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margin: 0 0 0.5em 0.5em; text-align:left; border: 1px solid #ff6600; width:175px;"> <tbody><tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; text-align:center; color:White; background-color:#ff6600"><b>Some dare call it</b><br /><a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theory" title="Conspiracy theory"><font size="4" color="White"><b>Conspiracy</b></font></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="background-color:#ffe6d5;" align="center"><a href="/wiki/Category:Conspiracy_theories" title="Category:Conspiracy theories"><img alt="Icon conspiracy.svg" src="/w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/100px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png" decoding="async" width="100" height="100" srcset="/w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/150px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png 1.5x, /w/images/thumb/5/58/Icon_conspiracy.svg/200px-Icon_conspiracy.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="195" data-file-height="195" /></a> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; color:White; background-color:#ff6600; text-align:center;"><b>What <i>THEY</i> don't want<br />you to know!</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; background-color:#ffe6d5;"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Malaysia_Airlines_Flight_17" title="Malaysia Airlines Flight 17">Malaysia Airlines Flight 17</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Do_your_own_research" title="Do your own research">Do your own research</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/NASA%27s_Unexplained_Files" title="NASA's Unexplained Files">NASA's Unexplained Files</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/North_American_Union" title="North American Union">North American Union</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2016_Democratic_Party_presidential_nomination" title="2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination">2016 Democratic Party presidential nomination</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2017_Las_Vegas_shooting" title="2017 Las Vegas shooting">2017 Las Vegas shooting</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lee_Harvey_Oswald" title="Lee Harvey Oswald">Lee Harvey Oswald</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dwight_Lundell" title="Dwight Lundell">Dwight Lundell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_helicopters" title="Black helicopters">Black helicopters</a></li></ul> </td></tr> <tr> <td style="font-size: 95%; 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text-align:center;"><a href="/wiki/Template:Conspiracynav" title="Template:Conspiracynav">v</a> - <a href="/wiki/Template_talk:Conspiracynav" title="Template talk:Conspiracynav">t</a> - <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://rationalwiki.org/w/index.php?title=Template:Conspiracynav&action=edit">e</a></div> </td></tr></tbody></table><p>The <b>Mossad</b> is the main <a href="/wiki/Israel" title="Israel">Israeli</a> intelligence agency. Their mission is to gather <a href="/wiki/Intelligence_(government)" title="Intelligence (government)">intelligence</a> and carry out covert actions on behalf of the State of Israel. They are also a <a href="/wiki/Lightning_rod" title="Lightning rod">lightning rod</a> for <a href="/wiki/Conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="Conspiracy theories">conspiracy theories</a> since they combine two of their favorite targets, <a href="/wiki/Jews" class="mw-redirect" title="Jews">Jews</a> and the secretive world of intelligence gathering. </p><p>Unlike some other nations' intelligence agencies, they've been more willing to "play dirty," especially when it comes to assassinations and spying on their friends. Or that's the standard for intelligence agencies and they've <a href="/wiki/Hanlon%27s_Razor" class="mw-redirect" title="Hanlon's Razor">just been sloppy</a>. </p> <h2><span id="Things_they've_done"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Things_they.27ve_done">Things they've done</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mossad&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Things they've done">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li>Captured <a href="/wiki/Eichmann_defense" class="mw-redirect" title="Eichmann defense">Adolf Eichmann</a> from <a href="/wiki/Argentina" title="Argentina">Argentina</a>. Both the BND (German intelligence agency) and the CIA (who the BND had informed) knew of his whereabouts before Mossad got to him.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1">[1]</a></sup> Newer information points to Fritz Bauer, the German attorney general, who would later become instrumental in getting the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Auschwitz_trials" class="extiw" title="wp:Frankfurt Auschwitz trials" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Frankfurt Auschwitz trials">Frankfurt Auschwitz trials</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> going, as having been Mossad's source.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup></li> <li>Spied in aligned countries, including the United States.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4">[4]</a></sup> Before any Americans get upset, please note that the US <a href="/wiki/Edward_Snowden" title="Edward Snowden"><i>also</i> spies extensively on its allies</a>... and Israeli intelligence was used to warn the CIA/FBI a month prior to <a href="/wiki/9/11" title="9/11">9/11</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5">[5]</a></sup></li> <li>In South Africa, Mossad used the Israeli airline, El Al, as an intelligence asset to spy, an asset it also uses against other nations.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6">[6]</a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7">[7]</a></sup> Things are less friendly these days between Israel and South Africa in light of "Israel's extensive military and security cooperation with the apartheid regime ousted in 1994"<sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8">[8]</a></sup> when Mossad brokered dubiously legal, private arms sales to the white-supremacist South Africa.<sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9">[9]</a></sup></li> <li>Retaliated against various <a href="/wiki/Terrorist" class="mw-redirect" title="Terrorist">terrorist</a> groups involved in the 1972 attack on their Olympic team. In an incident known as the Lillehammer Affair, an innocent Moroccan man living in <a href="/wiki/Norway" title="Norway">Norway</a> was mistaken for one of the targets and murdered in front of his pregnant wife, leading to most of the assassination team being arrested. Five were convicted; all were deported to Israel within two years. Israel refuses to admit responsibility, though they compensated the widow.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10">[10]</a></sup></li> <li>Various assassinations or attempts on high ranking <a href="/wiki/Hamas" title="Hamas">Hamas</a> targets.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11">[11]</a></sup> These have also been undertaken by their sister organization, Shin Bet.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12">[12]</a></sup></li> <li>Drugged and kidnapped nuclear technician and Israeli nuclear weapons program whistleblower Mordechai Vanunu from Italian soil.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13">[13]</a></sup></li> <li>Likely assassinated Canadian-born engineer <a href="/wiki/Gerald_Bull" title="Gerald Bull">Gerald Bull</a>, who as part of his quest to economically launch a satellite by cannon developed a series of colossal ultra-long-range artillery pieces. Israel wanted to purchase these from him, but Bull refused and instead accepted an offer from <a href="/wiki/Saddam_Hussein" title="Saddam Hussein">Saddam Hussein</a>'s government.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14">[14]</a></sup></li> <li>Killed various <a href="/wiki/German" class="mw-redirect" title="German">German</a> scientists who were in the <a href="/wiki/Egypt" title="Egypt">Egyptian</a> chemical and nuclear weapons program, after recruiting famous former <a href="/wiki/SS" class="mw-redirect" title="SS">SS</a> officer <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Skorzeny" class="extiw" title="wp:Otto Skorzeny" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Otto Skorzeny">Otto Skorzeny</span></a><sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup> (yep, the one who freed <a href="/wiki/Mussolini" class="mw-redirect" title="Mussolini">Mussolini</a> from his mountain prison after he was overthrown).<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15">[15]</a></sup></li></ul> <h2><span id="Things_they_didn't_do"></span><span class="mw-headline" id="Things_they_didn.27t_do">Things they didn't do</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mossad&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Things they didn't do">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/John_F._Kennedy_assassination_conspiracy_theory" class="mw-redirect" title="John F. Kennedy assassination conspiracy theory">The Kennedy assassinations.</a><sup id="cite_ref-16" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-16">[16]</a></sup></li> <li>The <a href="/wiki/9/11_conspiracy_theories" class="mw-redirect" title="9/11 conspiracy theories">September 11, 2001</a> attacks.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17">[17]</a></sup></li> <li>Use an array of animals to spy on other nations (see <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Israel-related_animal_conspiracy_theories" class="extiw" title="wp:Israel-related animal conspiracy theories" rel="nofollow"><span style="color:#477979 !important;" title="Wikipedia: Israel-related animal conspiracy theories">Israel-related animal conspiracy theories</span></a>)<sup><img alt="" src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/12px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png" decoding="async" width="12" height="12" srcset="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/18px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 1.5x, https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Wikipedia%27s_W.svg/24px-Wikipedia%27s_W.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="128" data-file-height="128" /></sup></li> <li><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://m.jpost.com/not-just-news/israeli-footwear-conspiracy-uk-activist-accuses-mossad-of-stealing-shoe-405967">Steal an anti-Israel activist's shoe</a></li> <li>Nearly every other major world event. That's more <a href="/wiki/CIA" title="CIA">CIA</a> territory, but even the CIA doesn't have that much power.</li></ul> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="References">References</span><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Mossad&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: References">edit</a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></h2> <div class="references-small" style="-moz-column-count:2; -webkit-column-count:2; column-count:2; font-size:80%;"> <div class="mw-references-wrap mw-references-columns"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/adolf-eichmann-und-der-bnd-beide-augen-zu-1.1046367">http://www.sueddeutsche.de/politik/adolf-eichmann-und-der-bnd-beide-augen-zu-1.1046367</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/world/americas/07nazi.html?ex=1307332800&en=a02770c9b542715e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&_r=0">http://www.nytimes.com/2006/06/07/world/americas/07nazi.html?ex=1307332800&en=a02770c9b542715e&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss&_r=0</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-3">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data-israel-documents">http://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/11/nsa-americans-personal-data-israel-documents</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-4">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.voanews.com/content/israel-reportedly-spying-on-iranian-nuclear-talks/2692117.html">http://www.voanews.com/content/israel-reportedly-spying-on-iranian-nuclear-talks/2692117.html</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-5">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text">Richard A. Serrano and John-Thor Dahlburg (September 20, 2001). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2001-sep-20-mn-47840-story.html">"Officials Told of ‘Major Assault’ Plans"</a>. <i>Los Angeles Times</i>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-6">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/spy-cables-expose-mossad-south-africa-operations-1605761964">http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/spy-cables-expose-mossad-south-africa-operations-1605761964</a></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-7">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external free" href="http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/spy-cables-expose-mossad-south-africa-operations-1605761964">http://www.middleeasteye.net/columns/spy-cables-expose-mossad-south-africa-operations-1605761964</a></span> 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