Mognieh-phobia: "Israeli" security services draw list of senior officials liable to be Hizbullah targets
Source: Haaretz, 23-10-2008
"Israel's" intelligence community has drawn up a list of dozens of former senior security officials who are liable to be targets of Hizbullah attacks.
The list was prepared in response to Hizbullah's threats to avenge the assassination of its "operations officer," Imad Moghnieh, last February. Hizbullah blames "Israel" for the killing.
A senior security source said that following the assassination, the Counterterrorism Bureau, which works out of the Prime Minister's Office, called a series of meetings on Hizbullah's likely response. The meetings were attended by representatives of all the intelligence agencies - the Shin Bet, the Mossad and Military Intelligence - as well as the Foreign Ministry and the police. The main goal, he said, was to try to prevent another incident like Hizbullah's abduction in 2000 of Elhanan Tennenbaum, a former senior "Israeli" Army officer who went into business after retiring from the army.
The meetings resulted in a decision that every security agency should draw up a list of former senior officials who might be vulnerable to a Hizbullah assassination or kidnapping. "Each organization was asked to define those of its retirees on whom an attack might be viewed as equivalent in value to the assassination of Moghnieh," the senior source said.
The criteria for inclusion on this list include the person's seniority in his organization, his current public prominence, and the risk to which his current occupation is likely to expose him.
Each security agency drafted a list of a few dozen names. The agencies then devised procedures for exchanging information on subjects such as those individuals' trips abroad, potential threats, and intelligence warnings of planned attacks. In a few cases, people on the list have been assigned protection by either "Israeli" security agencies or local agencies in the countries to which they traveled.
Since Moghnieh's assassination, "Israel" has received numerous intelligence warnings of Hizbullah's plans to avenge the killing by attacking "Israeli" or Jewish (Zionist) targets overseas.
About six weeks ago, the media reported that the defense (war) establishment had warned various former senior security officials who do business in Muslim countries with which "Israel" does not have diplomatic relations about the threat of a Hizbullah kidnap attempt. A few months earlier, "Israeli" businessmen active in western Africa were warned of a Hizbullah plot to kidnap or kill them.
"Israel's" intelligence community has drawn up a list of dozens of former senior security officials who are liable to be targets of Hizbullah attacks.
The list was prepared in response to Hizbullah's threats to avenge the assassination of its "operations officer," Imad Moghnieh, last February. Hizbullah blames "Israel" for the killing.
A senior security source said that following the assassination, the Counterterrorism Bureau, which works out of the Prime Minister's Office, called a series of meetings on Hizbullah's likely response. The meetings were attended by representatives of all the intelligence agencies - the Shin Bet, the Mossad and Military Intelligence - as well as the Foreign Ministry and the police. The main goal, he said, was to try to prevent another incident like Hizbullah's abduction in 2000 of Elhanan Tennenbaum, a former senior "Israeli" Army officer who went into business after retiring from the army.
The meetings resulted in a decision that every security agency should draw up a list of former senior officials who might be vulnerable to a Hizbullah assassination or kidnapping. "Each organization was asked to define those of its retirees on whom an attack might be viewed as equivalent in value to the assassination of Moghnieh," the senior source said.
The criteria for inclusion on this list include the person's seniority in his organization, his current public prominence, and the risk to which his current occupation is likely to expose him.
Each security agency drafted a list of a few dozen names. The agencies then devised procedures for exchanging information on subjects such as those individuals' trips abroad, potential threats, and intelligence warnings of planned attacks. In a few cases, people on the list have been assigned protection by either "Israeli" security agencies or local agencies in the countries to which they traveled.
Since Moghnieh's assassination, "Israel" has received numerous intelligence warnings of Hizbullah's plans to avenge the killing by attacking "Israeli" or Jewish (Zionist) targets overseas.
About six weeks ago, the media reported that the defense (war) establishment had warned various former senior security officials who do business in Muslim countries with which "Israel" does not have diplomatic relations about the threat of a Hizbullah kidnap attempt. A few months earlier, "Israeli" businessmen active in western Africa were warned of a Hizbullah plot to kidnap or kill them.
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