Has Anybody Seen My Ole Black Dog? The Mystery Deepens!
March 5, 2007
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This is a follow up to our Blog of March 3, 2007, titled “Where O’ Where has My old Dog gone, I wish they’d bring Him Back,” which contains details of the initial disappearance of
the Iranian General Ali Reza Askari. Two articles are included in this update on an event that occurred in February, and is still unresolved.
Begin Article 1 from Jerusalem Post
General disappears; Mossad/CIA blamed
JPost.com Staff, THE JERUSALEM POST
March 4, 2007
Arab newspapers are hinting that the Mossad and/or the CIA could be behind the disappearance of an Iranian general, Ali Reza Askari, who was last seen February 7 in Istanbul, Channel 10 reported Sunday evening.
Askari is a former general in the Iranian Revolutionary Guard, and served in t he c
abinet of
former Iranian president Mohammad Khatami.
Baztab, a Web site linked to the Revolutionary Guard, first reported that Askari may have been kidnapped.
Baztab recently reported that Askari’s name was one of 20 appearing on what “appeared…to be a CIA hit-list [of former Guard officers].”
Askari reportedly arrived in Turkey, where he was visiting for personal reasons, on a flight from Damascus. According to reports, he checked into the Hotel Ghilan, and has not been seen since.
Interpol is conducting an investigation into his disappearance, but thus far no concrete information has been released.
Begin Article 2 from YNet News
Israel involved in Iranian general’s disappearance?
Former Iranian deputy defense minister vanished about a month ago on his way from Damascus to Turkey.
Iranian officials say Mossad, CIA may have been involved in his disappearance
Dudi Cohen
March 4, 2007
A senior Iranian general, Ali-Raza Asgari, went missing nearly a month ago in Istanbul and Iranian officials claim that Israel and the United States may have had a hand in his disappearance.
Several days ago, Iranian website Baztab, which is affiliated with the Revolutionary Guards, reported that dur ing the 1980s Asgari held a senior position
in the Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon , and that following his return to Iran he was appointed deputy defense minister.
No official source in Iran has commented on the report about the disappearance, but a top official told Baztab that “some of the claims in the report are unequivocally incorrect.”
The general’s disappearance was first reported at the end of February in the Saudi newspaper al-Watan.
The paper said that at the beginning of February Asgari visited Damascus and later flew o Istanbul in Turkey, where he checked into a hotel.
“Several Turkish citizens reserved a room for Asgari at the Gilan Hotel in Istanbul and paid for it, but haven’t heard from him since,” the paper stated.
“In a meeting held by the Turkish security officials with an Iranian delegation, the possibility was raised that the Mossad and the CIA were involved in his disappearance,” it added.
Security sources in Turkey told a local newspaper that so far, the searches for Asgari have yielded no results.
According to a Turkish official, “The records do not show that a person under this name left Turkey, but given his sensitive job and the important information he possesses regarding the Iranian nuclear program, the possibility that he left Turkey using a fake passport and an alias is being examined.”
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