Book details Mossad's chocolate assassination

Book details Mossad's chocolate assassination

Poison a sophisticated weapon for Israeli intelligence

Saturday, May 6, 2006; Posted: 7:48 p.m. EDT (23:48 GMT)

JERUSALEM (AP) -- Israel's Mossad secret service agency killed a Palestinian wanted for airplane hijackings by feeding him poisoned Belgian chocolate over six months in the late 1970s, according to a new book, the author said Saturday.

The book, "Striking Back," is apparently the first time that details of the killing have come to light and provides a glimpse at how sophisticated Israel is at poisoning.

In his book, author Aaron Klein describes how Israel tracked down Wadia Haddad, an operative of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine, in Baghdad. Haddad had gone into hiding in the Iraqi capital after Israel began killing Palestinian militants around the world, Klein told Israel Radio.

Suspected in multiple hijackings, including the 1976 takeover of an Air France airplane in Entebbe, Uganda, Haddad knew from the Israeli tactics that he could be shot or bombed as he walked the street or picked up a phone.

Haddad was cautious of his every move, avoiding travel outside of Iraq, said Klein, a Time magazine correspondent in Jerusalem. But the 140-kilogram (309-pound) food lover had a weakness: chocolate...

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...did Arafat have a weakness for chocolate also?

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And was very careful about what he ate. I doubt it.