CIA & Mossad's Most Audacious Plots to Eliminate Terrorists

Operation Wrath of God: Mossad's Retaliation

• 🎯 Following the Munich massacre in 1972, Israel established a secret task force, Committee X, to enact a targeted assassination campaign against those responsible.
• 📜 The goal was to eliminate every surviving terrorist connected to the attack, aiming for strict deterrence through extreme vengeance.
• 🕵️ Mossad utilized spies, double agents, and intelligence from Western agencies to identify up to 35 targets, prioritizing certainty of involvement and plausible deniability.
• 🛠️ Specialized hunter/killer teams were formed, comprising assassins, bodyguards, reconnaissance agents, communications specialists, and public cover operatives, all trained for covert military operations.
• 💥 The campaign involved innovative methods, including planting explosives under telephones and in hotel rooms, and assassinations carried out by skilled marksmen.

Eliminating Key Figures in the Field

• 💥 Wael Zwaiter, a Palestinian author and Black September member, was assassinated in Lebanon by two agents posing as assassins waiting in his apartment lobby.
• 💣 Mahmoud Hamshari, suspected PLO leader in France, was mortally wounded by an explosive device planted under his telephone, triggered by a fake journalist's call.
• 🏨 Hussein al Bashir, believed to be Black September’s chief operative in Cyprus, was killed by an explosive device detonated beneath his hotel room mattress.
• 🎯 Basil Al Kubaisi, linked to coordinating weapons shipments for Black September, was shot and killed on a Paris street by two Mossad assassins.

Operation Spring of Youth: Beirut Raid

• 🚀 In April 1973, Israeli special forces conducted a commando raid in Beirut targeting PLO leaders Muhammad Youssef al-Najjar, Kamal Adwan, and Kamal Nasser.
• 🎭 The Israeli forces disguised themselves as tourists and women to infiltrate the city, with a Mossad agent providing crucial surveillance from a nearby apartment.
• 💥 The raid involved synchronized entry into three heavily protected buildings, resulting in the deaths of the three primary targets and an accidental civilian casualty.
• 📈 The operation successfully eliminated key figures and gathered intelligence, significantly weakening the PLO's network.

U.S. Operations: Qassem al-Rimi and Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi

• 🇺🇸 In 2020, the U.S. used advanced technology, including AI-powered facial recognition from high-altitude drones, to track and eliminate Qassem al-Rimi, leader of AQAP.
• 🎯 Al-Rimi was killed by a Hellfire missile strike on his vehicle after days of surveillance confirmed his location.
• 💡 The assassination of Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, ISIS leader, was facilitated by a DNA match from stolen underwear, providing the crucial proof needed for a high-risk raid.
• 🏃‍♂️ Al-Baghdadi fled into a tunnel wearing an explosive vest and was ultimately killed when he detonated it, burying himself and two children in rubble.