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Titolo: ISRAEL HAD PLANNED TO KILL SADDAM: REPORT

ISRAEL HAD PLANNED TO KILL SADDAM: REPORT 
London, January 18 (DPA) - Israel’s Mossad Intelligence Agency
developed a plan to kill Iraqi President Saddam Hussein during a
visit to his mistress but the plan was called off partly on account
of the American-British air strikes last month, The Sunday Times
reported. 
Special forces from the elite Unit 262, which rescued hostages at
Entebbe Airport in Uganda in 1976, were trained to kill the Iraqi
dictator with guided missiles, minutes after Mr Hussein left her
home, The Sunday Times said. 
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, a former member of Unit 262,
considered ordering the operation on the eve of last month’s
American and British air strikes on Iraq, according to military
sources quoted by the paper. 
He backed down after senior ministers warned against an
assassination attempt. Its chance of success was rated at only one
in five by military intelligence, whose officers opposed it. 
According to Mossad information, Mr Hussein usually arrived around
dusk at his mistress’s village in north-western Iraq. After
visiting relatives in the area, he would spend the night at the
mistress’s home. In the morning he would go to a secret military
site nearby. 
Mossad had a source which claimed to know in advance when Mr Husein
would see the woman. If the accounts of Mr Hussein’s routine were
correct, then for fifteen to twenty minutes between leaving her and
reaching the safety of the military site, he was vulnerable. 
Mr Netanyahu set in motion a plan to use the information to wipe
out Mr Hussein. Details of the planned operation were obtained by
The Sunday Times. 
Once Mossad was tipped off that Mr Hussein was on his way to his
mistress, about 40 soldiers, the main operational group, would fly
to Iraq on Hercules C-130 planes, landing in a remote location. 
The group would then divide into two units. The first,
incorporating up to ten soldiers, would move to within 200 to 300
metres of the site where Mossad said that Mr Hussein can be found. 
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educational purposes of research and open discussion. 
Source - The Hindustan Times, Tuesday, January 19, 1999
Jai Maharaj
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Om Shanti 

 Jai Maharaj
Ah, ecco. Avrei dovuto leggere la fonte. Chiunque abbia mai letto
soc.culture.american sa che questo signore é attendibile come Emilio
Fede.
Saluti
Eugenio

Eugenio
Come? Emilio Fede non e' attendibile?
oddio, metti in dubbio l'attendibilita' del TG4?
Dove andremo a finire.....signora mia non c'e' piu' rispetto nemmeno per gli
anziani!
;-)
ciao
Giovanni Sanna
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Ehi, pronto? I C-130 sono aerei magnifici,
Ma chi sei, Antilope?  ;o)

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no credo che lui sia il mitico kobbler
;-)))))
ps. o era koppler?
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ps. o era koppler?
La prima che hai detto, credo... ;o))

 Ma chi sei, Antilope?  ;o)
Acc... mi hai scoperto! E dire che sono riuscito persino a imbrogliare
il maestro quando ho bigiato la scuola per andare a ritirare la mia
tangente... e tutti credevano che fosse stato Leone!
Comunque il C-130 é veramente un gioiello, sono disposto a ripeterlo
anche davanti a testimoni :-)
Saluti
Eugenio

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Converrà tenerli dacconto, li abbiamo da quarantanni e dovremo
tenerceli per altrettanto visto che i soldi se ne vanno tutti per
stipendi e pensioni da generali e che quando siamo chiamati a
sparare qualche colpo in qualche parte del mondo dobbiamo farci
prestare le munizioni.

 prestare le munizioni.
Ce li abbiamo da una trentina, cioè da meno degli americani, sono aerei
tosti e per quelle che sono le nostre necessità di trasporto tattico, direi
che per ora bastano e avanzano. Mi auguro che quando saranno sostituiti, lo
saranno all'interno di un dispositivo di difesa comune europeo.
Che poi ci vorrebbe una bella Tangentopoli (intesa come far scoppiare il
bubbone) nelle nostre Forze Armate, non ci piove (adesso Degni mi salta
alla gola perchè insolentisco le gloriose forze armate italiane...).
Saluti
Eugenio