Posted on 03/05/2007 7:24:18 AM PST by nuconvert
Terror Linked Iranian in 'Kidnap' Puzzle
March 05, 2007
New York Post
Oran Dan
JERUSALEM -- A retired Iranian general linked to the killing of five American soldiers in Baghdad vanished mysteriously in Istanbul last month, Israeli media reported yesterday.
Arab newspapers are hinting the CIA and/or the Israeli spy agency Mossad are behind the disappearance of Gen. Ali Reza Askari, the reports said.
Askari, a former deputy defense minister, arrived in Istanbul on a flight from Damascus on Feb. 7, left his luggage in his hotel room - and vanished.
The missing general was in charge of Iranian undercover operations in central Iraq, said the Debkafile, a Web site that often reflects the thinking of those in the Israeli security forces.
Askari is believed to have taken part - or have links to - the armed group that stormed a U.S.-Iraqi command center in the holy city of Karbala on Jan. 20 and killed five U.S. troops, the Web site said.
The attackers wore military uniforms and used vehicles often driven by foreign dignitaries in an attempt to impersonate Americans.
A Middle East intelligence source said the United States could not let the outrage stand and had been hunting the general ever since, the Web site said.
On Feb. 6, two non-Turkish citizens made a reservation for Askari for three nights at the Istanbul Ceylan Hotel, paying cash, the site said.
But after the general arrived, he booked himself into the cheaper Hotel Ghilan.
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There had been some speculation that he may have defected. Sure doesn't sound like it now.
He's probably in an even smaller room with three lights on the ceiling and a nice new electric bed.
He was hired as a consultant for the Democrat Party to advise them on how to lose the WOT.
Ping
My favorite type of defections, at the barrel of a gun.
Hope a Jack Bauer clone is working on him
But then Arab newspapers routinely blame events as insignificant as bad weather on the CIA and Mossad, so you can't put much stock in those reports...
A battery powered bed with no mattress, just bare metal springs connected to the battery. He is naked, and his hosts have water pistols to aim at critical body parts to make a temporary contact with the charged springs.
So sad. Everyone is clueless about his disappearance.
And be facing an Italian Prosecuting Magistrate (female) by now.
Thanks for the ping. The article has been added to the www.AntiMullah.com post and is now at the top of the home page - with an "evil sleesak" used as a graphic. Serious stories with a humorous touch to show how pleasing it is to have him caught.
Crocodile tears, Dave....crocodile tears.
I had Croc tears this morning. I discovered my new Crocs were the wrong size and hurt my feet.
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