By Haaretz Service
Edited by Pan
FBI Deputy Director John Pistole visited Algeria to negotiate alleged spy's release, Ennahar El Djadid reports.
Algerian authorities have arrested an Israeli Mossad agent carrying a fake Spanish passport in the city of Hassi Messaoud near an Egyptian office providing service for oil companies, Algerian Ennahar El Djadid newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to the Algerian sources, the Mossad agent entered Algeria under the fake identity of a 35-year old Spanish man named Alberto Vagilo, and spent over ten days in the country prior to his arrest.
The report came a week after an Israeli citizen who went missing for several days in Algeria, who was also carrying a Spanish passport, raised suspicions that he might have been kidnapped by al-Qaida.The man notified the Foreign Ministry that he contacted his family and that he was safe.
The Algerian paper also reported that the Mossad man received entry visas through a European embassy before traveling to the country via Barcelona.
Read more Algeria arrests Mossad agent with fake Spanish passport
Full Version: Algeria Arrests Mossad Agent With Fake Spanish Passport
QUOTE (pan @ May 9 2010, 09:09 AM) 
By Haaretz Service
Edited by Pan
FBI Deputy Director John Pistole visited Algeria to negotiate alleged spy's release, Ennahar El Djadid reports.
Algerian authorities have arrested an Israeli Mossad agent carrying a fake Spanish passport in the city of Hassi Messaoud near an Egyptian office providing service for oil companies, Algerian Ennahar El Djadid newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to the Algerian sources, the Mossad agent entered Algeria under the fake identity of a 35-year old Spanish man named Alberto Vagilo, and spent over ten days in the country prior to his arrest.
The report came a week after an Israeli citizen who went missing for several days in Algeria, who was also carrying a Spanish passport, raised suspicions that he might have been kidnapped by al-Qaida.The man notified the Foreign Ministry that he contacted his family and that he was safe.
The Algerian paper also reported that the Mossad man received entry visas through a European embassy before traveling to the country via Barcelona.
Read more Algeria arrests Mossad agent with fake Spanish passport
Edited by Pan
FBI Deputy Director John Pistole visited Algeria to negotiate alleged spy's release, Ennahar El Djadid reports.
Algerian authorities have arrested an Israeli Mossad agent carrying a fake Spanish passport in the city of Hassi Messaoud near an Egyptian office providing service for oil companies, Algerian Ennahar El Djadid newspaper reported on Tuesday.
According to the Algerian sources, the Mossad agent entered Algeria under the fake identity of a 35-year old Spanish man named Alberto Vagilo, and spent over ten days in the country prior to his arrest.
The report came a week after an Israeli citizen who went missing for several days in Algeria, who was also carrying a Spanish passport, raised suspicions that he might have been kidnapped by al-Qaida.The man notified the Foreign Ministry that he contacted his family and that he was safe.
The Algerian paper also reported that the Mossad man received entry visas through a European embassy before traveling to the country via Barcelona.
Read more Algeria arrests Mossad agent with fake Spanish passport
It has also become public knowledge that a number of British passport ID have been stolen by MOSSAD
mainstream media coverage here with link
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/worl...icle7029553.ece
This is a "lo-fi" version of our main content. To view the full version with more information, formatting and images, please click here.