Is the Mossad behind the death of Mustafa Roshan?

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM)
1/17/2012
Catholic Online (www.catholic.org)

Israel has a tradition of using assassination to destroy enemies.

Iran's nuclear scientists must not look forward to their commutes. Over the past two years, five scientists working on Iran's nuclear program have been attacked and four killed. Last Wednesday, nuclear scientist Mustafa Ahmadi Roshan, 32, became the latest victim.

Mustafa Roshan was most likely killed by Mossad in an effort to slow Iran's nuclear program.

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LOS ANGELES, CA (Catholic Online) - There's little question as to why Roshan was assassinated. As a researcher working on Israel's nuclear program, a program widely believed to be aimed at the development of nuclear weapons, he was an important figure. His death will serve to dissuade others from working as well as dissuade the Iranian government from pursuing clandestine nuclear research.

It may also be a means of preventing a much larger conflict.

The great remaining mystery isn't the why, but the who. Who was responsible for the killing of Roshan? And who was been behind the killings of three other Iranian scientists? The most likely answer is Israel.

The Israeli government has practiced assassination of high-profile targets since 1948. Israel is a small country, but it has a formidable military. Still, it's military force is largely defensive in nature. Because Israel is surrounded by potential enemies, overt military action carries substantial political risk. However, the Israelis have long balanced the odds with the effective use of their intelligence services.

Israel's spy agency, the Mossad, is widely regarded to be the best in the world. And they are very good at assassinations.

There is little question that Roshan's assassination was a complex undertaking that was carefully and skillfully planned. The assassination itself took mere seconds. As Roshan waited for his chauffeur (and bodyguard) to drive him to work, a masked man on a motorcycle sped between the lanes of traffic to his car. Witnesses report that the assassin looked into the window to verify that Roshan was the passenger. He then attached an explosive device to the vehicle and sped away.

Just nine seconds later, the bomb detonated killing Roshan instantly. His bodyguard died shortly thereafter in a hospital. The assassin was never apprehended.

Iran was quick to blame Israel and the United States for the attack, but the US swiftly disavowed any involvement. While the US is firmly set against Iran's nuclear ambitions, the government has preferred to use strong sanctions and clandestine observation to stop Iran from developing its nuclear technology.

However, Israel has a history of performing assassinations and the very strong motive to stay the course. The Israelis believe that if Iran should develop a nuclear weapon, they will be the primary target of that country's anger.

While Iran claims its nuclear ambitions are peaceful, and has enjoyed support from both Russia and China, the Western powers have stated publicly that they will not permit Iran to have a nuclear weapon. It is widely believed that their nuclear research facilities, many of which are built in secret underground locations to withstand attack, are not peaceful at all.

The United Nations has attempted to intervene and continues to monitor Iran's progress, but inspectors have repeatedly complained that the Iranians have been uncooperative, and that they have not been truthful and forthright in answering the inspectors questions. This leads many to believe that Iran is guilty as charged by the West.

So now the question remains, how long before Iran develops a nuclear weapon, and can the Western powers slow or at least prevent its development?

Sanctions are certainly having an effect on the Iranian economy, but it is unclear whether they are significantly slowing down Iran's nuclear research program. If evidence should surface that Iran is close to completing a nuclear weapon, Israel, and possibly the United States, will almost certainly conduct a military strike against Iran. Such a strike will lead to war.

So the alternative appears to be a program of assassination. Perhaps, it is hoped, that if Mossad targets enough of the nuclear scientists, they can slow and possibly even stop all meaningful progress towards a nuclear weapon. However, given the patriotic and fundamentalist fervor that still resides at the highest levels of that country's government, abandonment of the program remains highly unlikely -- no matter how many scientists die.

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abey
1 year ago
But on the other hand in the understanding of Spiritual Israel , GOD in the OT called Israel as His Inheritance, meaning, where the Inheritance of any nationality be to his land, for Israel it is to GOD, where ever they may be The problems of Israel is seen today, because their inheritance is seen to their land, instead of GOD, in their "majority secularists" stands. When it should have been of the Biblical manner "Seek ye first your inheritance in GOD, then all things will be added". inc.land etc. The root of their problem is in their Apostasy., but justifying themselves in their Mossads against Mustafas through the killings. For the Inheritance of GOD is not to land, but to life, in man. As GOD is life & the laugh is His.
Douglas Guidotti
1 year ago
Do we even know anything about Mustafa Roshan other than that he is a nuclear scientist? Do we know his motives and what he believes in? Can we say with certainty that he is evil and wants to destroy Israel and/or the United States through development of nuclear weapons? How about all of the other scientists who are collectively working in Iran on the nuclear program? Are they all crazy fanatics bent on destroying Israel and the United States with nuclear bombs? Should we be killing them all? Killing innocent civilian people because they happen to be workers in a program that we want to slow down is definitely wrong in my mind. Individual killing is wrong except in the case of self defense, including war. We are not at war or being physically threatened at this point. Also the Iranians do not yet have nuclear weapons. I think a better and more morally sound approach would be to let the Iranians know that they will never be allowed to complete their nuclear program and get their hands on nuclear weapons. Further that their facilities will be destroyed if necessary and that any resulting deaths or casualties will be on their conscience.
six bits
1 year ago
We are at war with evil. How many lives will have been saved by clandestine efforts and yes, killings. Perhaps a 9/11 incident could be averted. Because we have a leader who favors Muslin intellect (or lack thereov) , our allies such as Israel, must act alone against their enemies ....and ours. Israel has many 9/11's. Everyday its neighbors seek to destroy it. Its enemies are our enemies. Have you forgot the on-base murders in Texas? Or the murders of innocents, based on Sharia Law?
Remember we are to submit to Islamic law or die.
It is NOT a hidden message , what is supposed to happen to anyone who practices anything but Islam.

We are at war with evil !
Mike Robertson
1 year ago
Would that one evil man, Hitler, had been assassinated instead of so many millions of innocents (including, almost, my parents, who were children in Europe at the time). This strand of Islam is demonic. They desire to butcher billions as a sacrifice to the devil they worship. They seek to impose sharia law on the world, under which a man murders his daughter if she gets raped, because she has brought shame to her father by getting raped. This scientist was working full-speed in an insane drive to take part in the violent murder of millions. It is easy for us to say "Thou shall not kill". Fortunately, God, not any of us, will judge the Mossad agents. I personally thank them for helping to save many millions of innocents.
Tom
1 year ago
Would you have the Jews in WWII Germany not uprise in the ghetto? Didn't Pope John PaulII think about going back to Poland to fight for his country? Joan of Arc?
I was a machine gunner on a humvee in Iraq (04-05) we would load up 3 humvees and drive all over that country to spring the enemy ambushes (On us) before the truck convoys got there. We were blown up on several occasions and ambushed more times than I can remember. I would not be here without help from above. I know this. Way too many close calls where We should have been dead.
I'm no expert, but isnt there a story in the Bible where, Moses (I think) needs his followers to help him hold up his arms and staff so his forces would win in battle?
Should we not have fought the Brits long ago? Or the Japaneese? Or Germans? All our friends now. Should we not have fought bin ladens crew? Should Israel stand down their army and hope for the kindness of their neighbors?
Robert Burford
1 year ago
thou shalt not kill - Exodus 20. Do we really think we are doing the will of God by killing even to save others for the greater good. I wonder, do we think this is how Jesus would act if he were here on earth.The great commission in Matthew 28:17-20 says to make disciples of all nations and not kill them.???

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