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 don’t feel rested.
The brake pads are supposed to be delivered today. They were in Phoenix last night, and I forgot to check with Zeke to see if he could give me a ride home from the Muffler Shop. I suspect he won’t be able to as his friend is ailing. (The one that gave him the Lexus.)
That means I will have to go with Plan B and that’s not even fun to contemplate.
Good morning. I don’t feel rested, either. Several things hurt, although none acutely. Getting old, as OldTax-lady says, is not for the weak!
Walmart.com says our Unacceptable Receptacle will arrive Saturday.
What a floofy squee! I heart it!
That would make my day better all around.
*tagline*
My friend Sharon from Cub Scouts has Federal jury duty this week. She said last night that she was thinking of trying to take her cat for Emotional Support today.
I hope the new Unacceptable Receptacle is big enough to be acceptable for Shannon’s bulk.
Another morning when my age is only in my body while my mind tries to figure out why I’m not moving very quickly.
There is a woman in this complex who has a little tiny Yorkie, and ostensibly, he is her companion animal. She puts him on the leash, and when he stops to do his business, she just drags him with his leg in the air or his rump in a squat and doesn’t clean up after him.
He is no more a companion animal than I am. He’s just a convenience when she wants him to be and a nuisance otherwise.
Morning everyone. Busy day yesterday - which is unusual when I’m not “working.”
Anyway, I have an offer for the job I wanted. The offer is, however, slightly lower than I wanted. So Mrs. ArGee and I are mulling it over and praying about it.
Further bulletins as events warrant (or not).
Tell them you really like them and want the job, but it’s lower than you had hoped, if they won’t budge initially (and it’s 50:50 they will) say ‘tell you what, I really want the job, can we at least negotiate an early review? I’m confident that after six months you’ll see my production rates a higher pay.’
Then don’t stop looking, it’s good to have a Plan B in your pocket...
Tagline: *groan*
Best wishes! It’s good to have a job you want ...
...with matching lizard cape, fab feline fashion!
They came up from their original. They’re pretty close. And NYC is being flooded with H1B people who have freshly minted certifications in what I do but no real world experience. The company that would be hiring me understands this and really wants me on board. But the company where I would be working is really squeezing rates.
I would have an opportunity to see an increase in 6 months regardless because that’s the term of each task order.
RE: Your tagline - the only effective strategy is that old Army dictum - if you see the bomb disposal technician running, follow him.
I think we have that blanket.
HAH! You’re just jealous because you didn’t think of it first! ;o]
Tres chic!
It sounds promising! I’ll keep praying for your employment until I hear you have been hired. ;o]
Wow! You should have a job that helps other people get a job!
Morning, y’all.
Thank you!
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