July 18 2012 SOFIA, Bulgaria (AP) - Israel vowed to strike back at Iran for a brazen daylight
bombing Wednesday that killed at least seven people on a bus full of Israeli
tourists in Bulgaria.
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"All signs point to Iran," Netanyahu said. The Israeli leader gave no evidence to back his charges.
The Lavon Affair refers to a failed Israeli covert operation, code named Operation Susannah, conducted in Egypt in the Summer of 1954. As part of the false flag operation, a group of Egyptian Jews were recruited by Israeli military intelligence for plans to plant bombs inside Egyptian, American and British-owned targets. The attacks were to be blamed on the Muslim Brotherhood, Egyptian Communists, "unspecified malcontents" or "local nationalists" with the aim of creating a climate of sufficient violence and instability to induce the British government to retain its occupying troops in Egypt's Suez Canal zone.
Here Mr. Ostrovsky describes in detail how in mid February 1986 the Mossad planted a radio relay device – the “Trojan” – in a rented apartment in Tripoli, the capital of Libya. However interesting, we cut to the consequences.
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Ultimately, the Americans fell for the Mossad ploy head over heels[,] dragging the British and the Germans somewhat reluctantly in with them. Operation Trojan was one of the Mossad’s greatest successes. It brought about the air strike on Libya that President Reagan had promised – a strike that had three important consequences. First, it derailed a deal for the release of the American hostages in Lebanon, thus preserving the Hizballah (Party of God) as the number one enemy in the eyes of the West. Second, it sent a message to the entire Arab world, telling them exactly where the United States stood regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict. Third, it boosted the Mossad’s image of itself, since it was they who, by ingenious sleight of hand, had prodded the United States to do what was right. [More than a hint of sarcasm there.] It was only the French who didn’t buy into the Mossad trick and were determined not to ally themselves with the aggressive American act. The French refused to allow the American bombers to fly over their territory on their way to attack Libya.
NEW YORK – On the
fourth day of the 1967 Arab Israeli War, the intelligence ship 'USS Liberty' was
steaming slowly in international waters, 14 miles off the Sinai Peninsula.
Israeli armored forces were racing deep into Sinai in hot pursuit of the
retreating Egyptian army.
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At 0800
hrs, 8 June, 1967, eight Israeli recon flights flew over 'Liberty,' which was
flying a large American flag. At 1400 hrs, waves of low-flying Israeli Mystere
and Mirage-III fighter-bombers repeatedly attacked the American vessel with
rockets, napalm, and cannon. The air attacks lasted 20 minutes, concentrating on
the ship's electronic antennas and dishes. The 'Liberty' was left afire, listing
sharply. Eight of her crew lay dead, a hundred seriously wounded, including the
captain, Commander William McGonagle.
At 1424
hrs, three Israeli torpedo boats attacked, raking the burning 'Liberty' with
20mm and 40mm shells. At 1431hrs an Israeli torpedo hit the 'Liberty' midship,
precisely where the signals intelligence systems were located. Twenty-five more
Americans died.