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And so it goes...
Richard
Ripples of Dubai Killing Spread Across Region
Paula Hancocks, CNN, 8 Feb 2010
A shadowy figure murdered in his Dubai hotel room by a hit squad that the police say operated with European passports. It sounds like the plot of a John Le Carré spy novel, but this is reality and the hunt is on for the killers of top Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Retracing his footsteps, here's the picture that emerges: al-Mabhouh landed at Dubai International airport on the afternoon of January 19. Then, a short drive to his hotel, the al Bustan Rotana, where just hours later he would be killed.
Dubai police say he was not traveling under his real name, so the hotel staff would have been unaware he was one of the founding members of Hamas' military wing and was wanted by Israel for more than 20 years.
According to family members, he booked a room on the first floor, making sure there was no balcony and that the windows were sealed so no one could enter.
His brother in Gaza tells CNN he never ate or drank in a hotel or on a plane as he knew he was a target. Dubai police say he then left the hotel, returning around 9:30 p.m. They want to know where he was during that time and, crucially, who he met.
Dubai police refused to talk to CNN, but they told al-Mabhouh's family there were signs of five or six electric shocks on his legs, behind his ears, on his genitals and heart. Blood on a pillow led police to believe he was suffocated.
Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan, Dubai's chief of police, has told local media they are looking for a professional gang, many of whom held European passports.
It's believed they left the country even before al-Mabhouh's body was discovered. Dubai police are working closely with Interpol to track the killers and have publicly voiced surprise that such a figure within Hamas was traveling without his own security.
At al-Mabhouh's funeral in Damascus, Syria, where he spent the last years of his life, few doubted Israel was behind the assassination.
At his family home in Gaza there is the same conviction that Israel's intelligence unit, Mossad, was responsible.
His brother Farq al-Mabhouh said: "If you know the purpose of his visit to Dubai then you know the result of 90 percent of the investigation. Some in Hamas say Dubai was a stop off for a third country he was traveling to."
The brother also claims al-Mabhouh ran a textile company, in addition to his Hamas duties, and that he may have been in Dubai for that reason.
Al-Mabhouh's father, Abed al-Rauf, told CNN: "There was an attempt to kill him in Lebanon and he survived, two other attempts in Syria and he survived. Israel has been after him for the past 22 years."
His mother, Fatima agreed, saying she has been expecting him to be assassinated for years.
Israel certainly has good reason to put him on its most wanted list. Al-Mabhouh was behind the kidnapping and killing of two Israeli soldiers in 1989.
Israeli security sources tell CNN al-Mabhouh was a key link between Iran, Hezbollah and Hamas and he was involved in smuggling arms to Gaza. The same sources also point out an arms dealer could have many enemies, not just Israel.
As is its policy on security matters like these, Israel will neither confirm nor deny any involvement in al-Mabhouh's death.
Analysts point to two benefits from this policy: there can be no international repercussions if there is no admission and even if Israel is falsely accused of an assassination, it can only help Mossad's reputation of being able to hit a target wherever and whenever it chooses.
But Mossad has had its public failures. An attempt to poison Hamas leader Khaled Mashal in Jordan in 1997 led to the capture of two Mossad agents. The late King Hussein then forced Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to send the antidote to save Mashal's life and to release Hamas' spiritual leader, Sheik Yassin. A few years later, Yassin was assassinated by Israel in Gaza.
Dubai police have said Mossad could be behind this killing on their territory and has warned Hamas and Mossad to stay away. But the evidence is not compelling yet to lay official blame.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/08/dubai.gaza.death/?hpt=T2
I love stories with a happy ending!
dr. mabuse
02-11-2010, 09:54
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Dozer523
02-11-2010, 11:14
My Blink says this was done by Iran.
This was set as a friendly meeting. He was probably told to come alone, "we guarantee your safety, but we gotta talk 'bout something BIG". That explains no personal security, the bottom floor hotel and the walk to a meeting site. No mention of struggle so he was returned to the room Post Mortum. after he walked to the meet, they took him somewhere else for his "big surprise". There they questioned him with a little help from the power grid then killed him by suffocation as a reward for giving it all up. (He didn't die during the interrogation.) They returned him to the room because they wanted him found. Blood on the pillow was leakage PM.
Bottom floor at hotel has about the same level of security as the cabana by the pool. A good PLF on to grass will work from second story and bed sheets will get you down from the third, and a light climbing rope is good for about 6.
Then again maybe he was just having trouble with his electric razor and bit his tongue.
Dubai's police chief said a hit squad carrying European passports and disguised in wigs, fake beards and tennis clothes was behind the mysterious killing of a Hamas commander in his hotel room last month.
Photos of the 11 assassins. (http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100215/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_dubai_hamas_slaying)
Authorities sketched out a highly organized operation in the hours before the killing, clearly done with advance knowledge of the victim's movements, and said the killers spent less than a day in the country. Forensic tests indicated al-Mabhouh died of suffocation, but lab analyses were still under way to pinpoint other possible factors in his death.
:munchin
mojaveman
02-15-2010, 19:11
Sounds like the Mossad has been busy.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100215/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_dubai_hamas_slaying
incarcerated
02-15-2010, 20:18
Dubai's police chief said a hit squad carrying European passports....
A development:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/feb/16/hamas-leader-murder-hit-squad
Members of hit squad suspected of killing Hamas man 'had UK passports'
Adam Gabbatt and agencies in Dubai
The Guardian, Tuesday 16 February 2010
Six members of an 11-strong hit squad suspected of killing a senior Hamas military commander in Dubai entered the country using British passports, police said last night....
Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, Dubai's chief of police, said yesterday that 11 people, including one woman, were wanted over the killing. He said all suspects had European passports. In addition to the six British passport holders, three were carrying Irish passports and the two others were from France and Germany, Tamim said....
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http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150127.html
British sources: 'Irish' assassins in Dubai were likely Mossad agents
By Avi Issacharoff and Jack Khoury, Haaretz Correspondents, and Agencies
Last update - 10:59 16/02/2010
British government sources said Tuesday that the three Irish passport-holders accused of taking part in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month were most likely Mossad agents carrying false documentation, according to The Daily Telegraph....
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Video:
http://gulfnews.com/gntv/news/the-murder-of-mahmoud-al-mabhouh-1.583880
It was McEnroe, Conners, Agassi, Nastase, the mastermind may have been Roscoe Tanner.
Ten men, one woman carrying various passports behind assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai, local police say; 2 Palestinians detained in connection with killing. Assassins dressed up as tennis players, used advanced technology
http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3849602,00.html
But Ireland is denying involvement.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7250217/Dubai-Hamas-assassination-Irish-citizens-not-involved-Ireland-says.html
Some confusion of talking points in Palestine...
The Palestinian Islamist movement Hamas, which rules the Gaza Strip, has accused Israel of killing Mabhuh, 50, and vowed revenge.
Its members have said that Mabhuh, who was based in the Syrian capital, was on a visit to Dubai to buy weapons for the militant group's armed wing of which he was a founder.
Khalfan said on Tuesday that it was most likely that information about Mabhuh was "leaked" from people close to him, adding that Mahbhuh booked his hotel room just a day before his arrival on January 19.
Palestinian Authority police spokesman, General Adnan al-Dameeri, told AFP in Ramallah that Palestinian security authorities "confirmed information that two Hamas officers... were involved in the killing of Mabhuh."
On Monday Hamas official Ayman Taha told Al-Arabiya television that the pair, who were arrested in Jordan and handed over to Dubai, worked for the PA and took part in Mabhuh's assassination.
On Tuesday Taha told Al-Arabiya that Hamas "did not want to accuse anyone" apart from Israel.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jp_KZPgQHpX0I_gTcBbqgUACH5kA
The murder of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh
Footage from CCTV cameras shows a chronological timeline of the events that took place on the day that Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was assassinated.
Link (http://gulfnews.com/gntv/news/the-murder-of-mahmoud-al-mabhouh-1.583880)
incarcerated
02-20-2010, 05:11
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703787304575075261402615740.html?m od=googlenews_wsj
Israel and the Dubai Murder Mystery
The circumstantial evidence all points to the Mossad, and the result is a diplomatic nightmare for the Jewish state.
OPINION
FEBRUARY 19, 2010, 11:52 P.M. ET
By RONEN BERGMAN
Israelis woke up Wednesday morning to pictures of 11 individuals plastered on the front page of every newspaper. The familiar guessing game began immediately: Don't I know him? Didn't we serve in the same army unit? Isn't that guy my geeky neighbor, the one who says he's an accountant? An acquaintance of mine swore she had dated one of the men. "He behaved exactly like you'd expect a killer to behave," she said.
Nearly everyone believes that the 11 alleged members of the hit squad that killed Hamas leader Muhammad al-Mabhouh last week in Dubai are Mossad agents. Seven of the 11 identities used were stolen from other Israelis with dual European citizenship.
The Dubai police chief has stated "with 99% certainty" that the Mossad is responsible and has promised to reveal additional evidence to prove it. The methods—including the use of false European passports—are certainly reminiscent of previous Mossad operations.
The mission was technically successful. The target was eliminated—allegedly smothered by a pillow in his hotel room—and the operatives left the country within hours. But it has turned into a diplomatic nightmare for Israel. The sovereignty of Dubai was violated, and the passports of four European countries were used for the purpose of committing a crime. Several rows Israel can ill-afford are currently brewing with England, Germany and France.
Israel, assuming it was behind the assassination, had good reason to want Mabhouh permanently out of the picture. He rose to infamy in 1987 by abducting and killing two Israeli soldiers. He then went on to become a central figure in Hamas's fund-raising operations.
Later, Mabhouh became a key coordinator of Hamas-Iran cooperation. In this capacity he organized the shipment of weaponry and other sophisticated equipment to Gaza and arranged for Hamas fighters to be trained by the Revolutionary Guards at a facility outside of Tehran. It was in connection with his Iran operations that he was in Dubai last week.
But even so, did Mabhouh constitute an immediate threat? Was eliminating him worth violating international law and risking the ire of so many states at a time when the international community seems to have finally gotten serious on Iran?
No country that faces the threat of foreign terrorism on the scale that Israel does can afford to entirely renounce the use of targeted assassinations, despite the ethical and legal problems that such executions raise. But such acts need to be extremely rare. In the case of Israel, such operations require the explicit approval of the prime minister, and they are authorized only after the political risks are carefully weighed. In the case of Dubai, it seems that this did not occur. Either the risks were not explained to Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, or he made a serious miscalculation.
True, the details released by the Dubai police do not prove unequivocally that the people in the photos and surveillance videos were the ones who killed Mabhouh. There is no evidence directly linking them with the actual killing, nor with any crime beyond traveling under identities stolen from Israel dual-citizens who were nowhere near Dubai at the time. But the circumstantial evidence is strong: A group of 12—the 11 pictured and an additional unnamed women—acted in a highly coordinated and effective manner.
But the real, and so far unappreciated, achievement in this affair belongs to the Dubai police, who were able to integrate all the evidence at their disposal into one clear picture and do so with remarkable speed.
Whoever sent the hit squad to Dubai was not aware that the police and security services had such advanced capabilities at the ready. The investigators managed to put together still and video shots taken in seven different locations and place them on a single timeline together with the cellphone records of the individuals in the footage. Doing this requires sharp analysis and advanced computer skills, and computerized intelligence systems able to cross check information from various sources.
How did the Dubai police manage all this? Did they have help? For now, it remains a mystery. But in any case, misjudging the ability of the Dubai authorities so spectacularly is evidence of a serious intelligence failure on the part of the organization that sent out the squad.
The use of British passports is another issue that requires explanation. Back in 1984, a courier for a secret Israeli agency (not the Mossad) left a briefcase containing counterfeit British passports in a phone booth in Germany. The blunder tipped of the British authorities to the fact that Israel had been running agents inside a Palestinian cell responsible for killing a British citizen.
The Mossad station in London was closed down, and relations between the two countries went into deep freeze. Since then, the Israeli intelligence community has been under orders not to do anything that could upset the Brits. If Israel was involved in the Dubai operation, someone must have decided to countermand that order.
The most interesting question from the Dubai debacle is whether it will permanently affect the way operations of this nature are carried out by secret services around world. In a sense, this past week was the end of an era in undercover operations: It is no longer possible to carry out assassinations without leaving a trace.
The Dubai hit squad chose to carry out their mission in a hotel room, no doubt because they believed the setting provided them with the greatest degree of protection. But technology has turned hotels into centers of electronic surveillance, and it is safe to assume that in the future terrorists will regard the comfort of top-of-the-line hotels as safe havens. Those who hunt terrorists may be forced to practice their trade in the street, inevitably putting civilians at greater risk.
In addition to closed circuit TV systems and the ability to track cellphone and computer users, advanced biometric identification systems and online coordination across borders are becoming more and more widespread. Soon it will be much easier to identify and detain suspects in public places such as airports in real time. The technology isn't quite there yet, but it is close. Many casinos in the United States already use facial recognition software to identify undesirables, apparently with a fair degree of success.
These advancements should be welcomed; they make the war on terror a lot more efficient. The problem is that the same technological tools we use to thwart terrorists can also be used against the people whose job it is to stop them.
Mr. Bergman, senior military and intelligence analyst for Yedioth Ahronoth, an Israeli daily, is the author of the "The Secret War With Iran" (Free Press, 2008).
Sounds like a movie - Munich 2: The Dubai Sanction.
A thought - it sometimes pays to advertise. ;)
Richard's $.02 :munchin
DJ Urbanovsky
02-20-2010, 12:09
A murdering terrorist douchebag got himself murdered? I fail to see what all the hubbub is about.
The completeness of the information on this and the speed in which it was compiled seems kinda fishy to me.
Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned here? Like maybe don't be a murdering terrorist douchebag?
armymom1228
02-20-2010, 12:49
Perhaps there's a lesson to be learned here? Like maybe don't be a murdering terrorist douchebag?
There is a bigger diplomatic picture. Working theory is that the Mossad did it and got caught. The diplomatic problems are going to be a nightmare for Israel. The idea is to NOT get caught, and no one can lay blame on x or y. They can speculate till high heaven, but no one can prove anything. In this case there ARE videos, passport photos and now two former Gaza residents have been or are being sent to Dubai from Jordan where they were hiding to be interrogated. It is all unraveling. The bottom line here is to do your job and NOT get caught.
incarcerated
02-20-2010, 16:16
Much media and foreign gov’t consternation over forged passports…
Was senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh traveling with false documents, or was he traveling under his own name?
This strikes me as the international community’s usual anti-Israel double standard (no big deal if Hamas rockets Israeli civilians, but God forbid that Israel should mount a significant response.)
alright4u
02-20-2010, 16:32
Much media and foreign gov’t consternation over forged passports…
Was senior Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh traveling with false documents, or was he traveling under his own name?
This strikes me as the international community’s usual anti-Israel double standard (no big deal if Hamas rockets Israeli civilians, but God forbid that Israel should mount a significant response.)
Sounds like CYA.
incarcerated
02-21-2010, 02:40
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1252568/Hit-squad-electrocuted-Hamas-leader-lamp-make-death-look-like-accident.html
Hit squad electrocuted Hamas leader with lamp to make death look like an accident
By Daniel Boffey
Last updated at 12:51 AM on 21st February 2010
The hit squad behind the assassination of a Hamas commander in a Dubai hotel tried to make his death look like an accident by electrocuting him with a bedside lamp.
Police sources said the killers, who used fake British passports, tried to ‘induce the effects of a heart attack’ before smothering Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh with a pillow in his room.
It is understood that the lamp was taken apart and the wiring attached to a device that pulsed electricity into his body....
Dubai police confirmed they now believe the hit squad tried to make the Palestinian’s death seem like a heart attack.
When he was discovered by a cleaner and member of security at lunchtime the day after his murder, he was wearing only a pair of black shorts under the bed sheets.
However, a source said there were tell-tale burn marks on his chest from an electric shock.
A later post-mortem showed that he had been killed by suffocation but ‘without the need for violence’.
Earlier this week police unveiled CCTV footage of the assassins’ movements in the hours before and after Al-Mabhouh’s death.
However, a Mail on Sunday investigation can reveal further details of the audacious operation.
The 18-strong team had lain in wait for Al-Mabhouh – who was travelling under the fake name of Mahmoud Abdul Ra’ouf Mohammed – before tracking him down to Dubai’s Al Bustan Rotana hotel near the airport.
He had arrived on Emirates flight EK912 from Damascus and had used a fake passport.
The killers had planted a tracker device in his rented Toyota Land Cruiser and tailed him to his hotel.
Al-Mabhouh, 49, was followed to room 230 by two men in tennis outfits. In the few hours before his death, Al-Mabhouh made a visit to the Dubai Mall where he bought a pair of shoes.
He returned to his room at 8.24pm and his killers were in place. It is believed that he was overpowered by four men shortly afterwards when he answered the door.
A woman travelling under the Irish passport of Gail Folliard stood watch outside in the corridor.
A source told The Mail on Sunday that the Dubai police are working on the theory that the lamp to the right-hand side of Al-Mabhouh’s bed was then taken apart to provide live wiring which was attached to an unknown device.
However, the source added that because CCTV footage showed the agents were there for just 22 minutes, the investigators believed the electric current was not used to torture him.
Initial autopsy results show that Al-Mabhouh’s cause of death was by suffocation with a pillow or another soft object.
The source added: ‘Within 25 minutes of the discovery of the body, the hotel notified the police. The first attendees were six officers and then a whole team came within 40 minutes. The number reached 15.
‘He was on the bed on his back covered with the bed sheets up to his neck, wearing black shorts.
‘Pillows were in place and the room appeared normal with curtains closed. Signs of movement to the lamp’s wiring was only later discovered. We believe the papers he was carrying were copied.’
As they left, the killers mysteriously managed to put the latch and chain on the inside of the door.
But investigations by The Mail on Sunday show that the proportions of the hotel room make that a simple process for a woman with slender arms....
As they left, the killers mysteriously managed to put the latch and chain on the inside of the door.
But investigations by The Mail on Sunday show that the proportions of the hotel room make that a simple process for a woman with slender arms....
Say what!
Mail on Sunday taking the phrase Media Circus a bit too literally by adding magic to their repertoire :rolleyes:
The Reaper
02-21-2010, 09:04
Where is the outrage over his fake passport, and where did it come from?
TR
Basenshukai
02-21-2010, 10:01
Where is the outrage over his fake passport, and where did it come from?
TR
Oddly, I have not read that anywhere. I agree with you, if this is the case, why isn't anyone concerned over this?
I read somewhere during the week that real identities, from people that had nothing to do with the operation (regular citizens), was used by the operators for their passports for this action. If this is true, it is absolutely wrong on so many levels. I cannot image the outrage I would feel - as a regular citizen - if my identity was used to conduct an operation elsewhere and in this high visibility fashion. I really hope it is not true - maybe it's media propaganda or misinformation (intended, or otherwise).
incarcerated
02-23-2010, 05:42
http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5iqW587WjdIW8-85TrwqjCGh-tKuw
Dubai murder an 'Israeli act of terror': Iran
(AFP) – 4 hours ago
TEHRAN — The murder in Dubai of top Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabhuh last month was an act of Israeli "state terrorism," the Jewish state's arch-foe Iran said on Tuesday.
"The Dubai assassination is an act of state terrorism on the part of Israel," foreign ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast said in a report by state-run Press TV.
"Israel's existence is itself based on terrorist activities," Mehmanparast said at his weekly news conference, according to the channel which translated his comments into English....
:boohoo
incarcerated
02-23-2010, 22:31
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1151941.html
Haaretz exclusive: Hamas founder's son worked for Shin Bet for years
Last update - 04:19 24/02/2010
By Avi Issacharoff
The son of a leading Hamas figure, who famously converted to Christianity, served for over a decade as the Shin Bet security service's most valuable source in the militant organization's leadership, Haaretz has learned.
Mosab Hassan Yousef is the son of Sheikh Hassan Yousef, a Hamas founder and one of its leaders in the West Bank. The intelligence he supplied Israel led to the exposure of a number of terrorist cells, and to the prevention of dozens of suicide bombings and assassination attempts on Israeli figures.
The exclusive story will appear in this Friday's Haaretz Magazine, and Yousef's memoir, "Son of Hamas" (written with Ron Brackin) will be released next week in the United States. Yousef, 32, became a devout Christian 10 years ago and now lives in California after fleeing the West Bank in 2007 and going public with his conversion.
Yousef was considered the Shin Bet's most reliable source in the Hamas leadership, earning himself the nickname "the Green Prince" - using the color of the Islamist group's flag, and "prince" because of his pedigree as the son of one of the movement's founders.
During the second intifada, intelligence Yousef supplied led to the arrests of a number of high-ranking Palestinian figures responsible for planning deadly suicide bombings. These included Ibrahim Hamid (a Hamas military commander in the West Bank, Marwan Barghouti (founder of the Fatah-linked Tanzim militia) and Abdullah Barghouti (a Hamas bomb-maker with no close relation to the Fatah figure). Yousef was also responsible for thwarting Israel's plan to assassinate his father.
"I wish I were in Gaza now," Yousef said by phone from California, "I would put on an army uniform and join Israel's special forces in order to liberate Gilad Shalit. If I were there, I could help. We wasted so many years with investigations and arrests to capture the very terrorists that they now want to release in return for Shalit. That must not be done."
The story of Yousef's spiritual transformation appeared in Haaretz Magazine in August 2008. Only now, however, is Yousef exposing the secret he kept since 1996, when he was first held by Shin Bet agents seeking to enlist him in infiltrating the upper echelon of Hamas.
Their efforts proved successful, and Yousef was released from prison in 1997. His former handler, who no longer serves with the security service, says Yousef collaborated with Israel because he wanted to save lives.
"So many people owe him their life and don't even know it," said the handler, named in Yousef's book as Captain Loai. "People who did a lot less were awarded the Israel Security Prize. He certainly deserves it."
Loai makes no secret of his admiration for his former source. "The amazing thing is that none of his actions were done for money," he says. "He did things he believed in. He wanted to save lives. His grasp of intelligence matters was just as good as ours - the ideas, the insights. One insight of his was worth 1,000 hours of thought by top experts."
Loai recalled one time when the Shin Bet received information that a suicide bomber was going to be picked up at Manara Square in Ramallah and be given an explosives belt.
"We didn't know his name or what he looked like - only that he was in his 20s and would be wearing a red shirt," he said. "We sent the Green Prince to the square and with his acute sense, he located the target within minutes. He saw who picked him up, followed the car and made it possible for us to arrest the suicide bomber and the man who was supposed to give him the belt. So another attack was thwarted, though no one knows about it. No one opens Champagne bottles or bursts into song and dance. This was an almost daily thing for the Prince. He displayed courage, had sharp antennae and an ability to cope with danger. We knew he was one of those who in any situation - rain, snow, summer - give their all."
With his memoir, Yousef hopes to send a message of peace to Israelis. Still, he admits he is pessimistic over the prospect of Israel signing a peace agreement with the Fatah-led Palestinian Authority, let alone Hamas.
"Hamas cannot make peace with the Israelis. That is against what their God tells them. It is impossible to make peace with infidels, only a cease-fire, and no one knows that better than I. The Hamas leadership is responsible for the killing of Palestinians, not Israelis," he said. "Palestinians! They do not hesitate to massacre people in a mosque or to throw people from the 15th or 17th floor of a building, as they did during the coup in Gaza. The Israelis would never do such things. I tell you with certainty that the Israelis care about the Palestinians far more than the Hamas or Fatah leadership does."
Dozer523
02-23-2010, 23:29
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1252568/Hit-squad-electrocuted-Hamas-leader-lamp-make-death-look-like-accident.html
Hit squad electrocuted Hamas leader with lamp to make death look like an accident.
Leave it to the Israelis. They can be counted on for sloppy work. I'm stickin' with post #4:munchin
Dubai police have named a further six Britons whose cloned passports were used in the killing of a top Hamas agent last month, as they raised the number of those involved in the assassination to 26.
And so it goes...
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Dubai Hamas Assassination: 12 Suspects Carried British Passports
Richard Spencer, The Telegraph, 24 Fev 2010
An emailed police statement said an additional 15 people using western passports were thought to have played a role in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a leading arms buyer for Hamas.
As well as the six using British passports, three had French passports, three Irish and three Australian. Five of the 15 were women.
The passport photographs were revealed on a film released by the police which also showed clips of closed circuit television footage of the assassination squad in action.
Mr Mabhouh was electrocuted and then smothered with a pillow while staying at the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel near Dubai Airport on January 19. Police said he was stopping over on his way from his base in Damascus, Syria, to China.
Eleven of those responsible were identified last week, including one woman.
But the names and passport numbers given turned out in all but one case to have been copied from genuine passports held by people not involved, including six Britons with dual Israeli nationality.
Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency, has been widely blamed for the killing, including by the head of Dubai police, Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan Tamim.
Britain, France, Ireland and Germany have already called in Israeli ambassadors, angered by the use of their nationals’ passports in the operation. In the one German case, a valid passport was acquired on behalf of an Israeli citizen and then altered.
Police said the passports in the new cases were also fraudulent. “Friendly nations who have been assisting in this investigation have indicated to the police in Dubai that the passports were issued in an illegal and fraudulent manner,” the statement said.
A Foreign Office spokesman said: “We believe that passport details were fraudulently used as in the previous cases. We are seeking to contact these other six as we did before to offer consular assistance.”
The six were named as Daniel Marc Schnur, Gabriella Barney, Roy Allan Cannon, Stephen Keith Drake, Mark Sklur and Philip Carr.
It is not yet known whether any or all of them are also Israeli nationals.
The Irish passports were in the names of Ivy Brinton, Anna Shuana Clasby and Chester Halvey, the French passports David Bernard LaPierre, Melenie Heard and Eric Rassineux, and the Australian passports Bruce Joshua Daniel, Nicole Sandra Mccabe and Adam Korman.
The new revelations add a further air of mystery to the case. As well as the 26 people being sought by the police, two Palestinians suspected of being agents within either Hamas or the Palestinian Authority for Mossad are already in police custody in Dubai.
A further Palestinian, said to be a senior Hamas operative, has been taken into custody in Syria.
Police said that two of the suspects, both using Australian passports, fled by boat to Iran, despite that country’s well-known backing for Hamas.
It is currently extremely difficult for western nationals to obtain visas for Iran.
Relations between Dubai and Iran, which have been close for more than a century, have deteriorated in recent years as the emirate has bowed to pressure to cut trade and banking ties in line with the United Arab Emirates’ western allies.
Iran on Tuesday pointed to the “scandal” that the city had been used for transit by a terrorist leader it captured on board a plane flying over its territory from Dubai to Kyrgyzstan.
Abdol Malek Rigi, a Sunni militant Iran says was backed by the CIA, was taken off a civilian airliner forced to land in the Iranian city of Bandar Abbas by a military plane.
Others in the new group of 15 left Dubai for Hong Kong, and a number of European countries.
Fourteen of the 26 involved in the assassination used credit cards issued by the same American bank, Metabank, to book flights and hotel rooms, police said.
“The new list of suspects includes people who offered prior logistical support and preparations to facilitate the crime, and others who played a central role,” they added.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7309190/Dubai-Hamas-assassination-12-suspects-carried-British-passports.html
Leave it to the Israelis. They can be counted on for sloppy work. I'm stickin' with post #4:munchin
I agree with Dozer's theory on the Iranians. It's a contrarian view, but so what. There's so much subterfuge and double gaming on a typical day in the ME it's hard to keep track.
The Israelis could have been purposely sloppy trying to get some to think it was the Iranians framing them. Or maybe it was the Iranians trying to inflame the Europeans and drive a wedge on the nuclear issue.
The speed at which the Dubai police put together the CCTV documentary is fishy.
If it was Mossad, they should get out more often.
:D
DJ Urbanovsky
02-25-2010, 13:11
Frame job by the Iranians? Possibility.
Trying to tarnish the image of Israel in the eyes of the world to make whatever action they want to pursue seem more justifiable...
"Look at us. We're not the bad guys, the Israelis are the bad guys! Just look what they did in Dubai!"
It certainly seems to me that Iran has been doing a lot of saber rattling lately, that's for sure.
Where is the outrage over his fake passport, and where did it come from?
TR
Iran (http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/opinion/westview/assassination-shows-skilful-planning-85024967.html) - Mabhouh was in Dubai on a forged Iraqi passport under a false name, courtesy of the IRGC. He was on his way to Sudan to broker another Iranian arms shipment to Hamas.
Poor Hamas man. Not very lucky that he happened to be in Dubai the same time that Mossad held their annual dinner and dance reunion for all their British and Irish based agents.
Reeks of Arab vendetta. Blame the Jews. Dubai cops are running an Iranian side show.
:boohoo
Irish_Army01
02-26-2010, 08:11
Suspicious package at Dublin Israeli embassy
Friday, 26 February 2010 13:04
The Israeli Embassy in Dublin has been sealed-off following the discovery of a suspicious package.
An Explosive Ordnance Disposal team is at the embassy.
Gardaí were notified at 11.45am this morning.
There have been no evacuations, but Pembroke Road is closed between the junctions of Raglan Rd, Merrion Rd and Northumberland Rd.
Motorists can only turn left from Raglan Rd onto Pembroke Rd.
The number 18 Dublin Bus service has been diverted.
http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0226/israelembassy.html
Here's the video footage. Its kind of long but interesting.
http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=8fd_1266461202
V/r, suggest it has more to do with business than politics.
http://www.professionalsoldiers.com/forums/showthread.php?p=317529#post317529
The arguments re: IRG involvement sure appear to be the best gaggle of usual suspects.
incarcerated
02-27-2010, 00:20
....Fourteen of the 26 involved in the assassination used credit cards issued by the same American bank, Metabank, to book flights and hotel rooms, police said....
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703940704575089482737791118.html?m od=WSJ_hpp_MIDDLENexttoWhatsNewsTop
....Meta Financial is a Nasdaq-listed thrift holding company for MetaBank and Meta Trust Co. Along with taking deposits and making loans, its Web site also details an electronic payment-system division.
Payoneer was founded in 2005. It is a closely held company, based in New York but with offices outside Tel Aviv. The company has been seeded by several high-tech venture capital funds, including American and Israeli investors, according to the company's Web site.
The company's chief executive, Yuval Tal, described himself as a former Israeli special forces solider in an appearance as a commentator on Fox News during the 2006 Lebanon war.
Mr. Tal, reached by phone Thursday evening, said the company was "very surprised" to be mentioned in the Dubai police report. He said the company is getting all of its information through news reports, and is working with MetaBank to gather more information about the transactions. He declined to comment about his experience in the Israeli military.
On its Web site, the company says it only serves customers that "operate legitimate and transparent businesses" and complies with all online payment regulations....
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http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20100225_uae_credit_card_links_almabhouh_assassina tion
UAE: Credit Card Links to the al-Mabhouh Assassination
February 25, 2010 | 2219 GMT
Two U.S.-based companies issued the credit cards used by operatives in the assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, police in Dubai announced Jan. 24. Payoneer, a New York-based company with operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, that issues pre-paid credit cards to companies for use instead of paychecks or bank transfers reportedly provided the pre-paid cards used to buy plane tickets and hotel rooms for the operatives. All of Payoneer’s credit cards are issued through Metabank, based in the U.S. state of Iowa.
An examination of Payoneer’s operations reveals interesting links with Israel. Payoneer CEO Yuval Tal is a former member of the Israel Defense Forces’ special operations forces. He is also the main financial operator for Taglit Birthright trips, which provides free trips to Israel for young Jews. Payoneer receives its venture capital from Carmel Ventures, based in Herzliya, Israel; Greylock Partners, which has Israeli partners including Moshe Mor, a former captain in Israeli military intelligence; and Crossbar Capital, whose founder formerly ran a venture capital firm out of Israel.
For its part, Metabank has a history of financial and regulatory trouble. Its new credit card service, Metapay, has been its main source of revenue. Those so inclined could easily manipulate the ability to register for credit cards online.
While these links do not conclusively prove that Payoneer is involved in supporting the operations of Israeli intelligence organizations, the links are certainly interesting — and undeniable.
Two U.S.-based companies issued the credit cards used by operatives in the assassination of Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, police in Dubai announced Jan. 24. Payoneer, a New York-based company with operations in Tel Aviv, Israel, that issues pre-paid credit cards to companies for use instead of paychecks or bank transfers reportedly provided the pre-paid cards used to buy plane tickets and hotel rooms for the operatives. All of Payoneer’s credit cards are issued through Metabank, based in the U.S. state of Iowa.
An examination of Payoneer’s operations reveals interesting links with Israel. Payoneer CEO Yuval Tal is a former member of the Israel Defense Forces’ special operations forces.
This does not conclude anything. Tel Aviv is the startup capital of the world. There are countless websites operating out of Tel Aviv, providing services to customers from every corner of the globe, including the Middle East. Dubai and Iran (yep) being no exception! Plus, the fact that Yuval Tal is former IDF SF isn't especially telling, since full-on military service is compulsory for all citizens and just about every Israeli CEO has been in some special branch or other. So if the deposits were made into Metabank with the same 'fake' passports used for ID it still could have been anybody.
:munchin
incarcerated
02-28-2010, 01:41
This does not conclude anything....
That is correct.
No one here is drawing any conclusions.
That is correct.
No one here is drawing any conclusions.
True, that's why I like it here! ;)
Dubai police said on Friday they have DNA proof of the identity of one of the killers of a senior Hamas leader in the emirate last month, according to an AFP newswire report.
Neeraj Gangal, UAE Arabian Business, 27 Feb 2010
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/582444-dubai-police-have-dna-proof-of-hamas-mans-killer---report
And so it goes...
Richard
incarcerated
02-28-2010, 12:17
Dubai police said on Friday they have DNA proof of the identity of one of the killers of a senior Hamas leader in the emirate last month, according to an AFP newswire report.
Neeraj Gangal, UAE Arabian Business, 27 Feb 2010
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/582444-dubai-police-have-dna-proof-of-hamas-mans-killer---report
Eastern standards of journalism:
From the UAE Arabian Business article:
Dubai police have DNA proof of Hamas man's killer - report
Dubai police said on Friday they have DNA proof of the identity of one of the killers of a senior Hamas leader in the emirate last month, according to an AFP newswire report….
"We have DNA evidence ... from the crime scene. The DNA of the criminals is there," police chief Dhahi Khalfan said on the Arab satellite television Al-Arabiya.
He said police had "categorical DNA proof on one of the assassins" and fingerprint evidence from several other suspects, providing "100 percent" proof of their identities, AFP added….
Two Palestinians suspected of providing logistical support were in detention and Dubai's police chief has said he believes the operation could not have been carried out without information from inside Hamas on Mabhouh's travel details.
It’s one thing to have DNA, and another to have a match. That is very doubtful.
From the Opinion section of The Jordan Times, and the News section of The Teheran Times, where the jury has spoken:
http://www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=215056
http://www.jordantimes.com/index.php?news=24295
Israel’s path of self-destruction
February 28, 2010
By Hasan Abu Nimah
The assassination of Hamas official Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai almost certainly by a death squad dispatched by Israel's Mossad, is by no means the first such aggression against the sovereignty of another state. While Israel has literally gotten away with murder thousands of times, was this one killing too far?
Israel has a long, bloody history of murder, sabotage and outright terrorism all over Europe, in Beirut, Tunis, Amman, Damascus and now Dubai. And that is just what we know about. All of this is allegedly in “self-defense” against “terrorism” even though the Zionist movement in Palestine invented the sort of modern terrorism for which the Middle East became known….
Mossad, the Israeli intelligence and international murder agency, has a long history of using fake and stolen passports of countries including Canada, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, Ireland and Germany….
incarcerated
02-28-2010, 15:35
http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1152834.html
Report: Hamas chief survived two earlier assassination attempts
By Haaretz Service and Reuters
Last update - 22:39 28/02/2010
Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was killed last month in a Dubai hotel, faced two previous assassination attempts in recent years, Hamas officials said, according to a report Sunday on Channel 2 news.
Mabhouh was poisoned last year and, previously, was the target of a shooting in Lebanon, Abu Dhabi-based newspaper the National reported on Friday.
Mabhouh was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on January 20 in what police say they are almost certain was a hit by Israel's Mossad spy agency.
The National report said Mabhouh was half-conscious when he was admitted to hospital last May and was treated for dizziness, but had no fever. X-rays showed Mabhouh had a lung infection and was treated with antibiotics. He was released on May 10.
"We always lived with the possibility that Mabhouh could be killed at any time due to the sensitivity of his job," Osama Hamdan, a senior Hamas official in Lebanon and a relative of Mabhouh, told the National.
Meanwhile, Dubai police on Sunday said Mabhouh's killers drugged him before suffocating him, Dubai police said on Sunday.
The killers used a muscle relaxant to tranquillize Mabhouh before suffocating him, said deputy police chief Khamis al-Mazeina, quoted by the Dubai police website....
Israel has not denied or confirmed it played any role but Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman has said there was nothing to link Israel to the killing.
On Saturday, Dubai's chief of police called on Mossad director Meir Dagan to "be a man" and admit that Israel's espionage agency was behind the January 20 assassination.
Team Sergeant
02-28-2010, 17:18
LOL, I could just see US Special Operations personnel giving this sort of briefback,
"Sir, were' going to take 26 guys and kill this dirt-bag and..."
"WHAT, HOW MANY !@#$%@^%$^&%&#%^*%^# SPECIAL FORCES PERSONNEL DOES IT TAKE TO KILL ONE LONE DIRTBAG????? YOU GUYS ARE KIDDING ME RIGHT?"
Very sloppy work, Inspector Clouseau would have figured this one out.
TS
Dubai Hamas assassination: 12 suspects carried British passports
Dubai police have named a further six Britons whose cloned passports were used in the killing of a top Hamas agent last month, as they raised the number of those involved in the assassination to 26.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7309190/Dubai-Hamas-assassination-12-suspects-carried-British-passports.html
incarcerated
03-01-2010, 00:40
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704089904575093881279902928.html?m od=rss_Today's_Most_Popular
Two Dubai Suspects Traveled to U.S.
MIDDLE EAST NEWS
MARCH 1, 2010
By CHIP CUMMINS
DUBAI—At least two of the 26 suspects sought by Dubai police for the alleged killing of a top Hamas leader appear to have entered the U.S. shortly after his death, according to people familiar with the situation.
Records shared between international investigators show that one of the suspects entered the U.S. on Feb. 14, carrying a British passport, according to a person familiar with the situation. The other suspect, carrying an Irish passport, entered the U.S. on Jan. 21, according to this person. Senior Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's body was found in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 20.
There aren't records of either man leaving the U.S., though investigators can't be sure the two are still in the country, according to this person. Since the two were traveling with what investigators believe to be fraudulently issued passports, they may have traveled back out of the U.S. with different, bogus travel documents.
The suspected U.S. travel broadens to American shores the international manhunt triggered by Dubai's investigation into the death of Mr. Mabhouh. Dubai police have already identified two U.S. financial companies they believe issued and distributed several credit cards used by 14 of the suspects in the alleged killing.
A U.S. State Department spokesman declined to comment.
A spokesman for Interpol, which is also investigating the murder, declined to comment....
The U.A.E. government would seek the extradition of any suspects found in the U.S., said an Emirati official. If Israel was implicated, the Obama administration's relationship with that of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu could come under further strain. Washington and Israel have publicly sparred in recent months on issues related to the resumption of peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians. The Obama administration says it is continuing to work with Israel on the possible resumption of peace talks, and U.S. officials say they are "hopeful" that negotiations can resume shortly.
According to the person familiar with the matter, one of the suspects, traveling with a British passport identifying him as Roy Allan Cannon, entered the U.S. on Feb. 14. Another suspect, traveling as Irishman Evan Dennings, entered the country on Jan. 21, a day after Mr. Mabhouh's body was discovered....
Canada has its hockey - Israel has its Mossad - it seems as if a little nationalism goes a long ways for retailers wherever they set up shop.
Richard's $.02 :munchin
Israelis Rush To Join Mossad After Mahmoud al-Mabhouh Killing
Sheera Frenkel, Times, 27 Feb 2010
Would you be prepared to cross-dress? And kill a guest in an adjacent hotel room? If the answer to these questions is a resounding “yes”, and you can also act, enjoy luxury international travel with a twist and can carry off a convincing Irish or Australian accent, then the job could be yours.
The Israeli spy agency Mossad may be the target of international reproach since it allegedly killed the Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel this month, but at home emerging details of the operation have generated Mossad mania.
It has never been more popular in Israel, with stores selling out of Mossad memorabilia and its official website reporting a soaring number of visitors interested in applying to become agents. “Mossad has been restored to its glory days,” said Ilan Mizrahi, a former deputy director of the agency, which is located in the affluent beach town of Herzliya, north of Tel Aviv.
Israel has neither confirmed nor denied its involvement in Mr al-Mabhouh’s death — despite increasingly confident announcements by Dubai police that they have linked Mossad to the killing. Of the 28 suspects named, 11 share identities with Israelis who hold dual citizenship.
Governments across the world are lambasting Israel for what it considers a sloppy job done by agents who were caught on CCTV and may have left behind DNA. In Israel, the operation is being touted as a job well done. Israelis are discussing the killing with a wink, a nod, and pride in the agency, offically known as the Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations.
Opticians have reported a rise in sales of the horn-rimmed glasses in the style worn by 14 of the 26 suspects, T-shirts with Mossad logos are selling out at stores and the agency has experienced a flood of applicants.
Although no new jobs have been posted for half a year, a new statement on the Mossad website reads: “You have an opportunity to create a new reality where you can play the leading role. If you possess intelligence and sophistication, you can make a difference and fulfil a national mission. If you can engage, charm and influence people — you may have the qualities we are looking for.”
Elad, 21, had been dreaming of joining Mossad for years, but filed an application this week, the news site Ynet reported. “I ran to a computer and applied for a job,” Elad told Ynet. “I’ve always had a dream to work for the Mossad. It’s obvious why – it’s exciting, dangerous and special. Nobody really knows what people do there, and now I suddenly understand how it works. It’s cool. I hope they accept me. I think I have all the required skills.”
The Mossad website says that candidates must hold an academic degree and good command of at least two languages. Preference is given to people with experience abroad and an ability to begin work immediately.
If the reports by Dubai police are correct, the assassination and surveillance team of nearly 30 agents so far exposed would represent a sizeable number of Mossad agents who would no longer be able to engage in covert espionage.
Photographs of the alleged assassins have been published across the world and studied by a number of governments.
An inquiry by Haaretz newspaper announced this week that the photographs were doctored so that the agents could not be identified. Details such as eye colour or contours of the nose and lips were altered slightly to make it difficult for facial recognition software to identify the individuals, Haaretz said.
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7043239.ece
incarcerated
03-01-2010, 11:43
[COLOR="Orange"]Canada has its hockey - Israel has its Mossad - it seems as if a little nationalism goes a long ways for retailers wherever they set up shop.
OMG. It’s a good thing Israel didn’t medal in Curling.
:D
This is ludicrous. Like most Arab countries, Dubai doesn't recognize the right of Israel to exist. People cannot enter the country with an Israeli passport.
Dubai police chief is a sock puppet for Iranian Jew baiters.
I think all this "outing" of foreign agents in Dubai is probably a house cleaning of any Israeli known to be operating in the emirate.
From the NYT blog (http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/02/dubai-police-chief-says-he-knows-an-israeli-when-he-sees-one/?pagemode=print)
Dubai Police Chief Says He Knows an Israeli When He Sees One
Dubai’s police chief, Gen. Dahi Khalfan al-Tamim, said on Monday that the famously open city may soon block people who look or sound like Israelis from entering, no matter what passport they produce.
Until now, the police chief told a local newspaper, Dubai had allowed Israelis with dual citizenship to use a second passport to enter the emirate. That may change, though, after the police in Dubai found that 27 suspects in the assassination of a visiting Hamas official were found to have traveled on forged British, Irish, French, German and Australian passports.
The National, an Abu Dhabi newspaper, reported on Monday that Mr. Tamim “claimed the police could identify Israelis by physical features and the way they speak.”
“It is easy for us to identify [Israelis], through their face or when they speak any other language,” the police chief told the newspaper. “We used to respect them [are you kidding me?] when they would come holding European passports; we regarded them as Europeans and never treated them badly. But from now on, anyone we suspect to have a dual citizenship, they will be treated with great suspicion.”
The newspaper did not report if it asked Mr. Tamim to put his Israeli-spotting prowess to the test, but the idea that a person’s ethnic group can be identified by the way they speak has deep roots in the Middle East.
The Reaper
03-06-2010, 10:45
Does he know a terrorist he is harboring when he sees him?
TR
incarcerated
03-14-2010, 12:19
Got a live one...
http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/middle-east/Israel-Arrests-Senior-Hamas-Commander-87617222.html
Israel Arrests Senior Hamas Commander
VOA News
14 March 2010
The Israeli military says it has arrested a senior commander of the Palestinian faction Hamas after he spent more than a decade on the run.
Israeli troops and the Shin Bet security service caught Maher Uda overnight Saturday near the West Bank town of Ramallah.
Uda has been on Israel's most wanted list since the 1990s. He is considered a founding member of the Hamas military branch in the West Bank. Israel blames him for the deaths of at least 70 Israelis....
Dozer523
03-14-2010, 13:42
Dubai police said on Friday they have DNA proof of the identity of one of the killers of a senior Hamas leader in the emirate last month, according to an AFP newswire report.]And so it goes...Richard
Now quit dissing Dubai police work!
At least someone remembered the rape kit.
Now quit dissing Dubai police work!
At least someone remembered the rape kit.
Sounds as if Lieutenant al-Franqua bin-Columbo is on the job. :rolleyes:
Richard
Reports about Israeli spy planes entering Hungary follow mysterious killing of Syrian in Budapest (http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3864910,00.html)
Attila Somfalvi
Published: 03.18.10, 18:43 / Israel News
Two Israeli aircraft appearing to be spy planes flew near Budapest's international airport last week but did not land there, Hungarian media reported Thursday.
According to the reports, the planes were on a "spy mission" that may be connected to the assassination of a Syrian national in his vehicle Wednesday in the Hungarian capital.
The two Gulfstream planes, reportedly equipped with the IDF's finest intelligence means, flew through Turkey, Bulgaria, and Romania before entering Hungary's airspace, the media outlets said. The aircraft were said to leave Hungary after completing their mission, without ever landing in the country.
Responding to media questions, a spokesman for the Hungarian Defense Ministry said that the Israeli planes were on a diplomatic mission.
Meanwhile, the Hungarian Foreign Ministry said that air traffic in the country is under the jurisdiction of the local aviation authority. The Ministry refused to address questions regarding the nature of the mission that prompted the Israeli planes to arrive in Hungary.
The identity of the Syrian national assassinated in Budapest had not yet been published. Hungarian police officials said an unknown assassin shot the 52-year-old Syrian while he was driving his car. The shooter grabbed a black briefcase from the vehicle before fleeing the scene of the attack, police said.
Pick a tagline here (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0378194/taglines)
:munchin
Green Light
03-19-2010, 18:01
That may change, though, after the police in Dubai found that 27 suspects in the assassination of a visiting Hamas official were found to have traveled on forged British, Irish, French, German and Australian passports.
It's beginning to sound like "Clue (The Movie)." Where's Tim Curry when you need him?:D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Clue_screenshot_1.jpg
incarcerated
03-20-2010, 00:30
According to the reports, the planes were on a "spy mission" that may be connected to the assassination of a Syrian national in his vehicle Wednesday in the Hungarian capital.
Probably a big team of those damned Irish spys again…
:D
incarcerated
06-13-2010, 00:05
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/06/13/world/middleeast/13dubai.html'
Suspect in Killing of Hamas Official in Dubai Is Arrested
By KATRIN BENNHOLD
Published: June 12, 2010
PARIS — A man wanted in connection with the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai last January has been arrested in Poland, officials said Saturday.
German officials are seeking extradition of the man who The Associated Press said was carrying a passport bearing the name Uri Brodsky, because they think he helped a suspect in the assassination obtain a German passport, said a spokesman for the German federal prosecutor’s office, Andreas Christeleit....
incarcerated
06-13-2010, 10:42
http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=178288
Dubai doesn't want 'Mossad agent'
By BENJAMIN WEINTHAL AND JPOST STAFF.COM
06/13/2010 15:49
Dubai will not request the extradition of a suspected Mossad spy who might have played a role in the Mabhouh assassination in January, Dubai’s police chief, Lt.-Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim, said on Sunday according to a report cited by Channel 10.
"The suspect committed his crime in Germany, so it is natural that he would be prosecuted there. What is important is that he is punished, not which country punishes him," commented Tamim....