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The Story of 'Operation Orchard' How Israel Destroyed Syria's Al Kibar Nuclear Reactor By Erich Follath and Holger Stark In September 2007, Israeli fighter jets destroyed a mysterious complex in the Syrian desert. The incident could have led to war, but it was hushed up by all sides. Was it a nuclear plant and who gave the orders for the strike? The mighty Euphrates river is the subject of the prophecies in the Bible's Book of Revelation, where it is written that the river will be the scene of the battle of Armageddon: "The sixth angel poured out his bowl...

Moon scientist Stewart Nozette held as Israeli spy in FBI sting Giles Whittell in Washington An American astrophysicist with top-level nuclear security clearances appeared in court yesterday after being arrested in an FBI sting and charged with trying to sell secrets to Israel. Stewart Nozette, who helped to discover water on the Moon and spent six years at a top-secret defence technology agency, was lured into a trap by federal agents. They posed as Israeli intelligence operatives who met him at a Washington hotel and agreed to pay him cash for classified papers. “I don’t get recruited by Mossad every...

Deep-cover MI6 agents who have described the workings of the once-secret underground uranium enrichment plant near the Iranian city of Qom now have discovered a staggering five more similar operations, according to a report from Joseph Farah's G2 Bulletin. They, like the Qom facility, are buried deep inside the mountains of north Iran and are guarded by divisions of Revolutionary Guards. The details were sent this weekend to some G20 leaders who met in Pittsburgh when the Qom facility was revealed to the world. The MI6 agents have established that, like Qom, the new plants are staffed by nuclear scientists...

(IsraelNN.com) Former Mossad chief Danny Yatom told IDF Army Radio on Wednesday that only military action can prevent Iran from achieving nuclear weapons capabilities and it's doubtful that the United States would approve such a step. When asked if he had reached the conclusion that only a military strike could stop Iran's drive toward nukes, the ex-Mossad head said "yes, I have reached that conclusion." The "world needs to understand - an Iranian bomb poses a risk to its safety," said Yatom, adding that he could not see "a U.S.- led world ready to take risks involved in striking Iran's...

The Arctic Sea cargo ship that disappeared for almost a month earlier this summer, was carrying weapons to Iran and was being tracked by Mossad, the Israeli security service, according to reports. Mystery has surrounded the ship, officially carrying a cargo of timber worth £1.3 million from Finland to Algeria, since its crew first reported a boarding in Swedish waters on July 24 after a raid by 10 armed English-speaking men posing as anti-narcotics police officers. It was eventually recovered off the coast of west Africa on August 17. Russia has since charged eight men from Estonia, Latvia and Russia...

A CARGO ship that vanished in the Channel was carrying arms to Iran and was being tracked by Mossad, the Israeli security service, according to sources in both Russia and Israel.

... mystery surrounding the hijacking of a Russian freighter in July has taken a new twist with reports claiming the pirates were acting in league with the Israeli Mossad secret service in order to halt a shipment of modern weapon systems hidden on board and destined for Iran. ...The Russian newspaper Novaya Gazeta reported over the weekend that the vessel Arctic Sea had been carrying x-55 cruise missiles and S300 anti-aircraft rockets hidden in secret compartments among its cargo of timber and sawdust.

Was Israel's secret service behind the mysterious hijacking of a Russian freighter to foil a secret attempt to ship cruise missiles to Iran? The mystery surrounding the hijacking of a Russian freighter in July has taken a new twist with reports claiming the pirates were acting in league with the Israeli Mossad secret service in order to halt a shipment of modern weapon systems hidden on board and destined for Iran. While Israeli and Russian officials dismissed the reports, accounts published in the Russian media sounded more like a spy thriller than a commercial hijacking.

Moscow, Aug 21 (DPA) A Russian newspaper claimed Friday that suspected pirates who boarded the freighter Arctic Sea were actually agents of the Israeli secret service trying to stop it from smuggling arms into Iran. According to Russian media, the Arctic Sea may have been carrying illegal X-55 cruise missiles destined for Iran hidden among its cargo of lumber. Men acting on behalf of the Israeli Mossad secret service commandeered the ship to divert the weapons away from Israel's regional enemy, the daily Novaya Gazeta said. Citing Moscow publicist Yulia Latynina, the daily pointed to the surprise visit of Israeli...

Watch this video and listen to the Obot that falls over himself explaining how Obama has been proven legit.

The targets for Israel's attack on Iran have been chosen: one is close to the sea, the other is inland. Members of Sayeret Matka"1 are now conducting joint (often nightly) exercises with Israel's Navy SEALS (the "Shayetet") off the coast of Ashkelon and on the beaches of Haifa. While the deployment of the commandos and other ground forces will be done mostly by air, their evacuation, 4-6 hours later, will be accomplished by sea. The role of the commandos was re-defined last week to exclude the kidnapping of Iranian scientists. This change in operational goals followed a row among the...

Mossad chief Meir Dagan on Tuesday told the Knesset Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that the riots in Iran over the election results will die out in a few days rather than escalate into a revolution. "The reality in Iran is not going to change because of the elections. The world and we already know [Iranian President Mahmoud] Ahmadinejad. If the reformist candidate [Mir Hossein] Mousavi had won, Israel would have had a more serious problem because it would need to explain to the world the danger of the Iranian threat, since Mousavi is perceived internationally arena as a moderate...

Barack Obama's housing bailout plan is being compared to the proposal championed last year by John McCain. Democrats said McCain's $300 billion plan would have had the government basically eat the cost of reduced property values. "Taxpayers shouldn't be asked to pick up the tab for the very folks who helped create this crisis," Obama said on the campaign trail. "And that's the problem with Senator McCain's risky idea." At the time, Obama said McCain's plan showed "erratic leadership."

David Littman is a dear friend and reader of "drzz.info". We thank him for sharing with us the exclusive video of his private ceremony with the President of the State of Israel. Also present at this commemoration : Littman's daugthers and grandchildren ; his wife Gisele (famous author under the pseudonym Bat Ye'or) ; Shmuel Toledano, former No 2 of Israel's external intelligence services, the Mossad, and deputy to legendary director Isser Harel ; Gad Shahar and Pinhas Katsir, retired Mossad agents ; Tova Ronel and Carmit Gatmon, widows of Mossad's station chiefs respectively in Paris and Casablanca ; and...

My interview ("le blog drzz", a French conservative website) of Ishmael Jones, former CIA operative in the National Clandestine Service (1987-2005). "I’m concerned that the Democrats view the CIA as a political ally and are not aware of the danger we face from poor intelligence. The CIA provided Democrats with plentiful anti-Bush information during the Bush years, and nearly cut down President Bush with the Plame incident and the Iraq WMD controversies." READ THE EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW (see link). Ishmael Jones (pseudonym) is a former member of the Central Intelligence Agency. He joined the agency in the 1980s, where he served...

One of the detained members of an alleged Israeli-linked espionage network was involved with Iran's elite Revolutionary Guard, the official state news agency said Tuesday.

Iranian state-run media reported Monday that the country had arrested members of an espionage network that allegedly has ties to Mossad. Monday's announcement came two days after government officials announced that Iranian businessman Ali Ashtari, who was convicted of spying for Israel in June, was hanged last week. "The security and intelligence division of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) recently identified a network that was spying on the country's military organizations," Fars news agency on Monday quoted the IRGC chief commander, Brigadier General Mohammad-Ali Jafari as saying, according to the Iranian government-owned Press TV. "The network's link with Mossad...

For my website, "le blog drzz", a French website for freedom, I had an interview with Michael Ross, former MOSSAD officer (1988-2001), Israel's external intelligence service. He was himself Mossad liaison to CIA and FBI in 1998, and was investigator on Al-Qaeda strikes against US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. He told me Imad Mughniyah, Hezbollah leader killed by Mossad early this year, met Usama Bin Laden in the mid-90s and since then Al-Qaeda's capabilities began to grow. Also, Mossad traced Bin Laden's satellite telephone and found that 10 to 12% of his calls were linked with Iranian officials. Michael...

ATTTN BLOGGERS: Obama to be outed by Mossad? - RUMOR VALIDATION OR CONTROL ALERT I am very eager to get some validation or followup on the below quoted information. I am also hoping that I am not compromising intelligence. I belong to AFIO and I am sensitive to such matters so I will be quick to remove this post if asked to do so by a legitimate authority. In August I received a curious email. As a XXXXXX that covers international politics with a focus on Mideast affairs, XXX XXXXX gets a fair share of baseless tips and phony rumors....

I wish..... We should not be surprised by [Obama's] team of advisors. His advisors will be from among the extremist Zionists. A few hours ago, there was an announcement about the appointment of Mr. Rahm Emanuel as the chief-of-staff of the White House, which is, in fact, the prime minister of the administration, the prime minister of the U.S. president. The chief-of-staff is the center of everything in the White House. Mr. Rahm Emmanuel is an officer in the Israeli Mossad, and he served in the Israeli army. The father of Mr. Rahm Emanuel was a member of the terrorist...

David Littman, husband of the well known islamic scholar Bat Ye'or ("Eurabia"), is celebrated by Israel for his outstanding courage when he was 27. Then, in 1961, Littman helped 530 Jewish children to get out of Morocco. Littman was praised by Israel in 1986, 2004, and again in 2008, when he met President Peres. Scroll down to see pictures of the event. Below is the complete story of "Operation Mural", as told by Littman himself during the meeting with the Israeli President. ---------------------------------------------------- SPEECH BY DAVID LITTMAN Meeting with Shimon Peres, June 1, 2008 Mr. President, it is a great...

ADL Blasts France Government For Increased Racial Attacks Against Jews By Herb Brandon Israel News Agency Jerusalem, Israel --- September 9, 2008 ..... The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) in New York has blasted the France government for the recent racial attack on three Jewish teens by a group of Muslims in Paris on Saturday. The Jewish teens, ages 17 and 18, who have been identified as Dan Nebet, Kevin Bitan and David Boaziz, are leaders of the Bnei Akiva youth group in Paris' 19th District. "In light of this incident, the previous attack and the approaching Jewish High Holidays, it is...

(IsraelNN.com) Syrian President Bashar Assad's top aide and adviser, General Mohammed Suleiman, was assassinated on Friday, according to Arab news sources. Suleiman, who was also Syria's liaison officer to the Hizbullah terrorist organization in Lebanon, was shot and killed by an unidentified sniper in the Syrian port city of Tartous. Syrian authorities tried unsuccessfully to prevent publication of the news. The country's Albawaba newspaper, which reported the incident, speculated that Israel might have been behind the killing. Both Albawaba and the London-based Al-Hayat newspaper raised the issue of last February's assassination of Hizbullah second-in-command Imad Mughniyeh, who died in a...

A mysterious explosion in a suburb of Teheran that killed 15 people last Saturday was likely an attack on a Iranian military convoy carrying arms to Hizbullah, the Telegraph reported Friday. The Iranian Revolutionary Guards imposed a news black-out immediately after the blast, but the UK newspaper reported that it looked like sabotage was responsible for destroying the convoy as it traveled through Khavarshahar. The newspaper noted that the company responsible for moving the military equipment, LTK, was owned by the Revolutionary Guards and was allegedly involved in shipping arms to Hizbullah. Last Saturday's incident was the latest in a...

The Mossad secret was involved in the operation to free hostage Ingrid Betancourt from Colombian rebels, AFP quoted a Spanish newspaper as reporting on Sunday. Former hostage Ingrid Betancourt, right, greets her daughter Melaine Delloye after Melanie arrived from France to a military base in Bogota. Photo: AP Slideshow: Pictures of the week According to the report, American and French secret services were also involved. "Mossad, the US, and French intelligence services worked for more than a year with the Colombian authorities to develop the plan," the story run by Vanguardia claimed, citing an Israeli secret service source. The Jerusalem...

A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran's nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US presidential election.

Israel Extends Mossad Director Tenure, Sarkozy Arrives, Iran Attack Rumors Abound By Joel Leyden Israel News Agency Jerusalem ----- June 22, 2008 ....... Part of the following was communicated by the Israel Cabinet Secretariat to the Israel News Agency. For anyone following the news in Israel today, they would have a hard time deciding upon which headline would take top honors. At the weekly Cabinet meeting held today in Jerusalem Israel Prime Minister Ehud Olmert announced that he had decided to extend the appointment of Meir Dagan as Director of the Mossad. This comes at a time when it has...

The frontrunner to become Israel’s next prime minister, Tzipi Livni, was a Paris agent for Mossad, Israel’s overseas intelligence agency, in the early 1980s when it ran a series of missions to kill Palestinian terrorists in European capitals, according to former colleagues. They say Livni, now foreign minister, was on active service when Mamoun Meraish, a senior official in the Palestine Liberation Organisation, was shot dead by a Mossad hit squad in Athens on August 21, 1983. She was not directly involved in the killing, in which two young men on a motorcycle drew alongside Meraish’s car and opened fire,...

MI6 Chief Visits Mossad for Talks on Iran's Nuclear Threat May 04, 2008 The Times Uzi Mahnaimi The head of MI6, Sir John Scarlett, is to visit Israel later this month as Britain forges closer links with Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service. Iran’s nuclear programme is expected to be high on the agenda in an intelligence-sharing process described by Israeli officials as a “strategic dialogue”. It is building on long-standing cooperation between MI6 and Mossad, both of which have extensive spy networks in the Middle East. Scarlett, 59, is likley to be briefed by Meir Dagan, 63, the head of...

Damascus is preparing for a large-scale Israeli attack on Syria and Hizbullah, London-based Al-Quds Al-Arabi reported Wednesday. According to the report, the Syrian army has been maneuvering its forces and drafting some of its reserve forces in preparation for such a contingency. Damascus has also raised the alert level along its borders, and has placed three armored divisions, nine infantry brigades and special forces near its border with Lebanon's Bekaa valley, fearing an Israeli infiltration there. The report claimed that this would be a strategic spot for Israeli ground forces to strike, as it is both a Hizbullah stronghold and...

Aug. 4, 2004 21:16 | Updated Aug. 4, 2004 22:01 New Zealand passport scam takes Canadian twist By HERB KEINON The New Zealand passport flap is thickening, with Canada trying to determine whether one of the Israelis allegedly involved in the scam who managed to leave New Zealand is traveling on a stolen Canadian passport. Canadian Foreign Ministry spokesman Reynald Doiron confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the Canadian police and other federal agencies are investigating whether Ze'ev Barkan, one of the men New Zealand suspects of involvement in the scandal but who has reportedly left the country, is traveling...

Michael Sheridan of the Times of London interviewed the men who planned, financed, and conducted the 2002 Bali bombing that left 202 people dead, including many Muslims. Not surprisingly, none regret the terrorist attack, conducted to “help Muslims”. They do regret killing the Muslims, however, but blame the CIA and/or the Mossad — for building the bomb: Did he deny the charges? “People called me the mastermind of the Bali bombing,” he said. “Maybe right, maybe wrong. My only mission was to help the Muslims.”And then he said something extraordinary. He claimed the bombers had never meant to kill so...

The Defense Ministry has been instructed to raise its alert level due to concerns that Hizbullah will target Israelis and Jews abroad with the aid of Iran and Syria in retaliation for the death of Hizbullah operations chief Imad Mughniyeh, Defense Minister Ehud Barak announced on Sunday. Speaking at the weekly cabinet meeting, Barak said Mughniyeh was responsible for the deaths of hundreds of civilians and soldiers over dozens of years in numerous countries worldwide. He estimated that it would take time for Hizbullah to replace him. Syria and Hizbullah still don't have a clear picture of who assassinated Mughniyeh,...

WASHINGTON – While Israel has formally refuted allegations it was involved in the assassination of Hizbullah 'operations officer' Imad Mugniyah in Damascus on Tuesday, former CIA official Bruce Riedel says all signs seem to indicate the Mossad was behind the killing. Riedel, who spent over 30 years with the CIA before serving as a senior advisor on South Asian and Middle East affairs under three US presidents, said Israel has already carried out similar operations in Syria Currently a senior fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institute, he says Mugniyah's assassination proves Israel has...

David Bedein - 12/31/07, The Bulletin 12/31/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly Jerusalem - A short time before the assassination of Benazir Bhutto, her husband telephoned an Israeli diplomatic figure. "All our efforts to get assistance with security have failed," her husband said. "The Pakistani administration is making it difficult for us, and all the officials whom we contacted abroad, including the Americans and the British, are not helping. We make an unusual request of you: to help us get professional Israeli security guards who will be able to protect my wife's life." Bhutto had sent a personal e-mail...

Israeli media reports on Friday revealed that slain Pakistani opposition leader Benazir Bhutto intended to establish official relations with the Jewish state if elected and was seeking Mossad protection in the interim. Speaking to The Jerusalem Post, Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert grieved over Bhutto's assassination following an election rally on Thursday, and said that upon her return to Pakistan in October after years of exile Bhutto conveyed to him via a mutual acquaintance that she wanted close ties between Israel and Pakistan. The Hebrew daily newspaper Ma'ariv further revealed that Bhutto had asked Israel's Mossad spy agency, along with...

Israel obtained detailed photographs from inside an alleged Syrian nuclear facility prior to carrying out an air strike on September 6, ABC News reported Friday night. ...Mossad had discovered in the summer that Syria was constructing a nuclear facility and proceeded to either place a mole inside the plant or convince one of the workers to supply Israel with intelligence. ...Israel urged the US to carry out the attack, the ABC report said, and US officials began examining options for a strike. Possible tactics were assessed, including the possibility of a helicopter raid. However, word came from the White House...

TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has accepted an invitation to visit neighbouring Iraq, Iran's foreign minister said on Sunday, a move that would be unlikely to be welcomed by the United States. Foreign Minister Manoucher Mottaki said Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki had invited Ahmadinejad after Maliki visited Tehran on August 8-9, but added a final decision had yet to be taken. "When a definite decision about the trip is made, the timing will be announced to the public," Mottaki told reporters in the northeastern city of Mashhad, according to the ISNA news agency. With Shi'ite Muslims now...

An Egyptian billionaire financier who feared for his life after being accused of being a Mossad spy was found dead outside his Mayfair flat yesterday in suspicious circumstances. Ashraf Marwan, the son-in-law of the late President Gamel Abdel Nasser, was found beneath his fourth-floor flat in Carlton House Terrace. Police were treating his death as suspicious. Friends of Mr Marwan, a former shareholder in Chelsea Football Club, said that he had feared assassination after being named three years ago as an agent during the Yom Kippur war. Rumours of his death circulated in London’s Arab community last night. Some believe...

Srinagar, June 12: Mumbai based group of intellectuals and human rights activists have criticized the media reports of an 'Al-Qaeda Hind' based in Kashmir. The group believes that the Al-Qaeda announcement was a planted story and a part of the disinformation campaign by the Indian government, so as to justify the unholy alliance between the ruling elites of India with the Zionist Apartheid Nazi Israeli state. In a statement the spokesman of the front said that this report (presence of Al-Qaeda in Kashmir ) comes only a day after newspapers boldly announced a high powered delegation of Israeli Military Generals...

"An American member of al-Qaida warned President Bush on Tuesday to end U.S. involvement in all Muslim lands or face an attack worse than the Sept. 11 suicide assault, according to a new videotape...

the 9/11 plot with testimonies of experts and pictures of the terrorists. How they looked like Westerners (watch their original clothes) and worked with Iraq to do 9/11. How they were trained in Salman Pak, Iraq. And how Ahmed Al Haznawi was treated in Holy Cross Hospital in June 2001 for sknin infection by anthrax. The first anthrax attacks happened in September 18 2001, with a letter which stated: "Death to America, Allah is great." Experts link Iraq before both 9/11 and the anthrax attacks which remained unsolved. Watch the video. The enemy is stronger than we thought.

Mossad implicated in missing defector mystery By Tim Butcher in Jerusalem Last Updated: 1:43am GMT 09/03/2007 An Iranian former spy chief is being debriefed by Western intelligence officials after defecting, sources claimed yesterday. Speaking to The Washington Post, the sources said Ali Reza Azkari, 63, turned himself over to foreign spy agencies and was providing intelligence about Iran's close links with Hizbollah, the Shia militia from Lebanon. One of the sources said Mossad, the Israeli foreign intelligence agency which is known to have extensive contacts in Iran, coordinated his defection although there was no official confirmation from the Jewish State....

The disappearance of a former Iranian spy chief has raised speculation he has been kidnapped by Mossad or the CIA. Ali Reza Azkari, 63, who headed Iran’s intelligence operation in Lebanon in the 1990s liaising with the local Shia militia, Hizbollah, went missing last month during a routine visit to Istanbul. One report said after leaving Teheran he never made it to the Istanbul hotel where a room had been reserved in his name. Another account said he arrived in Istanbul but then disappeared, leaving luggage still in his hotel room. With his whereabouts unknown, one theory circulating today is...

French police say a body found in a river in northern France is that of a missing Israeli defence ministry official. DNA tests proved the dead man found in the River Seine near Rouen on Wednesday was David Dahan, head of the Israeli Defence Ministry Mission to Europe. Mr Dahan disappeared from his Paris home on January 22. Police say they are treating the incident as a possible suicide and Mr Dahan had suffered depression in the past. His wife and child live in Israel. Israeli defence officials were not immediately available for a comment. The Israeli Defence Ministry Mission...

A U.S. intelligence company says Israel making good on threat to stop bomb.One of Iran's top nuclear scientists, Ardeshir Hassanpour, a professor at the University of Shiraz, died last month under mysterious circumstances.A leading U.S. intelligence company claims. WND reports that the death of Ardeshir Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear scientist, was not announced until Jan. 21, six days after his death, according to Radio Farda.The mysterious death last month of a top Iranian nuclear physicist involved with the Islamic Republic's current effort to enrich uranium was the work of Mossad, the Israeli security service. Hassanpour claimed Iran's most prestigious military-research...

A prize-winning Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the U.S. State Department and broadcasts to Iran. An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear physicist, had been assassinated by Mossad, the Israeli security service. According to Radio Farda, Iranian reports of Hassanpour’s death emerged on Jan. 21 after a delay of six days, giving the cause as “gas poisoning”. The Iranian reports did not say how or where Hassanpour was poisoned but his death was said to have been announced at a conference on nuclear safety. Rheva Bhalla...

PRIZE-WINNING Iranian nuclear scientist has died in mysterious circumstances, according to Radio Farda, which is funded by the US State Department and broadcasts to Iran. An intelligence source suggested that Ardeshire Hassanpour, 44, a nuclear physicist, had been assassinated by Mossad, the Israeli security service. Hassanpour worked at a plant in Isfahan where uranium hexafluoride gas is produced. The gas is needed to enrich uranium in another plant at Natanz which has become the focus of concerns that Iran may be developing nuclear weapons. According to Radio Farda, Iranian reports of Hassanpour’s death emerged on January 21 after a delay...

WESTERN countries are fighting World War III and it would last a generation, former head of Israel's Mossad spy network, Efraim Halevy, said in Melbourne yesterday. Mr Halevy, who ran Israel's intelligence agency between 1998 and 2002, said a major terror attack was possible in Australia. But he said the public didn't appear to realise the seriousness of the threat. "The threats today are aimed at destroying the whole way of life in democratic societies . . . of turning back the wheel more than 1000 years," Mr Halevy said. The security adviser to former prime minister Ariel Sharon and...

Saturday 14 October 2006, 12:42 Makka Time, 9:42 GMT Efraimm Halevy was head of the Mossad, Israel's intelligence and special operations agency, from 1998 to 2002. On leaving he assumed the role of national security adviser to Ariel Sharon, Israel's former prime minister, resigning a year later. He played a significant role in negotiating Israel's peace deal with King Hussein of Jordan, the bringing of Ethiopian Jews to Israel and Israel's response to the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States. In the second instalment of a two-part interview he discusses his views on Palestine, the Middle East road...