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By Way of Deception

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264 BY WAY OF DECEPTIONwith the raisins on the top and the bottom. They would then sealthe container, lock the warehouse doors, give Aloony the key, andset up an appointment to bring him there the next morning. Thecontainer would then be loaded on a truck and taken to the shipfor passage to Beirut.After taking Aloony back to his apartment, the Mossad would go tothe warehouse, take the lock and the number <strong>of</strong>f the door, andput them next door on the look-alike warehouse. There they wouldcompletely fill another container with low-grade raisins. That waswhat Aloony would ship <strong>of</strong>f to Arafat.Stoler (Aitan) told Aloony to bring the money with him because hewanted several hours to get away. "No problem," said Aloony. "I'llbring the money. But I sleep with the raisins in the warehouse.""Okay," said Stoler, his heart stopping for a moment. "I'll pick youup tomorrow at 6 p.m.""But you said in the morning," said Aloony."I know, but it's not a good idea to go in there in the daytime withweapons. Too many people around."With Aitan and the others all back at the safe house, they knewthey had a problem. How would they switch the containers in thewarehouse if Aloony was sleeping with them?Meanwhile, a small, single-family house outside Vienna was nowloaded with the weapons Hussein had ordered. The katsa notifiedHussein that his assistant would make the transaction, askinghim to bring $3.7 million to the meeting place, after which hewould be given the key to the house and the address. The planwas that they would pick up one <strong>of</strong> Hussein's men, then take himblindfolded to the house so he could check the equipment. Hewould be allowed one phone call to Hussein (then they would cutthe line), telling him everything was in place. Next he would belocked in, the money would be transferred, and Hussein would begiven the address and the key. Hussein bought it.It was now July 27, 1981, and back in Hamburg they were stillwrestling with the Aloony problem. The weapons to be loaded intoa container were inside the warehouse. A duplicate container washoisted high above it, right up to the ceil-

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