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tags:
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- Organization
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- Media
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- UK
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category: "Private Organization"
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summary: "The Sunday Times is a British newspaper that struck a deal with Mordecai Vanunu's contact Oscar Guerrero to publish Vanunu's account and photographs of Israel's Dimona nuclear facility in exchange for a £250,000 advance."
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start: 1821
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location: "London, UK"
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*The [[The Sunday Times]]* is a British newspaper. It struck a deal with [[Oscar Guerrero]] to publish [[Mordecai Vanunu|Mordecai Vanunu's]] story and photographs of [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear facility. The arrangement included a £250,000 advance for [[Mordecai Vanunu|Vanunu]] on a book about [[Israel|Israel's]] nuclear capability, with [[Oscar Guerrero|Guerrero]] receiving a 10% cut.[^1]
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[[Mordecai Vanunu|Vanunu]] flew to [[London]] and was put up in various hotels while giving interviews to *The [[The Sunday Times]]*. [[Israel|Israeli]] intelligence, aware of the impending publication, attempted to discredit [[Mordecai Vanunu|Vanunu]] and later kidnapped him from [[Rome]]. *The [[The Sunday Times]]* published the story and photos on October 5, 1986, after [[Mordecai Vanunu|Vanunu]] failed to return from his trip to [[Rome]].[^1]
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### Footnotes
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[^1]: Ben-Menashe, Ari. *Profits of War: Inside the Secret U.S.-Israeli Arms Network*. TrineDay, 1992.
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