Charles,
Your obsessional anti-Clinton hatred just got me creased.... ROFL! I told you: LAY OFF PIGGY-IN-THE-MIDDLE CLINTON!
I've eventually come up with a tentative "casting map" of the whole U.S. embassy-bombing plot:
The (pro-Palestinian terrorist) Carlos Snatch
French Interior Minister Charles PASQUA+++...
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Charg‚ de Mission Patrick Gaubert (a French surgeon, allegedly a Mossad asset as well)
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Israel's ambassador to the EU Efraim HALEVY
...+++ Jean-Charles MARCHIANI as a go-between with Arab/Sudanese agents
The U.S. embassies bombings
J.-Ch. MARCHIANI+++...
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DPS Chief Bernard COURCELLE (former security adviser of President F. Mitterrand)xxx...
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(brother) Nicolas COURCELLE, Managing Director of mercenary outfit Groupe Onze
...xxx Francois-Xavier SIDOS, a FN/DPS boss, acquainted with Bob Denard (and, accordingly, to his Belgian sidekick Christian TAVERNIER who was involved in Southern Sudan warfare with the help of Mossad)
Finally, J.-Ch. MARCHIANI is also the "missing link" with the Serb mercenary connection (Yugoslav Petrusic).
Mossad Chief E. HALEVY's background indicates that he might have played a key role in negotiating with Sudanese officials as well as in neutralizing both the French DGSE (France's CIA) and the CIA itself through Israel's megamole Deutch (who had full access to US classified files through the end of 1998). Indeed, it was likely crucial for the success of the US embassies bombings that France's official spy-outfit (DGSE) be frozen out of it (since it's probably infiltrated by CIA plants as well....)
Here's a little bio on Mossad Chief Halevy:
A TWO-HEADED MOSSAD
(Commentary by Ron Ben-Yishai, Yediot Ahronot, 4 March 98, p.A7)
The man whom the Prime Minister would like to see as Mossad chief is Major-General Amiram Levine, his former commander in the IDF General Staff Reconnaissance unit.
But Amiram Levine does not yet have any intelligence experience on the international stage. Moreover, he cannot simply leave the Northern Command overnight. It should also be recalled that the Prime Minister's immediate and primary objective is to restore the Mossad and its agents to their normal performance. In other words -- to cut losses and minimize the chances of any future mishap.
To this end, he needs an experienced hand. A man who thoroughly knows the work of the Mossad, possesses the confidence of the organization, and can hit the ground running. For this reason, Netanyahu has chosen to adopt a method whose success was proven in the GSS (in the wake of the bus #300 affair). He has enlisted a Mossad veteran to provide the organization with two years of experienced management and stability -- until Amiram Levine is fully trained for the task, or until another appropriate candidate comes forth from within the organization.
The choice of Ephraim Halevy as a "stabilizer" for the Mossad was almost natural; after recent consultations, it became clear to Netanyahu that nobody within the organization is yet ripe for the post. And, for one reason or another, he cannot bring back any of the Mossad's previous chiefs: Shabtai Shavit, for instance, does not want the job; Yitzhak Hofi disagrees with Netanyahu's political line, and so on.
By comparison, from Netanyahu's perspective, Ephraim Halevy, Israel's Brussels-based ambassador to the European Union, is perfect for the post in almost every possible way. Over decades, Halevy served in various Mossad capacities, and many senior Mossad members know and admire his professional capability. He oversaw the immigration of Ethiopia's Jews to Israel. As deputy Mossad chief, Halevy was an architect of the peace with Jordan during Rabin's tenure. He also proved himself as an effective mediator when the Masha'al affair exploded. Thus, nobody can better rehabilitate Israel's security ties with King Hussein and his staff than Halevy.
None have challenged Halevy's vast and varied experience with covert international relations, or the reliability of his judgment. At the same time, he lacks operational experience, and those who know him as a manager have cast doubt on his ability to conduct the operational and organizational "house-cleaning" which the Mossad now urgently requires. Still, as noted, what Halevy must now do is take the wheel and stabilize the ship. Reforms can be discussed later.
As for Amiram Levine: Already six months ago, Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai recommended that Netanyahu appoint Levine as either the head or the deputy head of the Mossad's operations branch -- in order to prepare him for the top spot, and to test his abilities. The Prime Minister appears to have followed this advice. Although Levine will not immediately leave the Northern Command, the Defense Minister and the Chief-of-Staff will soon have to prepare for his replacement. This means that the Defense Minister will have to inform the Cabinet of his candidate for the next IDF chief-of-staff sooner than he had originally planned -- so that the designated chief-of-staff can be partner to the next round of senior IDF appointments (which will take place when Levine departs for the Mossad). At present, the leading candidate is Major-General Matan Vilnai. Moshe Ya'alon, the current head of Military Intelligence, will likely replace Amiram Levine as OC Northern Command.
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Halevy was born in 1943 in England and immigrated to Israel with his parents in 1948 and immediately upon his arrival he joined the Israeli groups fighting in the Tulkarem area against the Iraqi troops that were stationed there. A graduate of law from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem, Helevy joined the Mossad in 1961. He served in the Mossadûs operational unit, but spent most of his years in the "Tevel" (Hebrew for universe) division, which operates as the liaison division charged with the Mossadûs ties and contacts with its counterparts abroad, including those with which Israel has no official diplomatic ties. [such as Sudan?]
In 1990, Halevy was appointed Deputy Mossad Chief and served for five years until he retired and was then appointed by assassinated prime minister Yitzhak Rabin as his special mediator with King Hussein of Jordan. Since then, Halevy became known as the "secret channel" between the Israeli prime minister's office and the royal court in Amman. His role, it was believed, was the major factor that led to the signing of the peace treaty between the two parties in 1994.
After the Mishal affair, Netanyahu called in Halevy and asked for his intervention to secure the release of the two Mossad agents who tried to assassinate the Hamas official.
Excerpted from:
arabicnews.com
The fact that France's official intelligence was not (totally) involved in the plot doesn't mean that the embassies bomings were 100% roguery. As I once put it, the modus operandi to counter US diplomacy towards Africa was rogue insofar as the DPS itself was a rogue organisation set up by the most reactionary fringe of France's military/political elites. However, the fundamental motive of the conspiracy was not some rogue agenda of the far-right --it's about France's utmost interests in Africa. Hence the blurry connection with political bigwigs like Le Pen and Pasqua through the infamous ‚minence grise Jean-Charles Marchiani.... |
