Debka is thought to be an Israeli counterintelligence operation, so take its writing with a grain of salt.<p>Of course, it's possible that the Israelis want everyone to know about their capabilities (the line about the attacks coming 12 hours after the Wikileaks cables release was interesting), but Debka's writing might not be extremely accurate.
All sings hint at the fact that this is a classic Mossad operation. The MO of a drive-by, close range, shooting or small explosive, is classic Mossad - and has been used in the past.<p>That said, DEBKAfile is a dubious source of educated speculation - at best. It is not considered a news source, and it does not operate by any standard. They publish mere theories which are loosely backed by hard facts.<p>It does make a good read, though - I'll give them that.
Reminds me of the Gerald Bull assassination, also thought to be carried out by Mossad.<p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Bull</a>
Note that this was published right after the attacks, and the only source for the claim that he was responsible for stuxnet cleanup was "Exclusive from DEBKAfile's [unnamed] intelligence sources".<p>Many blogs republished the report (of course) but no other source has emerged, and no paper of record has suggested it was true.
I don't know how reliable a source "DEBKAfile" is, but just in general, it makes me very uncomfortable that civilian scientists may possibly now be considered legitimate targets for assassination or kidnapping by the US, Israel or others.
This is crazy if it's true. Is there any corroborating story from a (I hate to put it this way) more mainstream/trusted source? I'm not sure about this Debka. There's some spelling errors and I've never heard of them.
Considering this happened <i>after</i> the leak, and such a short time after as well, I can't help but wonder if someone read the leak and thought "that's a great idea!"