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By Way of Deception

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130 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONSympathy for the Tamils runs high in the southern Indian state <strong>of</strong>Tamil Nadu, where 40 million Tamils live. Many Sri LankanTamils, escaping the bloodshed, have sought refuge there, and theSri Lankan government has accused Indian <strong>of</strong>ficials <strong>of</strong> arming andtraining the Tamils. They should be accusing the Mossad.The Tamils were training at the commando naval base, learningpenetration techniques, mining landings, communications, andhow to sabotage ships similar to the Devora. There were about 28men in each group, so it was decided that Yosy should take theTamils to Haifa that night while I took the Sinhalese to Tel Aviv,thus avoiding any chance encounters.The real problem started about two weeks into the courses, whenboth the Tamils and Sinhalese — unknown to each other, <strong>of</strong>course — were training at Kfar Sirkin. It is a fairly large base, buteven so, on one occasion the two groups passed within a few yards<strong>of</strong> each other while they were out jogging. After their basic trainingroutine at Kfar Sir- kin, the Sinhalese were taken to the naval baseto be taught essentially how to deal with all the techniques theIsraelis had just taught the Tamils. It was pretty hectic. We had todream up punishments or night training exercises just to keepthem busy, so that both groups wouldn't be in Tel Aviv at thesame time. The actions <strong>of</strong> this one man (Amy) could havejeopardized the political situation in Israel if these groups had met.I'm sure Peres wouldn't have slept at night if he'd known this wasgoing on. But, <strong>of</strong> course, he didn't know.When the three weeks were just about up and the Sinhalese werepreparing to go to Atlit, the top-secret naval commando base, Amytold me he wouldn't be going with them. The Sayret Matcal wouldtake over their training. This was the top intelligencereconnaissance group, the one that carried out the famousEntebbe raid. (The naval commandos are the equivalent <strong>of</strong> theAmerican Seals.)"Look, we have a problem," said Amy. "We have a group <strong>of</strong> 27SWAT team guys from India coming in."

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