British threat to Israel over Dubai Hamas assassination

Telegraph ^ | 2/18/10 | Gordon Rayner, Con Coughlin and Duncan Gardham

[Nachum]

Britain will consider severing its intelligence-sharing agreement with Israel if Mossad agents are proved to have stolen the identities of British passport holders, The Daily Telegraph has learnt.

Ministers are understood to be furious that an alleged hit squad which murdered a Hamas leader in Dubai last month cloned the passports of six unsuspecting Britons, who are now living in fear of reprisals.

Israel, which has not denied involvement in the murder, had previously promised that Mossad, its secret intelligence service, would never use British passports to help its agents carry out covert operations.

[sinanju]

The story in The Telegraph was that there were no security cams in the hotel corridor and the team members were able to use sophisticated methods to silently get the card-key lock opened while another member kept watch at the elevators. It was the next day when they found the body and even longer before they decided that, considering who he was, it might not have been natural causes. He was grabbed and smothered by four assassins so there wasn’t a mark on him.

Digital cameras everywhere nowadays. Most of the footage had not yet been automatically erased. It’s a lot harder than it used to be.

[Jewbacca]

Sign up:

https://www.mossad.gov.il/Eng/recruit/Register/Explanations.aspx

[kiltie65]

In regards to your question, other than Israel who else could it have been?

Could be this bad guy got offed because he was cheating his fellow bad guys, and the bad guys set it up to kill him and make it look like the Mossad. And flagrantly used British passports to also bring a little further grief to Israel. Everyone seems to think it’s all too sloppy to be Mossad, so the next guess is some “dirty tricks” operation.

[Jewbacca]

"other than Israel who else could it have been?">



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[SJackson]

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This is the same Britain that murders terrorists in Afghanistan and Pakistan with the Great Satan. Not sure if the Brits can be blamed for our killings in Yemen.

[gogogodzilla]

It was Iran... to distract the world away from it’s nefarious nuclear activities!

[Saoirise]

I’ve been reading up and I’m starting to wonder about the Mossad connection. It really doesn’t look like their work.

I tend to agree. One of the women (British papers claim 2 women involved) openly smiles into a CCTV camera, that's either total sloppiness or ballsy bravado and doesn't sound much like Mossad. And to have a team of 11+ involved and majority captured on CCTV doesn't seem to covert. Someone is laying false blame on Mossad.

[hennie pennie]

This morning I did a search on all of nachum’s postings because there were so many funny threads that he was posting about this; finally, I was laughing so hard, I just couldn’t believe it.

[familyop]

Well, Great-t-t Brit-t-tain, don’t try to kidnap any heroic Jewish allies over here in Yankee-land, if you know what’s good for you. If you don’t, you will learn.

[familyop]

"BINGO!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2454329/posts?page=29#29"

Great post, and agreed! American volunteers for security should step up in each, their own areas, to be screened for some time (those who've already been trained in personal security--not only for buildings, and don't feel dejected if rejected...the thought that counts). Hamas is a designated terrorist organization: the enemy.

[Republic of Texas]

That will be Britain’s loss.

[Republic of Texas]

Fatah or Hamas that’s who.

[elhombrelibre]

Are you familiar with the expression moral equivalence? If not, my comment may not make sense to you. Wikipedia explains it well enough.

Also, we may have a misunderstanding because I believe people can be perfectly logical and highly immoral. Logic and ethics are not the same. A false premise, such as that all violence is the same, can lead to immoral conclusions, right?

Finally, I had little to do with what happened in East Germany, unless you mean my service during the Cold War. I always think the Fuhrer deserves the blame for the destruction of East Germany and West, but to each his own.

[SunkenCiv]

Ministers are understood to be furious that an alleged hit squad which murdered a Hamas leader in Dubai last month cloned the passports of six unsuspecting Britons, who are now living in fear of reprisals.

They should be. They're obviously guilty. Interpol should round them up and send them to Dubai for trial. ;') Thanks Nachum.

[sinsofsolarempirefan]

"Well, Great-t-t Brit-t-tain, don’t try to kidnap any heroic Jewish allies over here in Yankee-land, if you know what’s good for you. If you don’t, you will learn."

Wut? Anyway, I don't care what Israel does to Hamas asshats, as long as they don't attack British interests or endanger British lives by using forged British passports. Its not too much to ask, and it deserves an appropriate diplomatic consequence if they insist on doing it...