Mehdi Marizad / Fars via AP file
A car that was bombed by two assailants on a motorcycle in Tehran on Jan. 11, killing Iranian nuclear scientist Mostafa Ahamdi Roshan, is removed by a mobile crane. The photo was distributed by the semi-official Iranian photo agency Fars.
By Richard Engel and Robert Windrem
NBC News
Updated: 11:14 a.m. ET -- Deadly attacks on Iranian nuclear scientists are being carried out by an Iranian dissident group that is financed, trained and armed by Israel’s secret service, U.S. officials tell NBC News, confirming charges leveled by Iran’s leaders.
The group, the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, has long been designated as a terrorist group by the United States, accused of killing American servicemen and contractors in the 1970s and supporting the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran before breaking with the Iranian mullahs in 1980.
The attacks, which have killed five Iranian nuclear scientists since 2007 and may have destroyed a missile research and development site, have been carried out in dramatic fashion, with motorcycle-borne assailants often attaching small magnetic bombs to the exterior of the victims’ cars.
U.S. officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the Obama administration is aware of the assassination campaign but has no direct involvement.
The Iranians have no doubt who is responsible – Israel and the People’s Mujahedin of Iran, known by various acronyms, including MEK, MKO and PMI.
“The relation is very intricate and close,” said Mohammad Javad Larijani, a senior aide to Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Iran’s supreme leader, speaking of the MEK and Israel. “They (Israelis) are paying … the Mujahedin. Some of their (MEK) agents … (are) providing Israel with information. And they recruit and also manage logistical support.”
Moreover, he said, the Mossad, the Israeli secret service, is training MEK members in Israel on the use of motorcycles and small bombs. In one case, he said, Mossad agents built a replica of the home of an Iranian nuclear scientist so that the assassins could familiarize themselves with the layout prior to the attack.
Much of what the Iranian government knows of the attacks and the links between Israel and MEK comes from interrogation of an assassin who failed to carry out an attack in late 2010 and the materials found on him, Larijani said. (Click here to see a video report of the interrogation shown on Iranian televsion.)
The U.S.-educated Larijani, whose two younger brothers run the legislative and judicial branches of the Iranian government, said the Israelis’ rationale is simple. “Israel does not have direct access to our society. Mujahedin, being Iranian and being part of Iranian society, they have … a good number of … places to get into the touch with people. So I think they are working hand-to-hand very close. And we do have very concrete documents.”
Two senior U.S. officials confirmed for NBC News the MEK’s role in the assassinations, with one senior official saying, “All your inclinations are correct.” A third official would not confirm or deny the relationship, saying only, “It hasn’t been clearly confirmed yet.” All the officials denied any U.S. involvement in the assassinations.
As it has in the past, Israel’s Foreign Ministry declined comment. Said a spokesman, "As long as we can't see all the evidence being claimed by NBC, the Foreign Ministry won't react to every gossip and report being published worldwide."
For its part, the MEK pointed to a statement calling the allegations “absolutely false.”
Response to article from the National Council of Resistance of Iran
Ali Safavi, a long-time representative of the MEK, underscored the denial after publication of this article,
"There has never been and there is no MEK member in Israel, period," he said. "The MEK has categorically denied any involvement. The idea that Israel is training MEK members on its soil borders on perversity. It is absolutely and completely false."
The sophistication of the attacks supports the Iranian claims that an experienced intelligence service is involved, experts say.
In the most recent attack, on Jan. 11, 2012, Mostafa Ahamdi Roshan died in a blast in Tehran moments after two assailants on a motorcycle placed a small magnetic bomb on his vehicle. Roshan was a deputy director at the Natanz uranium enrichment facility and was reportedly involved in procurement for the nuclear program, which Iran insists is not a weapons program.
Previous attacks include the assassination of Massoud Ali-Mohammadi, killed by a bomb outside his Tehran home in January 2010, and an explosion in November of that year that took the life of Majid Shahriari and wounded Fereydoun Abbasi-Davani, who is now the head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization.
In the case of Roshan, the bomb appears to have been a shaped charge that directed all the explosive power inside the vehicle, killing him and his bodyguard driver but leaving nearby traffic unaffected.
Although Roshan was directly involved in the nuclear program, working at the huge centrifuge facility between Tehran and Qom, Iran’s religious center, at least one other scientist who was killed wasn’t linked to the Iranian nuclear program, according to Larijani.
Speaking of bombing victim Ali-Mohammadi, whom he described as a friend, Larijani told NBC News, “In fact this guy who was assassinated was not involved in the nitty-gritty of the situation. He was a scientist, a physicist, working on the theoretically parts of nuclear energy, which you can teach it in every university. You can find it in every text.”
“This is an Israeli plot. A dirty plot,” Larijani added angrily. He also claimed the assassinations are not having an effect on the program and have only made scientists more resolute in carrying out their mission.
Not so, said Ronen Bergman, an Israeli commentator and author of “Israel’s Secret War with Iran” and an upcoming book tentatively titled, “Mossad and the Art of Assassination.”
Bergman said the attacks have three purposes, the most obvious being the removal of high-ranking scientists and their knowledge. The others: forcing Iran to increase security for its scientists and facilities and to spur “white defections.”
He explained the latter this way: “Scientists leaving the project, afraid that they are going to be next on the assassination list, and say, ‘We don't want this. Indeed, we get good money, we are promoted, we are honored by everybody, but we might get killed. It isn't worth it. Maybe we should go back to teach … in a university.’”
There are unconfirmed reports in the Israeli press and elsewhere that Israel and the MEK were involved in a Nov. 12 explosion that destroyed the Iranian missile research and development site at Bin Kaneh, 30 miles outside Tehran. Among those killed was Maj. Gen. Hassan Moghaddam, director of missile development for the Revolutionary Guard, and a dozen other researchers. So important was Moghaddam that Ayatollah Khamenei attended his funeral.
Unlike the assassinations, Iran claims the missile site explosion was an accident; the MEK, meanwhile, trumpeted it but denied any involvement.
Indeed, there may be other covert operations carried out either by Israel acting alone or in concert with others, according to Bergman.
“Two labs caught fire,” said Bergman, enumerating the attacks. “Scientists got blown up or disappeared. A missile base and the R&D base of the Revolutionary Guard exploded some time ago, with the director of the R&D division of the Revolutionary Guard being killed along with … his soldiers.”
Bergman added, “So, a long series of … something that was termed by an Israeli (Cabinet) minister … as ‘mysterious mishaps’ happening and rehappening to the project. Then the Iranians claim, ‘This is Israeli Mossad trying to sabotage our attempts to be a nuclear superpower.’”
Dr. Uzi Rabi, director of the Dayan Center at Tel Aviv University, said the supposed accidents could all be part of “psychological warfare” conducted against Iran. “It seems logical. It makes sense,” he said of possible MEK involvement, “and it’s been done before.”
Rabi, who regularly briefs Israel’s parliament, the Knesset, on Iran also said the ultimate goal of the range of covert operations being carried out by Israel is “to damage the politics of survivability … to send a message that could strike fear into the rulers of Iran.”
For the United States, the alleged role of the MEK is particularly troublesome. In 1997, the State Department designated it a terrorist group, justifying it with an unclassified 40-page summary of the organization’s activities going back more than 25 years. The paper, sent to Congress in 1994, was written by Wendy Sherman, now undersecretary of state for political affairs and then an aide to Secretary of State Madeleine Albright.
The report, which was obtained by NBC News, was unsparing in its assessment. “The Mujahedin (MEK) collaborated with Ayatollah Khomeini to overthrow the former shah of Iran,” it said. “As part of that struggle, they assassinated at least six American citizens, supported the takeover of the U.S. embassy, and opposed the release of the American hostages.” In each case, the paper noted, “Bombs were the Mujahedin's weapon of choice, which they frequently employed against American targets.”
“In the post-revolutionary political chaos, however, the Mujahedin lost political power to Iran's Islamic clergy. They then applied their dedication to armed struggle and the use of propaganda against the new Iranian government, launching a violent and polemical cycle of attack and reprisal."
Sean Gallup / Getty Images file
Maryam Rajavi, president of the National Council of Resistance of Iran, greets several hundred Iranian expatriates who had gathered to welcome her at Tegel Airport in Berlin, Germany, on March 22, 2010.
U.S. officials have said publicly that the information contained in the report was limited to unclassified material, but that it also drew on classified material in making its determination to add the MEK to the U.S. list of terrorist organizations.
The MEK and its sister organizations have since the beginning been run by Massoud and Maryam Rajavi, a husband-wife team who have maintained tight control despite assassination threats and internal dissent. Massoud Rajavi, 63, founded the MEK, but since the U.S. invasion of Iraq has taken a backseat to his wife.
The State Department report describes the Rajavis as “fundamentally undemocratic” and “not a viable alternative to the current government of Iran.”
One reason for that is the MEK’s close relationship with Saddam Hussein, as demonstrated by this 1986 video showing the late Iraqi dictator meeting with Massoud Rajavi. Saddam recruited the MEK in much the same way the Israelis allegedly have, using them to fight Iranian forces during the Iran-Iraq War, a role they took on proudly. So proudly, they invited NBC News to one of their military camps outside Baghdad in 1991.
“The National Liberation Army (MLA), the military wing of the Mujahedin, conducted raids into Iran during the latter years of the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq War,” according to the State Department report. The NLA's last major offensive reportedly was conducted against Iraqi Kurds in 1991, when it joined Saddam Hussein's brutal repression of the Kurdish rebellion. In addition to occasional acts of sabotage, the Mujahedin are responsible for violent attacks in Iran that victimize civilians.”
“Internally, the Mujahedin run their organization autocratically, suppressing dissent and eschewing tolerance of differing viewpoints,” it said. “Rajavi, who heads the Mojahedin’s political and military wings, has fostered a cult of personality around himself.”
The U.S. suspicion of the MEK doesn’t end there. Law enforcement officials have told NBC News that in 1994, the MEK made a pact with terrorist Ramzi Yousef a year after he masterminded the first attack on the World Trade Center in New York City. According to the officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity, Yousef built an 11-pound bomb that MEK agents placed inside one of Shia Islam’s greatest shrines in Mashad, Iran, on June 20, 1994. At least 26 people, mostly women and children, were killed and 200 wounded in the attack.
That connection between Yousef, nephew of 9-11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammad, and the MEK was first reported in a book, “The New Jackals,” by Simon Reeve. NBC News confirmed that Yousef told U.S. law enforcement that he had worked with the MEK on the bombing.
In recent years, the MEK has said it has renounced violence, but Iranian officials say that is not true, that killings of Iranians continue. Still, through some deft lobbying, the group has been able to get the United Kingdom and the European Union to remove it from their lists of terrorist groups.
The alleged involvement of the MEK in the assassinations of Iranian nuclear scientists provides the U.S. with a cloak of deniability regarding the clandestine killings. Because the U.S. has designated the MEK as a terrorist organization, neither military nor intelligence units of the U.S. government, can work with them. “We cannot deal with them, “ said one senior U.S. official. “We would not deal with them because of the designation.”
Iranian officials initially accused the Israelis and MEK of being behind the attacks, but they have since added the CIA to the list. Three days after the Jan. 11, 2012, bombing in Tehran that killed Roshan, the state news agency IRNA reported that Iran’s Foreign Ministry had sent a diplomatic letter to the U.S. claiming to have “evidence and reliable information” that the CIA provided “guidance, support and planning” to assassins directly involved in the attack.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton immediately denied any connection to the killings. “I want to categorically deny any United States involvement in any kind of act of violence inside Iran,” Clinton told reporters on the day of the attack.
But at least two GOP presidential candidates have no problem with the targeting of nuclear scientists. In a November debate, former House Speaker Newt Gingrich endorsed “taking out their scientists,” and former Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum called it, ”a wonderful thing.”
The MEK’s opposition to the Iranian government also has recently earned it both plaudits and support from an odd mix of political bedfellows.
A group of former Cabinet-level officials have joined together to support the MEK’s removal from the official U.S. Foreign Terrorist Organization list, even taking out a full-page ad last year in the New York Times calling for the removal of the MEK from the U.S. terrorist list. Former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean, former U.S. Attorney General Michael Mukasey, former U.N. Ambassador John Bolton; former Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge, former FBI Director Louis Freeh and former Rep. Patrick Kennedy were among those whose signatures were on the ad.
“There’s an extraordinary group of bipartisan or even apolitical leaders, military leaders, diplomats, the United States … the United Kingdom, the European Union, even a U.S. District Court in Washington, said that this group that was put on the foreign terrorist organization watch list in 1997 doesn’t deserve to be there,” Ridge said in November on “The Andrea Mitchell Show” on MSNBC TV.
U.S. politicians also have been pushing the U.S. government to protect the 3,400 MEK members and their families at Camp Ashraf in Iraq, about 35 miles north of Baghdad. With the departure of U.S. troops, the MEK feared that Iraqi forces, with encouragement from Iran, would attack the camp, leading to a bloodbath. At the last minute, however, agreement was brokered with the United Nations that would permit the MEK members’ departure for resettlement in unspecified democratic countries. As of this week, there’s been little movement on the planned resettlement.
Jassim Mohammed / AP file
Iranian fighters with the National Liberation Army, the military wing of the MEK, clean armored personnel carriers in 1997 after a field exercise near Camp Ashraf in Iraq.
The Iranians see what’s happening as terrorism and hypocrisy by the United States. They have forwarded documents and other evidence to the United Nations – and directly to the United States, they say.
“I think this is very cynical plan. This is unacceptable,” said Larijani. “This is a bad trend in the world. Unprecedented. We should kill scientists … to block a scientific program? I mean this is disaster!”
Daniel Byman, a professor in the School of Foreign Service at Georgetown University and also a senior fellow with the Saban Center for Middle East Policy at the Brookings Institution, said that if the accounts of the Israeli-MEK assassinations are accurate, the operation borders on terrorism.
“In theory, states cannot be terrorist, but if they hire locals to do assassinations, that would be state sponsorship,” said Byman, author of the recent book, “A High Price: The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism.” “You could argue that they took action not to terrorize the public, the purpose of terrorism, but only the nuclear community. An argument could also be made that degrading the program means that you don’t have to take military action and thus, this is a lower level of violence and that really these are military targets, where normally terrorist targets are civilians.”
But ultimately, Byman said, there is a “spectrum of responsibility” and that Israel is ultimately responsible.
Ronen Bergman, while not speaking on behalf of the Israeli government, suggests that there is a justification, citing an oft-repeated but disputed quote in which Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s said that Israel should be wiped off the face of the earth.
“Meir Degan, the chief of Mossad, when he was in office, hung a photograph behind him, behind the chair of the chief of Mossad,” notes the Israeli commentator. “And in that photograph you see -- an ultra-orthodox Jew -- long beard, standing on his knees with his-- hands up in the air, and two Gestapo soldiers standing -- beside him with guns pointed at him. One of -- one of them is smiling.
“And Degan used to say to his people and the people coming to visit him from CIA, NSA, et cetera, ‘Look at this guy in the picture. This is my grandfather just seconds before he was killed by the SS,’” Bergman said. “’… We are here to prevent this from happening again.’"
Richard Engel is NBC News' chief foreign correspondent; Robert Windrem is a senior investigative producer.
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it's not enemy of enemy is friend... in this case it's enemy of friend is friend.
this is a f*cked up move on israels part. these terrorist are known to kill americans. and attempted, or did take over an american embassy?
Israel, you have some major ball rubbing to do.
what's next, they'll adopt the rest of al qaeda?
is that supposed to be an excuse for Israel? they're supposed to be America's ally's.
wtf are they thinking?
i'm the loony toon, because i believe it's more of an excuse than a valid reason?
would american's hire palestinian terrorists to take out the taliban? let alone, would israel be okay with that? doubtful. don't give me your insults because we have conflicting views, you @!$%#.
or like you i could sit here and reply to anyones comments who i disagree with, just for an argument over msn.... because i'm a loony toon and all.
"thats all folks"
"we"... so your obviously american too. you believe we NEED, to hire anyone to confront our enemies? last i checked, american navy seals did what the handful of countries... including our own couldnt do in years.
no i don't know everything we do, but should i doubt everything we do just as much?what country ARE you from? because if your an american, you don't sound like my neighbor. you sound like an enemy criticising my beliefs.
you sound like one of them.
Fabienne44
So what arm of the service do you belong to? I mean, you are all for war so I assume you are right there, putting your life on the line. Right?
grammer police? someone needs to hire the PUNCTUATION police then, also.
dont they?
Fabienne44, you deserve no flag to hold. your just a douchebag in need of earning the right to.
lemme guess, you joined the military for the money and benefits, too.
Is there any surprise here? Israel has been terrorizing Palestinians for decades. Why is it so hard to believe that they would align with terrorists in Iran? If you are one of those idiots who ask "why do they hate us?"......just look around at what is going on and what has gone on.
although my country is allied with israel. i feel on the fence.
israel and palestine is like north vs south korea in some ways... like early americans fighting with the mexicans. we're all neighbors. you've both been slaughtering each other for decades. you both have to man up at the exact same time... grab firmly to your nuts... and give each other fist daps.
you both have your individual beliefs, and nothing will ever change one or another. as the united states can't tell canadians they shouldnt be allowed to drink by 18. you guys have to learn your neighbors. and at the end of the day you may need to rely on one another.
watching jewish and islamic people help one another during the 9/11 attacks at the world trade center, was one of the most awe inspiring things in my life.
we're all people. we all bleed red.
if i were the clubbing type, should i punch every person to laugh at me when i stumble?
even if the severity of your case makes a point. should i cry about it and wish death on palestinians? because that's the "grown man" way to go about it, huh?
"death to the infidel" is a quote said by those would should open their eyes and learn more about the world around them. not me. i'm an american.
you dont with death on, wha?
i'm sorry. for turning into the grammer police on me... you clearly cant type out a comprehensive sentence.
i mean listen to you, you want death on the person that wishes death on you.
we're both american's, and honestly... if a bus came your way. wouldn't bother me none. but you'd like for a militia to hunt be down for that crack, dontcha!?
and your a veteran? lemme guess..... your also a republican?
as a wise lady once said, "go about it with a scalpel, and not with an axe."
bet that quote shook your whole world, huh?
and this is the last thing i have to say to you.
you wish death on the people that wish death on you...
...but these terrorists that israel hired, do have american deaths on their hands.
but your focus right now, is on the palestinian's that only applauded when we died?
well, who the f*ck are you, sir? because i'd like you out of my country!
It kind of reminds me of the problems the U.S. had with Castro and the private money's that were lost during the Cuban revolution. It is common knowlege that the White House, Pres. Kennedy was interested in having our 'Mafia" take out Mr. Castro. The U.S. Mafia had alot of money invested in Cuba, along with the Kennedy family, see Joe Kennedy Sugar Plantations.
In Response to the lack of memory of the witter of this article .
First , I would ask the writer who is handing an incitement headline to mute
this crap . In the context which the writer should state in any article about Israel response to Iran is that of a COUNTRY THAT HAS DECLARED WAR ON ISRAEL FOR AT LEAST THE PAST 10 YEARS WITH NO RESPONSE FROM IT SO CALLED FRIEND . THE USA. EXCEPT FOR CERTAIN FINANCIAL AIDE TO DEAL WITH A COUNTRY THAT HAS DECLARED TO WORLD. I.E. IRAN , THAT IT INTENT IS TO DESTROY ISRAEL . THE RESPONSE FROM THE WORLD IS WORSE THAN THE US , AND THIS GENERALLY TO SAY DESTROY ISRAEL . What does this mean the world say flick you to Israel . I mean this . Votes have been taken in the UN that reflect this world view given the fact that Iran intent is to destoy Israel for sake of destroying that which it can , to conquer the middle east . The essential point is that if they use their weapons against Israel the rest of the M.E. will fail in line with them , not the US , but them . It is the same concept that allowed an Iran Iraq war . This is power politics . IN FACT IN REALM OF POWER POLITICS GEORGE BUSH SR WAS TARGETED BY AN ASSIGNATION AND MANY INDICATE WHY WE ENTER THE PHONY CAUSE WAR AGAINST IRAQ WAS BECAUSE OF THE ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF GEORGE BUSH SR AND GEORGE BUSH JR . ENTERED THIS WAR BECAUSE OF THIS OR MADE UP REASONS TO ENTER THIS WAR BECAUSE OF THIS ATTEMPTED ASSASSINATION OF HIS FATHER . So if George Bush Sr and Jr know that assassination is a norm in the Middle East why doesn't the writer of this approach this in the same way .? The writer has no understanding of history or the reality of the situation as it exists now . The ME is near the tipping point of a nuclear war .
Obama has shown he is spinning on Israel as even liking them calling the PM of "Israel a pain in the ass. " Obama is stating that Diplomacy will solve the problem not solved by Diplomacy for years making Obama a liar in his intent toward Israel as a friend of the US . The point is yes Israel is the friend of the US ,but not of Obama whom the Republican talk show in Miami- Steve Cane show on Radio, indicates that Obama not only reads Arabic but quotes from the Koran.
""" The Munich massacre is an informal name for events that occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Bavaria in southern West Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage and eventually killed by the Palestinian group Black September.(from Wipapedia all credit should be given_) ""
As to assassination Israel and Jews have been subject to this as well .
The response to people killing Jews has been to try to stop this killing from taking place .
At the current time Obama has slapped Israel PM around and has shown he has no intent to support Israel from a possible nuclear attack despite what Panetta says . In fact Panetta time table is wrong per the time that the development goes underground and Panetta knows this. The lack of the correct Science show Panetta is gaming Israel . Don't get me wrong here , I like and admire the job Panetta did as CIA director . I feal if Panetta were given a free hand to help Isreal there would be no problem in letting the CIA handle it , but this is not the case as Obama has tipped his hand at this lack of help and Isreal has to stop a nuclear holocaust and those who want this in Iran and elsewhere who intend to attack Israel and Iran and it leaders have declare war on Israel and its people have had the option to approve or disavow this war for the past 10 years . If you understand this then it is the people of Iran that will die not just the Israel in a nuclear attack . Why not support a group that is against the Evilers in Iran . Why not support a group that does not want nuclear war with Israel and will assassinate those they want to for their political agenda not their religious agenda . For if there religion was at risk . It would be more at risk against the Christian and against the Commie who have a religion or a mind set against the principles of the Moslem's whereas Jews have been living in the Middle east with Arab before they were Moslem's in Ancient times in peace and followed the same generation links to prophets that preceded the most important prophet.
If a writer paints the wrong picture and does not place thing in context then is he may be reporting the news but is not a journalist who reports things in context without pre determination of a headline that picks select a villain .
So does that mean the US will stop funding Israel because they're a "terrorist organization"?
Didn't think so...
The one positive is that the US is supporting Israel defense . Get this defense . Most of the money Israel gets from the US is for it defense . Without this Israel would have launched and has a right to do as Iran declared war on it . So, if Israel is not supported financially you are right to ask this then expect Israel to stop Iran nuclear development . In essence the US influence is to stop Israel from launching attacks it a reasonable defense is being paid for by the United States . If you don't understand this reasoning then you should look at the current nuclear treaty we have with Russia . This treaty say if the US puts up more defense then the Russian will build more offensive missiles . Get the relationship? If one has a defense the other side has to have a bigger offense to overcome the defense . Stop playing stupid and dangerous games that the GD politicians play here for nations where crap is not allowed or swallowed as it is here in the US called spin as part of US corruption. Now you have the facts to act responsible , please do so .
Now the Lord had said to Abram:
“Get out of your country,
From your family
And from your father’s house,
To a land that I will show you.
I will make you a great nation;
I will bless you
And make your name great;
And you shall be a blessing.
I will bless those who bless you,
And I will curse him who curses you;
And in you all the families of the earth shall be blessed.”
Stand with Israel! 'Nuff said.
By the way the quote applies to both Israel and to other son of Abraham.
Israel was specific and was promised to Israel otherwise known a Jacob .
Israel today is less than the lands promised by Hashem to Israel but is a large part of the land west of Jordan so promised by Hashem that will be the complete Israel . This will be done according to Hashem time table , and is not known . It is supposed to take place by a reforming of the land of Israel by Hashem . Again this is by scripture . What you should be pointing out is that Isreal unlke any other nation is restricted as to what land it can own currently .This is completely different than than what the rest of nations have as a limitation .
And Lord said to Children of Abraham - Get out of Israel and go to US. 6 millions came over to US. Blessed be the name of Lord. Amen
Pay attention to this conspiracy theorist so how far fetched would it have been for Al-Qaida to attack the USA for the sole purpose to enter Iraq?
NATO and the Syrian freedom fighters should hire Mossad to solve the Syrian crisis.
Terrorize the terrorist. Show no mercy.
I think all you left wing HATEMONGERS, need to spend some time with cupid.
Chump....go back to your bong and let the big people talk.
Sounds like a good thing to do. It's the same thing the US did with Cuba, using their own people to do the dirty work, except that we didn't support the Cubans all the way and left them hanging, literally.
The article said the grouped turned sides in 1980, so they haven't been terrorists since then.
Bravo Israel. Leep up the killing and bloodshed of isalmofacist scumbag. May each and every one burn to ash in the fires of satan's kingdom
What I like about Israel they can and will do anything for it's survival. What I don't like is they would feed us to the wolves in a heart beat.
How long will we insult Israel with stories like this. Is what we (US) do okay (killing Osama Bin Ladin) but Israel can just sit back and let Arabs lob bombs across their border every day of the week?
Israel has been in a war for ages and the God of Israel will eventually stop it for them. I sure as hell want to be on that side. (Pun intended)
I dont care who Israel uses or dosent to get the job done. Iran will not be allowed to have nuclear weapons. Not even good old liberal Obama will be able to let that happen. How ever the job has to get done it will get done. To me a few Israelis taking out scientists is wa better than a full blown invasion by us.
Take them all out by whatever means available. Go Israel!
Thank GOD for Israel, at least they are preserving the ideals of the United States, now that this Jew Hating, Muslim, Kenyan is in office.
Fortunatly, Americas Great Embarasment will end next Jan. and we can became the leader of the free world again, but, until then, Israel will be taking up the slack.
Iran sponsers hezbollah, hamas, Al Qaeda, the Taliban and anybody else that will oppose western countries, christians, Israelis, Iraqi sunnis. etc. They actively provide money, weapons, advisors and all the media they can pump out to the world. Israel provides training for the Iranian dissidents, good for them. Iran is calling the "kettle black' when it blows up in their face. Who care??? I mean really, who cares what the Iranians have to say about sponsoring terrrist against a soveriegn nation. Eventually somebody is going capture some of the Loyalist Military in Syria and they are going to find out that the troop slaughtering the Syrian people are Iranian Army, Red Guard, etc. The Syrian army is made up mostly of Syrian conscripts who are deserting because they are unwilling to kill their own people. Thus the Iranians are providing the troops, dressed in Syrian army fatigues. Of course that is the Iranians suppporting the Syrians, not oppressing the people they are killing.
Obama is a wussy, why would you say anything? Obama has told Russia number of nukes the US has, the make up of missile systems, has dis mantled anti missile systems in Poland after the Russians said they couldn't talk about disarmament as long as the systems were on their boarders.
I see why China and Russia likes this guy he is totally a paper tiger.
No, Obama in 2012!
The only thing that you stupid Americans can do is vote out those congressmen/women and senators whose kept on pandering to the Jews to get money for their election campaign. America is fast becoming a province of Israel. When Netanyahu made a speech to the joint US congress you could see from TV footage how he was treated.... like a Rock Star!!! It's sad how the people who are suppose to represent the interest of the American people are more concerned with interest of a foreign nation. Maybe it has something to do with the belief of the Evangilecals that Jews are the Chosen people.
Dude you ever watch a movie or tv? The jews portray themselves this way, they own the media outlets, they make all the movies, people have been brainwashed to believe jews are this poor culture that needs to be handled delicately for so long now.
Any time someone has their eyes open to whats going on that person is labeled anti-semetic. Any time there is a negative story about a jew, it is killed immediately.
I grew up wondering why one religion was so persecuted through-out history, now i knnow one of two things, it was A) deserved, or B) the jews made most of it up for sympathy. Im leaning towards A
and we elected a Kenyan as president, so what?
If the U.S. and Israel profess (and sometimes demand quite loudly) that other states comply with international law and U.N. Resolutions, than how is it so difficult to see that these two states do not comply, and openly engage in acts of terrorism and assassination? How in the hell does anyone expect any other country to act reasonably, when this is the predominant behaviour of the U.S., U.K., and Is-ra-Hell? It is impossible to reason with the insane I suppose.
Reform campaign contributions, that is the answer to cleansing our hands of isreal who are no better than any other middle eastern country. No more pandering to the council of rich jews who own politicians and we wont have to be responsible for Isreal any longer.
Despite the innocent, perfetcion portrayal of jews in movies (all created by jews) they are no different than anyone else, no better, no more deserving of a nations suppport. If anything they are primarily the people that caused the most issues in the US; the bankers, lawyers, media and many in congress/senate.
You need to read something other than "Mien Kampf" Adolf?
You need to open your eyes to truth.
But you did prove a point of mine, anything that doesnt portray jews in a perfect light is anti-semetic, TY
lol......yet I wonder how much money the People's Republic of China is funneling into our Presidential candidates campaign coffers?
Our campaign finance laws have put the United States government policies up for sale to the highest bidder, whether it be Bechtel, Goldman Sachs, Bank of America, Israel, China, Saudi Arabia, or even Iran.
Way to go, capitalism at it's finest!
Is MSNBC using old news on their front-page web "news" to bump Brian William’s horrible ratings? This is old news, it has been reported several times that Israel has used Iran's own opposition groups to carry out attacks on more than just one occasion, hell all developed and undeveloped and under developed nations do the very same thing. Come on MSNBC this lame attempt of garnering a ratings bump for your failing news magazine show, Rock Center, is even beneath you.
When I read this headline, all I could think was "Oh, sh**".
Adds new meaning to the term "fight fire with fire."