Mossad's Only Known Botched Assassination

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Interesting article on probably the only known botched assassination by the Israeli Mossad killing an innocent waiter in Lillehammer Norway in 1973 believed to be someone involved with the 1972 Munich Olympic attacks.

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articl...-s-greatest-female-assassin-got-it-wrong.html

Plenty of information out there but this article was helpful as well.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/...-SITE-OF-BUNGLED-73-ASSASSINATION.html?pg=all

I lost the link but one story has the Norwegians finding out by the Israeli nuclear program never using it for leverage since Norway gave Israel assistance/ heavy water in the 60s. Apparently Norway was told don't pursue suspects in other countries. They caught 9 people but not the actual hit men.

To me this raises the issues surrounding the ethics of using drones with possible collateral damage along with hitting the wrong person. And assassinations period. Especially on non enemy turf. One might say assassinations the old fashioned way in person were the predecessor to drones.
 

I'm sure Mossad has dozens of other botched attempts - they're just very good at hiding them so far.

In the Norway killing many wondered how much the Norwegian government knew, if they helped or gave them the green light. They got caught but it makes you wonder especially after the program started that Mossad/Israeli's started asking for help through unofficial channels even it was a cover up or not to investigate too hard. One only knows what's going on in their own backyard in places like Lebanon or Beirut.
 

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