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France demands Israel explain Dubai passport affair
reuters ^ | 2/18/10 | rueters

Posted on 02/18/2010 10:16:32 AM PST by Nachum

PARIS (Reuters) - France demanded on Thursday that Israel explain how a forged French passport came to be used by assassins suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai last month.

The case has already caused diplomatic friction between Israel and European allies, with Britain urging Israel to cooperate with efforts to clear up the apparent use of faked British passports.

"We are asking for explanations from Israel's embassy in France over the circumstances of the use of a fake French passport in the assassination of a Hamas member in Dubai," the Foreign Ministry said in an electronic news briefing.

Forged British, Irish, German and French documents were used by 11 people named by the United Arab Emirates as suspects.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: demands; dubai; fatah; fatahversushamas; france; hamas; hamasversusfatah; israel; notmossad; palestinianauthority; palestinians; savemeir

1 posted on 02/18/2010 10:16:32 AM PST by Nachum
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To: Nachum
roflolololol, I'll betcha that Bibi and Meir are quakin' in their boots -- the FRENCH demand??!@!!

Now that's downright sKeeRy!!!!!!

2 posted on 02/18/2010 10:19:06 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Nachum

Say, where can we get the complete back story on this so-called “victim,” one of the founders of Hamas -— just how many deaths was he responsible for??? HUH? Why in he$$ are so many police agencies and foreign governments coming out in full force support of ANYTHING-Hamas????


3 posted on 02/18/2010 10:20:58 AM PST by hennie pennie
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To: Nachum

What if it was not Israel behind the killings? Why do the French and British assume they were involved?


4 posted on 02/18/2010 10:21:22 AM PST by rawhide
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To: Nachum
The French position...

“HOW DARE YOU use subterfuge to target the leadership of an organization that wants to kill your civilian population, women and children, by blowing them up.”

If I were Israel I would tell the French: “Yes, we faked your second rate nations passport to kill a terrorist, and then I wiped my a$$ with your precious French passport, paying special attention to the area with the flag.”

5 posted on 02/18/2010 10:21:22 AM PST by allmendream (Income is EARNED not distributed. So how could it be re-distributed?)
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To: allmendream
: “Yes, we faked your second rate nations passport to kill a terrorist, and then I wiped my a$$ with your precious French passport, paying special attention to the area with the flag.”

lol!

6 posted on 02/18/2010 10:22:09 AM PST by rawhide
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To: rawhide

Funny isn’t it that no country is concerned about the fake passport the terrorist was using and no one is yelling at Hamas?


7 posted on 02/18/2010 10:23:58 AM PST by sitkaspruce
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To: hennie pennie

He was there in Dubai to buy weapons intended for use against Israelis.

They apparently didn’t appreciate that and did something about it.

It’s been shown time and again what happens to Israel if they leave their security up to the court of world opinion.


8 posted on 02/18/2010 10:24:32 AM PST by Sax
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To: Nachum

If it was truly Israel behind this, France (and the others) ought to be saying WOW, we couldn’t have produced a better imitation ourselves.

It might be an internecine Pallie thing.


9 posted on 02/18/2010 10:26:49 AM PST by HiTech RedNeck (I am in America but not of America (per bible: am in the world but not of it))
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To: Nachum

My explanation .... “It would appear that someone saved this world a lot of trouble by dispatching a slime bag. While I personally would like to shake their hands, I am pissed that they got to him before we did.”


10 posted on 02/18/2010 10:51:49 AM PST by taxcontrol
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To: Nachum

France should explain its collaboration with Hitler in his rounding up of Jews for extermination. Next question, France, why did your forces fire on the Americans entering North Africa in WWII?


11 posted on 02/18/2010 11:04:02 AM PST by elhombrelibre (Barak Obama: Wants to run health care, auto production, and banks. Socialism is his goal.)
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To: elhombrelibre

France should explain why they gave safe harbor to the Ayatolla Khomeini for so many years. After that, they can explain why they tried to build a nuclear reactor in Iraq. When they are done with that, they can explain why hate crimes against Jews happen so often there.


12 posted on 02/18/2010 11:12:27 AM PST by Nachum (The complete Obama list at www.nachumlist.com)
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To: hennie pennie

You have to watch the French, they have those lethal pastry’s.


13 posted on 02/18/2010 11:18:14 AM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: Sax

Totally agree with that. The world just needs to mind there own business and worry about keeping there own noses clean.


14 posted on 02/18/2010 11:20:23 AM PST by MsLady (If you died tonight, where would you go? Salvation, don't leave earth without it!)
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To: MsLady

Is there anything that the Communist EU will not blame on Israel and Bush? FU Britain, France, Germany and your red-headed step child Ireland.


15 posted on 02/18/2010 12:56:16 PM PST by iopscusa (El Vaquero. (SC Lowcountry Cowboy))
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16 posted on 02/18/2010 3:46:01 PM PST by SJackson (In wine there is wisdom, In beer there is freedom, In water there is bacteria.)
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To: Nachum

Something wrong with Israeli passports?


17 posted on 02/19/2010 4:47:34 AM PST by ninonitti
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To: Nachum

“We didn’t do it.”


18 posted on 02/19/2010 4:53:04 AM PST by bert (K.E. N.P. +12 . Tax the poor. Taxes will give them a stake in society)
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To: Cincinna; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
France demanded on Thursday that Israel explain how a forged French passport came to be used by assassins suspected of killing a Hamas commander in Dubai last month... Forged British, Irish, German and French documents were used by 11 people named by the United Arab Emirates as suspects.
Had it been the Mossad, as an amusing twist, they should have used passports of "yoots" who have burned cars. ;') Thanks Nachum.
19 posted on 02/20/2010 7:39:18 AM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: ninonitti

Yeah...I don’t think they work well in Dubai.


20 posted on 02/20/2010 7:43:46 AM PST by Pharmboy (The Stone Age did not end because they ran out of stones...)
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