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>JN July 27, 1998, Vol. 6, No. 132
British Agents Plotted to Kill Hitler in 1944
Israel Faxx Staff Report
British agents hatched a plot during the closing months of World War 2 to assassinate Adolph Hitler as he took his daily walk to breakfast at tea rooms near his Alpine retreat, but the plot was never carried out. Secret wartime papers released by Britain's Public Record Office, said the Special Operations Executive whose agents worked to foster subversion behind enemy lines, drew up detailed plans to assassinate Hitler, by sniper, poison, bomb or by derailing his train.
Israeli Security Concerned Over Non-Conventional Attack
By IsraelWire
According to Yediot Achronot, members of the Israeli security
establishment are concerned that terrorists or "enemies of the
country" will attempt an attack using chemical or biological
warfare, in addition to the conventional warfare and suicide
attacks seen in the past.
Security and intelligence officials are concerned over what they
are calling "quiet attacks," which would entail the use of chemical
or biological warfare used in heavily populated areas to injure and
kill as many persons as possible.
The assessment is based on the knowledge of what substances are
available today as well as the persons with the technical knowledge
to carry them out. Despite the fears, intelligence officials add
they do not have any data pointing to any specific attack using
non-conventional warfare.
Clinton Concerned Over Iranian Missile Development
By IsraelWire
According to the Washington Times, President Clinton has voiced alarm over last week's successful Iranian launch of an Iranian medium-range missile (Shahab-3), a development he believes will upset the Mideast balance of power.
"Obviously, if they were to develop an intermediate-range missile,
it could change the regional stability dynamics in the Middle
East," Clinton told reporters. "We're very, very concerned about
it, but not surprised by it."
"Clearly this kind of test is bad news," said State Department
spokesman James Rubin. "Once the Shahab-3 is made operational, Iran
will have the ability to strike more distant targets --including
Israel, portions of Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia. At that point
it would have an impact strategically."
Commenting on the missile launch, Defense Minister Yitzchak
Mordechai said the particular missile tested was not a direct
threat to Israel due to its limited maximum distance, but the very
fact that Iran continues aggressively to develop its missile
program is cause for serious concern.
One US senior official added that it is obvious that the Iranian
nuclear effort is also moving ahead, since there would be no other
reason for the intense efforts to advance its long-range missile
program other than for the deployment of non-conventional weaponry.
Senior US officials stressed that the Shahab-3 test does not mean
the system is operational. But they acknowledged it could reach
that point within a few months. They also said the successful test
came six months ahead of US projections and expectations.
Iran also is building another version of the missile, the Shahab-4,
that is expected to have a range of up to 1,240 miles -- far enough
to reach Central Europe.
Pentagon spokesman Kenneth Bacon said that the test was "worrisome"
and that Iran's development of missiles and pursuit of chemical,
biological and nuclear capability "are irresponsible and dangerous
policies."
The Pentagon is reviewing all information and intelligence about
the test before deciding whether to send additional Patriot
anti-missile batteries to the Middle East to defend US forces
deployed there, Bacon said.
US officials add that there are about 25,000 American troops
scattered through the Persian Gulf region in Saudi Arabia, Bahrain
and Kuwait who are within possible range of the missile.
Arafat Urged to Condemn Holocaust Denial
By Arutz-7 News Service
The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
called upon Yasir Arafat to take action against those responsible
for the publication of a Holocaust-denying article in a Palestinian
newspaper. The Conference statement called for Arafat to "reprimand
the editors of Al-Hayat Al-Jadeeda and to take appropriate action
to ensure an end to Holocaust-denial activity by PA officials and
publications."
The Conference said "the debasing descriptions and even denial of
the murder of 6 Million Jews [in] articles, statements, and
broadcasts from official Palestinian Authority sources [is]
offensive and unacceptable."
The statement noted, "While all hostile and inciting rhetoric is a
violation of the spirit and the letter of the Oslo and Hebron
Accords, to attack and mock this most terrible tragedy offends
every standard of decency. There can be little hope for
reconciliation if people, especially the youth, are subject to
constant indoctrination portraying their neighbors in such vile
ways.
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