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Israel's Mossad suspected of high-level Iran penetration
2022-02-06
*Snicker* Watch out for Mossad’s spy squirrels and insectoid spy drones...
[BBC] In November 2020, a convoy carrying Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, Iran's most prominent nuclear scientist, came under fire. He was killed with an artificial intelligence-assisted remote control machine gun.

Carrying out an assassination in such a surgical fashion against a moving target without any civilian casualties requires real-time intelligence on the ground.

After the killing, Iran's intelligence minister, Mahmoud Alavi, claimed that two months earlier, he had warned security forces that there was an assassination plot targeting Mr Fakhrizadeh at the exact location where he was shot.
Posted by:Skidmark

#7  Curiously, no mention of Dolphins.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-06 12:59  

#6  Skidmark glories in khaki.

I bleed khaki.
Posted by: Skidmark   2022-02-06 12:59  

#5  it was Elie Cohen who went by the name Kamel Amin Thabit - he was executed in 1965 by the Syrians

Yah, played in the movie by Sasha Baron Cohen; he essentially took a turn playing a jewish master operative named Kamil and then turned around and called us all nazis. Ain't political theatre grand?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2022-02-06 12:28  

#4  I'm reminded of James Jesus Angleton and the massive turmoil within the CIA searching for the mole, and the Hanson story that moles can be anyone. Some cultures are especially vulnerable to believe in betrayal by the most trusted, because they have it as an embedded cultural norm. Iran comes to mind and tremendous damage can be wrought by mere inference, even when it is so unlikely, or is it?
Posted by: NoMoreBS   2022-02-06 11:58  

#3  to answer Skid's Q re Israel spy in Syria

Fred gave periwinkle to me, Lord Garth, Skidmark glories in khaki.
Posted by: trailing wife   2022-02-06 11:11  

#2  .....It would be so nice if the Mossad said to this notional asset, "We will give you something better than money - we will give you your life. If we ever tell you to be at certain place at a certain time, be there. We'll get you out before it hits the fan."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski   2022-02-06 09:35  

#1  to answer Skid's Q re Israel spy in Syria

it was Elie Cohen who went by the name Kamel Amin Thabit - he was executed in 1965 by the Syrians
Posted by: Lord Garth   2022-02-06 05:42  

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