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> The Mossad/Israel was publicly embarrassed with an assassination it conducted in Dubai in 2010. Was it? So much of the news coverage of the Dubai assassinati
by Mediterraneo10 8y ago
> The Mossad/Israel was publicly embarrassed with an assassination it conducted in Dubai in 2010.
Was it? So much of the news coverage of the Dubai assassination seemed to focus on how intricate the operation was and how it worked like clockwork, all very impressive. A team of spies spread out across Dubai, wearing disguises and even successfully dealing with unforeseen obstacles, seemed pretty romantic somehow, definitely more than a dissident just walking into his own country’s embassy and being killed there. And Israel was probably well aware of its agents being caught on CCTV, so the revelation of the operation was no embarrassment for the Mossad. On the other hand, I’m sure the Saudis wish that this whole episode could have passed unnoticed and that people would just believe Khashoggi left the embassy of his own accord.
- chriselles 8y agoI believe Israel was embarrassed. But Israel also has had a longstanding Donald Trump-esque view of not caring what other countries think. For example, Israel has done some really dodgy things with NZ passports, got caught with its hand in the proverbial cookie jar and was embarrassed politically. A few years later it did something similar again. So I think embarrassment is a question of personal/national perspective. From an operational standpoint, Israel may have permanently burned up to 2 dozen shooters and operational support personnel/facilitators from ever conducting external operations again. Those people take many years to vet, train, and trust. That's a lot of expensive chess pieces to remove one bishop or rook.