Israeli planned assassination of Saddam in 1992?

[Nizark]

Interesting stuff. Talk about a special missile that was suppose to home in on saddam himself

http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGA2C13F9OD.html

[fred_engles]

The commandos would set up a few miles from the cemetery and fire two specially designed missiles that would home in on Saddam, who wore a lighter color military uniform from other soldiers. The custom-made missiles were named "Obelisk," the paper said.Damn.

[citizen-k]

It was released to the press today for the first time, after many years of rumors in Israel.

The soldier who launched the missile by mistake died a few years ago in an accident. Former Israeli PM Ehud Barak got his hebrew nick name "Ehud Barach" (Ehud escaped) after he left the area of the accident without taking care of the wounded soldiers while he was the IDF chief of staff. (he and some more high ranked officer were watching the drill)

[citizen-k]

More about this issue:



Sayeret Matkal, the elite IDF special-operations unit in 1992 planned a daring assasination attempt againt Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein by landing commandos in Iraq and firing sophisticated missiles at him during a funeral.


http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1071541096433

[ShotOver]

hahaha, crafty Israelies :D