The Death Of Ashraf 'The Angel' Marwan | The World's Greatest Spy Or Double Agent?
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- Who Murdered The World's Greatest Spy? | Real Stories
An extraordinary true story of international espionage, The Spy Who Fell To Earth delves into the multi-faceted life and death of the world’s greatest spy, Ashraf ‘The Angel’ Marwan. Midday on 27th June 2007, just after his secret identity was revealed to the world, the notorious Egypt-born double-agent Marwan was found dead after plummeting from his fifth-floor London flat - was it suicide, or an assassination? Filmed in multiple international locations and featuring exclusive first-hand interviews and dramatic reconstructions, this intriguing special takes us into the complex web of events that culminated in The Angel falling to his death.
Based on Dr. Ahron Bregman's book, 'The Spy Who Fell to Earth'
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this is a treat. a movie theater quality documentary free on youtube.
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I absolutely love this channel, you are so right, what a treat!
There are many channels with stellar documentaries on TH-cam, but you are absolutely right: It is a treat! 👍
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Can you explain you're role during the war? "No, I prefer not." ICE cold
This is one of the most well produced, educational & entertaining documentaries I've seen in a long time!! Well Done and Thank You!!
One if the best documentarys I've seen on TH-cam. I had little knowledge of the situation between Egypt and Israel. I'm now interested. Thanks for the upload.
That Ronnie is a smart man. He knew exactly the danger he would put Ashraf in by exposing him like that. Selfish man, acting all sad like he feels like he did wrong. He knew it was wrong in the first place but he still did it for selfish notoriety needs.
I won’t call someone who put someone else in danger, a « smart man »
@@bo5139 He is smart, he's just very selfish and only cares about himself. Not a nice human being quite frankly
Was it Ronnie Pickering?
He is 100% at fault for this murder.
Who is Ronnie? Ahron?
yes Ronnie...this is YOUR responsibility!!!
Zeira was so interested in unmasking Marwan that someone would have figured it out soon enough
So, "Marwan was a brilliant spy!" really amounts to "Eli Zeira was an incompetent general". Marwan was an opportunist who liked money and partying, and was happy to sell out his country to facilitate that lifestyle. If he was murdered, it was almost certainly by his own countrymen. Also, Bregman is a perfect example of why so many people do not like or trust journalists anymore. Zero concern for the subject of his investigation until it was far, far too late. All blind ambition and lust for fame. If Marwan was murdered, he deserves any guilt he may carry.
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@@tgmathew4744 Very intelligent. Back to staring at the sun. o7.
well said
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As you say, the journalist is guilty of Ashraf Marwan's murder, he put that man's life in extreme danger just for accolades.
Had to watch record breaking 29 ads throughout the video. Anyways Great documentary.
I have to say the last 3 days I have been watching a lot of your videos and they are so interesting I can't seem to watching them. It's now 2:30 in the morning and I'm binge watching. Hope you guys never go away.
Fact: Marwan gave Israel prior warning of the attack and Zeira ignored that. The misdirection by Bergman is insuferable
A difference of four hours means nothing in terms of a general mobilization, which takes at least 24 hours. So Egypt changing the attack time from 6:00PM to 1:50PM was irrelevant. What was relevant, however, is that Israel did nothing to prepare, even though Marwan told them about the impending attack at 10PM the night before. Had they done so, it would have revealed that they knew about the impending attack, which would have blown the cover of their most valuable asset. That asset was not Ashraf Marwan. Marwan initially was just a stooge with an inflated ego that was cleverly used by both the Mossad and their Egyptian asset. He was not a stupid man, however, so in time he probably figured out that he had been played. By 2007, Marwan was already irrelevant as the Israel-Egypt peace treaty had already been signed 29 years prior, but he could still have been "inconvenient".
Enter Ahron Bregman. His self-importance is obvious, but just as obvious is the fact that he too was played. There is no way that Eli Zeira, then the head of Israeli military intelligence, would have told someone like Bregman a military secret of such importance, who by his own admission left Israel after accusing it of atrocities. Of course, Bregman could also have been a deep-cover Mossad agent, who was assigned the task of burning Marwan in a manner that could afford the Mossad plausible deniability. Marwan had to be burned, but in order to avoid any "uncomfortable" questions it had to be done by an "independent" third party, in this case a scholar journalist who was "casually" told that the "biggest Israeli intelligence asset ever" had been a double agent. The fact that former Mossad agents involved in the Marwan case insist that he was both genuine and of vital importance, even in the face of blatantly contrary facts, suggests that they are still trying to protect their true asset. Amos Gilboa is almost comical in his defense of Marwan as a "beautiful" asset.
Curiously, even though on October 4th, two whole days before the attack, Marwan called the Israelis with the highest priority codeword, it took Shabtai Shavit and Zvi Zamir more than a day to neet with him, at 10PM on the 5th. This suggests they already knew about the impending attack, but, in order to protect their real source (not Marwan), did not react in order not to blow his cover. Churchill and Roosevelt did the same thing with Coventry and Pearl Harbor.
The one thing that nobody mentioned in all this, which was probably deliberate, is that whenever Marwan was in a room where secrets were discussed, there always was another man in that room.
Agree. These journalists are chickens fed pellets... they are even stupid with how they manage their own pellets .
Bregman just seems stupid.
This is the most intelligent comment regarding this whole documentary. Thank you.
Am curious to know who this other man is
He studied chemistry, he married a woman not from love but to advance his status and he finally ended becoming a secretary.
What a fascinating life this man had
So glad I stumbled by chance onto this. It is excellent!!!
The elegance of the Widow is remarkable and a credit to her and her parents - let’s forget the politics for a second.
I agree!
that was a gripping doc...brilliant!
These documentaries can make you watch them till morning. Good documentary really enjoyed watching
Any man who sells his soul because he dislikes someone is not VERY CLEVER .
I’m just glad that Bergman is not a spy … with that amount of self esteem and uncontrolled action.
(Political scientist and journalist … falls in Eli’s trap, publishing statements without proof, drinks coffee not knowing what is inside, unmasking someone and then getting scared the one could be killed, sacrificing his family life for the affair … but smiling all the time for his masterpiece. How can he still be at King’s College!?)
In the world of politics,power play and warfare...you can never rule out the possibility that Bergman was not a deep cover Mossad agent in the place sight of everyone..🤔
Although Marwan was an Egyptian, his allegiance was definitely for Israel (much like Kim Philby spied against his native Britain for Russia). The very fact the he informed Israel that the war was going to happen on the day it did, speaks to his authentically favoring Israel over Egypt. He did not mislead Israel. He gave the information as accurately as he actually knew it because the final commencement of the war a few hours earlier than Marwan pre-reported it was a last minute change in a fluid situation. And Marwan was not aware of this final change. The Egyptian official narrative is a face-saving narrative because it is an everlasting embarrassment to admit that Marwan, being so high in government could betray his country. The only thing that can be worse is to hear that the president of Egypt himself betrayed his country.
"The Egyptian official narrative is a face-saving..."
Exactly! And his wife's statements are worthless too - she couldn't possibly say he was working for Israel, just as Egypt govt cannot possibly accept that fact...
You Will never know
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So interesting.
Well done.
great documentary!
One of the best YT docs I've seen. Great job held my attention the whole way through.
This was actually a great documentary! Ronnie obviously couldn't handle that he may have gotten it so wrong.
that's not a documentary!! That's basically BS and propaganda !
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So he was killed by the journalist who was only thinking of himself
Yeah, he seems reckless and naive, basing assumptions on the flimsiest response from people used to subterfuge.
Either Marwan was a burned double or just burned, either way was not a good outcome.
What a fascinating tale!
A very nice example why the press urgently needs to learn when to stop. Their mandate is not to serve their own egos, nor to get the best sales figures, but to serve the public with information, not just to serve them information indiscriminantly and regardless of the consequence. (for the linguistically impaired: their job is to serve the public, not to serve their own ego) Too many people died because some journalist sought personal fame. They should be held accountable when they lack ethics and scrupules.
Fantastic documentary 🔥 I heard this story a couple years ago in a podcast and than once the movie came to Netflix I was able to put one and one together but this goes into extreme detail like behind the scenes details makes this a lot more fascinating one of the stories of the century so far
which podcast did you hear this story at?
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Excellent documentary
Oh man , what a piece of work ,
Intriguing documentary. I thoroughly enjoyed watching this. Very riveting.
Great documentary!
good documentary, absolutely
Excellent documentary, on a ‘treble Agent’ (at least). Only certain thing is that he was ‘assisted’ over the balcony!
Amazing documentary indeed. One of my long time favorites spy stories. And if I would be allowed to an opinion... Egypt would not need or want to prove he was not a double agent... because they already know he wasn't. The ones trying to prove the most that he was a double agent working on their side would be the MOSSAD... and the reason for that is that... that would be the only way that they will not look like fools in the eyes of the people because they were tricked so easily and failed to discover he was actually a man simply working for Egypt. But that's just my opinion. A story to be learned from... for many.
i think Egypt is the one that needs to prove he was indeed a double agent. he was approached and recruited by mossad without any knowledge of him having any ties to the Egyptian spy. although, if he approached mossad himself it will be more questionable. the idea that he used the ''cry wolf'' method in it self is absurd. the claim ''he fed mossad a false information few times and when the time came he told them the truth but they didn't believe him'' sounds stupid in it self. if mossad are in the dark about the attack, asharaf disclosing this truth only helps israel regardless if they believe him or not. trust me, he was a traitor.
@@animalworld5296 I forgot about this comment ))... ohh to be honest... as ugly as this world of politics and "secret services" is.. is hard to know who is the good, who is the bad and who is the ugly )). Is so much dirt in this world... that sometimes the good guys are seen as bad and the other way around. All the things that look nice on the surface... may be black on the other side.
this is so good
Interesting documentary. Very dangerous Spy game with a shorter life span. The retired senior ranking spies are so well disciplined. Very interesting contrast to the 007 type of spy. I agree with other comments here Ronnie knew exactly what would happen by exposing the double agent. He was also very greedy by selling a top story at an expense of a man's life. He's lucky to be alive. As for the spy anyone, could have done it for all we know or he jumped trying to escape the intruders.
Remarkable documentary!
This was AWWWWEEEEEESSSSSOOOOMMMMEEEE!
This Is Great Documentary To Watch
I loved this it was excellent, Dr. Ahron Bregman should have kept his big mouth shut and just maybe this guy would be alive today.
Super docu!
Just watched the Netflix movie "The Angel" about this man. Great movie. Extremely interesting and at the same time entertaining as well. Wishes for peace to both the Arabs and the Israeli's.
Really enjoyed with excitement
Ronnie should definitely be given a long sentence
for overfeeding his fish like that.
Found this documentary very interesting and informative. More than 50 years have passed and the Egyptian government has yet to say anything…well.
Great doco, thank you.
Dr Bregman ....what an arrogant individual he is...
good job
After watching this twice,fantastic documentary by the way,im of the opinion that it was definitely a fatal move to unmask this man as a spy,double agent or whatever he was,in my opinion it probably was his death sentence,to mudy his name under such circumstances was inevitable to create hysteria on his name,either way rip Mr Marwah you wore them shades 😎 like a boss,cheers for the video it was very engrossing.
Amuricans are product of incest.
👏 🙌 hats off for you guys. V gd work.
Bregman what a weasel, snide and devious. Sounds like from my reading on this topic the Egyptians found it better to pretend he was a dbl agent rather than admit the leak from high up in the Egyptian leadership he was then disposed of.
What a documentary!!
For someone like me who really ain't got a clue about this period in time, thought it was a great eye opener, even if I don't know what was true or not. .
I’m surprised they weren’t killed for knowing the super spy
As if the Egyptians could just find them in Israel
Sometimes the most boring and ordinary versions are just true
“The Angel” is the movie about him.. A great movie
quality documentary
The world's number one spy will never be known.
Very very interesting points of view. Sides seam passionate about their belive. However the truth is the ALWAYS truth no matter how passionate one might be.
The truth can be found not in the passion but in Egypt's silence. One of their highest ranking officials was a traitor. No wonder no Egyptian would speak about it
I put this damn movie on while I was stepping in to the damn shower ! Needless to say I sat in my shower “scrubless” for like 45 f’ing minutes man! Lmfao awesome doc
if he is known as a spy, was he really the greatest spy of all time? lol
Somany cool stories 😎 👌🏽
Best spy document ry
He was such a great double agent that both sides had doubts about him.
the Israeli side had no doubts about him, its one stupid journalist that knows nothing of this life and was not exposed to the intelligence he provided.
Very good documentaries watching frm kenya
One of the rare events were People pay with their lives ! What's to be said for the soldiers who may have lost their lives ?
I was writing a book for History and i said the names that where players i war conflicts.Thats a recept for dissaster,nice movie..!
why is there so many personal footage of Bergman and his family?
Thanks for whoever might be able to answer
Honestly I wondered the same thing. It adds zero to the documentary EXCEPT TO give cover to Bergman, making him seem to be a better journalist & more human than he is. That and the fact that he tries so hard to make himself out to be friends with the spy he burned make me not believe his work is justified. He used 1 source, the man who was blamed for failure as his source of truth??? No...not acceptable, he deserves all the blame here!
@4:20 " was i responsible, i was the one who unmasked him to the world"..err yea that might just have had something to do with it.
After much research by myself, I am unable to put the finger on who actually killed him. However, everything emphatically points to the author who exposed him in his book, as definitely, being the one who cocked the hammer of the gun.
If there is a window incident involved,it must be Russia!😂
To understand this Documentary. I need to start from the beginning. I've been watching about all the bombing in Israel. Just sad. 😔 . I hope peace for all.
oh sweet is this Captain Alex's documentary?
Is there a story about Eli Cohen, here on TH-cam?
Dr.Ahron the author is the Double agents 😉
The difference of few hours....on an announced war ...can make you a winner or looser?
32:06 Based on information/analysis from the wife, about the fallen of ashraf from higher floor, journalist felt it difficult to believe it was just accident.😉
He was a ..Skrrt-skrrt-in...
Infact double agent 👌
Had Marwan been a double agent, as Bergman claims, why was Israeli military intelligence so successful during this critical period? Why was the 1973 war won, and won so handily that the IDF was shelling outskirts of Damascus while in the south, they completely encircled the 3rd Egyptian army and were within a 100Km of Cairo? Yom Kippur war was an utter disaster for the Egyptians & Syrians, thus _if_ Marwan was such an important asset to them, he either did not help or couldn't. I just don't buy the narrative of him being an effective double agent, and warning of war within hours of war actually starting makes little sense.
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Also, to be clear, Ronnie describes a phone conversation with Marwan wherein A. Marwan supposedly complains of Mossad: "why are they doing this to me? " [ th-cam.com/video/X1ty7CGNhjs/w-d-xo.html ] This question, and the presumption that Mossad's action's were somehow undeserved, would imply that he felt they owed him something. It makes sense if he felt he was working in the interest of the Israeli state, but had he been a double agent working against Israel, it makes none. Ronnie's conclusion does not seem to hold water, although the story is interesting.
Are you a bit slow mentally?
His primary job was for the Egyptian SS, and was a double agent for Israel and Mossad. That's why Israel was successful etc etc?
Why can't you understand that?
Fascinating documentary.
Could suicide just be the answer, rather than murder.
Has for Ronnie, it is surprising that with him naming a living man has a double agent (and those powerful heads of state and secret organizations surrounding this apparent double agent, its surprising that Ronnie hasn't gone incognito himself.
"You've been burned."
-Michael Weston....🤬🤬🤬🤦♂️
In my view he was indeed a double agent. I can understand him resenting Nasser but why did he have to approach the Israelis after Nasser’s death? The fact that he was close to Sadat is also very revealing because it fits in with how Sadat managed to deceive the Israelis about his war intentions. The final piece of the puzzle for me is this: if he was such a good spy for Israel, why did he not tell them about the Sagger missiles and the SAM 6 missiles that took such a huge toll on Israeli tanks and planes during the Yom Kippur war?
One more twist in most twisted story....... 🥴
Yes you are right !
Excellent point!
this guy was a player he pushed the envelope of hs destiny and influenced history
What's the name of that thing where people will read a "news" source articles believing it to be true and thinking that they are being informed, then they come across an article that relates to their specific area of knowledge and they realise it's all wrong and has no basis in reality, then they go back to reading things from the same source as if the rest is factual? ...
Shush, please? Stop writing nonsense and wasting time.
@@leemcr1894 I'm sorry you are too void of intellect to understand my comment and feel the need to tell me to keep quiet so as not to offend your delicate sensibilities.
How about you stop reading things you don't like?
6:06
Rare footage of Rose Mary Woods
They knew exactly who killed him
So did bregmann bump him off to protect himself and his family??
In the next installment, Bergman examines this scenario
The Egyptians clearly have too much pride to admit to being crossed.. this is my personal opinion, because if the Isreal army had taken action & prepared for the attack, the two hour difference wouldn’t have made a difference because Israel would have prepared following the warning & they’d have conquered.
I don’t think you’d tell someone you feared your life was in danger and then commit suicide the next day. I believe he was murdered. By whom, though? I don’t know.
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Wow Bergman is the master of playing all sides against the middle. He should have been the head of Mossad
The only thing this bregman guy admitted to, indirectly, that he destroyed the lives of two people and one ended up being killed because of his stupidity.
After all that wouldn't Ronnies phone be under surveillance?
Was this story also covered in a Netflix doc called "Wormwood"? If not everyone in this comment section needs to watch it asap. Total mindf*ck!
Wormwood is about an American CIA agent who was also thrown from a NYC window and classified it as a suicide. That series is about the cold war. Wormwood came out a few months ago.
"The Angel" on Netflix is about Ashraf Marwan. It came out in 2018.
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Thank you
Most important information in the entire documentary 1:32:26...
Never heard of him!
Then you weren't paying attention. All these names were BIG NEWS in the 80s and 90s. But you were busy doing 'whatever'
@@lorrainearmstrong7587 Yea thats right Lorraine, I was overseas In the US NAVY serving my country most of the time
Boom
I cannot understand Ashaf Warwan's motive for betraying Egypt for Israel. I don't think resenting his father-in-law would have been sufficient motive for treason. Was his hatred that intense? Was taking such a risk worth the money? He already had an important official position as assistant to Sadat before he was thirty years old.
Money is always a great motivator.
He didn't respect Sadat either. The guy was all about himself.
@Me, Myself and I
And some of us answered the questions, because we are familiar with the facts here.
@@jimwerther I think he wanted to get more findings personally and when he had a meeting with the MOSSAD of his decision of joining he did so in Learning and he must have seen the true owners of Sinai might be the Israelites and Yes he made a decision personally because he knows what happens in the Egyptian government and thinks the Egyptians were wrong and so he played the role of a double agent but personally in favor of the Israel, Saddat was smarter by changing the time he discussed with Marwan, but he’s dedication to israel he still notified them, personally from my point of view and observation he was murdered by the Egyptians for fear of the unknown
@@jimwerther hold on he resents Sadat because hes all about himself then he goes an betrays his country for money because of that? Doesn’t make much sense either
R.I.P Dr Marwan.
Ronnie you'd better did it with your barehand, you killed the living spu
Four Hours or whatever but the plan to attack have been revealed so its the same! I don't why but felt bad for Ashraf Mawan!
what about "Michael Harari"