Word: mossad
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...major piece on late-term abortion policy. More text messages confirm the story on Indonesian terrorism is on its way. But a call from New Zealand correspondent Claire Harvey changes everything: Helen Clark's government has announced it's cutting ties with Israel following the jailing of two alleged Mossad spies for passport fraud. Whittaker's thrilled: "I think we've got a story that will get us out of trouble." Harvey rings back to confirm the sentence involves a donation to charity. "This has got it all," Whittaker tells her. "We have to go gang-busters on this." Within...
...antiunion stance and outspokenness, Adelson isn't exactly the most popular guy in town. But the son of a Boston cabby doesn't have to worry much about drawing a crowd; almost everywhere he and his wife Miriam go, they are escorted by a contingent of ex-Mossad Israeli intelligence agents. Even for Adelson, some things are better not left to chance...
...Editorial, “Assassination Doesn’t Work,” March 25), the moral critique that the editors put forth is unfounded and inaccurate. First, Israel had previously jailed Yassin, but he was freed in an unfortunate prisoner exchange with Jordan in 1997 after two Israeli Mossad agents were captured in Jordan following a botched assassination attempt. Second, arresting the spiritual leader of a militant group that virtually controls large areas of the Gaza strip is a near-impossible task that puts many lives—both Israeli and Palestinian—at risk. Finally, although circumstances...
...immediate aftermath of 9/11 few in the Muslim mainstream identified with the terror attacks. That much was obvious from the wave of denial that blamed the attacks on the Mossad or the CIA. The truth - that the callous murder of almost 3,000 civilians was carried out by 19 Arab men who considered themselves devout and pious Muslims carrying out a blessed act - was too horrific to swallow. Cowardly attacks on civilians elicited little pride in the Muslim world, and plenty of revulsion. That was why they had to be blamed on somebody else...
...Israeli intelligence couldn't find them. A secret Israeli parliamentary committee began hearings last week to look into the matter. Sources tell TIME that the Knesset investigative committee will examine not whether Iraqis possessed chemical and biological weapons--of that the Israelis are certain--but rather why the Mossad, the country's international espionage organization, and military intelligence were not able to locate them. The committee, headed by Foreign Affairs and Defense Chairman Yuval Steinitz, heard classified testimony last week from the army's chief of staff and intelligence head, and will soon call Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz...