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Thousands of booby-trapped pagers were manufactured by a Taiwanese firm with ties to the US administration and sold through a gasket firm in Hungary. The walkie-talkies that exploded were manufactured by a company in Japan with multiple subsidiaries around the world. And then there are mopeds, cell phones, and more.

There are thousands injured and dozens killed in Lebanon. This act of state terrorism illustrates the crucial importance of domestic supply chains.