Jordanian Newspaper reveals shocking information: Israel, USA and Yemen Involved in a Mysterious Military Deal [Archives:2000/18/Front Page]

The Jordanian newspaper Al-Majd quoted last week western reports and Arab and foreign sources as disclosing details of a most dangerous deal on security and military cooperation between Sanaa and Tel Aviv, pointing out that tourist normalization was the only part of the Yemeni-Israeli alliance mountain that could grant Israel a lot of control over the Gulf gate from the base of Aden.
Jordanian Al-Majd newspaper also said in its issue on April 25 that political observers pondered long over the backgrounds and dimensions that led the Yemeni president to begin his recent tour to America by visiting “The Middle East Centre for Peace and Economic Cooperation”, which is well-known for its Jewish identity and patronage of Israeli associated American organizations. The newspaper maintained to say that reports had mentioned that the Yemeni-American-Jewish meeting took place two days after the return of the first public visit to Yemen by an Israeli tourist delegation, described by Israeli circles as “very successful”. Reports also indicated that the delegation’s visit to Sanaa, and president’s Ali Abdullah Saleh meetings in New York and his talks with president Clinton were merely a camouflage move to distract the attention from more serious relations. They also judged it as purposeful theatrical attempt to conceal very dangerous and covert contacts and cooperation agreements concluded between Sanaa and Tel Aviv.
Reports prepared by a western security apparatus confirmed the existence of such contacts. Information disclosed details of the deal that the said security apparatus thought to have started from a meeting that took place two months ago in a European capital between Barak’s advisor Dany Yatoom, Mossad’s Former Chief, and a security advisor to the Yemeni President. The information revealed that the meeting resulted in a comprehensive deal including receiving Israeli tourist delegations in Yemen, but the more serious aspect is still under cover. The deal included an offer of “security, military and intelligence cooperation, the US participates in some of its articles.”
Upon the deal, Israel would supply Yemeni authorities with monitoring and observation devices and sophisticated electronic equipment in addition to some weapons among which “medium range missiles.” The Mossad commits itself to provide necessary expertise for training special units from the Yemeni Republican Guard and intelligence as well as training and forming a Yemeni commandos unit specialized in combating terrorism and kidnappings. Israel would commit itself to exercise its influence on the American administration and the congress and the Jewish lobby for supporting the Yemen’s regime and economy by improving the image of Yemen especially in relation to kidnapping of foreigners.
Israel promised to actively participate in increasing foreign investments in Yemen and urging American Jews businessmen and Yemeni Jews to invest in Yemeni projects in addition to agricultural cooperation.
Latest information indicated that actual implementation of the deal began three weeks ago. The Jordanian newspaper goes on to report that in the first week of last March, a US-Israeli mission arrived secretly in the city of Aden and held coordination meetings with very close Yemeni personalities to install monitoring devices aimed at controlling this strategic water way. Intelligence information has also disclosed that a Mossad delegation had arrived in Yemen most of them of Yemeni Jews. Yemeni president entrusted his son Ahmed in charge of the Republican Guard to directly supervise the work of the group in training the special guard and qualifying an anti-terrorism and kidnapping unit.
News reports also mentioned that a high-ranking Yemeni army officer made a secret visit to the Dutch capital Amsterdam to procure developed espionage equipment and supplies to be used in combating terrorism and for monitoring and observation. The equipment could be used for monitoring citizens moves, borders, communications and spying activities against neighboring countries. It is reported that the purchase deal cost is estimated at $34 million.

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