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Ashraf Marwan (Arabic: أشرف مروان , 2 February 1944 – 27 June 2007) was an Egyptian billionaire who worked as a spy for both the General Intelligence Directorate (Egypt) and the Israeli Mossad.
- Fact: Marwan’s First Two Tips to Mossad Didn’T Pan Out
- Unclear: Marwan Was A Double Agent
- Fiction: Marwan Removed A Key Piece from A Missile to Stop A Palestinian Plot
- Fiction: Marwan Faked An Affair with A British Socialite to Thwart Attention
As The Angelshows, Marwan twice told Israeli intelligence forces that Egypt planned to wage war against its neighbor. Each time, the plans fall through, shedding doubt on Marwan’s claims and raising suspicion of him among Mossad agents. When Marwan arrives toward the end of the movie to deliver to his Israeli handlers the news that Egypt was going ...
The Angel would have one believe that Marwan’s deft maneuvering as a spy for Israel paved the way to the eventual Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, signed by Sadat and Israeli prime minister Menachem Begin in 1979. The film implies that Marwan would go to any lengths to obtain peace for both sides in the Arab-Israeli conflict — so much so that he raised s...
The Angelbegins with Marwan delivering weapons to the Palestinian Black September group, a terrorist organization that formed in 1970, that was plotting to shoot down a plane flying to Tel Aviv from Rome. That Marwan stopped the plot and prevented the deaths of hundreds of people aboard the plane is true. But the way the film depicts him doing so d...
In The Angel, Marwan befriends a woman named Diana, who assists him on a few of his missions for Israel. Later, as he’s being trailed by Egyptian officials who have become suspicious of him, Marwan pretends he is having an extramarital affair with Diana to throw them off. There is no actual evidence that Marwan worked with or had an affair with a w...
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Jul 24, 2012 · Ahron Bregman revealed Ashraf Marwan, Nasser's son-in-law and Israel's top agent, as a double agent who misled Israel before the Yom Kippur War. Five years after Marwan's death, Bregman admits it was a tragic mistake and blames Israeli security chiefs for his fate.
Mar 30, 2022 · Ashraf Marwan, who passed secrets to Israel ahead of the Yom Kippur War, was not a double agent, according to an interview with a senior Egyptian intelligence officer that was posted to YouTube five months ago and recently came to the attention of Israeli intelligence.
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Sep 8, 2023 · The Mossad published a photo of its handler with Marwan, who warned of a 99 percent chance of war in 1973. The spy organization also denied reports that Marwan was a double agent and announced a book on its role in the war.
In October 1973, Israel and Egypt were on the brink of war. Egypt wanted to regain territory in Sinai lost in 1967 and thought that surprise might give them ...
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Sep 7, 2023 · This is the first time the Mossad has released historical documents from the lead up to the Yom Kippur to the public, which show Egyptian Agent Ashraf Marwan give warnings of imminent war.
