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| The Grand Turk | ||
| 'Istanbul bombing was Hezbollah attack on Israeli envoy | ||
| 2011-07-18 | ||
| May explosion attributed to PKK was meant to be retaliation for Mossad's alleged hit on Iranian nuclear physicist, Italian newspaper reports. A bomb hidden on a motorcycle that exploded in the Etiler district of Istanbul injuring eight people in late May was carried out by members of Hezbollah and targeted Israeli Consul General to Istanbul Moshe Kamhi, Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera reported on Monday. According to the report, the plot came in response to the Mossad's alleged assassination of Iranian nuclear physicist Masoud Ali Muhammedi in Tehran in 2010.
According to the report, members of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard's Al-Quds Force carried out surveillance of the area, noting the route that Kamhi commonly took. They then contracted Lebanese members of Hezbollah to carry out the attack itself. The report stated that the plan failed because of countermeasures taken by the Israeli diplomat and Turkish counter-terrorism services. Israel denied knowledge of the Hezbollah plot. Turkish intelligence sources also denied the report, saying,"Israel carries out similar disinformation campaigns through newspapers from time to time," Hurriyet reported.
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| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Of course ya know either are technically considered inter-sovereign "acts of war". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-07-18 23:27 |
| #1 HEZBOLLAH-VS-ISRAELI-ENVOY IN TURKEY ... versies * MEMRI.ORG > SYRIAN TRIBAL LEADER AHMED AL-SHLASH THREATENS TO BARBECUE US AMBASSADOR TO SYRIA "WITH OR WITHOUT SALT", oer the latter's visit to Deir-al-Zoun]. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2011-07-18 23:25 |