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Components Said to Have Already Been Moved to Lebanon from Syria
By ADAM ENTOUS, CHARLES LEVINSON and JULIAN E. BARNES
WSJ, Jan. 2, 2014
U.S. officials believe members of Hezbollah, the militant group backed by Iran, are smuggling advanced, guided-missile systems into Lebanon from Syria piece by piece to evade a secretive Israeli air campaign designed to stop them.
Some components of a powerful antiship missile system have already been moved to Lebanon, according to previously undisclosed intelligence, while other systems that could target Israeli aircraft, ships and bases are being stored in expanded weapons depots under Hezbollah control in Syria.
