Nasser son-in-law dies in fall from balcony

Reuters ^ | 6/28/07

[Valin]

Cairo: The son-in-law of former Egyptian president Jamal Abdul Nasser, named by Israeli officials as a source for Mossad, "lost his balance" before a fall from his London balcony, Egyptian state media said yesterday.

Ashraf Marwan, who died on Wednesday, had been living in London for many years after leaving Egyptian government service in the late 1970s.

Israeli media say that Marwan, who was married to Nasser's daughter Mona, had passed a warning to Israel's Mossad intelligence agency on the eve of the 1973 Middle East war that Egypt and Syria were about to attack.

The Times of London reported that Marwan, 62, had feared for his life after he was publicly accused of being a spy for Mossad three years ago, but said there was also speculation that he may have committed suicide after a serious illness was diagnosed.

Egypt's Mena news agency quoted a source close to the family as saying Marwan suffered from balance problems recently.

[Gay State Conservative]

I wonder who caused him to lose his balance.

[theDentist]

..."lost his balance" before a fall from his London balcony...

Riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight...

[Tijeras_Slim]

The rollerblades and blindfold made it look suspicious.

[50sDad]

“Round up the usual suspects.”

[caver]

He got a visit from someone, wonder who?

[silverleaf]

Two Egyptian Mossad sources dead in a week- someone is cleaning house.

[fatnotlazy]

“...but said there was also speculation that he may have committed suicide after a serious illness was diagnosed. “

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Dr. Kevorkian?

Nah, I guess that’s not how he would do it. :)

[hometoroost]

...it’s a wonder he didn’t stab himself three times in the back on the way down.

[sarasota]

The smell of death—worldwide—is getting stronger.

[AU72]

“Hold muh hookah and watch this!”

[theDentist]

I wonder who caused him to lose his balance.

His head remains on, so I'm thinking Mossad... cutting links to a more important source, perhaps.

[silverleaf]

If another surprise operation is pending, getting rid of Israeli cooperaters would be preparatory

[HEY4QDEMS]

The son-in-law of former Egyptian president Jamal Abdul Nasser, named by Israeli officials as a source for Mossad, "lost his balance" before a fall from his London balcony

Of course he did.

Nothing to see here, move along folks.

[OB1kNOb]

Oopsy! Clumsy he must have been. ;-)

[sarasota]

You nailed it.

[yldstrk]

Why would they do it? More likely Egypt did it.

[Darnright]

Nasser. Now there’s a name you don’t see every day. However, I recognized it instantly, and that makes me older than dirt.

[theDentist]

As I said: protecting a more important source.

[Valin]

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