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Killing of nuke chief was done entirely by remote control — Iranian report
Times of Israel ^ | Nov. 29, 2020 | Judah Ari Gross

Posted on 11/29/2020 3:16:54 PM PST by rickmichaels

The attack that killed the alleged architect of Iran’s nuclear weapons program on Friday was carried out from afar using a remote-controlled machine gun attached to a car, a leading Iranian news site reported Sunday.

According to the semi-officials Fars news site, the entire operation was conducted with no human agents whatsoever, a significantly different description of the attack than has been presented until now. The account was not attributed to official sources and was not immediately confirmed by Iran. According to the outlet, the assault took place over the course of three minutes as Mohsen Fakhrizadeh — a brigadier general in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, and a key figure in the country’s military research-and-development program long regarded by Israel and the US as the head of its rogue nuclear weapons program — traveled with his wife toward the resort town of Absard, east of Tehran.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesofisrael.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2018; 202010; 202011; 20201127; absard; assassination; drone; fahkrizadeh; iran; irgc; mohsenfakhrizadeh; netanyahu; nissan; remote; remotegun
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To: oldasrocks
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21 posted on 11/29/2020 3:45:18 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: Toddsterpatriot

Starship Troopers, 1959.


22 posted on 11/29/2020 3:45:50 PM PST by firebrand ( )
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To: Toddsterpatriot

I was thinking of this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pyXdB_AYiDs


23 posted on 11/29/2020 3:46:23 PM PST by RightGeek (FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
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To: faithhopecharity

Thomas wictor has an interesting theory on YouTube from yesterday that the guy was spirited away to freedom by the saudis . He was going over the bullet holes in the car and the tight grouping led him to believe they were just trying to kill the body guards. Makes some sense can’t believe everything the Iranians tell us cuz they would be out to save face and not admit he was captured or freed


24 posted on 11/29/2020 3:47:38 PM PST by BillyCuccio (MAGA)
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To: frank ballenger

They should have never underestimated Ernst Stavro Blofeld.


25 posted on 11/29/2020 3:48:03 PM PST by White Lives Matter
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To: rickmichaels

Gerald Bull was assassinated in Belgium. Given the lack of collateral damage, it’s possible he either had no protective detail guarding him or there were gaps in that detail’s coverage. There are no end of theories as to who did it and why:


https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull#Assassination_and_legacy
[Bull concurrently worked on the Scud project, making calculations for the new nose cone needed for the greater re-entry speeds and temperatures the missile would face. Over a period of a few months following, his apartment suffered several non-robbery break-ins, apparently as a threat or a warning, but he continued to work on the project. In March 1990, he was assassinated. One account states he was shot five times in the head and back at point blank range while approaching the door of his apartment in Brussels.[16] Another account states he was shot by a three-man team on March 20, 1990, when he answered the doorbell.[4]

The co-operation between Bull and Saddam Hussein was an immediate threat to Iran and Israel, as Iran had endured an eight-year-long war with Iraq, and Israel had previous military engagements with Iraq during the Arab–Israeli war. Watching development of the gun, Israel feared it could be used to launch nuclear weapons, but the re-designed Scud missiles were of greater concern at that moment. As for Iran, it was under threat from both Bull’s supergun and his re-designed Scud missiles.[17][18]

According to investigative journalist Gordon Thomas, the assassination of Bull had been sanctioned by Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Shamir. Nahum Admoni sent a three-man team to Brussels, where the Mossad agents shot Bull at his door-step. Within hours of the killing, according to Thomas, Mossad was engaged in distributing false stories to the European media, alleging that Bull had been shot by agents from Iraq.[19] ]


Under 5 months after Bull’s assassination, Saddam invaded Kuwait.


27 posted on 11/29/2020 3:51:00 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: The Sons of Liberty
Hey Alexa ...

And everyone knows that Jeff Bezos grandfather and step father had CIA connections!!!

That said, you probably need the Echo Special edition for this application.

28 posted on 11/29/2020 3:55:41 PM PST by DUMBGRUNT ("The enemy has overrun us. We are blowing up everything. Vive la France!"Dien Bien Phu last message.)
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To: RightGeek

Yeah, that was my second thought.


29 posted on 11/29/2020 3:56:56 PM PST by Toddsterpatriot (TANSTAAFL)
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To: White Lives Matter
They should have never underestimated Ernst Stavro Blofeld.

True. And.... No good intelligence service should have believed that Iranian nuke guy's newly hired assistant really worked for Universal Exports. Which Soros owned all along, by the way.

30 posted on 11/29/2020 3:57:33 PM PST by frank ballenger (End vote fraud harvesting,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we are finished.)
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To: BillyCuccio

Interesting. Could be. Especially if the guy promised to help the saudis. The saudis just repeated their long term threat to buy nukes if they feel they need them to defend against iran. escaping or buying scientists like him would fit that narrative perfectly


31 posted on 11/29/2020 4:06:14 PM PST by faithhopecharity (Politicians are not born, they are excreted. Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 to 43 BCE))
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To: rickmichaels

Over 60 now zero

Iran doesn’t help itself with credibility issues.


32 posted on 11/29/2020 4:09:11 PM PST by DoughtyOne (I'm calling for terrorist and criminal reform. Defund them now!)
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To: Toddsterpatriot
::::::::Walter White did this years ago.......::::::::

....and Myth Busters replicated it.....

33 posted on 11/29/2020 4:18:57 PM PST by SERKIT ("Blazing Saddles" explains it all.......)
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To: Diogenesis

I watched that guys analysis also


34 posted on 11/29/2020 4:21:57 PM PST by miliantnutcase
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To: Toddsterpatriot

where do you think they got the idea? :-)


35 posted on 11/29/2020 4:26:26 PM PST by a real Sheila (Epstein didn't kill himself, but Hunter probably will.)
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To: Zhang Fei

Wikipedia, huh? Not sure who wrote this but it doesn’t track what I’ve heard.

1. Mr. Bull was a ballistician and created some the most advanced cannon weapons and projectiles. He was responsible for the HARP (High Altitude Research Project) two huge guns capable of firing an instrumented projectile into space. He designed several advanced 155mm long range towed and SP guns, and pioneered Rocket-assisted and base-bleed long range projectiles. He also pioneered superfrettaged gun tube to increase stiffness and precision at greater ranges.

2. His engineering assistance to Iraq involved two very long-range guns (pointed at Israel) and he was also helping the Iraqis fix their extende range SCUD mods because they kept coming apart during boost phase.

3. He received at least two phone calls warning him to stop helping Iraq. After the last call he was shot.


36 posted on 11/29/2020 4:28:18 PM PST by Chainmail (Remember that half the people you meet are below average intelligence)
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To: Diogenesis

https://youtu.be/nb8KyzT4-ts

6 bullet holes in the target car
3 for the driver
2-3 others from inside
One bloody mess of human innards outside the car, surrounded by uzi rounds fired by the dead guy

Interesting analysis by Wictor


37 posted on 11/29/2020 4:30:18 PM PST by silverleaf (Age Takes a Toll: Please Have Exact Change.)
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To: Chainmail

[Wikipedia, huh? Not sure who wrote this but it doesn’t track what I’ve heard.]


There are several groups of people who *know* what happened. First, the people who killed him, and the people who ordered the killing. Second, the people who were told, after the fact, about the killing. (This *may* include the president and various people who report to him). Third, possibly intel agencies that intercepted elint or obtained humint re the assassination. Everyone else is just guessing, including various authors and commentators who may have written a book or two.


38 posted on 11/29/2020 4:38:26 PM PST by Zhang Fei (My dad had a Delta 88. That was a car. It was like driving your living room.)
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To: rickmichaels

“entire operation was conducted with no human agents whatsoever,”

Sharks with lasers?


39 posted on 11/29/2020 4:45:41 PM PST by dynachrome (People who get what they want are often surprised when they also get what they deserve. ~ james wood)
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To: rickmichaels

40 posted on 11/29/2020 4:45:47 PM PST by Rebelbase (A COVID misanthrope.)
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