Mordförsöket på Meir i New York 1973

Ett av de första lysande exemplen på counter-intel i kampen mot terrorismen var 1973 då amerikanska National Security Agency avslöjade ett mordförsök mot dåvarande israeliska premiärministern Golda Meir. Nya uppgifter hävdar att Al-Jawary, en palestinsk terrorist, placerat bilbomber i New York som var tänkta att detonera i samband med att Meir - på besök i staden - färdades på dessa platser:

Khalid Al-Jawary, a Black September terrorist, placed two car bombs along Fifth Avenue and one near Kennedy Airport. The attack was meant to coincide with Prime Minister Golda Meir's arrival in the city. The bombs failed to detonate, and Al-Jawary quickly fled the country before being arrested nearly 20 years later.

Shortly after Al-Jawary planted the bombs around March 4, the NSA intercepted a message revealing the location of them.

Welsh said someone transmitted the message using official Iraqi diplomatic communications in the US He believed it originated at the UN Iraqi mission in New York.

Welsh said the encrypted message was sent to the Iraqi foreign ministry in Baghdad, where it was relayed to the Palestine Liberation Organization's office.

Al-Jawary was known to use multiple passports, including an Iraqi one.

Declassified State Department documents say Iraq supported Black September, which intelligence officials believe was controlled by PLO leader Yasser Arafat.

Dra er till minnes att Göran Persson var den ende av Europas regeringschefer att närvara vid Arafats begravning (även om han tycks ha nekats inträde till själva ceremonin). Mona Sahlin lade en krans vid Arafats grav för något år sedan. Sten Andersson var nära bundis med Arafat. Och så vidare.

> JPost: How US foiled an attempt to assassinate Golda, 090203

> Wikipedia: Golda Meir

> Wikipedia: Black September