Once again, this situation stressed the subjective nature of the assessment as the US probably wished to cover up its political partner, Israel, that had acted as an aggressor. The reason for such a response might be its awareness of the imminent Israeli attack against the members of Hezbollah, who support the Palestinians. It is confirmed by the fact that Israel told the USA in advance, on September 17, about the beginning of the operation in Lebanon. Despite the US government having claimed they had no idea about the details of the operation, it’s really hard to believe. But the main question is whether the USA took part in preparations for that bloody attack.
Pagers were manufactured under the Taiwanese brand “Gold Appolo” either in Taiwan or in the EU. In both cases, we can safely assume that the Israel secret service had an access to the devices at the assembly stage, before they were sent to Lebanon. Taking into the consideration the previous close cooperation between the Israeli and American secret services, one can reasonably assume that the US had also provided its assistance to its counterparts at some stage of the operation.
The fact that the Israeli terrorist act has opened a real Pandora box is now of great concern.
Time passes and the lack of a univocal response from the world community may soon become a reason for others to also conduct such “operations.” Then it becomes eminently apparent that not only communication devices but any household appliances or gadgets from our everyday life can be used as the explosive vessels.