Israel kyllä mokasi nimenomaan Jom Kippur -sodan kohdalla tiedustelutiedon analysoinnin täysin. Ilman Jordanian tiedustelulta tulleita varoituksia ja muutamaa niistä huolestunutta Shin Betin nuorta upseeria sodan alku olisi ollut vielä paljon vaikeampi Israelille.
Ei ihan noin. Tietoja hyökkäyksestä oli saatu Egyptistä etukäteen. Mossadin agenttina Egyptissä toimi Ashraf Marwan, joka oli Egyptin aikaisemman presidentin Gamal Abdel Nasserin vävy.
Mossadin päällikkö Zvi Zamir välitti saadun tiedon varoituksineen eteenpäin pääministeri Golda Meirin toimistoon lokakuun 6. 1973 eli siis hyökkäyspäivän aamuna.
Egyptistä onnistuttiin kuitenkin myös syöttämään Israelin sotilastiedustelupalvelulle (Aman) harhauttavaa tietoa Egyptin aikeista, joten varoituksia ei otettu täysin vakavasti.
State archives publish urgent telegram from Zvi Zamir to the military secretary of PM Golda Meir on the morning of the war which contained clear warning from Mossad's source, Nasser’s son-in-law, Ashraf Marwan, that war was imminent.
The most significant testimony describes the transmission of what was referred to as the “golden report,” delivered by the Egyptian agent Ashraf Marwan, code-named Babel, to his handlers in the Mossad.
Marwan, the son-in-law of former Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser and a member of that country's elite, supplied the Mossad with specific, decisive and trenchant warnings regarding the future war. He repeated and confirmed his warnings several times after the Mossad asked him for clarifications.
With that, the new testimony reveals that although the Mossad believed that the source and his information was credible, in accordance with the organization’s internal work procedures the agent’s information was not immediately passed on to the Prime Minister’s Office.
An urgent telegram about the 1973 Yom Kippur War was posted on the Israel State Archives website on Monday, which was sent by the former head of the Mossad, Zvi Zamir, warning that war was imminent and suggesting a plan to prevent it.
The IDF Directorate of Military Intelligence was certain on the eve of the fateful war that the chances of a military confrontation were slim, but Zamir's report at 4am on the morning of the attack, gave a clear warning that war was imminent.
Zamir, relying on the information provided by his agent Marwan, described the planned attack in detail, saying that it would open with a heavy artillery offensive, precipitating an aircraft bombardment on Sinai. Then, the crossing of the Suez Canal would commence, the telegram explains. According to Marwan, Sadat thought he could surprise Israel. In his letter, the former Mossad chief wrote that his source estimated there was a "99% chance" of an attack on Yom Kippur.
State archives publish urgent telegram from Zvi Zamir to the military secretary of PM Golda Meir on the morning of the war which contained clear warning from Mossad's source, Nasser’s son-in-law, Ashraf Marwan, that war was imminent.
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