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Lebanon on Monday put on public display equipment used by Israeli spy networks inside the country, including a water cooler equipped with a mapping device.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   "The equipment was used to identify hundreds of targets on Lebanese territory before and after 2006, some of which were bombed that year," a security official told reporters, referring to the 33-day war between Israel and Lebanon.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   In addition to the water cooler the gadgets included a leather purse and keychains with secret compartments as well as a can for motor oil used to hide mini tapes, a radio and forged identification papers.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   The spies used the seemingly innocuous items to communicate with Israel using encrypted messages, the official said.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   Most of the suspects are Lebanese, although at least one of them is Palestinian. They include a police officer, a petrol station owner and a butcher.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   Last month saw the arrest of former brigadier general Adib al-Aalam, his wife Hayat Saloumi and nephew Joseph Aalam on suspicion of spying for Israel for more than 15 years.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   Aalam ran a housekeeping service in Beirut that was used as a front.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   A Hezbollah official from south Lebanon on Monday said the Shii party was cooperating with the authorities on dismantling the spy networks.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   "Hezbollah has uncovered many Israeli spy rings and is cooperating completely with all official security services," Nabil Qawuk told AFP on Monday.<\/font><\/p>\r\n

   A number of those currently in custody were first detained by Hezbollah which then handed them over to the authorities.
 
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