The mainstream, high circulation Turkish daily Hurriyet reported on the mysterious crash of a small aircraft near Trabzon, under the headline "Again, Iran. Again, A General. Again, Nuclear Espionage."
The paper said that on May 10, during a visit to Ankara, retired Pakistani general Zakaullah Bhangoo, who is close to Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, flew in a Sky Arrow 650T craft piloted by a Briton, Michael Newman, to the Turkish city of Trabzon, on the Black Sea. After spending the night in a small neighborhood hotel, the two took off for Tebriz, Iran.
When the plane did not arrive at its destination, search and rescue operations were launched; the remains of the plane and the bodies of the two were found in a forested area near Trabzon.
While the crash is being investigated, autopsies were carried out on the two victims. The bodies will be repatriated via their countries’ diplomatic missions.
The Turkish daily Hurriyet reported that authorities had confirmed that the Turkish Intelligence Service (MIT), and possibly also the CIA and the Mossad, were tailing Gen. Bhangoo due to suspicions that he might be traveling to Iran to deliver nuclear know-how and possibly parts for nuclear plants.
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