September 4,2008:
Israeli psychological warfare
teams have again hacked Lebanese phone systems and sent recorded messages to
most phone numbers up there, asking for help in finding five Israeli soldiers
lost in Lebanon over the last 22 years. A ten million dollar reward was offered
for any useful information.
The Lebanese
have been unable to stop the Israeli phone system hacks, which was first used
on a wide scale during the 2006 war with Hezbollah in southern Lebanon. In
response, the Lebanese have complained to the UN, asserting that the Israeli
phone hacking is a violation of the ceasefire that halted the 2006 fighting.
Israel not
only hacks Lebanese phone systems, but can also insert pro-Israeli content into
TV and radio broadcasts. Israeli Internet hackers are believed to have
thoroughly compromised web sites in Lebanon. To the Israelis, all this is just
more Information War. Using their technological superiority has always been the
key to Israeli success in defending themselves against the numerically superior
Arab nations that have, for over half a century, sought to destroy them.