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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Did Ali Reza Asgari give Israel the Syria-NorK goods?
2007-09-30
Remember Ali? He was the Iranian general who went missing in Turkey earlier this year. Single-sourced from one Kuwaiti newspaper, but plausible enough to be interesting. 72-hour rule and salt disclaimer in effect:
Iranian former deputy defense minister Ali Rheze Asgari supplied intelligence sources in the West with information regarding the sites that Israeli jets allegedly attacked on September 6, the Kuweiti Al Jareeda reported Friday. Asgari defected from Iran several months ago and moved to an undisclosed location in the West.





Posted by:Seafarious

#2  No mention of Ali in a long time.

No surprise there. Ali is an incredibly high value asset and no way in Hades would we admit having him or attribute any military action to information gleaned from him. To do so would be entirely counterproductive. Far better to keep Iran guessing. Short of flat-out war, uncertainty is the best weapon to keep trained upon the mullahs and Ahmadinejad.
Posted by: Zenster   2007-09-30 20:56  

#1  This story has fallen into a black hole, hasn't it? No mention of Ali in a long time.
Posted by: Steve   2007-09-30 13:08  

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