Re: I don't know if it's true, but...

I would like to issue a correction. While what I posted is essentially true, and it is what my original source said, at least one other source claims that the Israelis simply lied and said that _they_ had picked up such transmissions. So I don't know which is true.

Filksinger

From: "Filksinger" <filksinger at earthling.net>

> From: "Daniel R. Reitman" <dreitman at spiritone.com>
>
> <snip>
> >
> > If this is true, I'm ashamed and insulted.
>
> I don't know if it is true, but it is typical of the Israelis.
>
> Remember the bombing of Libya. The Libyans threatened our warships
if
> we crossed their "Line of Death", in international waters. We
ignored
> them and crossed it anyway. They launched missiles, which we
> misdirected to land in the sea, then fired back on the launch
> platforms.
>
> Muammar al-Qaddafi promised retaliation. A short while later,
> Americans died in the bombing of a West German dance club. Radio
> transmissions picked up by our intelligence services from the
> terrorists showed that Qaddafi was behind it. We bombed Libya.
>
> A few months later, we discover it was really Syrian terrorists. The
> radio transmissions were from Israeli agents. My guess is that they
> didn't think we'd bomb Syria, but wanted us to bomb _someone_.
>
> Filksinger
>
>
Received on 09/16/01