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Pakistani convicted in Germany for staking out Israeli targets for Iran
2017-03-28
[IsraelTimes] German intelligence believes Iran’s al-Quds Force is gearing up for possible conflict with the US and Israel.

A Pak man was convicted in Germany Monday of spying for Iran to search out potential attack targets for the Revolutionary Guards.

The defendant, 31-year-old Mustufa Haidar Syed-Naqfi, was sentenced to four years and three months in prison "for working for a foreign intelligence service," a spokeswoman for Berlin’s superior court said.

The court found he spied "against Germany and another NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
member," La Belle France, for the al-Quds Force, the foreign operations wing of the elite Revolutionary Guards.

Syed-Naqfi compiled dossiers on possible attack targets -- a German politician who is the former head of a German-Israeli organization, and a French-Israeli economics professor.

Investigators found detailed dossiers on the men and their daily routines, with hundreds of photos and video clips.

The court heard they detailed the targets’ homes and work places, various access routes to them, as well as information on security guards, surveillance cameras and nearby cop shoppes.

A representative of Germany’s domestic intelligence service, which handles counterespionage, said it was alerted to the defendant by a "reliable" source.

The service suspected the al-Quds Force was preparing for a possible future conflict with the United States and Israel, when it would hit targets in Europe in a form of "asymmetrical warfare."

The Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
-born Syed-Naqfi came to Germany as a student in 2012 and most recently lived in the western city of Bremen.

The defendant travelled to Iran at least twice, in October 2015 and February 2016, and received at least 2,052 euros ($2,237) for his intelligence activities.

He was tossed in the clink
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
in July 2016, but declined to testify during the trial -- "out of fear," according to his lawyer.
Posted by:trailing wife

#2  Sentenced to a new BMW 750i every year and an automatic dole bump of 10% a month for life...
Posted by: M. Murcek   2017-03-28 07:42  

#1  The service suspected the al-Quds Force was preparing for a possible future conflict with the United States and Israel, when it would hit targets in Europe in a form of "asymmetrical warfare."

Unlike recent civilian attacks, how?
Be interesting to backlink the casualities. Could be some of the 'random' assaults are targeted.
Posted by: Skidmark   2017-03-28 05:02  

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