Snowden Leak Solves Assassination Mystery
Jul 19, 2015 16:24:28 #
From Newsmax.
Snowden Leak Solves Assassination Mystery
A National Security Agency document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden finally reveals who was responsible for the 2008 assassination of a top Syrian general, Muhammad Suleiman.
According to the NSA document, Israeli naval commandos infiltrated the waters near the Syrian coastal city of Tartus on Aug. 1, 2008, while Suleiman was entertaining guests at a dinner party at his seaside villa.
Members of Israel's elite amphibious special force Shayetet 13 k**led Suleiman with shots to the head and neck.
"If true, the leak puts to rest seven years of speculation that abounded with theories, including postulations that implicated competing figures within the Syrian government," the Jerusalem Post reported.
Sources for The Intercept, a site created by journalist Glenn Greenwald to report on Snowden's leaks, claimed that the U.S. has long been able to obtain information from within Israel's espionage circles.
Israel had several potential reasons for targeting Suleiman, a close aide to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The brigadier general was reportedly charged with the development and security of Syria's Al Kibar nuclear facility, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in September 2007.
The more likely reason was Suleiman's apparent role in the arming and training of Lebanon's Hezbollah by Iran.
According to another leaked document, this one from the U.S. State Department, the Syrian government discovered some $80 million stashed in the general's home after his death.
Assad "was said to be devastated by the discovery," according to the document. The Syrian president, wary of Suleiman's treachery, then "redirected the investigation from solving his murder to finding out how the general had acquired so much money."
It remains unclear if Suleiman had embezzled the money for personal use, or if it was related to Tehran's funding of the Lebanese Shiite m*****a.
But Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah told journalists last year that the assassination was "linked" to Suleiman's role in the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, the Post reported.
"For [the Israelis] itÂ’s not only payback, but mitigates future operations," one retired U.S. intelligence officer who worked with Israeli officials, possibly at NSA headquarters in Maryland, told the Post. "They will take a target of opportunity if it presents itself."
Snowden Leak Solves Assassination Mystery
A National Security Agency document leaked by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden finally reveals who was responsible for the 2008 assassination of a top Syrian general, Muhammad Suleiman.
According to the NSA document, Israeli naval commandos infiltrated the waters near the Syrian coastal city of Tartus on Aug. 1, 2008, while Suleiman was entertaining guests at a dinner party at his seaside villa.
Members of Israel's elite amphibious special force Shayetet 13 k**led Suleiman with shots to the head and neck.
"If true, the leak puts to rest seven years of speculation that abounded with theories, including postulations that implicated competing figures within the Syrian government," the Jerusalem Post reported.
Sources for The Intercept, a site created by journalist Glenn Greenwald to report on Snowden's leaks, claimed that the U.S. has long been able to obtain information from within Israel's espionage circles.
Israel had several potential reasons for targeting Suleiman, a close aide to Syrian President Bashar Assad.
The brigadier general was reportedly charged with the development and security of Syria's Al Kibar nuclear facility, which was destroyed by an Israeli airstrike in September 2007.
The more likely reason was Suleiman's apparent role in the arming and training of Lebanon's Hezbollah by Iran.
According to another leaked document, this one from the U.S. State Department, the Syrian government discovered some $80 million stashed in the general's home after his death.
Assad "was said to be devastated by the discovery," according to the document. The Syrian president, wary of Suleiman's treachery, then "redirected the investigation from solving his murder to finding out how the general had acquired so much money."
It remains unclear if Suleiman had embezzled the money for personal use, or if it was related to Tehran's funding of the Lebanese Shiite m*****a.
But Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah told journalists last year that the assassination was "linked" to Suleiman's role in the 2006 conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, the Post reported.
"For [the Israelis] itÂ’s not only payback, but mitigates future operations," one retired U.S. intelligence officer who worked with Israeli officials, possibly at NSA headquarters in Maryland, told the Post. "They will take a target of opportunity if it presents itself."
Jul 19, 2015 16:31:09 #
Good job Israel! Need to wipe out more of the bastards. :twisted:
Jul 19, 2015 16:34:57 #
I would suppose his body guards got beheaded. :mrgreen:
Catchup with those fries?
When the host gets assassinated, is the dinner party over?
Catchup with those fries?
When the host gets assassinated, is the dinner party over?
Jul 19, 2015 16:46:03 #
pounder35 wrote:
Good job Israel! Need to wipe out more of the bastards. :twisted:
:thumbup: :thumbup: :-D
Jul 19, 2015 16:46:30 #
SonnyE wrote:
I would suppose his body guards got beheaded. :mrgreen:
Catchup with those fries?
When the host gets assassinated, is the dinner party over?
Catchup with those fries?
When the host gets assassinated, is the dinner party over?
:lol: :lol: Good question. :mrgreen:
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