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Syria Accuses Hizbullah of Attacks, Sponsoring Cross-Border Smuggling
(AFP) The new Syrian authorities said Monday that Lebanon's Hizbullah has launched attacks on Syrian security forces and is sponsoring cross-border smuggling gangs. Lt.-Col. Moayed al-Salama said, "Most smuggling gangs on the Lebanese border are affiliated with the Hizbullah militia, whose presence now poses a threat at the Syrian border because it sponsors drug and weapon smugglers. We have developed a comprehensive plan to fully control the borders." Salama said Syrian forces seized "farms, warehouses and factories for the production and packaging of hashish and captagon pills." They also found presses that specialized in printing counterfeit currency.