Vladimir
Banned
Operation Bramble Bush was a not-well-known plan by Israel to kill Saddam Hussein in 1992. It was conceived as payback for Iraq's missile attacks on Israel during the Gulf War. The United States had begged Israel not to respond for fear of Arab coalition partners quitting rather than work with Israel, so Israel had to rely on largely ineffective American and Dutch Patriot missile defense batteries throughout the war.
Deep-cover Mossad agents in Iraq found out that Saddam was planning to visit a mistress living near Tikrit. Then, he would visit a nearby airbase close by before flying home. Within the estimated fifteen minutes between leaving the woman's home and reaching the airbase, Saddam would be killed by waiting Sayeret Matkal commandos and Mossad Kidon assassins, inserted into Iraq by two C-130s flying below radar. The operation was called off due to a high risk of failure and a training accident that killed five soldiers.
What would have happened had the operation been successful? No Iraq War? Sanctions Lifted? Or a new Baathist tyrant? Any other ideas?
Deep-cover Mossad agents in Iraq found out that Saddam was planning to visit a mistress living near Tikrit. Then, he would visit a nearby airbase close by before flying home. Within the estimated fifteen minutes between leaving the woman's home and reaching the airbase, Saddam would be killed by waiting Sayeret Matkal commandos and Mossad Kidon assassins, inserted into Iraq by two C-130s flying below radar. The operation was called off due to a high risk of failure and a training accident that killed five soldiers.
What would have happened had the operation been successful? No Iraq War? Sanctions Lifted? Or a new Baathist tyrant? Any other ideas?