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By Way of Deception

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258 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONhe'd been the one with the hooker, but he insisted he hadn't toldher anything and that she hadn't asked him anything. He pleadedwith Mousa to believe him and help him. In the end, Mousa justlooked straight at him and started to laugh.That was Mousa. Always waiting with something up his sleeve.Others just hope it wasn't their balls.Eventually, the team did find a suitable warehouse and Mousanotified the London katsa, saying, "You'd better get this donequickly, so I can get my guys out <strong>of</strong> here before they catch somekind <strong>of</strong> disease!"* * *Through its relationship with Saudi Arabian billionaire AdnanKhashoggi, who had been recruited as an agent,* the Mossadknew another Saudi who was a legitimate European arms dealer.He had the rights to supply Uzis and other weapons to the privatemarket in Europe. The plan was to get Khashoggi's friend toprovide the necessary U.S.-made arms to fill Arafat's order. Theywould, <strong>of</strong> course, be presented as having been stolen from variousstockpiles at European military bases.At this time, Mossad katsa Daniel Aitan, using the cover nameHarry Stoler, contacted Isam Salem, Arafat's man in East Berlin.Arafat had not even asked him to get the weapons yet, but thanksto Kasim's ongoing communications, the Mossad knew he wouldsoon do so and decided to get in one step ahead.The German-speaking Aitan, a straightforward individual,presented himself to Salem as "Harry Stoler," a businessman whodealt in what he referred to as "various equipment and materials."Most important <strong>of</strong> all, he told Salem, he could guarantee goodprices and secure delivery. Stoler also told Salem that while heavoided getting into politics, he thought the Palestinian cause wasjust, and he hoped to see them succeed.They made another appointment to meet. Even though Salem wasPLO and so considered dangerous, they knew he* See Chapter 17: BEIRUT

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