Posted on 07/25/2004 7:06:08 PM PDT by wagglebee
Freed Israeli nuclear spy Mordechai Vanunu said in an interview published today that Israel was behind the 1963 assassination of U.S. President John F. Kennedy, prompting some Israeli officials to hope aloud the far-fetched comments will hurt Vanunu's credibility.
Vanunu, a former nuclear technician who was recently released from Israeli prison after serving an 18-year sentence for exposing Israel's nuclear program at Dimona to Britain's Sunday Times, has been barred from leaving the country, talking to the media or meeting with foreigners.
But the London-based al-Hayat newspaper published an interview yesterday it claims is the first Vanunu has given, in which the spy said that according to "near-certain indications," Kennedy was assassinated due to "pressure he exerted on then head of government, David Ben-Gurion, to shed light on Dimona's nuclear reactor."
"We do not know which irresponsible Israeli prime minister will take office and decide to use nuclear weapons in the struggle against neighboring Arab countries," Vanunu was quoted as saying. "What has already been exposed about the weapons Israel is holding can destroy the region and kill millions."
Vanunu, who would not be in a position to know the current security apparatus of Israel's nuclear plant, also claims the Middle East is at risk of a "second Chernobyl" in the event of an accident at the Dimona plant. He said an earthquake could cause fissures to the core that would create a massive radiation leak "threatening millions."
Jordan should test residents in the border regions with Israel to be sure that they have not already been exposed to any radiation and administer the necessary medicine, Venunu said. He also criticized the visit to Israel early this month by the head of the Atomic Energy Agency, Mohammed el-Baradei.
"He (Baradei) should have refused to have visited Israel (because) he was not allowed to inspect the nuclear reactor," Vanunu said.
According to al-Hayat, Vanunu now lives "with his Palestinian friends" in east Jerusalem.
Israeli officials would not comment on what actions they would take against Vanunu, who had agreed as part of the terms of his release, that he would not grant media interviews.
"The opinions on Vanunu are divided," Ra'anan Gissin, a spokesman for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, told reporters. "Some say let him speak and it adds to the ambiguity policy, while others say the more he speaks the more he raises tensions, particularly in the current atmosphere."
Gissin said Vanunu's comments regarding JFK work to discredit the former spy. "This is something you would expect from [Yasser] Arafat," Gissin said.
Separately, an Israeli source told WorldNetDaily that after the Kennedy assassination, Israeli intelligence carried out an exercise to see how shooter Lee Harvey Oswald, who used a mail-order, clip-fed 6.5mm rifle, was able to kill Kennedy from his angle on the sixth floor of a nearby building.
The simulation exercise reportedly featured expert marksmen using more powerful equipment set up on tripods and utilized a laser direction-finder to show where the people in Kennedy's car would have been hit after the marksmen fired. The source said the exercise showed it was "nearly impossible for Oswald to have done what he did."
Tanks, Israel.
Ronald Reagan reportedly said a prayer for David Hinkley. I heard this from Ronald Reagan's pastor of 20 years who was there at the hospital after President Reagan was shot.
Yes he probably did, and the Pope forgave his would be assassin too.
Were the Israelis also responsible for kidnapping the Lindberg baby. Lindberg was a nasty Jew hater. Then again Israel did not exist at the time.
That sounds like something Charles Pierce of the Boston Globe wrote: "If she had lived, Mary Jo Kopechne would be 62 years old. Through his tireless work as a legislator, Edward Kennedy would have brought comfort to her in her old age."
No, he has no grudges at all...LOL!
Well, that about does it for Mr. Vanunu. Consider his goose cooked, he's gone off the deep end, and there's no coming back, for any words that come from his mouth.
Well, did he confirm the shots came from the Grassy Knoll, the Book Depository, or the Manhole?
He thought the whole thing up, and did it completely by himself with no outside assistance.
The assassination was all due to an unfortunate circumstance of a lone American Communist placing himself in the right spot at the right time to break the heart of this nation and change history.
No way.
Lee Harvey Oswaldstein acted alone.
On the other hand, the shot from the wall behind the "grassy knoll" is even shorter, only about a 40 yard shot. That looks like the shot that a clear-thinking professional hit man would have chosen. So who knows, maybe the final shot was fired by a professional with a silencer from the grassy knoll. That's still possible, but there's no evidence to support that theory. It's also possible that other people helped Oswald, although he didn't really need any help.
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A lot of people have commented that Dealy Plaza and the grassy knoll area is quite small and would have been difficult for an assassin, though not impossible. I'm convinced Oswald had help because of the direction Kennedy's head took on the fatal hit, which was to the back and left. We've heard a lot of the "jet effect" theory that a hit from the back could have caused his head to go that way but I have a hard time buying it, most likely it did because he was struck in the front right temple.
There are other discrepancies between the official Warren Report and direct witness testimony as well that point to more than one gunman. Mrs. Connally for example, even though she believes Oswald acted alone swears to this day the single bullet theory was inaccurate because of the way she heard the bullet sounds. First Kennedy was struck, then a few seconds later a separate shot hit her husband. That would mean there were at least four shots and another gunman. And there were others who swore they heard shots from the knoll.
As far as Oswald: the police got the man right man, he was up there and was firing at Kennedy. Too many conspiracy theorists want to pretend he wasn't or that he was setup but the evidence is overwhelming he was involved.
But as she was sitting ahead of Kennedy, how does she know?
The Zapruder film shows that she did not turn around until after her husband was hit.
Further, it also shows that Kennedy was unhit (is that a cromulant word?) less than half a second (possibly zero)before Connolly.
The discredited two separate bullets theory suggested that Oswald would not have time to reload in that time (ignoring the zero timegap possibilty).
however the vaunted sound analysis for a Grassy knoll shot places it a couple of seconds after Connolly was hit.
And at a time the Zapruder film shows noone was hit.
So the supposed easiest shot was a miss. Is that likely?
Moving on, one of the tinfoil sites suggests that the Isrtaelis decided on the assasinatio when Kennedy probed them about Dimona just 3 weeks before November 22.
And after Oswald started working at the BD.
I will be fascinated how the Oswald got the job becasue he was selected as a patsy crowd reconciles that.
It is over looked by many how close Jim Garrison got to getting a conviction in the trial in New Orleans.
His book on the subject convinced me that Oswald was used.
Now excuse me, while I go refresh my aluminum foil supply.
Considering this is Israel we're talking about, and Scripture frequently displays earthquakes with divine judgment, I'd say core fissures caused by an earthquake would be rather irrelevant if such events transpired. He's omniscient.
The Nuke guy may be partially correct on RFK. There is no doubt that Sirhan Sirhan was doped up in some fashion when he performed the hit there in the kitchen. The attitude shown to the cops when they arrested, the lack of any behavior...the guy was on some kind of drug. As for why RFK might have been an Isreal target...that would be a great question to ask. I have no doubt that JFK was killed by Oswald, and it was purely a one-man operation. And even Ruby's involvement...was simply another nut into the whole scenario...nothing more. But Sirhan is a different type individual. No one can exaplin much about this guy and the weeks that led up to the RFK killing.
1) The dumbing down of America included journalists and editors. 2) it sells more papers to be more senstationalist. Take your pick.
"1) The dumbing down of America included journalists and editors. 2) it sells more papers to be more senstationalist. Take your pick."
I take both, and some ice cream.
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