Top Hizbullah Bunker Specialist Killed In Mysterious Fall

Haj Jamil Salah, 51, a top Hizbullah operative who was in charge of the construction of underground bunkers in south Lebanese villages fell to his death on Monday while standing on the rooftop of a building in the village of Yaroun, close to the Israeli border. He was reportedly discussing with his men how far inside Israeli territory the rockets installed at the launch pads in the village could reach, when he fell. The Qatari newspaper al-Arab reported that Salah died in a mysterious manner. Salah was responsible for the construction of vast networks of deep underground tunnels leading to reinforced concrete bunkers located in over 150 villages south of the Litani River, an area that Hizbullah is supposedly barred from operating in. The bunkers are built underneath houses in the villages, their reinforced rooms are large enough to hold personnel as well as stockpiles of missiles and vast supplies of food. While the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 called for the disarming of the Hizbullah and barred it from operating in southern Lebanon, reality on the ground shows a different story. UNIFIL chooses to turn a blind eye and the Lebanese Army appears to be incapable of confronting Hizbullah operatives. It is for this very reason that Israel continues its air force forays over southern Lebanon. 08/27/08