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By Way of Deception

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BY WAY OF DECEPTION 259was not involved in terrorist activities in Europe. The katsa's safetywas therefore not in question, and, indeed, Salem fell for the pitchcompletely.At the next discreet meeting — called "a meeting in four eyes," orjust the two <strong>of</strong> them — Stoler mentioned that from time to time helearned <strong>of</strong> "stray equipment" from U.S. military bases in Germany— items with a short-term life on the outside. He said he couldalso take orders for such "back door" deliveries if Salem wasinterested.In the meantime, the Mossad was assuring GSG-9 that they hadtabs on the Black Bloc and would notify them when and wherethey could be picked up with enough evidence to put them away.As they knew he would, Arafat finally passed on a request toSalem in East Berlin, carried personally by Major Aloony andSergeant Alsharif, PASC chief Abu Taan's men. They gave Salemthe list <strong>of</strong> equipment necessary for Force 17, with orders that thedeal be done in extreme secrecy, that the equipment come fromthe West, and that Arafat's two messengers deal directly with AbuTaan. Salem was ordered to contact their friends in the RAF (BlackBloc), or any other known source available to complete the armsdeal for Arafat."We will be sending first-grade 'tobacco' to be used as currency,"the order said. "If needed, we can receive interim financingthrough Abu Taan."The carriers <strong>of</strong> this letter are fresh in the field and so can be usedas go-betweens, and therefore put under your command."When Salem got the message, he naturally called Daniel Aitan,a.k.a. Harry Stoler. Salem said the deal had to be coordinatedquickly and quietly and that he would send a representative(Aloony) with a shopping list <strong>of</strong> the necessary equipment. Hewanted to know how long it would take to fill the order and ship it.Up to now, the Mossad plan had been to appropriate all the PLOmoney and their hashish by way <strong>of</strong> clever dealing, but a new piece<strong>of</strong> information from Kasim alerted them that Arafat had a backupplan.He had planned a similar arms order with Ghazi Hussein,

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