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Vulture in Saudi Custody Suspected as Mossad Agent
Arutz Sheva Israel National News ^
| January 4, 2011
| Gil Ronen
Posted on 01/04/2011 1:14:30 AM PST by Stoat
Saudi Arabian security forces have captured a vulture that was carrying a global positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter and a ring etched with the words "Tel Aviv University." They suspect the bird of spying for Israel, Maariv-NRG reported Tuesday. The GPS and ring were connected to the bird as part of an long-term project by Israeli scientists that follows vultures' location and altitude for research purposes.
The arrest of the vulture - whose identification code is R65 - comes several weeks after an Egyptian official voiced the suspicion that
a shark that attacked tourists off the Sinai shore was also acting on behalf of Mossad. The incidents appear to reflect a growing irrational hysteria among Arabs surrounding Israel's military prowess and the efficacy of its intelligence services.
Maariv said that the R65 was caught near the home of a sheikh in the community of Hayel in Saudi Arabia. The words "Tel Aviv University" etched in English on a ring clasped to its leg, and especially the transmitter, caused the finders to suspect espionage and alert the security forces.
Ohad Hatzofe, bird ecologist for the Nature and Parks Authority, said that the vulture story has been making the rounds in Arabic internet sites, including Al-Jazeera forums and Arabic military forums. "The subject is receiving great publicity and it is important that Saudi authorities understand that it is not true. There is also an international treaty of nature protection professionals, that forbids doing things like this," he added.
(Excerpt) Read more at israelnationalnews.com ...
TOPICS: Israel; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: humor; islam; israel; mossad; napl; saudi; saudiarabia; vulture
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To: Stoat
The words "Tel Aviv University" etched in English Why would it be in English?
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posted on
01/04/2011 5:21:19 AM PST
by
DejaJude
To: Bigg Red
You are right, I am giving them far too much credit. They did however give us slavery and Barbarism, can't take that away from them! How many Nobel Prize winning Muslims have there been throughout history? The Palestinian Universities in the West Bank (all built by post 1967 Israel) study advanced Chemistry in order to build higher grade bombs & rockets and then when they come under return fire, cry “uncle”...
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posted on
01/04/2011 5:29:01 AM PST
by
Netz
To: Eye of Unk
Ironically its been done all through history, their there was even a cat given a medal for working with the French Resistance.
Anyone may jump in and correct me if Im mistaken.
Corrected, as you wanted. :^)
To: DejaJude
Far more people read English than Hebrew. Especially among Arabs.
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posted on
01/04/2011 5:36:13 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Bigg Red
"...the concept of zero came from India." ...and was perfected somewhere between Kenya, Hawaii and Indonesia.
45
posted on
01/04/2011 5:40:38 AM PST
by
Joe 6-pack
(Que me amat, amet et canem meum)
To: Eye of Unk; muawiyah; blam; JoeProBono; The Comedian
>>>>
"Ironically its been done all through history, their was even a cat given a medal for working with the French Resistance." <<<<
I'm positive that I've read several articles somewhere online about a large bird, (maybe an eagle???) who was a mascot for one of the Union Regiments and he flew along with them and was even present at quite a few battles.
Does this ring a bell with anyone? It's NOT folklore, it actually happened during the Civil War.
To: FreedomOfExpression
Corrected, as you wanted. you forgot "it's". ;-)
47
posted on
01/04/2011 5:56:33 AM PST
by
DejaJude
To: All
To: MacMattico
Well, the idea of a cell phone bomb was pretty far-fetched until the Mossad used one to kill a Palestinian terrorist.
To: MacMattico
Well, the idea of a cell phone bomb was pretty far-fetched until the Mossad used one to kill a Palestinian terrorist.
To: Slings and Arrows
Is that a Kosher dead ‘possum?
51
posted on
01/04/2011 5:59:49 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Slings and Arrows
Far more people read English than Hebrew. Especially among Arabs. I thought that it would be Arabic.
52
posted on
01/04/2011 6:01:00 AM PST
by
DejaJude
To: Slings and Arrows
Two vultures boarded an airplane, each of them carrying two dead raccoons ...
The flight attendant asks “Do you wish to check the raccoons through as luggage?” she asked. “No, thanks,” replied the vultures. “They’re carrion.”
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posted on
01/04/2011 6:02:41 AM PST
by
MrB
(The difference between a (de)humanist and a Satanist is that the latter knows who he's working for.)
To: Joe 6-pack
"...the concept of zero came from India."
...and was perfected somewhere between Kenya, Hawaii and Indonesia.
lol
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posted on
01/04/2011 6:05:04 AM PST
by
DejaJude
To: DejaJude
Yes, I remember that program of the bats, really makes you wonder if modern day technology can improve on it.
Personally I would love to see the feral hogs caught in Texas and dropped by parachutes into Iran.
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posted on
01/04/2011 6:06:14 AM PST
by
Eye of Unk
(If your enemy is quick to anger, seek to irritate him. Sun Tzu, The Art of War.)
To: hennie pennie
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posted on
01/04/2011 6:17:25 AM PST
by
JoeProBono
(A closed mouth gathers no feet - Visualize)
To: MrB
Sure - the car that hit him was driven by a shochet.
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posted on
01/04/2011 7:23:48 AM PST
by
Slings and Arrows
(You can't have IngSoc without an Emmanuel Goldstein.)
To: Stoat
Sheesh.
Next up they’ll be worried about large land predators with ear tags...
58
posted on
01/04/2011 7:24:18 AM PST
by
Darksheare
(I shook hands with Sheryl Crow and all I got was Typhus and a single sheet of toilet paper.)
To: Bigg Red
They are far from pretty, IMO, but they do a necessary job in cleaning up our road kill.We've got them, too. True both on 'ugly' and 'beneficial.' They are only 'pretty' from about a mile away.
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posted on
01/04/2011 9:42:05 AM PST
by
Right Wing Assault
(The Obama magic is <strike>fading</strike>gone.)
To: Stoat
A tracking band and a GPS is not much to go on. Now if he had a couple of Hellfire missiles tucked under his wings...
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posted on
01/04/2011 9:51:21 AM PST
by
Hatteras
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