According to a report in The Intercept, Israeli naval commandos shot Muhammad Suleiman before escaping via the sea.
Ha’aretz
Israel’s elite naval commando unit Shayetet 13 was behind the assassination of Syrian General Muhammad Suleiman in 2008, The Intercept reports, citing classified NSA documents. According to the report, the American intelligence agency learned of the operation by monitoring communications signals of the Israel Defense Forces.
The files are among those revealed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden, The Intercept reports, and provide the first official confirmation that the IDF was behind Suleiman’s assassination. After shooting the Syrian general in the head and neck while he was hosting a dinner party at his seaside weekend home near Tartus, Syria, the report says, the Israeli naval commandos escaped via the sea.
A top-secret entry in the NSA’s internal version of Wikipedia, called Intellipedia, says the assassination, is the “first known instance of Israel targeting a legitimate government official,” the report says.
Suleiman was involved in Syria’s nuclear project and was appointed by Syrian President Bashar Assad to lead contacts with Iran and Hezbollah.
The Intercept report details how the NSA learned of Suleiman’s assassination. According to the three former U.S. intelligence officers cited in the report, the classified document is labeled “SI,” which means the information was collected by monitoring communications signals. “We’ve had access to Israeli military communications for some time,” one of the former officers was quoted as saying.
Europeans have in the past doubted Israel’s involvement in Suleiman’s assassination. Correspondence in cables published by WikiLeaks say France believed Suleiman was assassinated by a rival within the Syrian leadership over an internal rift.
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Israeli commandos don’t use AK-47, they don’t deserve it
They are not commandos, they were a hit team, calling assassins commandos is an insult to commandos.
Not commandos or even a hit team… These Mossad are cowards doing the dirty deed in the dark. Typical for Zionists
well really no one is surprised about this as Israel not only is the greatest Terrorist Entity, has State Sanctioned War criminals within its Government and its IOF Killing Machine that can never be described as Soldiers, but it also is a State Sanctioned Assassin that send its Mossad Agents to murder political leaders , scientists and other prominent activists. Suleiman is not the first and will not be the last as this IS what ISRAEL represents, stands for – part and parcel of its Criminal and Evil make-up.
Mossad goes around the world, MURDERING PEOPLE with impunity- The USA/UK let her get away with their killing every single time. After all, they allowed ISRAEL to assassinate John F Kennedy and his brother, as well as murder US naval soldiers on the USS Liberty and of course 911 Terrorist attack, with complicity from within their own Governments/Officers. Same goes for the UK and London 07/07 bombing.
Mossad has plenty of willing Sayanem Agents all ready at Israel’s beck and call, to serve Eretz Israel. JEWISH citizens of these countries along with some of their Christian Zionist buddies all too willing to assist the heinous Israeli Empire.
USA’s CIA/NSA and UK’s MI5/6 all Nefarious terror inspired criminal organisations serving the Israeli Nuclear Entity. Where is the UN here, or the ICC??? I don’t see any Criminal proceedings against Israel with either of these Zionist dominated and corrupt Institutions.
Israel is a HUB of Criminality-was born out of Terrorists, Murderers, Assassins and whose ‘civilian’ Army are classified as War Criminals which include their political Leaders.
Israeli commandos don’t use AK-47, they don’t deserve it
They are not commandos, they were a hit team, calling assassins commandos is an insult to commandos.
Not commandos or even a hit team… These Mossad are cowards doing the dirty deed in the dark. Typical for Zionists
well really no one is surprised about this as Israel not only is the greatest Terrorist Entity, has State Sanctioned War criminals within its Government and its IOF Killing Machine that can never be described as Soldiers, but it also is a State Sanctioned Assassin that send its Mossad Agents to murder political leaders , scientists and other prominent activists. Suleiman is not the first and will not be the last as this IS what ISRAEL represents, stands for – part and parcel of its Criminal and Evil make-up.
Mossad goes around the world, MURDERING PEOPLE with impunity- The USA/UK let her get away with their killing every single time. After all, they allowed ISRAEL to assassinate John F Kennedy and his brother, as well as murder US naval soldiers on the USS Liberty and of course 911 Terrorist attack, with complicity from within their own Governments/Officers. Same goes for the UK and London 07/07 bombing.
Mossad has plenty of willing Sayanem Agents all ready at Israel’s beck and call, to serve Eretz Israel. JEWISH citizens of these countries along with some of their Christian Zionist buddies all too willing to assist the heinous Israeli Empire.
USA’s CIA/NSA and UK’s MI5/6 all Nefarious terror inspired criminal organisations serving the Israeli Nuclear Entity. Where is the UN here, or the ICC??? I don’t see any Criminal proceedings against Israel with either of these Zionist dominated and corrupt Institutions.
Israel is a HUB of Criminality-was born out of Terrorists, Murderers, Assassins and whose ‘civilian’ Army are classified as War Criminals which include their political Leaders.