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As for the Hebrew books and articles mentioned in the references, their titles were translated into English. The sources marked with an (H) are in Hebrew.
Among the many different sources for this book, the authors used the following publications by Dr. Ronen Bergman:
Chapter 1: “King of Shadows” is based on, among other sources:
“In His Majesty’s Service,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 5.2.2010 (H)
“Dagan Raised Chaos,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 7.10.2005 (H)
“Closed Institution,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 3.7.2009 (H)
Chapter 2: “Funeral in Tehran” is based on, among other sources:
Bergman Ronen, Point of No Return (Kinneret: Zmora-Bitan Dvir, 2007), pp. 32, 454–56,470–71,473,478,481–82,491–92 (H)
“A Fantastic Incident,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 7.12.2007 (H)
“The Spy Who Talked,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 12.9.2009 (H)
“The Brain,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 19.3.2010 (H)
Chapter 4: “A Soviet Mole and a Body at Sea” is based on, among other sources:
“That’s How the Mossad Killed Father (And Lied to Mother),” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 26.5.2006 (H)
Chapter 14: “Today We’ll Be at War!” is based on, among other sources:
“Their Man in Cairo,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 6.5.2005 (H)
“Code Name Hatuel,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 7.9.2007 (H)
Chapter 16: “Saddam’s Supergun” is based on, among other sources:
“Cut off His Head, Mossad Version,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 8.6.2007 (H)
Chapter 17: “Fiasco in Amman” is based on, among other sources:
“Less Luck Than Brain,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 7.7.2006 (H)
Chapter 18: “From North Korea with Love” is based on, among other sources:
“Assad’s Nuclear Plan,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 4.4.2008 (H)
“The Nuclear General Killed on Shore,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 4.8.2008
“Wikileaks: The Attack on Syria,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 24.12.2010 (H)
Chapter 20: “The Cameras Were Rolling” is based on, among other sources:
“Turn off the Plasma,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 31.12.2010 (H)
“The Anatomy of Mossad’s Dubai Operation,” Ronen Bergman, Christopher Schult, Alexander Smoltczyk, Holger Stark, and Bernard Zand, Spiegel Online, 17.1.2011
Chapter 21: “From the Land of the Queen of Sheba” is based on, among other sources:
“The Price: 4000 Killed,” Ronen Bergman, Yedioth Ahronoth, 3.7.1998 (H)
CHAPTER 1: KING OF SHADOWS
MEIR DAGAN
“Meir Dagan, the Mastermind Behind Mossad’s Secret War,” Uzi Mahanaimi, Sunday Times, February 21, 2010
“The Powerful, Shadowy Mossad Chief Meir Dagan Is a Streetfighter,” London Times, February 18, 2010
“Mossad Chief Meir Dagan Is a ‘Streetfighter,’ ” Nation (Pakistan), February 18, 2010
“Vegetarian, Painter . . . Spy Chief,” Uzi Mahanaimi, Sunday Times, February 21, 2010
“Mossad—The World’s Most Efficient Killing Machine,” Gordon Thomas, Rense
.com, September 12, 2002
“Abu Jabel Gets the Mossad,” Yigal Sarna, Yedioth Ahronoth, September 13, 2002 (H)
Mike Eldar, Sayeret Shaked Association, The Heritage, synopsis of the book Unit 424, the story of Sayeret (Commando) Shaked, published by Shaked Association (H)
“Dagan Who?” Sima Kadmon, Yedioth Ahronoth, November 30, 2001 (H)
“Mossad in Deep Freeze,” Ron Leshem, Yedioth Ahronoth, January 18, 2002 (H)
“The First Liquidations,” Yigal Sarna and Guy Leshem, Yedioth Ahronoth, September 26, 1997 (H)
“For You, Grandpa,” Amos Shavit, Yedioth Ahronoth, Day of the Holocaust, April 12, 2010 (H)
“One Could Blow Up,” Amir Oren, Haaretz, March 28, 2010 (H)
“Even in the Yom Kippur War the Best Generals Were Mistaken,” Ron Leshem, Yedioth Ahronoth, January 14, 2000 (H)
“Sharon Raised Dagan,” Nahum Barnea, Yedioth Ahronoth, September 13, 2002 (H)
“The Brave Officer Who Did Not Recoil from Killing,” Yedioth Ahronoth, September 11, 2002 (H)
“Meir Dagan: Israeli Superman,” Smadar Perry, Yedioth Ahronoth, January 17, 2010 (H)
“Israel Is Conducting a Liquidation Campaign in the Middle East,” Dana Herman, Haaretz, February 14, 2010 (H)
“His Life’s Job,” Yoav Limor and Alon Ben-David, YNET, June 4, 2005 (H)
“In the Dark, It’s Not Bad to Be Head of the Mossad Meir Dagan,” Amir Oren, Haaretz, March 23, 2010 (H)
“Even Nasrallah Fears Dagan’s Methods,” Aluf Ben, Haaretz, September 26, 2008 (H)
“Special Profile—The Man Who Gave Back to Israel Its Deterrent,” Alon Ben-David, February 4, 2010, News.nana10.co.il/article (H)
“A Politician Takes Risks (About Meir Dagan),” Stella Korin-Lieber, Globes, February 18, 2010 (H)
“Who Will Handle the Iranian Nuclear Project,” Aluf Ben, Haaretz, August 26, 2003 (H)
“Sharon Delegates to the Mossad Director the Dealing with the Iranian Nuclear Threat,” Aluf Ben, Haaretz, September 4, 2003 (H)
ATTACKS ON TERROR LEADERS IN SYRIA AND LEBANON
“Islamic Jihad Leader Killed in Lebanon,” Bassem Mroue, Associated Press, Washington Post, May 26, 2006
“Syria Blast Kills Hamas Militant,” BBC News, September 26, 2004
“Report: Mashal’s Secretary Was Killed in Syria,” Yoav Stern, Haaretz, September 9, 2008 (H)
“The Explosion in Beirut Targeted Hamas Official Osama Hamdan,” Zvi Yechezkeli, Nana 10, December 27, 2009 (H)
“Report: Hezbollah Members Were Killed in the Bombing in Beirut,” Roie Nachmias, YNET, December 13, 2009 (H)
“Report: 3 Hurt in the Attempt to Kill Hezbollah Member,” Roie Nachmias, YNET, January 13, 2010; Haaretz, June 20, 2010 (H)
“Netanyahu Thanked Dagan in the Name of the Jewish People,” Shlomo Zesna, Israel Hayom, January 3, 2011(H)
“Dear Meir Here Is George,” Itamar Eichner, Yedioth Ahronoth, January 14, 2011
CHAPTER 2: FUNERAL IN TEHRAN
GENERAL
Sokolski, Henry, and Patrick Clawson, eds., Getting Ready for a Nuclear-Ready Iran (PDF), Strategic Studies Institute, 2005
Cordesman, Anthony H., and Khalid R. Al-Rodhan, Iranian Nuclear Weapons? The Uncertain Nature of Iran’s Nuclear Programs (PDF), Center for Strategic and International Studies, 2006
Lewis, Jeffrey, Briefings on Iran’s Weaponization Work, Lewisarmscontrolwonk.com, March 12, 2008
Risen, James, State of War: The Secret History of the CIA and the Bush Administration (New York:, Simon and Shuster, 2006)
Cockburn, Andrew and Leslie Cockburn, Dangerous Liaisons: The Inside Story of the U.S.-Israeli Covert Relationship (New York: HarperCollins, 1991)
Cordesman, Anthony, Peace and War—The Arab-Israeli Military Balance Enters the 21st Century (New York: Praeger, 2001)
Minashri, David, Iran: Between Islam and the West (Ministry of Defense Publishing House, 1996) (H)
“UN Calls US Data on Iran’s Nuclear Aims Unreliable,” Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy, Los Angeles Times, February 25, 2007
“Juan Cole Interview: Conversations with History, Iran and Nuclear Technology,” Harry Kreisler, Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley, Berkeley.edu/people5/cole
“The Enduring Threat—a Brief History: Iranian Nuclear Ambitions and American Foreign Policy,” Terence M. Gatt, Information Clearing House, Informationclearinghouse.info.article, November 3, 2005
“Iran’s Nuclear Program, Recent Developments,” Sharon Squassoni, CRS Congressional report, 2003, fpc.state.gov/documents/organization
“Iran Nuclear Milestones 1967–2009,” Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms Control, The Risk Report, vol. 15, no. 6 (November–
December 2009)
“The Secret Nuclear Dossier: Intelligence from Tehran Elevates Concern in the West,” Dieter Bednarz, Erich Follath, and Holger Stark, Der Spiegel, January 25, 2010
Parsi, Trita, Treacherous Alliance: The Secret Dealings of Israel, Iran, and the U.S. (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2007)
A Brief History of Iran Missile Technology, Liveleak.com/view, June 9, 2007
Weapons of Mass Destruction, Bushehr Background, Globalsecurity.org/wmd/world/iran/bushehr, October 15, 2008
New Nuclear Revelations, transcript of the press conference of Mohammad Mohadessine, Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee of the National Council of the Resistance of Iran, IranWatch.org, September 10, 2004
Iranian Entity: Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, IranWatch.org, January 26, 2004–August 27, 2008
Zafrir, Eliezer (Gaizi), Big Satan, Small Satan: Revolution and Escape in Iran, Maariv, 2002 (H)
Kam, Ephraim, From the Terror to the Nuclear: The Meaning of the Iranian Threat (Defense Ministry Publishing House, 2004) (H)
Nakdimon, Shlomo, Tammuz in Flames (Tel Aviv: Yedioth Ahronoth, 2004) (H)
“Iranian Organization: The Nuclear Project Renewed After 2003,” Reuters, YNET, December 1, 2007 (H)
“Rajavi Against the Ayatollahs,” Kraig Smith, Haaretz.co.il, 2005 (H)
“First Nuclear Explosion,” Ronen Salomon, Byclick. Info/rs/news (H)
“How to Build a Nuclear Bomb,” Minerva.tau.ac.il/bsc/1/1804 (H)
Report: Iran Will Cross the Technological Threshold in 2010, International Institute for Strategic Studies, YNET, January 28, 2009 (H)
“Head of American Intelligence: Iran May Threaten Europe Within Three Years,” AP, YNET, January 17, 2009 (H)
“Analyzing the Enigma: What Will Iran Do If Attacked? The Answer Will Surprise You,” Dr. Guy Bechor, Forum Intifada, Internet News, December 8, 2008 (H)
“Iran Will Be Able to Produce a Bomb This Year,” Der Spiegel, Forum Intifada, Topics and News, January 25, 2010, and NRG January 25, 2010 (H)
“How to Stop the Bomb,” Yoav Limor, YNET, June 19, 2007 (H)
“War Games (Scenarios),” David Sanger, New York Times, Haaretz, April 4, 2010 (H)
“Uri Lubrani: An Interview at His Retirement from the Ministry of Defense,” Yossi Yehoshua and Reuven Weiss, Yedioth Ahronoth, February 15, 2010 (H)
“Palestine Iran Palestine,” Ari Shavit, Haaretz, March 25, 2010 (H)
“How the Opportunity to Attack and Destroy the Iranian Nuclear Project Was Missed,” Aluf Ben and Amos Harel, Haaretz, December 18, 2009 (H)
“Appointment in Iran: The Head of the Nuclear Project Is the Scientist Who Survived the Attempt on His Life,” Yedioth Ahronoth, February 14, 2011 (H)
“An Analysis of the Virus in the Iranian Nuclear Reactor, Confirms Its Purpose: To Sabotage the Centrifuges,” Yossi Melman, Haaretz, November 19, 2010 (H)
“Mossad, U.S., U.K. Cooperating to Sabotage Iran Nukes,” jpost.com.staff, December 30, 2010
KHOMEINI AND THE “ANTI-ISLAMIC” NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Tahiri, Amir, Allah’s Spirit: Khomeini and the Islamic Revolution (Tel Aviv: Ofakim-Am-Oved, 1985) (H)
“Will Worldwide Recession Create Totalitarianism Again?” Carol Forsloff, Digital Journal, December 14, 2008
“Khamenei Vehemently Rejects Nuclear Allegations,” Arabianbusiness.com, June 3, 2008
“Has Iran Been Striving for Nuclear Weapons for Many Years?” Kedma Amirpour Katajun, translated from the Zud Deutsche Zeitung with the author’s permission, Kedma.co.il (H)
“A Speech by the Ayatollah Khomeini About Nuclear Development and the Negative Influence of the American Technology,” Answers Yahoo.com, April 9, 2006 (H)
“Before Starting a New War in the Middle East,” Yossi Dahan, Haoketz, haokets
.didila.com, June 5, 2009 (H)
1977—ISRAEL OFFERS BALLISTIC MISSILES TO IRAN
Minutes of Conversation Between Defense Minister Weizman and General Toffinian, July 18, 1977; see also Top Secret Minutes from Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, July 18, 1977, Digital National Security Archive, George Washington University, Washington, DC
The authors’ interviews with former Minister of Defense Ezer Weizman and with former Director General of the Ministry of Defense Dr. Pinhas (Siko) Zusman
“The Israeli Past of the Iranian Nuclear Reactor,” Gad Shimron, Maariv, August 8, 2007 (H)
DR. KHAN AND IRAN’S SECRET NUCLEAR PROGRAM
Eurenco, profile: Eurenco.com/en/about
Dr. Khan’s televised confession, Whitemaps.co.il
“Bin Laden’s Operatives Still Use Freewheeling Dubai,” USA Today, September 2, 2004
Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan discusses Nuclear Program in TV talk show, Karachi Aaj News television, 31 August, 2009
“Iran Was Offered Nuclear Parts; Secret Meeting in 1987 Might Have Begun Program,” Daphna Linzer, Washington Post, February 27, 2005
“How America Looked the Other Way as Pakistan Sold Nuclear Technology to Iran,” Joseph and Susan Trento, War News, Secret History, Iraqwarnews.org, October 20, 2009
“Are You with Us—or Against Us?” Jonathan Shell, Wagingpeace.org, November 14, 2007
“Non-Proliferation Review and Iran—Why China Owes Us One,” William Sweet, Arms control and proliferation, arms control foreign policy.com
“Investigation: Nuclear Scandal—Dr. Abdul Qadeer Khan,” Simon Henderson, Sunday Times, September 20, 2009
“A. Q. Khan and the Limits of the Nonproliferation Regime,” Christopher Clary, Center for Contemporary Conflict, Monterey, CA, articles written between April and June 2004, Unidir.orgpdf/articles
DR. CHAUHDRY’S DEFECTION
“Pakistani Says a Strike Was Planned on India,” John Kifner, New York Times, July 2, 1998
“That Pakistani Nuclear Expert May Be a Lowly Accountant,” John Kifner, New York Times, July 3, 1998
“Scientists Say Pakistani Defector Is Not Credible,” John Kifner, New York Times, July 8, 1998
“Pakistan Was 48 Hours Away from a Preemptive Strike: Scientist,” Chidanand Rajghatta, Indian Express, July 3, 1998
“More Disclosures After Asylum: Defector,” Tribune (India), July 5, 1998
“Mystifying Spy,” Narayan D. Keshavan, Outlook India, July 13, 1998
“Iran Part of Pakistan-China Nexus: Khan,” Chidanand Rajghatta, Indian Express, July 3, 1998
“Asylum Seeker’s Story Still Doubted,” Associated Press of Pakistan, July 3, 1998
“Articles About Defection—Pakistani Reveals Details of Nuclear Program, Seeks Asylum,” Robin Wright, Los Angeles Times, July 2, 1998
“Khan Job: Bush Spiked Probe of Pakistan’s Dr. Strangelove, BBC reported in 2001,” Greg Palast, Gregpalast.com, September 2, 2004
Various reports of the press conferences held by Dr. Iftikhar Khan Chauhdry on July 1, 1998, in the offices of Wildes & Weinberg, attorneys-at-law, 515 Madison Avenue, New York
ISRAEL AND THE DEFECTION OF ASKARI AND AMIRI FROM IRAN
“Former Iranian Defense Official Talks to Western Intelligence,” Daphna Linzer, Washington Post, March 8, 2007
“Mossad Implicated in Missing Defector Mystery,” Tim Butcher, Telegraph, March 9, 2007
“Defector Spied on Iran for Years,” Uzi Mahanaymi, Sunday Times, March 11, 2007
“Iran Nuclear Scientist Defects to the U.S. in CIA ‘Intelligence Coup,’ ” Matthew Cole, ABC News, April 1, 2010
“Report: The Top Iranian Decided to Leave His Country and Defect to USA,” Yoav Stern, Haaretz, March 7, 2007 (H)
“Contradicting Reports About the Defection of the Iranian General,” Yossi Melman, Haaretz, March 12, 2007 (H)
“Report: Two Iranian Nuclear Scientists Defected Lately to the West,” Yossi Melman, Haaretz, October 7, 2009 (H)
“Iran: The USA Is Involved in the Disappearance of Our Atomic Scientists,” Yossi Melman, Haaretz, October 8, 2009 (H)
“Report: Uranium Scientist Who Disappeared i
n Saudi Arabia Defected to USA,” Reuters, March 31, 2010 (H)
“The Nuclear Scientist Who Disappeared in Saudi Arabia Assists the CIA,” Israel Hayom, April 2, 2010 (H)
DR. MOHSEN FAKHRIZADEH (“THE BRAIN”)
Iranian Entity: Mohsen Fakhrizadeh Mahabadi. Full bio and functions, including passport numbers. Assets in US and EU frozen, etc. IranWatch.org, June 18, 2007–August 28, 2008
NCRI—Press conference on Resistance in Iran, by Mohammad Mohadessin, Foreign Affairs Committee Chairman, on Fakhrizadeh: Full functions, address, phone numbers, IranWatch.org, November 17, 2004
“Iran Suspends Enrichment in Return for EU Pressure on Opposition,” Irannuclear.org, November 15, 2005
“Verbatim: Iranian Opposition Reveals Secret Nuclear Site in Tehran,” Iranfocus
.com, November 19, 2004
“Iran Is Ready to Build an N-bomb, It’s Just Waiting for the Ayatollah’s Order,” James Hider, Richard Beeston in Tel Aviv, and Michael Evans, defense editor, Times (London), August 3, 2009
“Disclosing a major secret nuclear site under the Ministry of Defense,” NCRI, Weapons of Mass Destruction newsletter, November 17, 2004
“Ministry of Defense Continues Secret Work on Laser Enrichment Program,” Irannuclear.org, February 12, 2006
“Half Sigma: How Much Does a Nuclear Bomb Have to Weigh?” Half Sigma.com, September 29, 2009
Fakhri Zadeh—Dr. Strangelove, seeker 401, wordpress.com
SECRET OPERATIONS IN IRAN
“U.S. Working to Sabotage Iran’s Nuke Program,” Scott Conroy, Article written by Sheila MacVicar and Ashley Velie with Amy Guttman, May 23, 2007
Article plus report on the CBS Evening News
“Report: Israel Secretly Sabotaging Iran’s Nuclear Program (Using Assassins, Sabotage, Double Agents and Front Companies),” Daily Telegraph, quoted by YNET, February 17, 2009 (H)