NEWS ABOUT: Mossad
Mossad stories: 4 news briefs
Israeli leader-in-waiting served in elite Mossad spying unit
Times (UK) Sep 20, 08 6:43 AM CDT
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The woman set to be Israel's next prime minister started her career as an elite Mossad agent in Paris, the Times of London reports. Tzipi Livni was part of a covert cell in the city during the early '80s, when it was a hotspot in the spy agency's battle with Palestinian militants and with those helping Saddam Hussein get nuclear technology.
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Iran responds with threat; Tel Aviv worries about US backing
Daily Telegraph (UK) Jun 29, 08 11:51 AM CDT
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Israel has 12 months to stop Iran from developing nuclear weapons or risk Tehran’s wrath, a former Israeli defense official said. “The time that is left to be ready is getting shorter all the time,” Shabtai Shavit told the Telegraph. “We should do whatever (is) necessary in case sanctions don’t work. What’s left is military action.”
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Nasrallah blames foe for killing of top commander
NPR Feb 14, 08 3:09 PM CST
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The leader of the terrorist group Hezbollah said today that the assassination of one of its commanders amounted to a declaration of “open war” by Israel, NPR reports. "Zionists, if you want this type of open war then let the whole world hear: let it be an open war," Hassan Nasrallah told a funeral gathering for Imad Mughniyeh, killed Tuesday in Syria.
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Egyptian billionaire found crumpled under apartment balcony
Associated Press Jun 28, 07 4:50 AM CDT
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Scotland Yard is investigating the death of an Egyptian billionaire suspected of being a Mossad spy. Ashraf Marwan's body was found yesterday on the pavement beneath the balcony of his fourth-floor London flat. Friends said Marwan, who was 62, feared assassination since 2004 when it was first reported that he passed intelligence to Israelis before the 1973 Yom Kippur War.
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