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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Riyadh Financing Mossad's Operation against Iranian N. Scientists
2012-10-29
TEHRAN (FNA)- A report by a well-known journalist revealed that Saudi Arabia has provided financial backup for the Israeli Mossad agency's terror operations on Iran's nuclear scientists.

The collaboration between Mossad and Riyadh was unveiled by Barry Lando in an article titled "A Strange Alliance: Are the Saudis Bankrolling Israel's Mossad?"

Barry M. Lando, a graduate of Harvard and Columbia University, spent 25 years as an award-winning investigative producer with 60 Minutes. His latest book is "Web of Deceit: The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, from Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush."

Lando wrote:

A friend, with good sources in the Israeli government, claims that the head of Israel's Mossad has made several trips to deal with his counterparts in Saudi Arabia-one of the results: an agreement that the Saudis would bankroll the series of assassinations of several of Iran's top nuclear experts that have occurred over the past couple of years. The amount involved, my friend claims, was $1 billion dollar. A sum, he says, the Saudis considered cheap for the damage done to Iran's nuclear program.

At first blush, the tale sounds preposterous. On the other hand. it makes eminent sense. The murky swamp of Middle East politics has nothing to do with the easy slogans and 30 second sound bites of presidential debates.
Posted by:Glinesh Craling7938

#5  Historically, Christians allied with Muslims and vice-versa against their co-religionists all the time, both when Islam was in ascendance and when it was in decline. Of course, they did so openly back when the divine right of kings more or less let them do anything short of apostasy.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2012-10-29 22:29  

#4  At Fifth blush ... I'd agree. It's doubtful.
But if it's real ... heck I would have undercut the Israeli's and done the job for just $800,000,000.00
That's a savings of 20% !!! :-)
Posted by: Raider   2012-10-29 19:28  

#3  On 4th blush, I'd tend to agree with you.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-10-29 16:37  

#2  Actually when you think about what an Iranian Nuke would do to the body politik in the MENA region, the house of Saud would be inclined to cut a deal to have the Israelis do the wet work and they continue to tut tut the episode.

It does not sound that far fetched, a nuclear weapon in the hands of some madmen can create strange bedfellows among the rational.
Posted by: Bill Clinton   2012-10-29 15:57  

#1  At first blush, the tale sounds preposterous. 2nd and 3rd blush too.
Posted by: JohnQC   2012-10-29 13:21  

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