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.
I still had enough to take one friend to lunch every week! We used to go to all-you-can-eat salad bars (most of them were “gym rats” so we could handle 2000 kcal lunches). One was a foodie and introduced me to Thai and Vietnamese food. We had lots of fun.
It’s amazing what little economies can do.
Oh, well, gotta feed the cats. SYL.
Yeah, I don't lean that way either.
One of my FRiends came to my rescue when this guy first started and told him not to talk down to his betters, especially those who are older and wiser, but he didn’t get the hint. That’s OK. I can block him with no problem.
And I’m the same way with FR. I don’t recognize a lot of names.
LOL! Hahaha! Guitar Hero!
Nah. My daughter has always been fascinated by Esperanto, so finding someone to practice on/with is as close as my phone. ;o]
Back from the big city. I left a little early and got to the medical plaza about 20+ minutes early, but that was OK. What WASN’T OK was the drive. The air was full of smoke from the CA fires, and I thought I had a facemask in my backpack, but no dice. My eyes burned and my lungs hurt.
I asked for a mask when I checked in at the desk but the box was empty. They sent a message to hunt one down! Meanwhile, they gave me a bottle of cold water, since I left mine in the truck.
It was very good to see my BP down once again, so I didn’t have to worry about the doctor telling me what a bad girl I was. I was out in 25 minutes, even with everything that was checked, and headed back home, this time with a mask. But my EYES!
I dropped the prescription off and came home, where I sat outside to wait for Charlie. When he finally came out, he was a little testy and wanted to go up to the annual meeting with the local constabulary. Three minutes after he left the mail carrier came. She was still upset over what Berta did yesterday.
And of course, I came in the apartment to smell cigarette smoke. I really need to get that letter written. I added two more dates for yesterday and today, as it doesn’t matter how they try to hide it, I smell it.
So that’s my story and I’m stickin’ to it!
I’m afraid all the best python wranglers are in countries with current travel bans.
There’s more to FR than the UT?
I don’t have any problem with people who might be lesser than me talking down to me. They have a right to talk. I have a right to ignore them.
What kind of person goes to La$ Vega$ with no dice in her backpack?
W00t!
Very clever!
My spine doesn’t bend like it used to.
Congratulations on your success! I had a nap (interrupted, of course). I dreamed I was trying to get from choir practice to another church event - something to do with Jim’s new homeless mission, and they were giving away folding chairs - but DP didn’t want to drive me.
Yes, I occasionally read “current events,” but I’m also into the articles that SunkenCiv posts because they’re always so interesting!
And of course, Nully’s pings...
HAHA! A non-gambler goes to Vegas with no dice!
Thanks! At least I did what I had set out to do, but I don’t know if the trip was worth it. Yes, I need the morphine to function, but the eyes and the lungs will not be nice to me for the next few days.
I’m going to try essential oils for the lungs and see if they help enough to ease up on some of the nebulizer meds. If so, I’ll be a happy person!
I’ll pick it up in the morning, but I really don’t want to go out in the smoke again. :o|
Homeless mission? That’s where I go to church.
I remember that. My parish is very involved in aid to the homeless. Some of our ministry coordinators are now working on an idea to build transitional (I think) housing for homeless people. I think the City of Charlotte and Wells Fargo Bank are involved, too. The details weren’t entirely clear in the brief presentation at the Stewardship meeting.
Anyway, I don’t think they’re going to give away folding chairs. That was a weird idea.
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