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THE VULTURES OF ZION Country: Saudi Arabia The plot: Israeli scientists are training vultures to spy on Arab countries. The evidence: This week, Saudi Arabian security forces took into custody a live vulture who was found near the rural town of Hayel wearing a bracelet marked “Tel Aviv University.” While Israeli scientists say the bird ...
THE VULTURES OF ZION
Country: Saudi Arabia
The plot: Israeli scientists are training vultures to spy on Arab countries.
The evidence: This week, Saudi Arabian security forces took into custody a live vulture who was found near the rural town of Hayel wearing a bracelet marked “Tel Aviv University.” While Israeli scientists say the bird was part of a migration study, local residents told the Saudi media that it was most likely part of a “Zionist plot.” Speculation then took off on Saudi websites that Israeli intelligence was training the birds as part of an espionage mission.
Researchers at Tel Aviv University say that a number of the tagged vultures have reached Saudi Arabia since the study began. Most are now presumed dead, but one bird is still flying around the country — no doubt gathering vital intelligence for the Zionist entity — and thus far, the captured “R65” has shown no willingness to give up his comrade.
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