INTELLIGENCE

                       No. 271, 11 Sept 1995
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Middle East/US-Israel

U.S.A./ISRAEL - Jonathan Jay Pollard.  

With his parole hearing coming up this fall, convicted Israeli spy 
Jonathan Jay Pollard has fired his attorney and filed for Israeli
citizenship, much to the chagrin of his family and supporters
in the U.S., with some of whom he has recently dissociated
himself.  According to articles in U.S. Jewish newspapers,
those close to the former civilian intelligence analyst for the
U.S. Navy who had very high security clearance say his
relatives are blaming the switch on the wife he married after
he began serving a life term in prison.  Esther Zeitz, a
Canadian school teacher with close ties to Israel, has taken
control of Pollard's defense and is forcing him to cut all
other ties, according to Pollard's family.  The only
explanation for this behavior has come from a former husband of
Zeitz who says she also forced him to cut ties with relatives,
prompting him to have the marriage dissolved.  Pollard
supporters are especially horrified by a blustering letter
Zeitz sent to President Bill Clinton's counsel, Abner Mikva.
Pres. Clinton, who has the power to approve a pardon or
commutation for Pollard, refused Pollard's petition for
clemency last year.

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LEBANON - Nizar Halabi

As the peace process heats up and Syria feels pressure to sign an 
agreement with Israel, new killings will take place in Lebanon.
Indeed, on 31 August in Beirut, pro-Syrian Sunni Islamic leader, sheikh 
Nizar Halabi was gunned down by three masked hitmen in the first political
assassination in the city in more than a year.  Halabi was head
of the purportedly non-violent Al Ahbash movement which has
come into conflict with the larger, violent, Sunni
fundamentalist Islamic Group that apparently has close ties
with the Muslim Brotherhood which has undergone massive
repression in Syria.

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ISRAEL - The Uncensored Vanunu Kidnapping Story.

The story of the 1987 Mossad kidnapping of Israeli nuclear
technician Mordechai Vanunu recently made its way past military
censors after the journal "Shocken" threatened to take the case
to the Israeli supreme court.  The journal reported that
Israeli naval cadets aboard an Israeli naval vessel disguised
as a Panamanian merchant ship saw Vanunu taken aboard, drugged
and unconscious, in an Italian port.  Now that the Israeli
press has published these details, Italian authorities will
have to reopen their quickly closed investigation of the Vanunu
kidnapping on their territory.

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AZERBAIJAN - Israeli Security Training Muslims?

According to a 28 August IRNA report monitored by the BBC, an 
Israeli intelligence delegation recently arrived in Baku on a secret
visit as part of an Israeli security training program for Azeri
services involving 45 Israeli officers.  The Iranian press
service said Azeri security officials had previously visited
Tel Aviv.  It is not unheard of for Israel to train official
Muslim security services as Israel works closely with Turkish
services which are allies of the Azeri.  Although the IRNA
information may be correct, one should remember that Iran and
Azerbaijan are currently "at loggerheads" and this may be
Iranian disinformation intended to discredit the Azeris.

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