Damascus, Syria – The original plan was apparently to assassinate the official and Israel only averted what would have been a huge diplomatic rift with Britain, when they decided the target was more valuable alive than dead.
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The operation involved at least 10 undercover agents on the streets of Britain and led directly to a controversial bombing raid into Syrian territory that destroyed a nuclear reactor that was under construction.
It closely mirrored the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior Hamas arms trader, who was killed in his hotel room in Dubai last year using agents disguised as tennis players.
The operation began when Israeli intelligence picked up an online booking for a senior Syrian nuclear official at a hotel in Kensington, west London, in late 2006, according to the Israeli authors of the book Israel vs Iran: the Shadow War.
Mossad then dispatched three undercover teams to Britain including a team of “spotters” who were sent to Heathrow airport to identify the official as he flew in from Damascus under a false name. A second team booked into his hotel, while a third monitored his movements and any visitors.
Continue to read at The Telegraph
Israeli style!
But of course since Israel did the spying, it is considered “undiplomatic”
If you follow the link to the Telegraph story you’ll find the following comment. If only such type of open-minded thinking was more prevelant among arabs the world would be a far better place.
“I’m Lebanese born and bred, and I fully support Israel’s action. Do you really want Assad to acquire a nuke? Do you have any idea how ruthless and irresponsible his regime is? Sure, Israel has nukes but for them it’s literally a life insurance policy.
Leave the Israelis alone and they’ll leave you alone. I don’t see why we should have this senseless conflict with them. Most Israelis who are alive today were not born when Israel was founded. It is not their fault that they are where they are.
Let’s end this madness. Build trust. Find a solution for the Palestinians. Trade. Develop. Exchange knowledge and ideas.
I really hope it happens in my lifetime. Our kids (both Lebanese and Israelis) deserve better.”
Leave to the Israelis!!
WHEN did this story happen