Germany/Switzerland-Death of Rainer Barschel 1987 in Geneva

[Carsten Wiethoff]

How many different people in black operations (South Africa, U.S. or otherwise) named or called „Dirk Stoffberg“ were there actually?
The reason to ask this question are some strange coincidences, some differences in middle initials and at least 3 different dates of death given, mostly in German msm, but also in official texts.
„You only live twice, you only die thrice!“
I definitely know of two candidates: The „real“ Stoffberg and Reiner Jacobi (disputed), alive and well in Australia. So he cannot acount for the different death dates.
I know this from here:

Southern District of Florida, Case Number 91-0220. United States of America vs. Reiner Jacobi, aka Rex Johnson, aka Rolf Gerhard Koenig, aka Reinhard Koenig, aka Dirk F. Stoffberg, aka Herbert Solomon. [emphasis added]

On the other hand

BLUE RIBBON COMMITTEE[/FONT]
SENATE OF THE PHILIPPINES[/FONT]
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SECOND ( 2ND ) AFFIDAVIT OF DAVID A CHAIKIN[/FONT]

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47. The US authorities have deliberately blackened Mr. Jacobi's name by alleging that he has used a number of aliases presumably as a means of escaping justice. In the extradition request of Mr. Jacobi, the U.S. authorities state that Mr. Jacobi's aliases include Rex Johnson, Rolf Koenig, Dirk Stoffberg and Herbert Solomon. [emphasis added]
48. I am informed by Mr. Jacobi and verily believe that he has only used aliases for legitimate purposes. For example: the name Rex Johnson was assigned to Mr. Jacobi by U.S. Customs District Director Ladage, who requested him to undertake a sensitive operation on behalf of the U.S. government. The name Rolf Koenig was assigned to Mr. Jacobi by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration for another operation.[/FONT]

49. The most dishonest claim is that Mr. Jacobi has used the aliases, Dirk Stoffberg and Herbert Solomon. The United States authorities are aware that the so-called alias Mr. Dirk Stoffberg was never used by Mr. Jacobi but that Mr. Stoffberg, a South African arms dealer, used Mr. Jacobi's name as his alias. The background to this matter is that Reiner Jacobi was requested by US Customs to carry out a sting operation against Mr. Stoffberg who was suspected of smuggling nuclear triggering devices to "rogue states", in particular Iraq. Mr. Stoffberg discovered Mr. Jacobi's role in the sting operation and in retaliation then used Mr. Jacobi's name to commit a series of crimes, including threatening a US Customs officer with violence, arms and fraud offences. On 24 April 1991 the United States authorities sought the arrest and extradition of Dirk Stoffberg (aka Reiner Jacobi, Rex Johnson, Ralph Koenig, Herbert Solomon) from Germany in relation to violations of the arms embargo to Chile. Mr. Stoffberg was eventually extradited to the United States and pled guilty to arms violations.[/FONT]

Dirk Stoffberg seems to have used the aliases Reiner Jacobi, Rex Johnson, Ralph Koenig, Herbert Solomon.
Dirk Stoffberg, of October Surprise Fame, is called Dirk Francois Stoffberg by R. Spencer Oliver. The Wall Street Journal calls him „The wonderfully-named Dirk Francois Stoffberg, a former South African Intelligence Agent turned arms dealer” (google that!).

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN AFFAIRS, [/FONT]
House of Representatives,
Washington, DC, January 10, 1992. [/FONT]
Hon Jack B. Weinstein,
U.S. District Court Judge, U.S. District Court, Eastern District of New York, Brooklyn, NY. [/FONT]
Dear Judge Weinstein:[/FONT] Mr. Dirk Francois Stoffberg has to date provided the House of Representatives Committee on Foreign Affairs with substantial assistance in an on-going investigation. It is expected that this substantial assistance will continue into the future. [/FONT]
In addition, Mr. Stoffberg has offered to have his testimony preserved by deposition. He has also agreed to testify at any open or closed Congressional hearing if and when requested to do so. Our investigation pertains to the question whether the 52 Americans taken captive in Iran were held past the election of 1980 in violation of any U.S. laws. this issue is commonly referred to as the `October Surprise.' [/FONT]
Although Mr. Stoffberg's cooperation may not lead to any criminal action, the information which he has voluntarily provided to us has already been helpful and, to some extent, has been corroborated by other evidence. I would, therefore, request that Mr. Stoffberg's cooperation be taken into consideration by you in the determination of his sentence. [/FONT]
I would be pleased to discuss the matter of Mr. Stoffberg's cooperation with you or your law clerk at any time before Mr. Stoffberg's sentencing. [/FONT]
Sincerely yours, [/FONT]
R. Spencer Oliver,
Chief Counsel. [/FONT]

On the other hand the report from the South African Truth Commission on the murder of Dulcie September lists this Person as one of three suspects:

2. Dirk K. Stoffberg, arms dealer and a SA agent, was also named as the head of the a hit squad ([/FONT]
'Z-Squad Incorporated') operating in Europe. Stoffberg always admitted to knowing details of this[/FONT]
case. He arrived in France two days before the assassination of D.S.[/FONT]

Is this the same Stoffberg?
Note: „The (secret) Truth Commission Files” (google that!) have been originally published on http://www.contrast.org . They are not longer there, but can be found in archive.org.
And I urge you to read the article on Wikipedia (of all places!) on Craig Williamson. Did anyone of the forum members write it? Read the text regarding Abramoff and the IFF.
I will expand on the different death dates (possibly just mistakes) in a later post.