Do it in Dubai!
- What happens here, stays here!
Dubai allows free passage to as terrorist, a combatant in a war against Israel, and expects the Israelis to just sit by?
Job well done by Israel. Hopefully a lesson learned by Dubai.
If I were one of the bad guys, this hit would scare the crap out of me. This team goes into Dubai, knocks off a high ranking Hamas guy, and gets away with it. I would be shaking in my boots.
Sometimes the openess of a ‘covert’ action is meant to send a measure. I believe the measure has been sent the only question is will the intended receive it????
Its a war. To win, heads must roll. I have no problem with the covert assassination of terrorist leaders.
It is a bit of a problem that it wasn’t covert enough — when covert actions become open, it can cause political and diplomatic problems. But, still, its better to mop up a diplomatic SNAFU than to have one more terrorist walking the earth.
I’m sure the agents that were involved have been getting a lesson on what “covert” means, or at least an earful from superiors, ever since.
SnakeDoc
Why is fraudulently using another country’s passport a minor matter?
What if roles were reversed, and another country’s hit squad used forged Israeli passports? Don’t you think Israel would be screaming about that?
Israel pulled this same crap with forged Canadian passports a few years ago, and were forced to publicly apologize for it - apparently they didn’t think it was minor.
Everyone in the world who counts respects competence. This was done very competently. It sends a powerful message. It is only assumed that Israel did it. It cannot be proved.
This operation had to have plenty of detailed planning based on solid intel - Hammas has to wonder about Mossad’s sources. Do they have a mole or has an informant been turned? Are their communications compromised? Are any of their allies playing a double game?
Lots to keep ones head tossing on the pillow all night long.
Daniel Silva - eat your heart out.
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“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”
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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...
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.