Waffen SS Lt Col Otto Skorzeny, "the most dangerous man in Europe" as he became known was hired by Mossad to kill Nazi scientists hired by Egypt to develop ballistic missiles to be used against Israel. An unbelievable action, but the Nazi commando and assassin accepted the role and carried out the work, crippling the Egyptian effort.

The Simon Wiesenthal hunters and Mossad agents were instructed to leave Skorzeny alone. He also accepted no money for the work . He explained to the Israelis that he had plenty already from surviving Nazis and foreign Govts like Spain and Argentina! Egypt became stalled for 4 years before obtaining Scud-B missiles from the USSR. Skorzeny had already returned to Spain and Israel had dropped its plans when Mossad agents were captured in Europe using scare tactics against W. German family members of former Nazi rocket scientists. The news went public and Israel desisted.