Israel 'plotted to blow up freighter'
A former Israeli spy told The Yomiuri Shimbun that Israel plotted to blow up a ship suspected of smuggling missiles from North Korea to Syria in 1991.
The plan was abandoned at the last minute due to pressures from Washington.
The former agent of Mossad said he worked with another colleague to plant a palm-szied tracking device on the ship while it anchored at Casablanca for refueling.
The man, who identified himself as Michael Ross, said methods used during Israel's recent air strike in Syria resembled the 1991 operation.
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