The Lillehammer affair refers to the murder by Mossad agents of a Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Bouchiki, in Lillehammer, Norway on July 21, 1973. The agents had been sent by Israel as part of Operation Wrath of God to assassinate Ali Hassan Salameh, the leader of the Black September Organization, a Palestinian group that carried out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. They mistook Bouchiki for their target and shot him repeatedly as he walked back from a cinema to his apartment with his pregnant wife.

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  • The Lillehammer affair refers to the murder by Mossad agents of a Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Bouchiki, in Lillehammer, Norway on July 21, 1973. The agents had been sent by Israel as part of Operation Wrath of God to assassinate Ali Hassan Salameh, the leader of the Black September Organization, a Palestinian group that carried out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. They mistook Bouchiki for their target and shot him repeatedly as he walked back from a cinema to his apartment with his pregnant wife. Two members of the assassination team were arrested the next day as they re-used a getaway car to go to the airport. After their interrogation the whole cell was arrested. Incriminating documents and the keys to a network of safe houses were discovered. Of the nine agents who participated directly in the assassination (Michael Harari, Dan Ærbel, Ethel Marianne Gladnikoff, Abraham Gehmer, alias Leslie Orbaum, Sylvia Rafael, alias Patricia Lesley Roxburgh, Victor Zipstein alias Zwi Steinberg, Michael Dorf, Gustav Pistauer, Jean-Luc Sevenier, Jonathan Isaac Englesberg alias Jonathan Ingleby, "Tamara" alias "Tamar" alias "Marie", Rolf Baehr, Gerard Lafond, Raoul Cousin, Nora Heffner), six were captured by the Norwegian authorities and five were convicted of Bouchiki's murder. Harari as well as the two killers escaped and Dorf was acquitted. The five convicts were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two and a half to five years but all were released within 22 months and deported to Israel. The revelations of the captured agents dealt a massive blow to the undercover infrastructure of the Mossad in Europe. Agents who had been exposed had to be recalled, safe houses abandoned, phone numbers changed and operational methods modified. Michael Harari, the leader of the assassins, managed to escape and was never extradited by Israel to Norway. The Israeli government has not admitted responsibility for the murder, but in 1996 paid compensation equal to US$283,000 split between Bouchiki's wife and daughter, and a separate settlement of US$118,000 to a son from a previous marriage. The September 2004 book release of Mange liv (Many lives) by the former lawyer Annæus Schjødt, who represented two of the agents in the case and later married one of them, Sylvia Raphael, claimed that one of the arrested agents, Dan Ærbel, leaked information to the Norwegian government about the Israeli nuclear weapons program. However, the Norwegian government decided to remain silent about their findings. Information relating to Israel's development and possession of nuclear weapons was not made public until Mordechai Vanunu exposed the program in October 1986, some 13 years later.
  • Die Lillehammer-Affäre bezeichnet die Vorgänge um die irrtümliche Tötung von Ahmed Bouchiki durch die Caesarea-Einheit des israelischen Geheimdienstes Mossad am 21. Juli 1973 im norwegischen Lillehammer. Im Rahmen der von der Öffentlichkeit so genannten "Operation Zorn Gottes" war zur Vergeltung der tödlich verlaufenen Geiselnahme von München 1972 seitens der israelischen Regierung die Tötung von Ali Hassan Salameh als einem der Verantwortlichen angeordnet worden. Bouchiki wurde mit Salameh verwechselt und in Folge dessen vor den Augen seiner schwangeren norwegischen Ehefrau auf offener Straße erschossen.
  • L'affaire de Lillehammer se réfère à l'assassinat par des agents du Mossad, de Ahmed Bouchiki à Lillehammer (Norvège) le 21 juillet 1973. Les agents avaient été envoyés en mission dans le cadre de l'Opération Colère de Dieu, pour assassiner Ali Hassan Salameh, le leader de l'organisation Septembre Noir.
  • L'affare Lillehammer fu una controversa operazione dei servizi segreti israeliani del Mossad svoltasi il 21 luglio 1973 nella città norvegese di Lillehammer, in cui per un tragico quanto clamoroso errore di persona perse la vita il cittadino marocchino Ahmed Bouchiki. L'operazione, ribattezzata "Ira di Dio", venne organizzata come rappresaglia in seguito al Massacro di Monaco dell'anno prima ed era destinata all'uccisione di Ali Hassan Salameh, ritenuto uno dei responsabili dell'attentato. Bouchiki venne scambiato per Salameh e freddato per strada sotto gli occhi della moglie.
  • Lillehammer-saken viser til drapet på en marokkansk kelner bosatt i Norge, Ahmed Bouchiki, på Lillehammer den 21. juli 1973, utført av agenter fra Mossad. Drapet regnes som den mest alvorlige terrorhandlingen i norsk historie.
  • O Caso de Lillehammer é um nome dado a uma suposta operação fracassada do Mossad, serviço secreto israelense, em 11 de julho de 1973. Consistiu no asssinato de Ahmed Bouchiki, um camareiro, pelos agentes na cidade de Lillehammer, Noruega. Ele foi confundido com o líder da organização terrorista Setembro Negro, Ali Hassan Salameh, responsável pelo sequestro e assassinato do atletas israelenses nos jogos de munique, em 1972. Este drástico episódio ficou conhecido como o Massacre de Munique. Operação Cólera de Deus O Caso de Lillehammer fazia parte de uma operação maior chamada de Cólera de Deus, que consistia na eliminação de todos os envolvidos no episódio de Munique. O Governo isralense sempre negou a existência desta operação.
  • Lillehammerfallet är en benämning på ihjälskjutningen av en norsk kypare med marockanskt ursprung, Ahmed Bouchiki. Bouchiki mördades i Lillehammer den 21 juli 1973 av agenter på uppdrag av den israeliska underrättelsetjänsten Mossad. Mossad trodde att Bouchiki egentligen var Ali Hassan Salameh, en av anförarna av Svarta september, som stod bakom Münchenmassakern 1972. Bouchiki sköts ihjäl när han var på väg hem från bio. Med honom promenerade hans gravida norska hustru. Hon undkom utan fysiska skador. Dagen därpå grep norsk polis två av Mossadagenterna på väg mot flygplatsen. Efter gripandet kunde ett nätverk av agenter nystas upp. Sammanlagt deltog 15 Mossadagenter i planeringen och genomförandet av ihjälskjutningen. Av dessa greps sex och fem av dessa dömdes av hovrätten Eidsivating lagmannsrett den 1 februari 1974. Fyra av de åtalade dömdes för medhjälp till mord. En frikändes från mord men dömdes för andra åtalspunkter. En åtalad frikändes på alla punkter. Mike Harari, som ledde dödskjutningen lyckades fly till Israel och har inte utlämnats till Norge. Det är inte klarlagt vem det var som sköt Bouchikhi. Vad som är klart är att ingen av de som dömdes i rätten själva hade befunnit sig på brottsplatsen.
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  • The Lillehammer affair refers to the murder by Mossad agents of a Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Bouchiki, in Lillehammer, Norway on July 21, 1973. The agents had been sent by Israel as part of Operation Wrath of God to assassinate Ali Hassan Salameh, the leader of the Black September Organization, a Palestinian group that carried out the 1972 Munich Olympics massacre. They mistook Bouchiki for their target and shot him repeatedly as he walked back from a cinema to his apartment with his pregnant wife.
  • Die Lillehammer-Affäre bezeichnet die Vorgänge um die irrtümliche Tötung von Ahmed Bouchiki durch die Caesarea-Einheit des israelischen Geheimdienstes Mossad am 21. Juli 1973 im norwegischen Lillehammer. Im Rahmen der von der Öffentlichkeit so genannten "Operation Zorn Gottes" war zur Vergeltung der tödlich verlaufenen Geiselnahme von München 1972 seitens der israelischen Regierung die Tötung von Ali Hassan Salameh als einem der Verantwortlichen angeordnet worden.
  • L'affaire de Lillehammer se réfère à l'assassinat par des agents du Mossad, de Ahmed Bouchiki à Lillehammer (Norvège) le 21 juillet 1973. Les agents avaient été envoyés en mission dans le cadre de l'Opération Colère de Dieu, pour assassiner Ali Hassan Salameh, le leader de l'organisation Septembre Noir.
  • L'affare Lillehammer fu una controversa operazione dei servizi segreti israeliani del Mossad svoltasi il 21 luglio 1973 nella città norvegese di Lillehammer, in cui per un tragico quanto clamoroso errore di persona perse la vita il cittadino marocchino Ahmed Bouchiki. L'operazione, ribattezzata "Ira di Dio", venne organizzata come rappresaglia in seguito al Massacro di Monaco dell'anno prima ed era destinata all'uccisione di Ali Hassan Salameh, ritenuto uno dei responsabili dell'attentato.
  • Lillehammer-saken viser til drapet på en marokkansk kelner bosatt i Norge, Ahmed Bouchiki, på Lillehammer den 21. juli 1973, utført av agenter fra Mossad. Drapet regnes som den mest alvorlige terrorhandlingen i norsk historie.
  • O Caso de Lillehammer é um nome dado a uma suposta operação fracassada do Mossad, serviço secreto israelense, em 11 de julho de 1973. Consistiu no asssinato de Ahmed Bouchiki, um camareiro, pelos agentes na cidade de Lillehammer, Noruega. Ele foi confundido com o líder da organização terrorista Setembro Negro, Ali Hassan Salameh, responsável pelo sequestro e assassinato do atletas israelenses nos jogos de munique, em 1972.
  • Lillehammerfallet är en benämning på ihjälskjutningen av en norsk kypare med marockanskt ursprung, Ahmed Bouchiki. Bouchiki mördades i Lillehammer den 21 juli 1973 av agenter på uppdrag av den israeliska underrättelsetjänsten Mossad. Mossad trodde att Bouchiki egentligen var Ali Hassan Salameh, en av anförarna av Svarta september, som stod bakom Münchenmassakern 1972. Bouchiki sköts ihjäl när han var på väg hem från bio. Med honom promenerade hans gravida norska hustru.
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