Mossad
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The Mossad is the main Israeli intelligence agency. Their job is to gather intelligence and carry out covert actions on behalf of the state of Israel. They are also a lightning rod for conspiracy theories since they combine two of their favorite targets, Jews and the secretive world of intelligence gathering.
Unlike some other nations' intelligence agencies, they've been more willing to "play dirty," especially when it comes to assassinations. Or that's the standard for intelligence agencies and they've just been sloppy.
[edit] Things they've done
- Captured Adolf Eichmann from Argentina.
- Retaliated against various terrorist groups involved in the 1972 attack on their Olympic team. (Sadly, in a tragic incident known as the Lillehammer Affair, an innocent Moroccan man living in Norway was mistaken for one of the targets and murdered in front of his pregnant wife, leading to most of the assassination team being arrested. Five were convicted; all were deported to Israel within two years. Israel refuses to admit responsibility, though they compensated the widow.[1])
- Various assassinations or attempts on high ranking Hamas targets.
- Drugged and kidnapped nuclear technician and Israeli nuclear weapons programme whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu from Italian soil.
- (Probably) assassinated Canadian-born engineer Gerald Bull, who as part of his quest to economically launch a satellite by cannon developed a series of colossal ultra-long-range artillery pieces for Saddam Hussein's government.
[edit] Things they didn't do
- The Kennedy assassinations.[2]
- The September 11, 2001 attacks.[3]
- Nearly every other major world event. That's more CIA territory, but even the CIA doesn't have that much power.
[edit] Footnotes
- ↑ The New York Times: Israelis to Compensate Family of Slain Waiter January 28, 1996
- ↑ "Mossad And The JFK Assassination"
- ↑ Above Top Secret: "Mossad and 9/11" January 21, 2003