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U.K. file on Entebbe contains claim that Israel behind hijacking
By Haaretz Service

Newly released British documents contain a claim by an unnamed contact that the Shin Bet security service collaborated with the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine to hijack the June 1976 flight from Israel that was diverted to Entebbe, Uganda, the BBC reported Friday.

Israel's rescue of the dozens of hostages taken in the hijacking of the Air France plane, popularly known as the Entebbe raid, is considered one of the most daring and successful operations in Israeli history. Elite Israel Defense Forces troops stormed the airport where the hostages, many of them Israeli, were held and overpowered the hijackers and Ugandan soldiers.

Although the captors used the hijacking to demand the release of Palestinians or Palestinian supporters, a British government file on the incident quotes the unnamed source as telling a British diplomat in Paris that Israel was behind the hijacking. The claim is not known to be backed up by corroborating evidence, and the file does not make it clear whether the British government took the claim seriously.
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"The operation was designed to torpedo the PLO's standing in France and to prevent what they see as a growing rapprochement between the PLO and the Americans," the BBC report said British diplomat D.H. Colvin wrote in the document, citing his source.

"My contact said the PFLP had attracted all sorts of wild elements, some of whom had been planted by the Israelis," Colvin reportedly wrote. "According to his information, the hijack was the work of the PFLP, with help from the Israeli Secret Service, the Shin Beit."

The document was written on June 30, 1976, three days after the hijacking and prior to the rescue operation.
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  1.   Ha ha...Yeah, right 14:26  |  J K 01/06/07
  2.   "Unnamed contact" is obviously Clickfool who claims Mossad kidnap 14:28  |  Absolute Sweden 01/06/07
  3.   31 Years later 14:36  |  Clicking day 01/06/07
  4.   no surprises at all 14:37  |  Sam (UK) 01/06/07
  5.   Oh please 14:54  |  Adrian de Klerk 01/06/07
  6.   Shaking me `ead mate 14:54  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/06/07
  7.   What CRAP..... 15:02  |  X 01/06/07
  8.   TIRED OF DENYING FACTS OF EVENTS THAT TOOK PLACE OVER 50YRS AGO?? 15:02  |  BUNCHA KOOKS 01/06/07
  9.   Entebbe 15:09  |  Ahmad Rinawi 01/06/07
  10.   what a load of rubbish 15:17  |  zionst forever 01/06/07
  11.   Entebbe 15:23  |  Jay 01/06/07
  12.   `An unnamed source` 15:23  |  Hannah 01/06/07
  13.   Not Likely .. 15:33  |  Natallie Durson 01/06/07
  14.   #5 Ahmad, I wish for a Palestinian leader like you 15:36  |  Joe 01/06/07
  15.   This is as ridiculous as.... 15:36  |  H50 01/06/07
  16.   Rinawi 15:42  |  Nephtaly 01/06/07
  17.   No Smoke without fire 15:45  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/06/07
  18.   the unamed `source` was 15:46  |  Seth J. Frantzman 01/06/07
  19.   to #5- Moon is made of green cheese 15:55  |  Gilbert 01/06/07
  20.   Only Haaertz has no sources 16:01  |  John 01/06/07
  21.   BBC having another laugh 16:02  |  Rufus 01/06/07
  22.   Thank the BBC for these lies 16:06  |  Manchester United 01/06/07
  23.   The British smear campaign continues. 16:08  |  SystemF 01/06/07
  24.   Pals desperate efforts to clean their damaged image 16:12  |  Alicia 01/06/07
  25.   Can you spell Lavon? 16:18  |  Tim 01/06/07
  26.   Santa Claus? 16:28  |  Inisrael 01/06/07
  27.   UK behind hijackings 16:29  |  Steve 01/06/07
  28.   lol, total BS 16:33  |  Joe 01/06/07
  29.   Hey - I forgot! - here is another one 16:33  |  Ofer 01/06/07
  30.   ACTUALLY, THIS IS WHAT HAPPENED 16:33  |  Brant 01/06/07
  31.   Not the only one 16:33  |  Michael 01/06/07
  32.   Perhaps Israel is also.... 16:35  |  Sherman 01/06/07
  33.   BBC as usual, cowards, pathetic and anti Israël 16:37  |  Jean 01/06/07
  34.   Well timed to accompany the British boycott 16:37  |  Jake 01/06/07
  35.   And The War Of 1812... 16:39  |  Yosemite 01/06/07
  36.   Ahmad #9 16:41  |  Jerrym 01/06/07
  37.   And the British taxpayers fund this crap! 16:42  |  Avraham 01/06/07
  38.   UK BOYCOTT IS SHIN BET PLOT 16:43  |  Jacob 01/06/07
  39.   to Tim#25 16:46  |  Ilya 01/06/07
  40.   Actually, The Reason Hamas Won`t... 16:47  |  Yosemite 01/06/07
  41.   Steve you are a pu*****z 16:55  |  Ronnie Wolman 01/06/07
  42.   Ahmad #9 17:09  |  Stephen 01/06/07
  43.   And 1 more crap from the BBC.... 17:14  |  Stright 2 the point 01/06/07
  44.   I think, that conspiracy did take place 17:18  |  Shlomo from Tel Aviv 01/06/07
  45.   Ahmed worst enemies 17:18  |  rafiq 01/06/07
  46.   Kowtowing to Islamists won`t bring Alan back 17:23  |  SystemF 01/06/07
  47.   Sure. And And UK Navy Captives By Iran Inastigated By Queen E! 17:27  |  Ambrose 01/06/07
  48.   Now Conspiracy Theories from the Foreign Office 17:37  |  B 01/06/07
  49.   Newer version of elders by BBC 17:40  |  Gene 01/06/07
  50.   Some people claim the British killed Litvinenko 17:41  |  Jake 01/06/07
  51.   3Absolute you are absolutely wrong. My sources say contact was... 17:42  |  bat yam 01/06/07
  52.   Tim, how many people died in the Lavon affair? 17:49  |  Jake 01/06/07
  53.   Did the editors of Haaretz forget to take their 17:51  |  The Anonymous 01/06/07
  54.   Hogwash 17:51  |  Michael Greenberg 01/06/07
  55.   NATIONAL ENQUIRER BUYS BBC (AFTER ALIEN ABDUCTION)READ ALLABOUTIT 17:51  |  Funny Stuff 01/06/07
  56.   Britain organised the 9/11 attack on New York, 17:52  |  lemar 01/06/07
  57.   To Jacob 18:03  |  Gene 01/06/07
  58.   My sources also tell me 18:03  |  Shimon 01/06/07
  59.   Was John Bagot Glubb Pasha, commander of the Arab Legion 18:05  |  Jake 01/06/07
  60.   jews were responsible for the holocaust & 9/11 18:10  |  togo 01/06/07
  61.   NETANYAHU`S BROTHER KILLED BY FRIENDLY FIRE 18:15  |  Muhammud al-Swain 01/06/07
  62.   What about the Munich Olympics? 18:15  |  Boycot the UK 01/06/07
  63.   Remember, Remember The USS Liberty 18:20  |  Gene 01/06/07
  64.   Brit timely fantasies..... 18:22  |  Esther 01/06/07
  65.   yeah and iraq is seeking african uranianum 18:22  |  ross 01/06/07
  66.   Entebbe raid 18:23  |  Jack Maurer 01/06/07
  67.   Not only that but the very existence of the state of Israel 18:25  |  Chick Corea 01/06/07
  68.   My sources suggest 18:34  |  Chris Linthwaite 01/06/07
  69.   raid on entebbe 18:38  |  Shmuelshachor 01/06/07
  70.   Kennedy and Elvis were behind 9/11 18:42  |  Gili 01/06/07
  71.   This Garbage is News ? 18:43  |  Tod Zuckerman 01/06/07
  72.   MOHAMMED SWAIN, Y. NETANYAHU WAS KILLED BY UGANDAN SOLDIERS 18:51  |  Jake 01/06/07
  73.   Gene, you are lying 18:57  |  Jake 01/06/07
  74.   Ils sont hilarants ces british! 18:57  |  Andre 01/06/07
  75.   Muhammud al-Swain 19:05  |  Yosemite 01/06/07
  76.   Queen Elizabeth is the head of Al-Qiada 19:07  |  Gee 01/06/07
  77.   #39 Jake...thanks for the inadvertant admission of guilt 19:17  |  Tim 01/06/07
  78.   makes sense 19:31  |  Sama 01/06/07
  79.   The World Is Square 19:31  |  Bob 01/06/07
  80.   The same report.... 19:37  |  Webster 01/06/07
  81.   Don`t forget what else we are behind 19:37  |  Ed 01/06/07
  82.   Why stop at Entebbe? There`s more! 19:42  |  TM (Jewlicious.com) 01/06/07
  83.   sinat hinam 19:47  |  Jasmine Murphy 01/06/07
  84.   DYNAMITE 19:48  |  Arik Silverman 01/06/07
  85.   Many of Palestinian organizations and leadership works for Israel 19:49  |  El-Birawi 01/06/07
  86.   bin laden rests in israeli resort 19:49  |  Shlomo 01/06/07
  87.   No question that the BBC 19:54  |  Star of David 01/06/07
  88.   #72 JAKE 20:03  |  Muhammud al-Swain 01/06/07
  89.   same group wrote best seller that 9/11 hoax not withstanding data 20:05  |  ralph 01/06/07
  90.   it was green lizards outer space israelis one of lost 12 tribes 20:07  |  ralph 01/06/07
  91.   UK Entebbe File 20:13  |  Sylvia 01/06/07
  92.   UK Entebbe File 20:13  |  Sylvia 01/06/07
  93.   Measure the cocaine-levels of London Air; they´re inhaling it! 20:17  |  Alicia 01/06/07
  94.   Pakistan is a Zionist Plot 20:18  |  FOX 01/06/07
  95.   Tim? Excuse me? Admission? What ARE you talking about? 20:19  |  Jake 01/06/07
  96.   #61,the swine in dearborne 20:19  |  Shmuelshachor 01/06/07
  97.   Tim, I`m sorry, but you`re being pathetic 20:29  |  Jake 01/06/07
  98.   Perhaps William the Conqueror was also a Zionist agent 20:52  |  Jake 01/06/07
  99.   Edmund Blackadder was a real person, and a Zionist agent 21:10  |  Jake 01/06/07
  100.   Gene #63 Remember the HMAS Hobart? 21:17  |  Gee 01/06/07
  101.   Jake....stop being so pious 21:33  |  Tim 01/06/07
  102.   Entebbe 21:40  |  Chris 01/06/07
  103.   A question for Sylvia re #83 21:53  |  Jerrym 01/06/07
  104.   Welcome to Bizzaro World 23:05  |  Mike 01/06/07
  105.   Anybody heard of the "Lavon Affair"? 06:22  |  Kula 02/06/07
  106.   URGENT QUESTION 10:38  |  John Mackie 02/06/07
  107.   Cui bono? - "To whose benefit?" 23:57  |  LanceThruster 04/06/07
  108.   No need to speculate.....! 22:47  |  bennie 12/06/07
  109.   Falseflag 09:31  |  Elsie Goldberg 22/06/07
  110.   false flag operations 23:00  |  Darrell 13/07/07
  111.   Hamas 01:46  |  yeranalsst 17/07/07
  112.   Jews 00:09  |  PatriotMilitia.com 28/08/07
  113.   Israeli `false flag` 22:58  |  Pete 02/10/07
  114.   #25 TO TIM FROM ILLYA, WOW SO TRUE, BRAVO BRAVO 4 U. 08:00  |  Elizabeth 21/11/07
  115.   False flag 22:51  |  LanceThruster 13/12/07
  116.   The innocent of blackness 06:45  |  sharpinchitown 08/01/08
  117.   U.K file on Entebbe 15:28  |  Geronimo Hondo 08/01/08
  118.   L-A-V-O-N (To Tim) 04:52  |  Marlene N. 09/01/08
  119.   Nonsense 10:04  |  Moyana 27/02/08
  120.   This is hogwash. 19:47  |  M. 29/03/08
  121.   Lavon affair 07:09  |  mike honcho 27/11/08
  122.   Tim..... 20:22  |  Li 20/01/09
  123.   oh and also 20:24  |  Li 20/01/09
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