Operation Wrath of God The Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign
Book contents
- Operation Wrath of God
- Operation Wrath of God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Timeline of Main Events
- Acronyms
- Introduction: Intelligence that Kills
- Part I Preparing for God’s Wrath
- Part II Europe’s Covert War against the Palestinian Armed Struggle
- 3 A Firing Squad in Rome and Four Black September Attacks
- 4 A Bomb in Paris and Two Attacks in Bangkok and Rome
- 5 Assassinations in Nicosia and Madrid, Attacks in Jordan and Sudan
- 6 A ‘Battle of the Spooks’ in Paris, Beirut, Nicosia, and Rome
- 7 A Car Bomb in Paris, a Firing Squad in DC, a Thwarted Attack near Vienna
- Part III Blunder and Cooperate
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
6 - A ‘Battle of the Spooks’ in Paris, Beirut, Nicosia, and Rome
from Part II - Europe’s Covert War against the Palestinian Armed Struggle
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 12 August 2025
Book contents
- Operation Wrath of God
- Operation Wrath of God
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Timeline of Main Events
- Acronyms
- Introduction: Intelligence that Kills
- Part I Preparing for God’s Wrath
- Part II Europe’s Covert War against the Palestinian Armed Struggle
- 3 A Firing Squad in Rome and Four Black September Attacks
- 4 A Bomb in Paris and Two Attacks in Bangkok and Rome
- 5 Assassinations in Nicosia and Madrid, Attacks in Jordan and Sudan
- 6 A ‘Battle of the Spooks’ in Paris, Beirut, Nicosia, and Rome
- 7 A Car Bomb in Paris, a Firing Squad in DC, a Thwarted Attack near Vienna
- Part III Blunder and Cooperate
- Acknowledgements
- Notes
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
Chapter 6 describes a true war of the spooks. Within days, Mossad assassinated members of the Palestinian armed struggle in Paris, Beirut, and Athens. On 5 April 1973, it gunned down Basil Paoud al-Kubaisi in full daylight in the streets of the French capital. In Beirut on 9 April 1973, Mossad organised a raid and killed a top Fatah leader, Abu Yussuf, a PLO spokesperson, Dr Kamal Butros Nasser, and the Fatah operative in charge of operations in the West Bank, Kemal Adwan. In Athens on 11 April 1973, it assassinated Zaid Muchassi, the Fatah representative in Cyprus who had replaced Hussein Abu-Khair after he was killed by Mossad on 22 January 1973. In retaliation, in Rome on 27 April 1973, Black September assassinated Vittorio Olivares, an El Al employee (falsely) accused of being a Mossad agent. Lastly, chapter 6 describes Mossad’s spectacular seventh killing mission. Abdel Nakaa and Abdel Shibli were killed when their car exploded as they were on their way to perpetrate an attack against an El Al office in Rome. What sounds like a James-Bond-esque operation can indeed be confirmed with Club de Berne records, together with new and hitherto unknown elements.
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- Operation Wrath of GodThe Secret History of European Intelligence and Mossad's Assassination Campaign, pp. 148 - 176Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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