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Iran accuses West of using lizards for nuclear spying
www.timesofisrael.com ^ | 02/13/2018 | By AFP and Michael Bachner

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.


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To: Tax-chick

So, Sally is already adding value.


3,661 posted on 06/26/2018 12:19:38 PM PDT by ArGee (Is Congress worse than MS-13? MS-13 is honest about wanting to rape, control, and kill.)
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To: Tax-chick; ArGee; NicknamedBob; Silentgypsy; NoCmpromiz; Covenantor

At least some people have “things” happening around them. I’m stuck in the same ol’ rut of aches and pains and gossip.

Zeke just told me Eddie was going to school (teaching?) and what was Wendy going to do for an attorney now. I told Zeke I saw him more than I did Eddie, so he’ll have to ask Eddie about the veracity of the claim.

I don’t know why, but I got a mail-in ballot today because it seems there is to be a special vote, though I don’t understand why. I just know I have to mail it in before July 17.

Charlie didn’t ask me why I was sitting on the other side of the table from him today, but it appeared he was making an effort not to slap the bench. Some days, I wonder why I’m such an awful person. Other days, I think my Awful Meter needs a refill.

And now because it appears that this relapse is full-blown, I’m going to bed because the chills have overtaken me. Not only that, but it seems I’m repeating myself. See all y’all tomorrow.


3,662 posted on 06/26/2018 12:23:57 PM PDT by Monkey Face (If the bitter cup does not pass, drink it. Be strong! ~~ Jeffrey R Holland ~~)
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To: Monkey Face

Question apropos of nothing.

Do they put pictures of missing Trans people on cartons of half-n-half?

H/T to Gary Mule Deer


3,663 posted on 06/26/2018 12:59:47 PM PDT by ArGee (Is Congress worse than MS-13? MS-13 is honest about wanting to rape, control, and kill.)
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To: Monkey Face

I hope you feel better tomorrow.


3,664 posted on 06/26/2018 1:18:38 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: ArGee

Heh, mildly amusing.

Things are not looking well for tonight’s swim meet.


3,665 posted on 06/26/2018 1:19:00 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: ArGee

Thor gave a thumb-down to the swim meet. Calculations were run, and it was determined that our team couldn’t win even if we won 1-2-3 in all the remaining events, so we conceded.

In other weird animal news, I’m taking Sally tomorrow afternoon to interview for a rat-sitting job.


3,666 posted on 06/26/2018 5:11:17 PM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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3,667 posted on 06/27/2018 2:22:09 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: Tax-chick

Kitteh says, “I be da rat sitter!!! Me!”

Relapses don’t improve overnight, darnit. One goes to bed exhausted and wakes up very tired. Sleep is not refreshing. It’s just sleep. And not good sleep.

And there are a lot of other things involved in it that aren’t fun to endure, but it is what it is. I just have to deal with it as it comes, and try not to overextend myself.

I’ll get that ballot mailed this morning. Zeke is coming over so I need to shower and print out a letter for him. He’ll be moving within the next week or two, as he is one of those in Phase I, so he will be gone, soon. What a relief! I’ll have to give him all his letters this morning. Happy day.

Off to the shower. (Some days, even a shower is an effort and that’s as good as the day gets, because it wears me out.)


3,668 posted on 06/27/2018 2:44:46 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If the bitter cup does not pass, drink it. Be strong! ~~ Jeffrey R Holland ~~)
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To: Monkey Face

Sounds like a busy morning. I need to clean my glasses!


3,669 posted on 06/27/2018 2:54:12 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: Monkey Face
"Some days, even a shower is an effort and that’s as good as the day gets, because it wears me out."

Whaddaya mean, some days? Otherwise, this part I understand.

I once thought that I would live forever, but that was an eternity ago.

3,670 posted on 06/27/2018 3:28:21 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: Tax-chick

The shower was tiring. It won’t be much busier, even though I am out of yogurt. I don’t think I have the energy to go to Walmart.

I’m also hoping this is the last time I need to deal with Zeke. He wears me out, too.

I checked FB to see what’s going on there and THAT wore me out because two total strangers wanted to argue with me. NOT arguing.

And my nephew posted that Mitt Romney won the senate seat in Utah. I just think of MA and I know all I need to know about him. He’s a RINO “Jack-Mormon.” Poor Utah.


3,671 posted on 06/27/2018 3:42:16 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If the bitter cup does not pass, drink it. Be strong! ~~ Jeffrey R Holland ~~)
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To: Monkey Face

It’s hot and humid here. The boys are sluggish, and the cats are damp.


3,672 posted on 06/27/2018 4:00:13 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: Tax-chick

Sounds suspiciously like a Monday in your neck of the woods!

I just went out to toss something in the trash and it’s very nice out. If I felt up to it, I’d take a walk and see if the demolition equipment is up on the Pacific Avenue side. If the crews aren’t wearing HAZ-MAT suits when they start to tear into this place, I’ll play the part of a whistle blower, as these were built with asbestos was in favor. Also, most of the places have mold inside the walls because of inattention to the placement of the sprinklers.

Welp it must be time to find that letter in the catacombs and make another copy of it. I’ll just bring it up because Zeke has the name of the new director, so I’ll have to wait until he gets here. Ungh.


3,673 posted on 06/27/2018 4:22:29 AM PDT by Monkey Face (If the bitter cup does not pass, drink it. Be strong! ~~ Jeffrey R Holland ~~)
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To: Monkey Face

Today shouldn’t be as busy as some other days.

In the suburban wildlife sanctuary, Tom the Mocker is trying to drive away several grackles, and the cats are hoping some of the birds will be sufficiently distracted to be prey.


3,674 posted on 06/27/2018 4:40:14 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: ArGee

Actually, an old friend who lives far away was in a bad place, so I called her. We were on the phone for a couple of hours. Then, catch up on chores was the order of the day. Fell asleep. Monday: gone.


3,675 posted on 06/27/2018 5:15:24 AM PDT by Silentgypsy ( “If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.”__Scorpion)
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To: Silentgypsy; Monkey Face; ArGee

No animal, vegetable, or mineral disasters occurred while I was taking the little kids to VBS.


3,676 posted on 06/27/2018 6:00:35 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: Tax-chick

Knowing how things tend to happen around you, I can understand why you just documented that fact.


3,677 posted on 06/27/2018 6:25:06 AM PDT by NicknamedBob (If you can't do something well, you won't do anything good.)
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To: NicknamedBob

It’s important to mark these small victories over entropy.


3,678 posted on 06/27/2018 6:27:48 AM PDT by Tax-chick (Fill in my standard rant.)
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To: Tax-chick
In other weird animal news, I’m taking Sally tomorrow afternoon to interview for a rat-sitting job.

For a guy named Willard?

3,679 posted on 06/27/2018 6:54:41 AM PDT by ArGee (Is Congress worse than MS-13? MS-13 is honest about wanting to rape, control, and kill.)
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To: Silentgypsy
Actually, an old friend who lives far away was in a bad place, so I called her.

Did you suggest she move to a good place?

3,680 posted on 06/27/2018 6:57:21 AM PDT by ArGee (Is Congress worse than MS-13? MS-13 is honest about wanting to rape, control, and kill.)
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