Never a good idea.
Posted on 01/18/2010 6:11:40 PM PST by ErnstStavroBlofeld
The Jan. 12 assassination of Iranian physicist Masoud Ali-Mohammadi remains shrouded in mystery. The Iranian regime, facing unprecedented political domestic opposition over last June's disputed presidential election, has named Israel's Mossad intelligence service as the most likely culprit, aided by the Americans and British.
The Israelis' supposed objective: to sabotage Iran's controversial nuclear program. But in the Middle East, where conspiracy theories are a cultural pursuit, there's now another scenario.
The Mossad is still the culprit, but its motivation is far murkier -- derailing the tortuous negotiations between Tehran and the West concerning Iran's nuclear project, and thus to clear the way for an Israeli attack on Iran.
The Israelis have long opposed these negotiations set in motion by U.S. President Barack Obama, who favored a diplomatic solution to the problem.
The Israelis, who view a nuclear-armed Iran as an existential threat, have urged pre-emptive strikes to knock out Iran's key nuclear facilities.
Obama has convinced them to give diplomacy a chance. The Israelis gave him until the end of last year to secure a settlement. Failing that, they would take matters into their own hands.
The way the Israelis see it, the talks are simply allowing the Iranians to buy time to acquire enough enriched uranium for nuclear weapons and to develop ballistic missiles capable of delivering them.
So where does the unfortunate Ali-Mohammadi fit into this arcane calculus?
He was killed a week ago when a bomb attached to a motorcycle exploded outside his Tehran home, detonated by remote control.
The regime has gone to great lengths to suggest that Ali-Mohammadi was "martyred in a terrorist operation by counter-revolutionary agents affiliated" with Israel and the West seeking to sabotage that program, and that he was part of that program.
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And what took them so long?
He’s still alive but doesn’t make much sense anymore..... Oh it’s not Muhammad Ali. Never mind.
Never a good idea.
It was the IRGC
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Sorry I read post 7 after I asked the question,
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The Mossad could very well have pulled this off...
Iran is making waves about visits to Mecca.
Iranian mullahs covet the two holy mosques.Killing the brains is a cheap, simple and elegant solution to the problem
My money is on Renee Walker.
I would have more respect for the Sons of Anarchy if they weren’t wearing uniforms. ;)
Hello, 1C-M68.
There was a tiny article in the Jerusalem Post about an Egyptian Op-Ed, which I keep hoping to find translated into English, but no luck so far. It's about Meir Dagan, and I thought both the timing & the subject matter of this Egyptian Op-Ed piece to be a bit 'peculiar.' The Egyptians cheerleading for MOSSAD???????
LOL!
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Meir Dagan is the Superman of Israel'
Jan 16, 2010 12:44
Jerusalem Post ---- Mobile Version
Without Mossad director Meir Dagan, the Iranian nuclear program would have been successfully completed years ago, Egyptian daily Al-Ahram claimed in an op-ed published Saturday.
"Over the past seven years, he has worked in silence, away from the media," the op-ed read. He has dealt painful blows to the Iranian nuclear program, "he is the Superman of the Jewish state."
Among the steps taken by Dagan against Teheran, Al-Ahram listed diplomatic action to embarrass the Islamic republic, action to fuel opposition protests, assassinations and covert attacks against nuclear facilities. The op-ed stressed that while the Mossad under Dagan's leadership achieved many bold victories.....
Here’s the specific one I mentioned in my post to you in the other thread; however, there’s some more interesting stuff about Mossad Chief Meir Dagan archived here at FR.
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