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>Van Sabben immediately left Iran after successfully sabotaging the country’s nuclear program, the researchers concluded. He died two weeks later in a motorcycl
by i67vw3 3y ago
>Van Sabben immediately left Iran after successfully sabotaging the country’s nuclear program, the researchers concluded. He died two weeks later in a motorcycle accident near his home in Dubai. Nothing points to foul play, the Volkskrant said after speaking with people at the crash scene.
Definitely killed by either Dutch/Americans/Saudis or Iranians.
- cf1241290841 3y ago>It is unclear whether the Dutchman knew about his role in the sabotage operation, the Volkskrant wrote.
- unsupp0rted 3y agoAn activity that accidentally kills a relatively huge % of people: https://www.medpagetoday.com/transplantation/transplantation/101938 https://www.medpagetoday.com/transplantation/transplantation... > After Major Motorcycle Rallies, More Organs Available for Donation > — Study estimated 21% more organ donors, 26% more transplant recipients per day during rallies
- ecmascript 3y agoIf the americans killed him it would be a great way to make sure less people are willing to help them in the first place.
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- protastus 3y agoOr maybe he's alive and well under a new identity.
- mithras 3y agoSeems unlikely Iran already figured it out within two weeks of the event.
- andruby 3y agoDutch news seems to give different information. The operation happened in 2007. 1.5 to 2 years later, Van Sabben returned to Iran. Then he suddenly left and two weeks later died on 16/01/2009. https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/aivd-speelde-cruciale-rol-bij-sabotage-kernprogramma-iran~ba24df9f/ https://www.volkskrant.nl/nieuws-achtergrond/aivd-speelde-cr... https://nos.nl/artikel/2504114-nederlander-saboteerde-atoomcomplex-in-iran-den-haag-wist-niets https://nos.nl/artikel/2504114-nederlander-saboteerde-atoomc... The Dutch tech site tweakers.net is discussing it here https://tweakers.net/nieuws/217216/volkskrant-identiteit-van-nederlandse-stuxnet-installateur-is-bekend.html?showReaction=19489432#r_19489432 https://tweakers.net/nieuws/217216/volkskrant-identiteit-van...
- i67vw3 3y agoI think he was a simple AVID informant who may have thought he had planted a audio/video recording device on behest of AVID and not the virus. A local news outlet states that he was an 'avid motorcycle rider' meaning he was an expert at riding motorcycles. Such a rider has low chances of getting into an accident than average. Or the accident was a mere coincidence. https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-build-the-maqta-bridge-1.553285 https://www.thenationalnews.com/uae/engineer-who-helped-buil...
- cwmma 3y agoAn avid motorcyclist is just somebody that motorcycles a lot, while their per mile chance of having an accedent might be lower, their overall chances are much higher.