Image: Incoming chief Tamir Pardo Photo: Ido ErezNew Mossad Chief To Apologise For Use Of UK Passports In Dubai Killing -- The Telegraph
The new head of Israel's secret service, Mossad, is ready to apologise for the use of forged British passports during the assassination of a leading Hamas militant in Dubai.
Tamir Pardo, who took over as Mossad's chief earlier this month, will also promise that Israeli agents will never again be allowed to use fake British documents during operations abroad.
Mossad insiders say he will make the pledges to officials in London and, he hopes, in private meetings with the foreign secretary, William Hague, and the home secretary, Theresa May, as part of an urgent drive to rebuild relations with the UK government, thrown into disarray earlier this year.
Read more ....
More News On An Apology From Mossad To Britain For The Unauthorized Use Of Its Passports
Report: Incoming Mossad chief to apologize for use of U.K. passports in Dubai hit -- Haaretz
Report: Mossad chief to apologize to Britain -- Ynet News
Report: Mossad chief to apologize to UK for using passports -- Jerusalem Post
My Comment: This is a very uncharacteristic move on the part of Mossad. To apologize for the unauthorized use of British passports is something that I thought they would never even think of doing .... this is definitely a change in operational policy.
2 comments:
As far as I know this has not been confirmed from non-British circles.
The following quote from the Ynet article:
" The Telegraph cites agency sources as saying that he objected to using fake British, Australian, and Irish passports though he left his post in June of 2009, six months before the assassination."
indicates that perhaps the source is from British Foreign Office or Intel circles and is designed to try and influence future policy, not a change of policy of the Mossad.
Post a Comment