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Last update - 07:34 10/03/2007 Report: Missing Iranian official can prove Tehran's ties to terror By Yoav Stern, Haaretz Correspondent, and Reuters The Iranian former deputy defense minister who disappeared in Turkey last month left his country with documents that prove that there is a link between the Iranian military establishment and terror groups including Islamic Jihad and Hezbollah, the pan-Arab newspaper al-Sharq al-Awsat reported Friday. A former colleague of Ali Reza Asghari, 63, told the newspaper, which is published in London, that the document also cites groups such as the Mahdi Shi'ite militia operating in Iraq. Asghari, a retired general in the elite Revolutionary Guards, went missing in what may have been a Western intelligence operation. Turkish newspaper Hurriyet said in an unsourced report that he was involved in Iran's nuclear program. If so, he would be a major asset for Western or Israeli interrogators. Advertisement Ram Igra, a retired official with Israel's Mossad espionage agency, said this week that Asghari is best known to Israel as the "founder" of Hezbollah. Igra said that before Asghari took up the Defense Ministry post, he had been a commander with the Iranian Revolutionary Guards, the main sponsor Hezbollah. "In the 1980s and early 1990s, Asgari was responsible for the Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon. This is his real importance, not his connection to the Iranian Defense Ministry," Igra told Israel Radio. "He lived in Lebanon and, in effect, was the man who built, promoted and founded Hezbollah in those years," Igra said. "If he has something to give the West, it is in this context of terrorism and Hezbollah's network in Lebanon." Bookmark to del.icio.us   State policy Olmert approves plan for 750 new homes in West Bank settlement of Givat Ze'ev. Sticking to his story Director of 'Jenin, Jenin' swears there are no falsehoods in his movie.   1.   Missing Iranian official can prove Tehran-terror link 12:24  |  paul 09/03/07   2.   The $64,000 question ... 12:37  |  Joe 09/03/07   3.   Mahdi Army? 12:38  |  Lynn 09/03/07   4.   Oh, what a coincidence! 12:46  |  Andreas 09/03/07   5.   Hope he will talk alot and help defeat the Islamofascists 13:00  |  maurice 09/03/07   6.   #5 Andres 13:03  |  Reuben Jacobs 09/03/07   7.   So what? 13:03  |  RedStarYeast 09/03/07   8.   Andreas, Isnt it obvious 13:24  |  Jackie 09/03/07   9.   No Andreas, he was paid for those documents 13:41  |  Richard 09/03/07   10.   An important development 13:54  |  Jonathan S 09/03/07   11.   Surprise, surprise, who cares? 14:26  |  Fritz 09/03/07   12.   Made Him An Offer he Couldnt Refuse 14:34  |  Phil 09/03/07   13.   Why a silence around.. 14:39  |  Assayag 09/03/07   14.   #13 15:50  |  From the Moon 09/03/07   15.   Note: this is an Arab source 15:56  |  Paul Freedman 09/03/07   16.   NETANYAHU 16:06  |  Stephen Connor 09/03/07   17.   Disappearing Persian Generals 16:19  |  Jeff Northridge 09/03/07   18.   agree...so what? 16:21  |  Dean 09/03/07   19.   and why can`t I get a job as a rocket scientist? 17:05  |  Michael 09/03/07   20.   Is there anything Israel can`t do? Kol HaKavod!! 17:16  |  don 09/03/07   21.   Here we go again, let`s start more wars! 17:42  |  BB 09/03/07   22.   He Realized He Was On The Wrong Side 17:59  |  Nick 09/03/07   23.   #4: Andreas: there is no Armageddon 18:14  |  Paul Freedman 09/03/07   24.   Danger with dissidents and defectors 18:25  |  Lubnani Yehudi 09/03/07   25.   Yea..... so what? 18:25  |  Ahmad 09/03/07   26.   reply to # 20 Don 18:33  |  MGB 09/03/07   27.   Third attempt at this post, Haaretz refuses! 18:33  |  BB 09/03/07   28.   reply to # 20 Don 18:34  |  MGB 09/03/07   29.   Hezbollah changed tacticly... 18:34  |  Ahmad 09/03/07   30.   kidnapped 18:44  |  The one and only 09/03/07   31.   Link ... 18:59  |  Regev 09/03/07   32.   # 20: Is there anything Israel can`t do? 19:07  |  Regev 09/03/07   33.   We Already Knew! So What`s New? 19:14  |  Yosemite 09/03/07   34.   MEDIA PROPAGANDA: SAUDI-OWNED al-Sharq al-Awsat`s reporting 19:25  |  JACKAL 09/03/07   35.   Missing Iranian official 19:42  |  Otto Rand 09/03/07   36.   To Regev #32 19:44  |  Otto Rand 09/03/07   37.   Spy who came in from the cold 19:55  |  Anthony 09/03/07   38.   Assayag 20:13  |  Lynn 09/03/07   39.   # 4 Andreas 20:24  |  Lynn 09/03/07   40.   Incoming message from the CIA...... 20:41  |  Clickfool 09/03/07   41.   Assayag #13: Nonsense. All major newspapers reported this story 21:05  |  Michael O. 09/03/07   42.   to #40 21:11  |  ARi 09/03/07   43.   Missing Iranian official AND Libtards 21:15  |  Mike Libcrusher 09/03/07   44.   be careful 21:19  |  Jan Elshout 09/03/07   45.   Does this need to be demonstrated???!?!?! 21:26  |  Alain 09/03/07   46.   BB and let`s start more wars 21:36  |  John 09/03/07   47.   Yawwn, has the bombing on Tehran started? 21:53  |  Joe 09/03/07   48.   so what number7? 22:37  |  michel 09/03/07   49.   Joe you can carry on yawning 22:43  |  ChanahS 09/03/07   50.   Do we need proof 22:56  |  El Masry 09/03/07   51.   "Surprize, surprize, who cares?" sour grapes Fritzy? 23:26  |  The Doc 09/03/07   52.   Same question about clickfool 23:34  |  The Doc 09/03/07   53.   Andreas #4 23:38  |  TonyL 09/03/07   54.   surprise surprise fritz,you will start caring when the meat 23:53  |  terrornator 09/03/07   55.   Asghari left Ahmadinejad now. At WW2 Rudolf Hess left Hitler..... 23:57  |  Vittorio 09/03/07   56.   response to # 40 Clickfool 00:59  |  Kipperraes 10/03/07   57.   It`s a plot! It`s a plot! 01:20  |  Jim 10/03/07   58.   #40 Clickfool 01:41  |  Jim 10/03/07   59.   Dont talk about terror : Israel+USA=Terror 02:51  |  Ssam(UK) 10/03/07   60.   Heads Are Rolling In Tehran! 04:15  |  Lavi 10/03/07   61.   51, "drunk womanizer etc". 06:02  |  Fritz 10/03/07   62.   #11. Mein Gott! Dwarf Fritz! What is he doing on Haaretz Forum? 06:41  |  Vittorio 10/03/07   63.   Andreas # 4 08:00  |  Philippe 10/03/07   64.   This is stupid 08:04  |  Philippe 10/03/07   65.   sounds fishy to me 09:16  |  VIPER 10/03/07   66.   Actually... 09:21  |  Yosemite 10/03/07   67.   Made in Pentagon? 11:43  |  Dutch Dirk 10/03/07   68.   Re: He Realized He Was On The Wrong Side 19:34  |  Gerald 10/03/07   69.   #66, YOSEMITE SAM 08:06  |  VIPER 11/03/07

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