With some reports suggesting Israel’s Mossad may have been involved in the blast at the Alghadir missile base in Iran that killed 17 of Iran’s elite Revolutionary Guards – including the “architect” of the country’s missile programme – DouchebloggerTm Richard Silverstein is upset that no-one is crediting him with the “scoop.”
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011/11/14/former-iranian-official-confirms-mossad-sabotage-behind-missile-blast/
The Guardian’s Julian Borger quotes a former Iranian government official as conceding that the explosion at an Iranian missile base was the work of the Mossad, news I was the first to report here based on a confidential authoritative Israeli source.
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I note Borger’s report credits Karl Vick’s Time Magazine report based on a western intelligence official (likely American) who also claimed it was Mossad handiwork. But Borger doesn’t credit Tikun Olam as the first source in the world to report this. Based on Julian Assange’s decision to renounce the so-called authorized biography Borger wrote of him, I can see why he might’ve made such a decision. As far as the MSM is concerned, Rodney Dangerfield had it about right: we don’t get no respect.
I’m guessing Borger did not consider Silverstein to be a reliable source of information. Which he’s not.
Although I do admit, Silverstein does share a few things in common with Dangerfield: wonky eyes and terrible fashion sense.
Meanwhile, Dickie is predictably trying to turn his recent publicity in to cash.
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011/11/15/support-tikun-olam-3/
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Update: Dickie once again shows how unreliable he is, especially when it comes to understanding Hebrew (which he claims he is strong in):
http://www.richardsilverstein.com/tikun_olam/2011/11/13/iran-missile-base-blast-annals-of-israeli-terror-redux/
Former senior Mossad officer, Gad Shimron all but confirms the agency’s involvement in this Channel 10 TV interview (at 11:20 on the video–in Hebrew).
But he doesn’t! Anyone who understands Hebrew will understand that Gad Shimron speculated it may have been an accident or the work of the Mossad or some other Western intelligence agency. He certainly did not “all but confirm” it as being the work of the Mossad (hat tip: Yoel).
His ignorance of Hebrew also explains this apology:
UPDATE I: My comments in the Update above were based on the English translation of the Haaretz article which I read first. Israeli friends have sent me the original Hebrew version and it does indeed credit my work in that article (though it calls this blog, Brit Olam!). So I apologize for my overhasty condemnation. Instead I guess I blame the editor of the English edition and translator of the article, who thought my contribution wasn’t important enough to include in the English version.
