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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 209they had been flown there, the Dakota plane that had carriedthem blew up on its way back to Rome, killing pilot and crew.There is an ongoing police investigation into that bombing.The Italians claim the Mossad did it, but they didn't. It was mostlikely the PLO. They probably thought the crew had seensomething when they let them <strong>of</strong>f in Libya, or might recognizethem in some other operation. If the Mossad had blown it up, theywould have done it when the terrorists were on board.On December 20, 1973, Carlos was in Paris. He had a place onthe outskirts <strong>of</strong> the city, a storage place for PLO ammunition. TheMossad was looking for a reason to give the address to the Frenchwithout burning their valuable agent, Moukharbel.That morning, Carlos performed his own style <strong>of</strong> terrorist act —his infamous "bang, bang" and get out. He left his apartmentcarrying a grenade, hopped in his car, and drove down a street,lobbing the grenade at a Jewish bookstore, killing one woman,and wounding six other people. That was reason enough for theMossad to pass on the address <strong>of</strong> the ammunition depot, butwhen it was raided by French police, they found weapons, guns,grenades, TNT sticks, propaganda leaflets, about a dozen people,but no Carlos. He had left France the same day.The next day he called Moukharbel from London, wanting to meethim there. Moukharbel said he couldn't go because the Britishpolice wanted him. The Mossad tried to persuade him to go but hewouldn't, so for a time they lost contact with Carlos.Then on January 22, 1974, Carlos called Moukharbel again. "It'sIlyich," he said. "I'm coming back to Paris. I just have to sign a dealtomorrow or the next day."All Israeli installations in Britain immediately went on alert. But itcouldn't be a visible alert in case the call was simply a test byCarlos <strong>of</strong> Moukharbel's loyalty. They knew that Carlos was alwaysone step ahead <strong>of</strong> everybody else.Two days later, on January 24, a car went by an Israeli bank inLondon, and the lone man inside the car threw a hand grenade atthe bank, injuring one woman.

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