenance Company (ELMACO), 2nd Maintenance Battalion, he had to motivate the troops with a cadence they could relate to, since most of them would never find themselves on a C-130 rolling down the strip.

            We don’t need no modulation
            We don’t need no db gain
            The VRC is on the bench now
            Gunny leave them techs alone
            Hey, Gunny!
            Leave them techs alone
            All in all,
            It’s just another day on the bench

    2. Precursor: bed bomb, then

      1) Pagers (since they quit using cell phones, apparently)
      2) Walkie Talkies
      3)?

      First candidate to my techie mind for #3 would be “Laptops”

      The possibilities for quantity of explosive are boggling.

      2. Pen bombs.

        If they so much as try to write a message down their hand goes boom. The hilarious part is since they are around explosives all the time, many means of detection are worthless.

        1. On occasion, one accidentally blows themselves up. Those would be the ones who nodded off in bomb making class.

          1. Then there was the terrorist who set the timer, then went to drop it off at the target area, but he forgot to factor in the time zone difference.

          2. Yes, we referred to those as “Wile E. Coyote Bombers” who blew themselves to confetti while not hurting anyone else.

        2. With all that fire power in Gaza there is going to be a need for hearing aids. Would only need a small amount of c-4 if it was in your hearing aid in your ear. Free hearing test for HAMAS.

      3. No, gotta go with Lethal Weapon, but a bomb in the toilet. Do they even have toilets in the Middle East?

    3. Reminds me of the scene in Law Abiding Citizen when the judge gets her head blown off by her phone.

      1. There was a low budget movie called Ghetto Blaster where a returning veteran is dismayed to learn that the neighborhood where he grew up in is now overrun by nogoodnicks, so he launches a one man army to make the neighborhood safe again. One scene has him planting a bomb in a boom box, gives it to a kid, and a multiracial street gang steals it from the kid. Hilarity ensues as the bad guy puts the boom box up on his shoulder, and…. it goes boom.

          1. Violence can be a deterrent. It just seems that the mop heads don’t get what deterrence means. And continue to act in ways that get them killed. No understanding of peace!

          2. Violence is an option, often highly effective when used prudently.

            It usually fails when applied hesitantly or squeamishly, without the intent to finish the phrase.

            It often has costs, thus prudence is essential.

            1. Anybody else notice that there were no more Ruby Ridge, Waco Texas conflagrations following the Alfred P Murrah Federal Building ???

        2. I’ve never seen that movie. Will add to my list of movies to watch when it’s too cold or rainy to be outside.

        3. From my EOD lifelong friend…
          There is no human condition that cannot be rectified with the proper amount and placement of explosives, whatever they may be…..
          BAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !!!!!

          1. My dad was an engineer in Vietnam, and said virtually the same thing. Great minds and all that I guess.

                1. Dad started out as a radio operator/gunner on B-17’s, finished up as an electronics warfare officer on B-52’s. Had an interesting and varied career.

  17. General: We need a way to locate and map out the Hezbolla network, preferably crippling their abilities to attack.
    Signal: Say no more.

    Throw in birth control for free, while you’re at it.

  18. I found another article early this AM (speculation) on how (whoever) rigged the pager explosions, downloaded a “Stuxnet” style firmware into the pagers, that when activated, caused the batteries to explode.
    And now that I’m looking for it, I can’t find it. Sux!
    I did bookmark it, but on my kindle. So, later.

    1. Supposedly, “someone” added 20 grams of PETN on or next to the batteries, then remotely triggered an overheat on all of them.

      Wellp, HezBoom choir now has an abundance of new Sopranos.

      3. And any of them who carried his pager in his back pocket is now known as a “Half-ass”!

  19. BBC now reporting walkie talkies going “BOOM”. Hezy must’ve had something big planned for Mossad to tip their mitt like this

        1. IDK about all that. They blew up some on the Gaza hospital last year because Hamas was using it as a sniper hide.

    2. Send all of the radios to the Comm Shop for the installation of the pressure relief valves on the battery casing. Quite confident someone has the NSN for it.

    3. Supposedly, the Israelis discovered this covert op was about to be discovered, so they had to detonate them before their targets were ordered to discard their pagers.

  20. Suddenly got a mental image of the scene in Caddyshack where the doctor shocks the shit outta himself with his beeper.

    2. Caddyshack is getting quite the workout this week, what with Sandy telling Carl to kill all of the golfers (Trump assassination attempt), and now the beepers. Now we just need a Baby Ruth Bar in the pool.

      1. A Baby Ruth bar DOES NOT float, it does however look just like a “schooner” once it has sunk to the bottom of a pool, uhhm, a friend told me that, uhhm, right after a hotel he was staying at screwed him over and he had a couple of days left. Imagine some Mom going FULL Karen at the front desk right after her offspring jumped in the pool with what looked like a schooner at the bottom!

  21. Carl Higbe on Newsmax was talking to a guest he had on and it was mentioned that an explosive product was in the phones that were given out to the terrorists. so it looks like maybe when the phone batteries heated up, the product inside cooked off

    1. I got My above comment from yesterday’s FGS to 5JC wrong saying they were cell phones instead of pagers. so used to cell phones. Last pager I used was for getting IPN
      (incident paging network) texts till I switched over to having the texts go into my cell phone so I can forward them to people.

      1. Odie,
        Along with whole new meanings and uses for these….

        • 10-1 – I can’t hear you
        • 10-2 – I can hear you
        • 10-3 – Stop transmitting
        • 10-4 – Message received
        • 10-6 – Busy/on hold
        • 10-9 – Repeat message
        • 10-10 – Done transmitting
        • 10-13 – Weather/road conditions
        • 10-17 – Urgent business
        • 10-20 – Your current location
        • 10-23 – Stand by
        • 10-27 – I’m moving to channel [insert channel number]
        • 10-33 – Emergency traffic at this station
        • 10-38 – Ambulance needed at [insert location]
        • 10-42 – Traffic accident at [insert location]
        • 10-45 – All units within range please report
        • 10-62 – Unable to copy, please use phone
        • 10-99 – Mission completed
        • 10-100 – Bathroom break
        • 10-200 – Police needed at [insert location]

        List of (vintage) CB codes and CB 10 codes.
        https://www.truckdriveracademy.com/cb-codes-learn-cb-codes-like-a-trucker/

        2. Yeah, I’m familiar with them. 10-3 in modern CB lingo is STFU, we’re tired of listening to you. Less polite but equally to the point.

          1. They are still in use at my last place of employment. As far as broadcasting bathroom breaks, the women who worked in communications would simply state they would be away from the radio for approximately 5 minutes without explanation.

            Our 10 code for accidents was 10-50, and that code took precedence over any and all radio traffic.

            1. Back in the day, for us, a couple of ours were
              10-8 Responding
              10-18 Traffic accident

              Been 30 yrs, don’t recall the rest

  24. It’s part of a world-wide conspiracy headed up by those eebil joooos and Motorola, with an assist by Elon Musk and Tesla-produced batteries, air shipment provided by Southern Air Transport. Federal involvement was kept to a minimum for security reasons.

    2. “Federal involvement was kept to a minimum for security reasons plausible deniability.

  25. All of the cafes in the Middle East just put signs up declaring their business “Pager Free Zones”. 😜🥴🙄

        1. Q: Why are members of Hezbollah always late for appointments?

          A: Because it takes them a long time to get themselves together.

  27. Interesting that Commissar hasn’t showed up to bemoan the loss of his slamonazi kindred and berate the ebil joos for being such terrorists..

      1. I don’t get it. What is wrong with people shooting up, fuxking and shitting in public? They gotta live somewhere and in front of some college professor’s house is as good as my spot.

      2. Yes, packing up those shopping carts and taking down his tent is a little time intense when the cops only give him less than an hour to move.

    1. In some parts of Arab culture if you openly admire an object that belongs to another they are required to give it to you or one that is basically the same.

      1. The Hussein Brothers took that custom to a whole new level when crashing wedding receptions and taking first dibs on the brides.

  29. This is similar to the top-secret op in the Viet of the Nam war where MACVSOG teams salted NVA ammo caches with AK-47 ammo that had been loaded with an explosive compound. Every fifth to tenth round in some ammo packages had the explosive ammo. More than one enemy soldier was blinded when that stuff was fired. Thereafter a classified directive went out to all US units to never fire captured weapons with captured enemy ammunition. As a result, the US made brass cased AK47 ammo for recon units, as many of them carried AK-47’s. In part, it was a psyop to cause the NVA soldier to lack faith in his rifle.

    1. Allegedly similar things were done with munitions in Iraq. Mostly implanting tracking devices that were then used to track movements.and bring air strikes. It’s where they got the dumb ideas for gun walker and other ATF foibles. If you aren’t doing an air strike at the end it is kind of pointless.

  31. Had Hezbollah heeded Israels “fuck around and find out” warning, stuff wouldn’t be blowing up in their pockets.

  34. Hack Stone would like to thank KoB, who out of the kindness of his own heart and wallet, arranged for a free calibration of Hack’s Magic 8-Ball. Just this morning, a gentleman from the M.Ossad Calibration Service pulled up in in a nondescript black van to pick up the Magic 8-Ball, and promised to have it back in time on Friday morning for the Weekend Open Thread being dropped.

    1. Pay no attention to the small screen that’s been added, Mr. Stone. It’s a feature not a bom…er…bug.

  35. Hassan: Hey Achmed, you should see the deal I got on these new electronics for the team

    Achmed: well done Hassan, Allah will be pleased

    Hassan: yeah, they guy I got em from said they were da bomb!

  37. During VN there was some devices that were dropped along trails to monitor movement. They could be reconfigured with cameras and other detection equipment and explosives to detonate or target Hezbolah terrorist. Easy to detect the terrorist as they would be missing half their ass or only have one ear and eye. Thanks to the IDF pager program. I hope the IDF reads TAH, this group offers a lot of great ideas.

  39. Also from Al Jazeera….Exploding pagers harm civilians too: Human Rights Watch
    According to the rights group’s Middle East and North Africa director,
    international law prohibits the use of booby traps precisely to avoid the devastating scenes that continue to unfold across Lebanon today.
    A prompt and impartial investigation into the exploding pager attacks should be urgently conducted, Lama Fakih said in a statement.
    —————–

    Enjoy the most famous and popular WWII episode of PVT SNAFU…
    BOOBY TRAPS.
    BONUS – Notice the animated locale and setting.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WRZUxeLRgk

  40. Pagers? What is this, 1995?

    Now, I’m sincerely asking here. No snark intended, implied, or to be inferred. That said…who still uses pagers? Smartphones have been available to all, dirt cheap, for over a decade now. Why page, when we all have unlimited text plans on our phones? Even the Third World has access.

    So, what’s up with the pagers?

    1. Didn’t read the article, didja.

      “The pagers that blew up were apparently acquired by Hezbollah after the group’s leader ordered members in February to stop using cellphones, warning they could be tracked by Israeli intelligence.” 

  42. You do realize that the worst part of this operation is now the September Hezbollah Duty NCO Roster now has to be redone. They’ll try reaching out to the Supernumerary, but he isn’t taking any calls for the time being.

    1. Amazing that the Amish community is technologically more advanced than some of these 3rd World shitholes.

      1. Lots of Amish around here.
        They have LED flashing lights on the horse drawn carriages.
        And cool hats.

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