From Khelil: "The American press is glued to the Mossad's cultivated image as a skillful force and covers up their ineptitude. This from the Wall Street Journal:
"Two agents of Israel's foreign-intelligence service, the Mossad, injected Mr. Meshaal with a fast-acting poison. Jordan's King Hussein threatened to sever diplomatic relations with Israel unless it supplied an antidote. Mr. Netanyahu relented."
Of course, that's not what happened. The Jordanians arrested both of them before they could escape to Israel and Netanyahu initially demanded their return sans antidote, but was forced to relent after the Jordanians refused to release them without the antidote. Israel stumbled badly and then had to actually come to the rescue of Meshaal, but why bother when the Mossad myth is more alluring."
PS Mouin added: "Re your post on the Mossad there are in fact further dimensions:
The two Mossad agents were chased for quite a distance and stopped by Khaled Mashal's unarmed bodyguard (only one), and then handed to the Jordanian authorities.
King Hussein threatened to hang them in public in central Amman if Mashal died.
Israel delivered not only the antidote, but also freed Hamas founder and leader Shaikh Ahmad Yassin, who had been in prison since 1989 serving a life sentence.
Probably one of Mossad's more successful operations if you consider their recent record..." I told Mouin that I agree with him but not on the threat by Husayn. He would not dare hang the Israeli killers. He was more likely to hang members of his own family.
"Two agents of Israel's foreign-intelligence service, the Mossad, injected Mr. Meshaal with a fast-acting poison. Jordan's King Hussein threatened to sever diplomatic relations with Israel unless it supplied an antidote. Mr. Netanyahu relented."
Of course, that's not what happened. The Jordanians arrested both of them before they could escape to Israel and Netanyahu initially demanded their return sans antidote, but was forced to relent after the Jordanians refused to release them without the antidote. Israel stumbled badly and then had to actually come to the rescue of Meshaal, but why bother when the Mossad myth is more alluring."
PS Mouin added: "Re your post on the Mossad there are in fact further dimensions:
The two Mossad agents were chased for quite a distance and stopped by Khaled Mashal's unarmed bodyguard (only one), and then handed to the Jordanian authorities.
King Hussein threatened to hang them in public in central Amman if Mashal died.
Israel delivered not only the antidote, but also freed Hamas founder and leader Shaikh Ahmad Yassin, who had been in prison since 1989 serving a life sentence.
Probably one of Mossad's more successful operations if you consider their recent record..." I told Mouin that I agree with him but not on the threat by Husayn. He would not dare hang the Israeli killers. He was more likely to hang members of his own family.
