Bulgarian Announcement on Hizballah's Role in Burgas Attack
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Hizballah's Role in Burgas Attack

  •   Bulgarian and U.S Secretary of State Announcement and PM Netanyahu's statement
  • 2/7/2013
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    ​Suicide bombing attack at Sarafovo Airport in Burgas, Bulgaria, July 2012 (Photo: Reuters)
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  • Bulgarian Announcement on Hizballah's Role in Burgas Attack

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    ​Press Statement
    John Kerry
    Secretary of State
    Washington, DC
    February 5, 2013
     
    The United States commends our close friend and NATO ally Bulgaria for its thorough and professional investigation into the July 18, 2012, Burgas terrorist attack.
    The finding is clear and unequivocal: Lebanese Hizballah was responsible for this deadly assault on European soil. We condemn Hizballah in the strongest terms for an attack which bears striking similarities to other disrupted plots of the last year. The United States is acting decisively and comprehensively to curtail Hizballah’s destabilizing actions in Europe, Southeast Asia, South America, and the Middle East, and we are prepared to do all within our power to assist the Government of Bulgaria in bringing those responsible for the Burgas attack to justice.

    We strongly urge other governments around the world – and particularly our partners in Europe – to take immediate action to crack down on Hizballah. We need to send an unequivocal message to this terrorist group that it can no longer engage in despicable actions with impunity.

  • PM Netanyahu's statement on the investigation into the terrorist bombing in Burgas

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    Prime Minister Netanyahu, today (Tuesday, 5 February 2013), issued the following statement in wake of the Bulgarian government's announcement regarding the 18 July 2012 terrorist bombing in Burgas:
    "I would like to thank the Bulgarian Government for its thorough and professional investigation of the 2012 terrorist attack in Burgas in which six innocent civilians - five Israelis and one Bulgarian - were murdered.
    The Bulgarian findings announced today are clear: Hizbullah was directly responsible for the atrocity. There is only one Hizbullah. It is one organization with one leadership.
    This is yet a further corroboration of what we have already known, that Hizbullah and its Iranian patrons are orchestrating a worldwide campaign of terror that is spanning countries and continents.
    The attack in Burgas was only one of a series of recent terrorist operations against civilians in Thailand, Kenya, Turkey, India, Azerbaijan, Cyprus and Georgia. All this is happening in parallel to the deadly support given by Hizbullah and Iran to the murderous Assad regime in Syria.
    The attack in Burgas was an attack on European soil against a member country of the EU. We hope that the Europeans draw the necessary conclusions as to the true character of Hizbullah."
     
    On Wednesday evening (6 February 2013), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke with Bulgarian Prime Minister Boyko Borissov and thanked him for the thorough and professional investigation into the 18 July 2012 terrorist bombing in Burgas.
    Prime Minister Netanyahu told Bulgarian Prime Minister Borissov, "The findings of the investigation are clear and prove that Hizbullah was responsible for the atrocity in Burgas. This is an additional indication that Iran, through its proxies, is conducting a global terrorist campaign that crosses borders and continents. I hope that the Europeans will draw the necessary conclusions regarding the true character of Hizbullah after this criminal attack on European soil against an EU member state."