Israel Admits Assassinating Palestinian Leader in 1988
Israel ordered Mossad to kill Khalil Ibrahim Wazir, raising questions about the alleged assassination of Yasser Arafat
Israel has officially admitted after more than two decades of secrecy that it ordered the Israeli spy agency Mossad to carry out the assassination of Palestinian leader Khalil Ibrahim Wazir.
Wazir, also known as Abu Jihad, founded the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Fatah Party with Yasser Arafat and was assassinated in Tunisia in 1988. More than two dozen Israeli commandos attacked his heavily guarded home, “including two agents who approached the house posing as a vacationing couple but carrying guns with silencers,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
The killing was widely believe to have been carried out by Israel, although Israeli leadership refused to confirm or deny the accusations. The international community, including the United States, condemned the illegal assassination.
Wazir “was believed to have been behind numerous strikes against Israelis,” reports the Times, “including a 1978 bus-hijacking attack that killed 38 Israelis, and to have helped organize the 1987 Palestinian uprising known as the first Intifada from his base in Tunisia.”
The admission confirms allegations that Israel’s Mossad service in a lawless para-military group, and in fact raises more questions about whether or not Israel also killed Yasser Arafat, who died in 2004 of mysterious causes.
Many have alleged that Arafat was poisoned, and laid blame on Israel. Arafat’s body was recently exhumed in order to run tests for traces of polonium, a chemical known to be used in political assassinations.
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wars r u.s.
November 1st, 2012 at 12:26 pm
Maybe in a couple decades they'll admit to poisoning Arafat. And what is taking so long to run tests, wasn't his body was exhumed months ago?
yes
November 1st, 2012 at 1:17 pm
Dr. Ahmad Shukarie founded the PLO in 1964 before Arafat rose to its leadership..
occupy911truth
November 1st, 2012 at 2:51 pm
arafat was poisoned by israeli agents (collaborators) with polonium. 99%. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middlee…
a highly illegal assassination of a head of "state", under siege in his compound (which was regularly shot at, likely in attempts to kill him outright).
israel was also a player in the 9/11 false flag, but the key players were treasonous criminals in the USG. http://vimeo.com/15414341
also a summary of many of the guilty parties on 9/11- https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embe…
MvGuy
November 1st, 2012 at 3:27 pm
Good stuff….. Thanks
James
November 1st, 2012 at 3:56 pm
A fine article, but it has never been a secret that Israel murdered Abu Jihad. They've been boasting about it in customary hubristic manner.
Augustbrhm
November 1st, 2012 at 4:15 pm
God bless america for making all this happen and planting this cancer on Palestinian land.
carl
November 1st, 2012 at 4:52 pm
Bibi needs to entertain some tourists.
Roque Santa-Cruz
November 1st, 2012 at 5:28 pm
i knew that since 1988
John Watson
November 1st, 2012 at 5:31 pm
Why should anyone even express indignation? This is what Israel has been doing since its creation and is still doing.
There is only one way to deal with Israel.
thedissenter
November 1st, 2012 at 6:25 pm
How's this news? Isreal has been murdering Palestinians leaders and Palestinian citizens and those of other countries since before they even became Isreal. This is nothing new or groundbreaking, they're simply doing what they do: murdering, bombing, kidnapping, slaughtering, terrorizing everybody.
gmc1987
November 1st, 2012 at 7:03 pm
What one needs to pay attention to is this: either you are with us or against us.. Remember Bush saying that? Well, Israel practices the same philosopy in dealing with those that they deem, "are against them". With one of the best espionage/intelligence agencies the world has ever seen, even nations like the U.S. and Russia tread lightly. After all, their folks are located in every nation in the world, and their race hold significant positions throughout the world's nations.
Robert Shule
November 2nd, 2012 at 12:40 am
I'm wondering about the Benghazi incident. I'm suspecting…. I mean like, that would explain all the misinformation circulating about it…
mojo
November 2nd, 2012 at 8:35 am
Look: it was said from day one that Yasser Arafat was murdered by the French and Israeli mafia, it was planed by those who didn't want the peace and prosperity to even come close to this part of the world, you can find these people in England, the French, the Swedish, the Germans and off course US and above all within the religious terrorism that exist in Israel where the present Israel government trying to build a new government.