Israeli Vulture Spy Declared Innocent By Saudi Arabia

[DainBramaged]

A vulture that was caught in Saudi Arabia last week and accused of spying for Israel's Mossad is to be released, a Saudi official said. Prince Bandar bin Saud Al Saud scoffed at the claims, as did much of the world when news came last week that the vulture tagged with a GPS tracker by Tel Aviv University had been caught in the kingdom and accused by the media and locals of partaking in a "Zionist plot."

"These systems are fitted to birds and animals, including marine animals. Most countries use these system, including Saudi Arabia," Saud told Saudi media on Sunday, according to Emirates 24/7. "We have taken delivery of this bird, but we will set it free again after we verified its systems."

Saud insisted he wasn't defending Israel, but called for calm.

"Some of the Saudi journalists rushed in carrying the news of this bird for the sake of getting a scoop without checking the information," he said. "They should have asked the competent authorities about the bird before publishing such news." (words our journalists should live by, are you listening FAUX lies?)

http://abcnews.go.com/International/saudi-prince-clears-israeli-vulture-spy/story?id=12584216

[jpak]

1. At least they didn't accuse it of "blood libel" or anything like that

n/t

[rug]

2. Vulture considering lawsuit.