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.
Sweet little floof!
Thank you. We are looking with great anticipation toward her arrival. 24 years is a long time which we have been awaiting for her but God knows best ... lol ... sometimes the wait more than worth the wait. A little one is always a blessing and as has been said before .... Thank God for Little Girl. My apology for rambling ....
He got his paw dirty.
You’ll be able to buy lots of pink outfits!
You caught him at it!
LOL regarding pink outfit purchases. Better half and I began our pink acquisition outfits tour this weekend. Perhaps a bit early but better half and I will not be denied our fun
It would be good to have another way to FREEP handy so we can help out.
Ubuntu is a very nice OS. I have a Macbook but I would have been glad to replace the OS with Ubuntu if it weren’t for the compatibility issues with my wife.
Not that OS compatibility issues are the only ones we have, but enough’s enough.
‘Tis true, but ‘tis a well defined and maintained OS that has been running well (and much better than Windows) for 30 years or so.
Remember to consider the size the little pink person is likely to attain at various seasons of the year.
Glad I wasn't the only one. ;)
Thank you. It was mostly good. My F-I-L had a good weekend with us and my daughter was sweet when she came over, even if it was short.
I think I’m caught up.
Morning. Off to work.
We pray for guidance often and then pray to not go crazy but we think insanity is winning. Hey maybe that is why God waited so long to grant us another girl for the family ...
Good to see you two. Glad you didn’t allow anyone to run you off
Was someone trying to run me off?
I have a new job that’s taking a lot of time away from important stuff like FR. But I don’t think I’m being run off.
LOL never look behind yourself they could be gaining on one of us
I praise God I’m retired. Been so busy in retirement though I find I am lying to myself about being retired. Glad the news is great from you, ArGee
I will be glad to retire, but I don’t plan to stop work. I plan to stop worrying about doing something I can get paid for.
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