A Dubai Victory

commentary ^ | 2/18/10 | Noah Pollak

[Nachum]

It’s fascinating to watch the world try to turn the Dubai assassination into a debacle for Israel — all because the team members were captured on CCTV and the British and Irish authorities are making a momentary stink about the use of forged British and Irish passports.

You, the reader of this post, will be captured on CCTV a dozen times today simply going about your business. The people calling the operation “sloppy” and a “debacle” seem to actually believe that the Mossad is unaware that there are video cameras in airports and hotels today, or that the passport photos of the agents would not be revealed to the public. Really.

More important, the fact of the matter is that the team got into Dubai, rubbed out a bad guy, and got out. No drama, nobody was captured, and nobody knows the real identities of the team or where they are now. Given the extraordinary risk and complexity of the operation, that’s a win in my book. And now the Iranians, Syrians, and their terrorist clients have been given another reminder that their people aren’t safe anywhere — even in the heart of the Arab world.

[canuck_conservative]

Iran is far away, and has no easy means of reaching us, and so is basically irrelevant to Canada and New Zealand.

Sorry to speak the hard truth.

[She hits a grand slam tonight]

There is no way it took 17 Mossad members to take out 1 Hamas. Perhaps the other way around but no way.

[HiTech RedNeck]

You should more like apologize for speaking the easy lie. Iran has been trying to import Taepodong missiles.

[Rammer]

[canuck_conservative]

Exactly - for most of Western Canada, the Western US & Alaska, North Korea is a more immediate threat, since they have nukes and capable missiles, as you point out.

[HiTech RedNeck]

Iran trying to get a Taepodong spells worldwide trouble to me. If they can’t get the ‘dong then they can try to build one.

[SJackson]

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[rmlew]

O grow up. Spies use covers and Israelis can’t freely travel to the UAE.

[dervish]

“the team got into Dubai, rubbed out a bad guy, and got out. No drama, nobody was captured, and nobody knows the real identities of the team or where they are now”

exactlt

[dervish]

so I guess they’ll have to apologize again.

Did it ever occur to you that Israel may not be too happy with the UK?

http://law.rightpundits.com/?p=778 ( Pan Am bomber freed)

http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15136684 (Israeli officials threatened with arrest in UK for “war crimes”)

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/britain-punishes-israel-for-gaza-naval-bombardment-1744969.html (UK revokes licences for exports of equipment used in Saar 4.5 vessels after Gaza war)

http://www.jpost.com/International/Article.aspx?id=167969 (anti-Semitic violence at record high in UK)

with friends like these...

[dervish]

“taking out some no-name terrorist”

get your facts straight ——

“Mahmoud al-Mabhouh fit the definition used until now of a worthy target. He was not assassinated in revenge for his involvement in the killing of two IDF soldiers about 20 years ago. Rather, the hunters stalked him because of his key role in forging secret connections between Hamas and the Al-Quds force of the Revolutionary Guards in Iran. They believed he had a major role in the coordination of arms shipments from Iran to Gaza via the shores of Sudan and Egypt, and on to Sinai. His assassination was aimed at thwarting Hamas activity in this area.

Does his killing strike a harsh blow to Hamas? Definitely. It will take time to find a suitable replacement for him. Just as importantly, in the wake of his assassination the Hamas leadership is in a tizzy and is being drawn into a vortex of suspicion.”

http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1150896.html

and that’s from the left wing Israeli paper.

So the UK and France are going to block sanctions on Iran getting nukes that could reach them to stick it to Israel over some passports? lol

[SunkenCiv]

More important, the fact of the matter is that the team got into Dubai, rubbed out a bad guy, and got out. No drama, nobody was captured, and nobody knows the real identities of the team or where they are now.

Whereas everybody knows where the bad guy is now...

[Eleutheria5]

Next they need to use directional loudspeakers to make the rocks in Ghaza shout in Arabic, “A Jooo is hiding behind me. Come and kill him.” Then when one of the faithful approaches the rock, dagger in hand, set off the C4 charge. Mess with their heads enough, and maybe they’ll convert to scientology or some other religion that doesn’t exhort its adherents to murder.