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June 10, 2010       Share:    

Source: http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/features/yossi-melman-basic-intelligence-work-could-have-averted-gaza-flotilla-chaos-1.295264

Why Didn't Israel Know the Intentions of the Flotilla Attackers?

(Ha'aretz) Yossi Melman - Why didn't Israel know of the passengers' identity, organizational affiliations, and intentions on the Mavi Marmara? "Turkey has never been included in [our] intelligence coverage," says Maj.-Gen. (ret.) Amos Gilad, former head of the research arm of Military Intelligence. Israel's intelligence community does not operate against friendly nations with whose intelligence organizations it cooperates and exchanges information. But even cooperation has its limits. The Turkish MIT intelligence service may supply information about terrorists or radical groups operating within that country's borders, but it's doubtful that it will supply detailed information about activists who are its own citizens.

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