Mossad Kidnapped Iranian Generals in Search for Missing Airman Ron Arad
Translated & summarized from Ynet by baba
Israel's Mossad intelligence agency abducted two Iranian generals over the past two decades in its search for missing airman Ron Arad. One general, Abdullah Sabri, was taken from Syria, while Ali-Reza Asgari disappeared in Turkey in 2006. Asgari was interrogated by Mossad for weeks about Arad but yielded no information before being killed and his body dumped in the Black Sea, according to former U.S. officials.
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- Mossad abducted two Iranian generals over two decades in search for missing airman Ron Arad.
- General Ali-Reza Asgari disappeared in Istanbul in 2006 and was interrogated by Mossad.
- Asgari's interrogation by Mossad yielded no information regarding Ron Arad's disappearance.
- Mossad agents killed General Ali-Reza Asgari, disposing of his body in the Black Sea.
- One general, Abdullah Sabri, was reportedly kidnapped from Syria in a refrigerator carton.
The Israeli intelligence agency Mossad abducted two Iranian generals over the past two decades as part of its efforts to locate missing airman Ron Arad. One general, Abdullah Sabri, was reportedly kidnapped from Syria inside an oversized refrigerator carton. The other, Ali-Reza Asgari, disappeared in Istanbul in 2006, with his fate unknown until a recent New York Times investigation.
According to former senior U.S. officials who spoke to the Times, Asgari was interrogated by the Mossad for weeks regarding any potential connection to Ron Arad's disappearance. The investigation yielded no results. The officials stated that Mossad agents killed Asgari, and his body was disposed of in the Black Sea.
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