David Farrar: The greatest intelligence operation in recent history

The details of the Mossad operation against Hezbollah is so incredible, you would think it would be implausible as a film plot. They include.

Dave Patterson: A Buzzing Pager May Be the Last Message a Terrorist Gets

Hezbollah is experiencing a communications problem

In this modern high-tech age of instant communications, the exploding cigar is definitely passé. Terrorist operatives throughout Lebanon learned this the hard way. If you are a Hezbollah terrorist, you might want to think twice before saying, “Call my pager.” On Tuesday afternoon (Sept. 17), the sound of pagers exploding could be heard throughout Lebanon and Syria. Reports describe the detonations as more than just a little pop.

Brendan O'Neill: This wasn’t a war crime – it was an audacious assault on anti-Semites

The left’s crazy wailing over the exploding Hezbollah pagers shows that Israel can’t do right for doing wrong.

Getting your balls blown off by a primed pager has got to be the most ‘f**k around, find out’ thing that has ever happened. It took place in Lebanon yesterday. To the approval of both supporters of Israel and meme-makers everywhere, thousands of pagers used by Hezbollah operatives suddenly exploded. The footage coming out of Lebanon is extraordinary. A man’s trouser pocket erupting in a supermarket, a man writhing in agony in the middle of the road after his trusted comms device turned on him. The battle of the pagers will surely be recorded as one of the most unusual and audacious acts in the entire history of human warfare.