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.
Mount a laser also.
Deal is done.
Thanks so much for your prayers.
Why, oh why, didn’t I take the blue pill?
Congratulations! Is this the one in NYC?
All I did was ask in faith. The rest was up to God.
I’m happy that you didn’t have to wait too much longer!
Yes, in NYC.
And to your next post, I know the relationship between prayer and what God chooses to do is often confusing to us. But I still appreciate the prayer. Whatever the impact on the timing of this search, it is a sign of friendship that I appreciate.
Yeah!!!
Congratulations!
Thanks. Mrs. ArGee wasn’t so enthusiastic. I haven’t yet been able to figure out her ability to see the cloud in the heart of every silver lining.
One of life’s lessons is it’s easier to get a job with a job...
For this short duration I'd just say it's easier to take the job search if you have a job. I actually managed a project start-to-finish that completed on time, within budget, and with full scope. For Software Development, that puts me in a pretty small class of leaders. I wanted that gold medal to trade on, so I stuck it out.
I hope you will get a great deal of satisfaction from the new job. Or pay the rent.
Thanks ... wait? I have to choose between the two?
No, you can have both.
That’s a relief.
And you can have a cookie!
Although I think I read somewhere that those fools over at CTW were going to change that to C is for carrot because ... well meddling is better than just letting kids enjoy the show I guess.
See, you know you want a cookie. And some brownies. And a frosted cupcake. And a couple of banana-chocolate-chip baked-items that would have been muffins if I’d put in baking powder.
The Cub Scouts appreciate your donation!
I consider you a friend, and a FRiend, and I have a habit of praying for my friends. I’ve said, in the past, that when I pray for others I get stupendous results. When I pray for myself, not so much.
Sometimes, prayer is all I have to offer. So you’re very welcome! And I will tell God of my gratitude for the next couple of days.
When is your start date? And did you get the salary you asked for/needed? I’m sure Mrs ArGee is very grateful, as well! :o])
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