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Israeli Vulture Suspected of Spying Returned

Posted by timothy on from the bird's-eye-view dept.

New submitter red crab writes: BBC reports that a griffon vulture with GPS tracking device attached to its leg that was part of conservation program at Tel Aviv University was captured in Lebanon after it was suspected to be a Israeli spy. UN Liaison forces helped secure the release of the bird after holding talks with Lebanese and Israeli officials.

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  1. I guess by burtosis · · Score: 3, Funny

    In the end they flipped them the bird.

  2. suspected? by turkeydance · · Score: 4, Funny

    this was a spy swap for the Lebanese osprey.

  3. Only half the story by flopsquad · · Score: 5, Funny

    The media is trying to spin this as no big deal, but the secret terms of the exchange required Isreal to release 2 convicted Hezbollah attack pigeons, a weapons-smuggling-tunnel canary, and an ill-tempered parrot that keeps saying either "Yasser Arafat" or "Yes sir, you're fat."

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    1. Re:Only half the story by Kohath · · Score: 5, Funny

      And who do we see watching all of this from a safe distance? Turkey.

  4. Re:If it was Lebonese and captured in Isreal by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Funny

    Surely it would be equipped with explosives, not GPS.

    It surely would be.
    But because it represents oppressed minority that has no other options, this would be considered a more acceptable strategy than putting GPS on a bird by Israel.