Wednesday, December 20, 2006

Captured Israeli admits to drug deal in Lebanon

Who's sorry now?

Elhanan Tannenbaum, an Israeli reserve colonel who was in Lebanon, why? To complete a drug deal?

Wow. That's one dangerous drug deal, dude.

IHT Making a court appearance as a witness in a tax fraud case linked to other suspects involved in the same drug ring, Tannenbaum admitted that he went to Lebanon to complete a drug deal from which he expected to make $200,000 (€152,000), according to a report on Army Radio.

Tannenbaum, a former high ranking artillery officer, was deep in debt when he used a foreign passport to travel to Lebanon, illegal for an Israeli because the two countries are enemies.

He was captured by Hezbollah and imprisoned for more than three years, and was returned to Israel in January 2004 in a prisoner swap between Israel and the guerrilla group.