{"id":13718,"date":"2012-10-31T15:08:18","date_gmt":"2012-10-31T22:08:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=13718"},"modified":"2012-10-31T15:09:03","modified_gmt":"2012-10-31T22:09:03","slug":"jordanian-intelligence-warned-al-hassan-israel-wants-your-head","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crookedbough.com\/?p=13718","title":{"rendered":"Jordanian Intelligence Warned Al-Hassan: &#8220;Israel&#8221; Wants Your Head"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Months before Assassination, Jordanian Intelligence Warned Al-Hassan: &#8220;Israel&#8221; Wants Your Head<\/strong><br \/>\nLocal Editor &#8211; Moqawama.com &#8211; 30 October, 2012<\/p>\n<p>Under the title, &#8220;Wissam al-Hassan: They want my head,&#8221;, &#8220;al-Akhbar&#8221; Lebanese newspaper revealed information that reflect the possibility of &#8220;Israel&#8217;s&#8221; involvement in Achrafieyh blast; thus, the assassination of Lebanese Information Branch head.<\/p>\n<p>According to &#8220;al-Akhbar&#8221; Tuesday&#8217;s editorial, the victim informed people close to him, that Jordanian officials warned him he is at the center of &#8220;Israeli&#8221; targets.<\/p>\n<p>In details, months before his murder, al-Hassan told a number of his close associates about two meetings he held with the head of Jordanian intelligence [in Germany] and a minister in a direct connection with the Jordanian intelligence. &#8220;The two men reported information from meetings with &#8220;Israeli&#8221; Intelligence officials,&#8221; al-Hassan said.<\/p>\n<p>Al-Hassan further revealed the content of the Jordanian officials talks with the &#8220;Israelis&#8221;, which tackled the situation in Lebanon and its consequences.<\/p>\n<p>According to &#8220;al-Akhbar&#8221; sources, the Jordanians addressed al-Hassan by saying: The &#8220;Israelis&#8221; aren&#8217;t satisfied with your performance and you have to be cautious.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>In parallel, one of the two men warned al-Hassan: &#8220;You have to be careful, even in Europe .&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Al-Hassan was aware of the fact that the &#8220;Israelis&#8221; wanted his head and said more than once that he is no longer safe during his visits to Europe,&#8221; the daily mentioned.<\/p>\n<p>It also noted: &#8220;The victim knew the size of &#8220;Israeli&#8221; wrath resulting from the fall of their espionage cells in Lebanon since 2008.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, other sources unveiled to &#8220;al-Akhbar&#8221; that &#8220;The beginning of this year carried another alert to al-Hassan.&#8221;<br \/>\n&#8220;He received a letter, in January 2012, from United Arab Emirates Intelligence based on reliable information that a senior officer in the Lebanese Internal Security Unit will be a target of an assassination attempt,&#8221; they said.<br \/>\nAl-Akhbar quoted these sources as saying: &#8220;The officer will be the target of a car bomb in the Achrafieyh, on the road between the ISF building and the ISF official&#8217;s residence.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Al-Hassan was surprised for until that moment , his secret office was unknown,&#8221; the newspaper added.<\/p>\n<p>In this context, it also highlighted: &#8220;An Emirati official told al-Hassan that available information reflected that &#8220;al-Qaeda&#8221;, particularly a group in ain al-Helwe camp, is preparing for an assassination attempt.&#8221;  <a href=\"http:\/\/www.english.moqawama.org\/essaydetails.php?eid=21381&#038;cid=274\" target=\"_blank\">&#8230;source<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"igit_tsb_button\" style=\"float: left; margin-right: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.crookedbough.com%2F%3Fp%3D13718&amp;text=Jordanian+Intelligence+Warned+Al-Hassan%3A+%22Israel%22+Wants+Your+Head&amp;count=horizontal&amp;via=\" style=\"\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Months before Assassination, Jordanian Intelligence Warned Al-Hassan: &#8220;Israel&#8221; Wants Your Head Local Editor &#8211; Moqawama.com &#8211; 30 October, 2012 Under the title, &#8220;Wissam al-Hassan: They want my head,&#8221;, &#8220;al-Akhbar&#8221; Lebanese newspaper revealed information that reflect the possibility of &#8220;Israel&#8217;s&#8221; involvement in Achrafieyh blast; thus, the assassination of Lebanese Information Branch head. 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