Original article by Jason Koutsoukis ASIO targets new spy suspects (February 27, 2010)
- “ASIO is investigating at least three dual Australian-Israeli citizens who they suspect of using Australian cover to spy for Israel. The investigation began at least six months before last month’s assassination of the Hamas operative Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, widely believed to have been carried out by the Israeli security agency Mossad.”
Thus the ASIO investigation started in July 2009 and Jason Koutsoukis contacted Ben Zygier in the fall of 2009 when he was in Israel. This new report therefore does not make sense, is a deception.
Confidential cable from US Ambassador Jeffrey Bleich dated February 25, 2010 – the day the passports story first broke – shows the embassy believed Australia would vote against the UN resolution [Goldstone Report] despite its anger at Israel. The cable quotes senior DFAT official Joel McGregor as saying Australian officials were “furious” all the way up the chain of command.
- “The recent revelations that suspected Mossad agents used fake Australian passports to enter Dubai and kill a Hamas commander have made this decision more complicated.”
My analysis, this is just smoke and mirrors. The Mossad and ASIS have worked very closely throughout these events, these articles about what politicians say could be for public consumption. Australia and New Zealand (Israeli Ambassador Yuval Rotem) were deeply involved with the fake passports for many years.
- Former Australian FM Downer says in 1990s Israel was warned not to issue fake passports to Mossad agents.
- ‘Mossad spies’ jailed over New Zealand passport fraud, identity theft of tetraplegic man – 2004
- ‘NZ quake victim was Mossad agent’ – July 2011
The accusation against Ben Zygier must have been as grave as the Vanunu affair. I’m thinking more along the line of the Hariri assassination. The Mehlis Report got the wrong suspects and the STL trial of Hezbollah agents is very weak and based on circumstantial evidence provided by Western powers and Israel. One of Australia’s top cops and former chief investigator for the tribunal, Nick Kaldas, reiterated accusations that Hezbollah was behind the killing.
Who Killed Hariri? The Simplest Theory
See my earlier diary – Israel’s Prisoner X Sudden Death -CENSORED-.