Posted on 02/13/2018 6:45:34 AM PST by Red Badger
Adviser to Khamenei says aid collectors for Palestinians sought to deploy reptiles whose skin 'attracted atomic waves'
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The former chief-of-staff of Iran’s armed forces said Tuesday that Western spies had used lizards to “attract atomic waves” and spy on his country’s nuclear program.
It was the latest in a long line of incidents of Western countries, including Israel, being accused of deploying secret agents from the animal kingdom.
Hassan Firuzabadi, senior military adviser to supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was responding to questions from local media on the recent arrest of environmentalists.
He said he did not know the details of the cases, but that the West had often used tourists, scientists and environmentalists to spy on Iran.
“Several years ago, some individuals came to Iran to collect aid for Palestine… We were suspicious of the route they chose,” he told the reformist ILNA news agency.
“In their possessions were a variety of reptile desert species like lizards, chameleons… We found out that their skin attracts atomic waves and that they were nuclear spies who wanted to find out where inside the Islamic Republic of Iran we have uranium mines and where we are engaged in atomic activities,” he said.
Firuzabadi said Western spy agencies had “failed every time.”
His comments came after news that a leading Iranian-Canadian environmentalist, Kavous Seyed Emami, had committed suicide in prison after he was arrested along with other members of his wildlife NGO last month.
Several spying allegations involving various creatures have been leveled against Israel over the past years.
In January 2016, Lebanese residents captured a griffon vulture wearing an Israeli tracking device, but released it upon realizing that the transmitter strapped to the bird was intended for scientific research rather than espionage.
Several months earlier, Hamas claimed to have caught a dolphin wearing Israeli spying equipment.
Twice in recent years, Turkish media has highlighted allegations that birds tagged with Israeli university tracking devices were on espionage missions.
In 2012, an eagle with an Israeli tag in Sudan was captured and alleged to be as a Mossad spy.
Two years earlier, an Egyptian official said Israel-controlled sharks may have been involved in a number of attacks on tourists in the Red Sea.
Yes. It was Walter Pidgeon in all his haminess. And Leslie Nielson, with no sense of humor. No wonder it was coming!
“Thread and forum killing heck powers, untie! Er.. unite!”
Eight vials!?! Vampires!
While I was dropping Frank, Kathleen, and Gloria’s kids at VBS, Vlad called to say Charlie Russell bit James, “and James says he’s lost the tip of his finger.” I imagined showing up at the emergency room saying, “A dragon but his finger off. That’s right.” Then I took a deep breath and told Vlad, “Go get Tom and tell him I said to deal with it, please.”
When I got home, James was bandaged with gauze and duct tape, Tom was back in his cave, and the traumatic amputation story had been reworked to an “almost.” I think James is having an attack of middle-child syndrome.
Wow, that really puts things in perspective.
Uh oh. Somehow I missed Monday. A thousand apologies and a good morning to all.
Your family has more middle people than most.
But as long as you remain "fair to middling", I think you'll be alright.
Yes, eight vials. Since I couldn’t watch the draw (it gets more difficult as I age) I counted the vials in the little basket. Over and over, and one by one when they were filled. Yep. Eight.
I decided to take the last test over this morning, and glorioski, but the computers were down so they couldn’t take my sample. I asked for a new container, and out the door I went. Maybe tomorrow or the next day.
Poor Charlie Russel getting blamed for James’ trauma! LOL! Boys are a totally different breed, aren’t they? Ya gotta love ‘em!
Charlie is beginning to concern me a little. He seems to be getting crankier, but I think its the impending move. He’s become quite argumentative, and has acquired a habit of slapping the bench we’re sitting on to emphasize points, or just to have something to do. Because I have chronic bursitis in all my joints, that slapping jars the joints and its painful. I finally just began to stand up when he does it.
I think he thought I stood up to talk to another neighbor until yesterday, and his mood got a little darker. Maybe I’ll just get up and sit on the other side of the table in the future. I can’t tell him to stop it because that would be really antagonistic.
Yes, a whole lot of people here have the option for middling-out. Fortunately, James will not gain the distinction of being Nine-Fingered, at least not today.
Thee hast summoned powers that may not be so easily un-sommoned.
Thou shouldst gird thy loins.
Don’t apologize. Share the secret!
There's a guy I occasionally see on the subway who carries a sign that he's selling boxing lessons. He's pretty big and he talks to himself. Sometimes I can make out what he's saying and it relates to effective ways to kill people. He gets vehement sometimes and starts banging the seat next to him.
As you can imagine, the seats next to him are always empty.
Thanks, ArGee. That’s enormously helpful!
As well as just a tad unnerving.
At least for those of us who ride the NYC subways.
Somehow, I activated a voice-over of everything on the screen. I don’t know how I did it, so I didn’t know how to stop it except to close the page in mid-post competition. That’s twice now, since I got this Lenovo.
Any suggestions as to how to stop it the next time without shutting down the page?
Thanks! I’ll let you know if it works!
I turned off or disabled everything connected with “Narrator” so I hope I strangled the little nuisance! Some things l learn the hard way, but this one was really strange. It Just. Would. Not. Shut. UP!
I'm not surprised.
Everyone knows Windows 10 is a liberal.
Truth.
Afternoon, folks.
While she was at work today, Sally fished a spider out of the pool, “because I’m a life guard.” It made a web in her hand and caught a bug.
Can someone help me off this planet?
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