Posted on 05/06/2006 5:16:00 PM PDT by aculeus
JERUSALEM — Israel's Mossad secret service agency killed a Palestinian wanted for airplane hijackings by feeding him poisoned Belgian chocolate over six months in the late 1970s, according to a new book, the author said Saturday.
The book, "Striking Back," is apparently the first time that details of the killing have come to light.
In the book, Jerusalem's Time magazine correspondent Aaron Klein describes how Israel tracked down Wadia Haddad, an operative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Baghdad. Haddad had gone into hiding in the Iraqi capital after Israel began killing Palestinian militants around the world, Klein told Israel Radio.
Suspected in multiple hijackings, including the 1976 takeover of an Air France airplane in Entebbe, Uganda, Haddad knew from earlier Israeli tactics that he could be shot or bombed as he walked the street or picked up a phone.
Haddad was cautious of his every move, avoiding travel outside Iraq, said Klein. But the 309-pound food lover had a weakness: chocolate.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Death by Chocolate?
What a way to die.
Killed him with kindness....
YA THINK?!
Klein said there is no evidence that Israel killed Arafat, but that it would take years to prove that poisoning took place because of Israel's sophistication. Arafat died in a Paris hospital in 2004 of a stroke that followed a sudden deterioration in his health.
I doubt that's the case. If Israelis were going to poison Arafat, would have done it in the 1970's or early 1980's.
Arafat is dead????? Still dead???? LOL!
Death by chocolate, what a way to go!
He was lured by the chocolate mosque.
"A piece of chocolate but only wafer thin".
Sweet!
I think the Mossad cannot poison pork because it isn't kosher for a Jew ,so all the terrorists should eat only pork!
In Germany, they actually have a cake named Sacher Tort, my wife's not home to check the spelling for me :), which means death by chocolate.
:O)
P
Whew! I thought Mayor Nagin had done it!
The good news is that the US will not be sending anymore money to the PLO. No more US aid to PLO terrorists.
309 lbs! Crikey, the lard-butt probably had a heart attack. In other news the 501 lb 82 year old was assasinated by switching his prescription glasses. Idiots.
Here's an excerpt from an article on the CNN website [complete by their standards with anti-Israel jab]:
"Book details Mossad's chocolate assassination:
Poison a sophisticated weapon for Israeli intelligence"
Saturday, May 6, 2006; Posted: 7:48 p.m. EDT (23:48 GMT)
JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Mossad secret service agency killed a Palestinian wanted for airplane hijackings by feeding him poisoned Belgian chocolate over six months in the late 1970s, according to a new book, the author said Saturday.
The book, "Striking Back," is apparently the first time that details of the killing have come to light and provides a glimpse at how sophisticated Israel is at poisoning.
In his book, author Aaron Klein describes how Israel tracked down Wadia Haddad, an operative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Baghdad. Haddad had gone into hiding in the Iraqi capital after Israel began killing Palestinian militants around the world, Klein told Israel Radio.
. . .
The Mossad's ability to poison has improved drastically over the years, Klein said.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/WORLD/meast/05/06/chocolate.assassin.ap/index.html
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