Reading a fairly straight laced history of the Gulf war (the original) and surprised to find amongst some very sober commentary a clear cut account of the assassination attempt on Shlomo Argov (which, as we all know was the completely ridiculous justification for the launch of Israel's 82 war against Lebanon), which places the blame directly at the feet of Baghdad.
Of course, its common knowledge that two of the Abu Nidal assassins were members of the Mukhabarat, but this was the first time Ive seen this particular assertion stated so baldly. Iraq's aims were to weaken a regional enemy (Syria), divert the attention of global and local powers from their offer of a ceasefire after the ill-planned invasion of Iran had gone sour, and distract Iran by drawing them into a second conflict.
Remarkably successful on all accounts it seems. If true it must be one of the most effective bits of espionage/terror in modern history.