Mohammed Radi Abdullah

Colonel Mohammed Radi Abdullah was a former colonel in the Jordanian Army. He was decorated by King Hussein of Jordan for his bravery in the 1967 Middle East war. His family later emigrated to London after falling out with the king over the mass slaughter of Palestinians by the Jordanian Army in 1970.¹

Radi became known as a businessman who championed Arab and Palestinian causes in Europe. To recoup gambling and other losses, he began working for Anthony Pearson, who supplied intelligence information to Israel. Unwittingly, Radi helped Pearson acquire intelligence about Palestinian organizations in Europe by selling arms to them. This intelligence was then passed to Mossad, leading to the elimination of 14 or 15 Palestinians over a two-month period.¹

Radi was recruited by Rafi in 1978 to work for an antiterrorist group in Israel, after Pearson made it clear that the £200,000 loan he offered Radi came from an Israeli source.¹

Radi was a key player in Israeli "black" operations, including the 1986 plot to bomb an El Al plane, which was designed to discredit Syria. He instructed his cousin, Nezar Hindawi, in this plot. He was also involved in the Achille Lauro attack in 1985, which was an Israeli "black" propaganda operation to portray Palestinians as ruthless terrorists. Rafi passed instructions to Radi, who then relayed orders to Abul Abbas to carry out a cruel attack.¹