US Envoy Writes of Israeli Assassination Threats »
Posted By hyperbola 7 months, 3 weeks ago in ReligionIn the wake of the accusation by Chas Freeman that his nomination to lead the National Intelligence Council was derailed by an "Israeli lobby," a forthcoming memoir by another distinguished ambassador adds stunning new charges to the debate. The ambassador, John Gunther Dean, writes that over the years he not only came under pressure from pro-Israeli groups and officials in Washington but also was the target of an Israeli-inspired assassination attempt in 1980 in Lebanon, where he had opened links to the Palestine Liberation Organization.
...Dean, whose memoir is titled Danger Zones: A Diplomat's Fight for America's Interests, was American ambassador in Lebanon in August 1980 when a three-car convoy carrying him and his family was attacked near Beirut.
"I was the target of an assassination attempt by terrorists using automatic rifles and antitank weapons that had been made in the United States and shipped to Israel," he wrote. "Weapons financed and given by the United States to Israel were used in an attempt to kill an American diplomat!" After the event, conspiracy theories abounded in the Middle East about who could have planned the attack, and why. Lebanon was a dangerously factionalized country.
The State Department investigated, Dean said, but he was never told what the conclusion was. He wrote that he "worked the telephone for three weeks" and met only official silence in Washington. By then Dean had learned from weapons experts in the United States and Lebanon that the guns and ammunition used in the attack had been given by Israelis to a Christian militia allied with them.
"I know as surely as I know anything that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, was somehow involved in the attack," Dean wrote, describing how he had been under sharp criticism from Israeli politicians and media for his contacts with Palestinians. "Undoubtedly using a proxy, our ally Israel had tried to kill me."
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Georgia507 months, 3 weeks ago
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...and the USS Liberty and the ul-Haq aircraft tragedy and...
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Where's the Grassy Knoll accusations? I get so ****** off when Mossad gets credited with everything BUT the assassination of JFK !! It's just not fair I tell you !!
Seriously though, let's work through this. The Israelis had Arafat in their crosshairs, backed down into a single neighborhood in Beirut. They are poised to eliminate this scum forever, and could thus have prevented or seriously delayed the militarization of the West Bank and Gaza.
So we are to believe the Israelis backed off of killing Arafat, yet directly or by proxy attempted the assassination of a Jewish US ambassador?
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hyperbola7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Come, come Georgia! We know from jews that the zionists helped kill millions of european jews who did not want to join the racist zionist colonialism project in Palestine.
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Interesting that you refuse to believe a jewish american ambassador in your devotion to zionism. To which country is your primary loyalty? Shouldn't you move there?
Ten questions to the Zionists
by Rabbi Michael Dov Weissmandl
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IS IT TRUE that in 1941 and again in 1942, the German Gestapo offered all European Jews transit to Spain, if they would relinquish all their property in Germany and Occupied France; on condition that:
a) none of the deportees travel from Spain to Palestine; and
b) all the deportees be transported from Spain to the USA or British colonies, and there to remain; with entry visas to be arranged by the Jews living there; and
c) $1000.00 ransom for each family to be furnished by the Agency, payable upon the arrival of the family at the Spanish border at the rate of 1000 families daily.
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IS IT TRUE that the Zionist leaders in Switzerland and Turkey received this offer with the clear understanding that the exclusion of Palestine as a destination for the deportees was based on an agreement between the Gestapo and the Mufti.
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IS IT TRUE that the answer of the Zionist leaders was negative, with the following comments:
a) ONLY Palestine would be considered as a destination for the deportees.
b) The European Jews must accede to suffering and death greater in measure than the other nations, in order that the victorious allies agree to a "Jewish State" at the end of the war.
c) No ransom will be paid
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IS IT TRUE that this response to the Gestapo's offer was made with the full knowledge that the alternative to this offer was the gas chamber.
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IS IT TRUE that in 1944, at the time of the Hungarian deportations, a similar offer was made, whereby all Hungarian Jewry could be saved.
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IS IT TRUE that the same Zionist hierarchy again refused this offer (after the gas chambers had already taken a toll of millions).
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http://www.jewsnotzionists.org/tenquestions.htm
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Thinker227 months, 3 weeks ago
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>"I know as surely as I know anything that Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, was somehow involved in the attack," Dean wrote, describing how he had been under sharp criticism from Israeli politicians and media for his contacts with Palestinians. "Undoubtedly using a proxy, our ally Israel had tried to kill me."
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Hardly. First, I doubt that this story even happened at all. If Mossad was willing to assassinate Mr. Dean he would not be with us anymore to reveal this story. Second, if Mossad was behind an assassination attempt in Lebanon the last thing it would do would be using American-made arms traceable to Israel.-
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hyperbola7 months, 3 weeks ago
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Come off it thinker. The Mossad, like Israeli leaders in general, is pretty much a stumble-bum group. They are well on their way to destroying any chances that jews will be able to continue living in Palestine.
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The myth of Israel's strategic genius
Many supporters of Israel will not criticize its behavior, even when it is engaged in brutal and misguided operations like the recent onslaught on Gaza. In addition to their understandable reluctance to say anything that might aid Israel's enemies, this tendency is based in part on the belief that Israel's political and military leaders are exceptionally smart and thoughtful strategists who understand their threat environment and have a history of success against their adversaries.
This image of Israeli strategic genius has been nurtured by Israelis over the years and seems to be an article of faith among neoconservatives and other hardline supporters of Israel in the United States. It also fits nicely with the wrongheaded but still popular image of Israel as the perennial David facing a looming Arab Goliath; in this view, only brilliant strategic thinkers could have consistently overcome the supposedly formidable Arab forces arrayed against them.
What does the record show?
... In virtually all of these episodes -- and especially those after 1982 -- Israel's superior military power was used in ways that did not improve its long-term strategic position. Given this dismal record, therefore, there is no reason to think that Israel possesses uniquely gifted strategists or a national security establishment that consistently makes smart and far-sighted choices. Indeed, what is perhaps most remarkable about Israel is how often the architects of these disasters -- Barak, Olmert, Sharon, and maybe Netanyahu -- are not banished from leadership roles but instead are given another opportunity to repeat their mistakes. Where is the accountability in the Israeli political system?......
http://www.propeller.com/story/2009/01/21/the-myth...
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antibrainwasher7 months, 3 weeks ago
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The right wing zionists who were in complete control of the republican facist Israel first military policies of this country are capable of anyting, including going to war in Iraq, murdering a million muslims who had nothing to do with 911, and murdering 5000 americans to do it, all to protect Israel, and to kill the enemies of Israel.
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Now we find the coward neocon Shotgun Dicless Chaney running assisination squads in Iraq, why is it so hard to understand, the zionists will do anything to protect apartheid Israel, including botching a murder attempt. If they had wanted to kill this diplomat, they would have, they just wanted to send a message. You f with the zionists politically, you pay with your life, and with American military backing.
America gives 80 billion a decade to the 4 million jews in Israel, both money and arms. What do you think, they won't use them?-
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Edmar147 months, 3 weeks ago
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Where in the world did you get that name "antibrainwasher"? You actually believe your own stupidity and claim to be against brainwashing? Get yourself a good psychiatrist and spend the next 5-10 years discovering where your parents went wrong with you. Some of your statements are beyond anything that a reasonable person would ever think, worst yet say. I wonder if your family has to put up with your delusional rantings.
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Georgia507 months, 3 weeks ago
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ABW,
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Nearly all military aid to Israel is in the form of credits to buy our stuff. It puts our people to work, and our military gets incredible BDAs from the Israeli military to improve what we have.
There's not a better win/win going for the American people.
You want to stop this process? OTAY. Here's how that would work.
1. We severely cut back or eliminate military aid to Israel.
2. Israel designs/manufactures its own knock-offs at a fraction of the US price.
3. The ROW (rest of world) gets a look at the Israeli product and FAR MORE favorable price.
4. US arms manufacturers go screeching to Congress to get Israel aid in exchange for dropping its arms development.
Bullet point 5 is where we go back to square 1 and give Israel military aid.
If you doubt this, google "Israel prototype F-16" and enjoy the read. The story follows EXACTLY the above scenario.
Although it must be disheartening to know there's nothing you can do about this, the good news is...your hatred for Jews IS something you can deal with.
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thoughtforsale7 months, 3 weeks ago
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This sounds like stuff for a thriller! I´d say, a too long eulogy should always be suspect to any diplomat, especially after his resignment! If this is the way, Mossad and the CIA handle uncomfortable envoys who prefere the dialogue, this is more than scarry ...
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Mutainia7 months, 3 weeks ago
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If the US envoy is writing something negative about Israel, (I haven't bothered to read the article because it comes from hyper-e-bola, the al-taqqiya king), I wonder if the envoy was paid a lot of Islamic petro dollars to MAKE it a negative report?
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