and the Shi'ites in Lebanon made him a lot <strong>of</strong> money over the years.But he'd taken one cut too many.The Mossad had given him several million dollars to pay <strong>of</strong>f someLebanese family who could in turn bring about the release <strong>of</strong> capturedIsraeli airman, Ron Arad. As a result <strong>of</strong> Spiro's involvement with theIran-Contra affair, the Lebanese were not willing to deal with himanymore. But he held on to the money. When the Kidon team came tohis house November 7, 1992, to get the money back, something wentwrong, and his wife and three children were killed. He was taken tothe desert, where the team forced him to reveal where he'd stashed themoney, after he first tried to claim he'd given it to the Lebanese. Hewas then fed some poison that he happened to have with him. Thepoison was a substance used to check the purity <strong>of</strong> gold he'd beeninterested in mining.At that point, I had no doubt that my time was starting to run out.Early in the morning, we all got into a cab and headed back to Holland.Crossing the Dutch border was a great relief, but I knew I wasn'tout <strong>of</strong> the woods until I was back on Canadian soil. I made one lastcall from the hotel to Uri, but for some reason, I was cut <strong>of</strong>f.During the flight, I finally realized what had happened. I wasgoing to take some steps to verify it, but I was pretty sure I knew.There had been a power struggle in the Mossad for the top job. Bynow, it was safe to say that Ephraim and his clique were probably theonly ranking <strong>of</strong>ficers in the Mossad not to have screwed up. Thatbeing the case, Ephraim was more than likely the man to be tapped torun things, unless a new man was brought in from the out<strong>side</strong>. And, inall likelihood, it would only be a matter <strong>of</strong> time before he and theclique came gunning for me.I was the weak link and the most vulnerable one. So it seemed thatwhat I had to do was clear. I had to put everything else a<strong>side</strong> and writethis story for everyone to see.Now it's done, and it's out <strong>of</strong> my hands. You be the judge.ji-CHRPTER 1"Belgium Probes Terrorist Links with NATO-wide Resistance Group,"Reuters, November 9, 1990.Michael Binyon, "Head <strong>of</strong> Belgian Detective Force Arrested," Times,April 26, 1990.Raf Casert, "Belgium Orders Investigation into Secret Anti-CommunistGroup," Associated Press, November 9, 1990.Dan Izenberg, "Apparent Blunder: Israel Jets Intercept, Release LibyanPlane," Associated Press, February 4, 1986.Stephan Ketele, "Subs for Aalst Dateline on Sked Alert Issued inSupermarket Massacre," United Press International, November10, 1985.James M. Markham, "Terrorists Put Benign Belgium Under MentalSiege," New York Times, February 6, 1986.Judith Miller, "Belgium Is Shaken by Bombs and 'Crazy Killers,"' NewYork Times, November 24, 1985.David Nordell, "Israeli Leaders Have No Apologies for GroundingPlane," Associated Press, February 5, 1986.David Usborne, "Belgium Throws the Book at Its Bungling State SecurityService," Independent, May 8, 1990."When Mossad Shoots Itself in the Foot," Manchester GuardianWeekly, February 16, 1986.Andrew Whitley, "Israel Forces Down Libyan Jet," Financial Times,February 5, 1986.~HRPTER 2Brenda C. Coleman, "Company Accuses Israel <strong>of</strong> Stealing TradeSecrets," Associated Press, August 19, 1986.
292 / NOTES"Loral Wins Contract for Joint Service Image Processing System," PRNewswire, September 22, 1987.Edward T. Pound and David Rogers, "How Israel Spends $1.8 Billiona Year at Its Purchasing Mission in New York," Wall Street Journal,January 20, 1992.Edward T. Pound and David Rogers, "Inquiring Eyes: An Israeli Contractwith a U.S. Company Leads to Espionage-Arbiters SayIsrael Stole Data, and It Wasn't First Time the Ally Spied in America,"Wall Street Journal, January 17, 1992.Edward T. Pound and David Rogers, "Politics and Policy: Roles <strong>of</strong> Ex-Pentagon Officials at Jewish Group Show Clout <strong>of</strong> Cold-Warrior,Pro-Israel Network," Wall Street Journal, January 22, 1992.CHRPTER 4"Danish Officials Confirm Illegal Mossad Activities," WashingtonTimes, October 10, 1990.Thalif Deen, "Mossad Sells Arms to Tamil Tigers," Sri Lanka SundayObserver, September 30, 1990."Denmark: Mossad Is Working in Our Territory Against the Law,"Yediot Aharonot, September 22, 1990.Peter Eisner, "Judge in Noriega Trial Stops Questions on CIA,Mossad," Newsday, September 25, 1991.Embassy <strong>of</strong> the Democratic Socialist Republic <strong>of</strong> Sri Lanka, Washington,D.C., press release, September 20, 1990.Julian M. Isherwood, "Danish Parliament Investigates Israel'sMossad," United Press International, October 10, 1990.Yohanan Lahav, "The Mossad Assisted Tamils in Sri Lanka: As Toldby Indian Minister <strong>of</strong> Finance Subramanis Swami," YediotAharonot, December 14, 1990."Mossad Behind Bugging <strong>of</strong> Danish Parliament's Ombudsman, PaperSays," Agence France Presse, December 2, 1993.Ygal Rom, "Danish Government Enquiry into Mossad's Bugging <strong>of</strong>Pr<strong>of</strong>essor Sud Gameltvapt, from the Danish Paper Extrablatt,"Yediot Aharonot, December 3, 1993."With Noriega, the End <strong>of</strong> Harari," Latin American Weekly Report,January 18, 1990."Around the World; Police in Paris Sees Link Among Political Slaying~,"New York Times, April 10, 1982.Ian Black and Benny Morris, Israel's Secret Wars: The Untold History <strong>of</strong>Israeli Intelligence, London: Hamish Hamilton, 1991, pp. 426-427.Kathleen Brady, "A Paris Court Stands Firm; Life in Prison for a Terrorist,"Time, March 9, 1987.Karin Laub, "Shamir Denies He Decided to Fire Mossad Chief," AssociatedPress, January 12, 1989.Stanley Meisler, "France Will Put Arab on Trial in 2 Assassinations,"Los Angeles Times, January 29, 1987.Steven Strasser, Milan J. Kubic, James Pringle, Julian Nundy, and RayWilkinson, "A Terrible Swift Sword," Newsweek, June 21, 1982.Robert Suro, "Unmasking a Terror Group: Typical Pattern <strong>of</strong> Travel,Havens and Killings," New York Times, April 13, 1986.John Vinocur, "American Diplomat Shot in Strasbourg; C.I.A. LinkDenied," New York Times, March 27, 1984.Ehud Ya'ari, "Behind the Terror," Atlantic, June 1987.Michael Arndt, "More Mainstream Jews Drawn to Kahane's Side,"Chicago Tribune, April 20, 1986.Leonard Buder, "Prison for Ex-J.D.L. Chief in Bombing," New YorkTimes, October 27, 1987.Allyn Fisher, "American Immigrant Doctor Blamed for Hebron Massacrewith Israel-Unrest," Associated Press, February 25, 1994."Five in Bermuda Ordered Deported in Iran Arms Sale Plot," ReutersNorth European Service, May 16, 1986.Thomas L. Friedman, "How Israel's Economy Got Hooked on SellingArms Abroad," New York Times, December 7, 1986.- Thomas L. Friedman, "Israel Denies Smuggling Cluster Bomb Technology,"New York Times, July 10, 1986."Arms Fraud Probe Said Widened to Two Israeli Firms," Reuters, July11, 1988.Kim I. Mills, "Two Israelis Charged in Ongoing Probe <strong>of</strong> U.S. DefenseIndustry," Associated Press, April 29, 1993.James Rowley, "Paisley, Former Assistant Secretary, Pleads Guilty,"Associated Press, June 14, 1991.
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