'Mossad agents posed as CIA operatives in 2007'
Foreign Policy columnist Mark Perry claims Israeli agents posed as members of Central Intelligence Agency in an attempt to recruit members of radical Sunni group Jundallah
WASHINGTON – Did Mossad agents pose as CIA operatives to recruit members of the radical Sunni group Jundallah to carry out attacks in Iran? According to Mark Perry of Foreign Policy, the answer is yes.
In a feature posted on Foreign Policy's website, Perry – who served as an unofficial advisor to PLO Chairman Yasser Arafat in 1989-2004 – claims that "Buried deep in the archives of America's intelligence services are a series of memos, written during the last years of President George W. Bush's administration, that describe how Israeli Mossad officers posed as American spies in 2007 to recruit members of the terrorist organization Jundallah to fight their covert war against Iran."
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Jundallah is a Pakistan-based radical Sunni organization, believed to be responsible for dozens of terror attacks and assassinations in Iran.
Perry quotes "US intelligence officials" as saying that the Israeli agents carried out "what is commonly referred to as a 'false flag' operation'" in London five years ago, adding that the administration was enraged by Israel's "brazenness."
"It's amazing what the Israelis thought they could get away with," Perry quoted an intelligence officer as saying.
"Their recruitment activities were nearly in the open. They apparently didn't give a damn what we thought."
Perry notes that the CIA, White House and the Mossad declined to comment on his story.
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