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PREVIEW: NORTH KOREA: HEZBOLLAH: Conversation with colleague Bruce Bechtol, author of "NORTH KOREAN MILITARY PROLIFERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA," regarding the report that Hezbollah contracted with a Pyongyang construction company to create tens

The John Batchelor Show

John Batchelor

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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PREVIEW: NORTH KOREA: HEZBOLLAH: Conversation with colleague Bruce Bechtol, author of "NORTH KOREAN MILITARY PROLIFERATION IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA," regarding the report that Hezbollah contracted with a Pyongyang construction company to create tens of miles of tunnels in the rock of Lebanon. More later.

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This is John Batcher, conversation with colleague Bruce Bechtel, professor at Angelo State University,

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importantly, the author of a book about North Korea military proliferation throughout Middle

0:40.6

East and North Africa. In this instance Bruce speaks to research

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from Alma Think Tank in North Israel about the contract between Hezbollah and North Korea to build miles and miles of tunnels in the rocky

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landscape of Boccas, southern Lebanon.

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As Brewster described the North Korean money, how much they were paid and how much they did manage

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to construct for Hezbollah.

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Much, much stronger tunnels than anything met so far in Gaza.

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More of this tonight.

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And we have information.

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I sent this to you.

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A lot of this was acquired by the Alma Research

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Center which is a major think tank in Israel and they have proven that the

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