Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad’s secret war – Times Online

Posted by Matt in February 20th, 2010 | no comment

Published in Israel, Intelligence, Luxury Hotel, Mastermind, Meir Dagan, Mossad, Planning A Trip, Secret War, Tel Aviv, War Times

Mossad had received intelligence that Mabhouh was planning a trip to Dubai and they were preparing an operation to assassinate him there, off-guard in a luxury hotel. The team had already rehearsed, using a hotel in Tel Aviv as a training ground without alerting its owners.
Meir Dagan: the mastermind behind Mossad’s secret war – [...]

Netanyahu Warns Lebanon Over Hezbollah Power – Share – NYTimes.com

Posted by Matt in August 10th, 2009 | no comment

Published in Israel, Car Bombing, Conflict, Consequences, damascus, February 12, Foreign Minister, Frontier, hezbollah, Israel, Israeli Defense Minister, Israelis, Lebanon, Mastermind, Nytimes, Reprisals, Rhetoric, Speculation

Israel credits the offensive with keeping the border largely quiet since, but Hezbollah has said it is ready to fight again and is determined to hit back for the February 12, 2008 killing of its military mastermind, Imad Moughniyeh, in a Damascus car-bombing.
Israel denied involvement in that slaying, and has warned that Hezbollah and Lebanon [...]

The Death of Litvinenko – Two Years Later and What Have We Learned?

Posted by Matt in December 9th, 2008 | no comment

Published in Russia, Alexander, Broccoli, Chase, Daniel Craig, Europeans, Jfk, Mastermind, putin, Reagan, Russians, South American Dictators, Stalin

Could the death of Putin critic Alexander Litvinenko two years ago be a warning from the grave?
Oh heck, let me cut to the chase – Putin is more deadly than Stalin, more strategic than Reagan, and more charismatic than JFK (at least to Russians, Europeans and a few South American dictators). There, I’ve said it. [...]