Details on the arrested Israeli spy in Hassi Messaoud
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Algiers, according to corroborating sources, the Israeli spy who was arrested by Algerian security services in downtown Hassi Messaoud, is named Alberto and aged 35. He would have entered in Algeria with a false Spanish passport.
- According to sources of Ennahar, the Israeli spy who claimed to be a Spanish citizen, had entry visas to Algerian territory through a European embassy before joining the Algerian capital via Barcelona.
While the Algerian authorities have begun investigations into the conditions for granting visas to an Israeli national, with a false Spanish passport, senior U.S. government have reacted with Algerian authorities in order to find a way out to the situation where this pseudo Spanish national who appears according to his behavior as an agent of the Israeli Mossad.
According to the sources, the deputy directo of the Federal Bureau (FBI), John Pistole visited Algeria last Thursday on a mission to the Algerian authorities in the case of the Israeli national who found refuge at the U.S. embassy to seek help, as there are no diplomatic relations between Algeria and Israel. On the other hand, the Algerian authorities have realized that the man named Alberto was not Spanish as he claimed but an Israeli Mossad agent.
No information has been disclosed so far on this surprise visit, announced unilaterally by the U.S. Embassy in Algiers without consultation with the Algerian authorities.
The Israeli spy had remained in Hassi Messaoud for ten days before his arrest early last week by security services in central city of Hassi Messaoud, near the study office of an Egyptian who works with an oil company. He was staying at the hotel "Ourdjabane" usually frequented by workers of oil companies and foreigners. The hotel is located in the neighborhood « 24 February », and another hotel located in the industrial zone in Hassi Messaoud, which receives European, especially French working in the region. Both hotels are owned by private and are not classified.
The spy has a good command of Arabic language and frequents the neighborhoods. He claimed to be Muslim and prays at the mosque "Bilal Ibn Rabah" in Hassi Messaoud. He also frequents popular café and asks people he meets on the prices of sugar and semolina, and also on the Islamists and the bearded, oil companies, employment and unemployment.
Ennahar / Faouzi Houamdi
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