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UPI: ISRAEL TO CARRY OUT ASSASSINATIONS IN OTHER COUNTRIES

UPI - Israel is embarking upon a more aggressive approach to the war on
terror that will include staging targeted killings in the United States
and other friendly countries, former Israeli intelligence officials told
United Press International. Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon has
forbidden the practice until now, these sources said, speaking on
condition of anonymity.
The Israeli statements were confirmed by more than a half dozen former
and currently serving U.S. foreign policy and intelligence officials in
interviews with United Press International. But an official at the
Israeli Embassy in Washington told UPI: "That is rubbish. It is
completely untrue. Israel and the United States have such a close and
co-operative intelligence relationship, especially in the field of
counter-terrorism, that the assertion is ludicrous."
With the appointment of Meir Dagan, the new director of Israel's Mossad
secret intelligence service, Sharon is preparing "a huge budget"
increase for the spy agency as part of "a tougher stance in fighting
global jihad (or holy war)," one Israeli official said. . . A former
Israeli military intelligence source agreed: "What Sharon wants is a
much more extensive and tough approach to global terrorism, and this
includes greater operational maneuverability." Does this mean
assassinations on the soil of allies? "It does," he said.