Spy Takes US/Israeli Secrets to Grave (3-15-10 Robert Parry article)

[bobthedrummer]

"Last week's death of Israeli spymaster David Kimche-and the omissions in his obituaries about his most sensitive operations, especially those regarding the United States-are a reminder of how much crucial history is being lost as key figures from this era take their secrets to the grave."

http://www.consortiumnews.com/2010/031510.html

[bobthedrummer]

1. As Parry wrote, a lot of history is being lost-I remember first hearing about Kimche during

Iran/Contra, when good old boy Michael Ledeen (author of the thesis "Universal Fascism" and leading neocon war hawk during the BUSH/CHENEY era) was pimping for his friend Iranian arms dealer Manucher Ghorbanifar (another Merchant of Death like Viktor Bout but with different inventories and territory) to cut a deal with Mossad/Kimche to get the US Embassy hostages released--but that's another story.

Below is Manucher Ghorbanifar's Source Watch profile for more background about David Kimche's career.

http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Manucher_Ghorbanifar

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2. k&r nt

[bobthedrummer]

3. Mr. Kimche could have talked about the Israeli agent that was with George Bush in Jerusalem during

Iran Contra, Amiram Nir. Mr. Kimche could have told us if Mr. Nir was indeed killed in an airplane crash while inspecting avocado fields in Mexico, a crash that left a survivor that swore to that allegation.

For those interested in intelligence issues below are a few related links.

Amiram Nir entry from History Commons.org
http://www.historycommons.org/entity.jsp?entity=amiram_nir_1

Amiram Nir page from Name Base.org
http://www.namebase.org/main1/Amiram-Nir.html

The Iran-Contra Affair 20 Years On (The National Security Archive Electronic Briefing Book #210)
http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB210/index.htm

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