Who is prisoner X?

[Achas Veachas]

Yes it can be understood in two ways. My bad.

Oh I see it now that you mentioned it. Whoops! Sorry.

[meshugener]

The New York times report that he had provided the authorities in Dubai with names, pictures and accurate details of the Hamas official's assassination in Dubai, in exchange for protection, but Israel kidnapped him from a hiding place and imprisoned him on charges of treason about a month after the Jan. 19, 2010, operation.

[PlatinumGuy]

The New York times report that he had provided the authorities in Dubai with names, pictures and accurate details of the Hamas official's assassination in Dubai, in exchange for protection, but Israel kidnapped him from a hiding place and imprisoned him on charges of treason about a month after the Jan. 19, 2010, operation.

Quoting a Kuwaiti newspaper...

[Drago]

The New York times report that he had provided the authorities in Dubai with names, pictures and accurate details of the Hamas official's assassination in Dubai, in exchange for protection, but Israel kidnapped him from a hiding place and imprisoned him on charges of treason about a month after the Jan. 19, 2010, operation.

Reuters hired a company to do a face match analysis w/ one of the Dubai suspects, and it came back mainly negative.

[satturn]

The New York times report that he had provided the authorities in Dubai with names, pictures and accurate details of the Hamas official's assassination in Dubai, in exchange for protection, but Israel kidnapped him from a hiding place and imprisoned him on charges of treason about a month after the Jan. 19, 2010, operation.

it was denied by the chief of police of kuwait

[Moshe123]

http://m.ynet.co.il/Article.aspx?id=4345567

[Deal Guy]

http://www.theage.com.au/national/who-was-prisoner-x-20130215-2eij9.html

[yitzf]

I have a hard time believing that Ben Zygier  was prisoner x.

1) The only source that prisoner x  was Ben Zygier, is from an Israeli govt. source that gave the name to the guy from abc tv in Australia. It could very well be the Israelis sending everyone on a false trail to cover up the actual story.

2) The fact that he actually committed suicide in that cell is highly improbable.

3) Ynet  originally published the story and got it over the head with gag orders upon gag orders,  now if anyone was going to publish that he committed suicide you would have to think that Ynet  wouldn't be  the ones.  Unless the story was planted by the Mossad.

4) According to the  article above,  Ben Zygier's youngest child was born around the time he died. Huh?
wasn't he in this secret jail for  two years?

[sky121]

I have a hard time believing that Ben Zygier  was prisoner x.

1) The only source that prisoner x  was Ben Zygier, is from an Israeli govt. source that gave the name to the guy from abc tv in Australia. It could very well be the Israelis sending everyone on a false trail to cover up the actual story.

2) The fact that he actually committed suicide in that cell is highly improbable.

They could have 'let' him.

[Saver2000]

4) According to the  article above,  Ben Zygier's youngest child was born around the time he died. Huh?
wasn't he in this secret jail for  two years?

The articles I read said he was locked up for 10 months before he commited suicide.

His youngest child was born right after he was imprisoned.

[meshugener]

His youngest child was born right after he was imprisoned.

-1
A few days before he died.

[Saver2000]

-1
A few days before he died.

Correct. My mistake.

[Drago]

3) Ynet  originally published the story and got it over the head with gag orders upon gag orders,  now if anyone was going to publish that he committed suicide you would have to think that Ynet  wouldn't be  the ones.  Unless the story was planted by the Mossad.

First off, Yediot hates Bibi, so I have no doubt they would be willing to break a dangerous secret. If he was going to plant it, it would be easier w/ Israel HaYom.
And don't forget the Arab and leftist MK's who broke the gag order on the Knesset floor as well. They aren't fans of the government either.

[meshugener]

2) The fact that he actually committed suicide in that cell is highly improbable.

Thats a question that bothers me as well.

[Drago]

Thats a question that bothers me as well.

May have been a strategic decision to let him continue.

[damaxer91]

The official story has way too many holes in it.

It is common knowledge in the intelligence community that Dubai intelligence cooperated with the Mossad to facilitate the Mabhouh assassination and that there is plenty of cooperation between the countries today.

Also, anyone with knowledge of the way kids grow up in Melbourne, the Jewish community there raises the kids on the strongest Zionist values anywhere and almost everyone belongs to a Zionist group (Habonim, Bnei Akiva etc) and I do not believe for a second that Zygier would betray Israel as a double agent

[sky121]

and I do not believe for a second that Zygier would betray Israel as a double agent

You may not. But the Mossad doesn't think that 100% about ANYONE. Neither do I.

Now what I think about this specific case? Not sure yet.

[damaxer91]

This story makes some sense:

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-02-18/zygier-arrested-after-leaking-mossad-work-to-asio-sources/4525640

[Deal Guy]

http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4508101,00.html