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| How Israel took out a Syrian general in charge of Syria's nukes |
| 2015-07-17 |
| In TFA is a reference to a top Russian GRU operative who turned up dead under "mysterious circumstances". I'd say the Syrians may have decided that Major-General Yuri Ivanov gave the Israelis the technical data they needed to pull off this operation. Just my two kopeks. In the summer of '08, Brigadier General Mohammed Suleiman, who had been in charge of Syria's nuclear program, was shot at his seaside villa. Besides the nuclear program, Suleiman also handled weapons transfers to Hezbollah terrorists in Lebanon, which made him a target of special interest for Israel, which has specifically focused on the weapons interface between states and terrorist groups. His killing was initially a mystery. The assassin(s) had managed to enter Syria, take out a top general and escape. The $80 million found in Suleiman's villa further clouded matters, but then which top Arab official doesn't have hidden stockpiles of money? Now we supposedly know how it happened. |
| Posted by:badanov |
| #2 The Israelis are blamed for everything from bad weather to King Nebuchadnezzar's gout. Running guns is dangerous business. Always has been. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2015-07-17 02:50 |
| #1 If the Russians are supporting Iran, and Iran's supporting Syria (more or less), I don't get it... |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-07-17 00:37 |