Since knowledge is but sorrow’s spy,
It is not safe to know.
William Davenant
(A poor lost griffon vulture, image courtesy the BBC)
What’s a griffon vulture and the high stakes game of espionage and intelligence gathering have to do with one another?
Absolutely nothing.
Yet try telling that to the Lebanese government.
Meet a comedy of errors that had a near disastrous consequence for one hapless griffon vulture.
It seems that this carrion loving bird, who was simply out and about for an innocent lazy ride along the thermals over the Israeli occupied Golan Heights, made the egregious mistake of nonchalantly wandering into Lebanese air space.
He was subsequently captured and “incarcerated” by local Lebanese villagers who mistook him for an Israeli spy.
“A vulture an Israeli spy???!!!” I hear you incredulously howling….
Seems our unsuspecting raptor, who had a tracking device on his tail, was observed flying into…
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