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| Papers Shed Light on Envoy's '73 Killing |
| 2007-07-01 |
| In the early morning of July 1, 1973, Col. Yosef Alon - a charismatic former fighter pilot who helped establish the Israeli Air Force - was gunned down in his suburban Maryland driveway. Thirty-four years later, the case is unsolved. Many suspected that the 43-year-old diplomat was the target of Arab terrorists, but no evidence to support that theory surfaced. The FBI case was officially closed in 1976. There were no arrests. No murder weapon. Nothing. As far as the public knew, Alon's killing was a mystery with no real leads - the perfect crime. But that was not the case, according to six-month investigation by The Associated Press. Recently declassified CIA documents, Alon's voluminous FBI case file and interviews reveal that years after the shooting, the agency received a tantalizing tip about who likely pulled off the assassination and how the deadly plot was carried out. Now, partly as a result of the AP's findings, former FBI agents who have never spoken publicly about the long-dormant murder believe the case should be reopened. With the passing of decades and the FBI's ability to operate abroad, the dynamics of this case might have finally tilted in the favor of law enforcement. These agents say people might be willing to talk and provide answers about who killed Yosef Alon. "In all probability this could be solved," said Fred Burton, who briefly investigated the case in the late 1980s when he was a U.S. State Department counterterrorism agent. "It's time to take another look at this," said Stanley Orenstein, 70, who helped run the FBI's initial criminal probe into Alon's death and retired in 1986. "It was important enough at the time, and it's important enough now." read the whole thing |
| Posted by:ryuge |
| #1 FBI destroying evidence to maybe cover up a retaliation hit but then there is this. "Mohammed Oudeh of Black September masterminded the Munich massacre and now lives in Damascus" Why is this pecker head still above ground. |
| Posted by: Icerigger 2007-07-01 07:16 |