A Close Look At Mossad — The Group Claiming Responsibility For Killing Another Iranian Scientist
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In his book, The Bomb in the Basement: How Israel Went Nuclear and What That Means for the World, Michael Karpin recounted that in November 1962, the director of an Egyptian company Antra Dr. Heinz Krug went missing.
At the end of that month, one letter bomb at Cairo's Factory 333 addressed to Wolfgang Pilz, who was in charge of the missile building operation, left his secretary blind, deaf and facially disfigured.
The following day, a parcel addressed to General Kamal Azzar, an Egyptian army coordinator for German scientists' work exploded, killing Egyptian scientist Michael Khouri and five Egyptian engineers.
Source: Reuters
In 1963, Swiss police arrested two Mossad agents, one Israeli and one Austrian, after a German scientist's daughter accuses them of threatening her.
The two agents told Heidi Goercke that if her father refused to leave Egypt, he could expect "serious problems." They were arrested for suspicion of participation in failed assassination of Hans Kleinwachte.
In light of these events, Mossad chief Issar Harel resigned and the two agents were freed after a few months.
Source: Reuters
On September 5th, 1972, during the 1972 Olympics, a group of terrorists killed two Israeli athletes and took nine others as hostage.
After unsuccessful negotiations during which the terrorists demanded the realease of 232 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons, all hostages, one West German police officer and five terrorists were killed.
Terrorists targeted as a result of this massacre were allegedly shot, blown up by a booby trapped phone and a booby trapped car.
Source: Global Directions
In 1973, Ahmed Bouchiki, a Moroccan-born waiter working in Norway, was mistaken for Ali Hassan Salameh. \
Five Mossad officers were tried and eventually released. Israel offered compensation to the waiter's family.
Source: Reuters
After being recuited by Mossad, Pollard was caught trading information to the israeli agency Lakam and sentenced to life in prison.
Israel apologized to the United States and dismantled Lakam, an Israeli agency that specialized in scientific cooperation.
According to the Associated Press, in November of last year, Pollard's wife said he will not survive another year in prison.
Source: Reuters
The agents were released for lack of evidence.
In 1998, two more suspected Mossad officers were arrested and charged with spying on sensitive military installations in Cyprus.
Source: Reuters
Shiqaqi was shot outside a hotel in Sliema, Malta, at point-blank range with a gun with a silencer.
The two men on a motorcycle fired five bullets into his head. Police officials called it "a professional job."
Source: The New York Times
Two agents, who pretended to be Canadian tourists, were arrested by Jordanian police. According to The New York Times, Mossad was no longer allowed to keep office in Amman after this accident.
What's more, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu repaired ties with Jordan by freeing Hamas's spiritual mentor, Sheikh Ahmed Yassin, from prison.
Source: Reuters
The Mossad agent admitted to spying on the Lebanese-born car dealer, conducting illegal activity on behalf of a foreign country, and using forged identity papers.
Israel paid almost $2 million in bail to guarantee agent's return for the four day trial that took place two years after the accident. Surprisingly,
Swiss justice officials allowed the agent's identity to remain secret and used his assumed name for the trial.
Source: The New York Times
New Zealand took offense to this identity theft and imposed diplomatic sanctions on Israel, restricting Visas and uninviting Israeli President Moshe Katsav, who was planning to visit the country.
Hamas praised New Zealand's actions against the "Zionist security apparatuses."
Source: Foreign Policy
In 2006, ten Mossad agents were allegedly supposed to assassinate a senior Syrian nuclear official.
After installing trojan software in his laptop, they found photographs and blueprints for a plutonium reactor.
In September 2007, Israeli fighter bombers destroyed the nuclear plant.
Source: The Telegraph
A team of 11 agents attempted to break Mabhouh's room after tracking him as he checked into al-Bustan hotel in Dubai.
After they failed to break into his room, it's believed the team tricked him into opening his door and forcing their way in.
When the team left the room, they locked the door from the inside and put the latch and chain in place. By the time Mabhouh's body was found the next day, the killers were on their way to Paris, Frankfurt, Hong Kong and South Africa.
Source: The Telegraph
After a shark attack on five tourists resulted in one death, Israel National News quoted Southern Sinai Governor Abed Al-Fadij as saying:
“We must not discount the possibility that Mossad threw the shark into the sea, in order to attack tourists who are having fun in Sharm al-Sheikh. Mossad is trying to hurt Egyptian tourism in any way possible, and the shark is one way for it to realize its plan.”
Source: Foreign Policy
The vulture, named R-65, was carrying a global positioning satellite (GPS) transmitter and a ring etched with the words "Tel Aviv University."
Saudi Arabian security forces suspected the bird of spying for Israel. According to the researchers, R-65 was one of seven vultures that were marked in Israel in the last few years that reached Saudi Arabia.
Source: Israel National News
