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  • Hamas: Jordan or Egypt likely behind Dubai hit

    03/03/2010 6:55:58 PM PST · by nuconvert · 25 replies · 896+ views
    Haaretz ^ | Mar. 2, 2010
    Hamas suspects the security forces of an Arab state were behind the assassination of a senior group operative in Dubai earlier this year, the Al-Quds Al-Araby daily reported on Tuesday. Mahmoud Nasser, a member of Hamas' political bureau, told the newspaper that slain commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was likely being tracked by agents from Jordan and Egypt prior to the January 19 killing. Nasser said he had been given information regarding such efforts to kill Mabhouh, adding that the evidence indicated that the assassination was carried out earlier than the alleged agents had planned
  • Israel was not alone in wanting to ‘detonate’ the Hamas missile man

    03/03/2010 4:27:28 PM PST · by SJackson · 12 replies · 462+ views
    Irish Examiner ^ | 3-3-10 | Stephen King
    I WAS in Dubai at the weekend. Nice enough place if you like that kind of thing: glitzy, a bit soulless, but after the weather we’ve been having at home, who’s complaining? Well, some of the people who live there without any say in the way it’s run actually. But if you ask no questions, the Emiratis won’t ask you any either. You get the picture. That’s why Mahmoud Mabhouh dropped by presumably. No one quite knows why he was there. Some say he was also just passing through; others that he was buying arms. He was one of the...
  • Dubai police chief plans to seek Benjamin Netanyahu arrest: Al Jazeera TV

    03/03/2010 7:55:45 AM PST · by Cinnamon Girl · 21 replies · 663+ views
    dnaindia ^ | Wednesday, March 3, 2010 8:51 IST
    Dubai: Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of Israel's spy agency over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported. Dahi Khalfan Tamim "said he would ask the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for ... Netanyahu and the head of Mossad", the television said. It did not give details. Tamim has said he is "almost certain" Israeli agents were involved in the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at a Dubai hotel in January, calling for Mossad's boss, Meir Dagan, to be arrested...
  • NYT: Police Strive to Guard Dubai's Image After Killing

    03/03/2010 7:40:17 AM PST · by hennie pennie · 10 replies · 377+ views
    New York Times ^ | March 03, 2010 | Robert F. Worth
    DUBAI, United Arab Emirates - The people who killed a Hamas operative in an airport hotel here in January seem to have thought they could pass it off as a natural death, or perhaps just another of this region's macabre mysteries. They injected him with a muscle relaxant, suffocated him and then smoothed away any signs of struggle, reattaching the hotel door chain as they left the room, investigators say. Instead, the Dubai police quickly unraveled the plot and identified 26 suspects, in a display of transparency that is almost unheard of in the Arab world. They released a 27-minute...
  • Dubai Restricts Israeli Entry After Killing

    03/03/2010 7:25:48 AM PST · by myknowledge · 5 replies · 297+ views
    The Wall Street Journal ^ | March 1, 2010 | Joshua Mitnick
    TEL AVIV—Dubai's police chief said it will enforce an entry ban on Israeli dual nationals, the first sanction by the emirate following its allegations Israeli intelligence agents murdered a top Hamas leader there in January. Though the countries have no diplomatic ties, Israeli dual nationals, mostly business people, have entered the United Arab Emirates relatively unhindered under second passports. The Emirates will seek to identify Israelis by "physical features and the way they speak.'' said Lt. Gen. Dahi Khalfan Tamim. A spokesman for the Israeli prime minister's office declined to comment on the announcement.
  • Dubai Seeks Netanyahu's Arrest Over Killing Of Hamas Man

    03/03/2010 4:56:24 AM PST · by edpc · 15 replies · 489+ views
    Haaretz ^ | 3 Mar 2010 | Reuters
    Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of the Mossad over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported on Wednesday. Dahi Khalfan Tamim "said he would ask the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for ... Netanyahu and the head of Mossad," the television said. It did not give details. Tamim has said he is "almost certain" Israeli agents were involved in the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at a Dubai hotel in January, calling for Mossad's boss, Meir Dagan, to be arrested if...
  • Dubai police chief says to seek Netanyahu arrest

    03/02/2010 3:21:16 PM PST · by Free ThinkerNY · 22 replies · 540+ views
    Reuters ^ | March 2, 2010
    DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai's police chief plans to seek the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the head of Israel's spy agency over the killing of a Hamas leader in the emirate, Al Jazeera television reported. Dahi Khalfan Tamim "said he would ask the Dubai prosecutor to issue arrest warrants for ... Netanyahu and the head of Mossad," the television said. It did not give details. Tamim has said he is "almost certain" Israeli agents were involved in the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh at a Dubai hotel in January, calling for Mossad's boss, Meir Dagan, to...
  • 'Arabs may have targeted Mabhouh'(Muhammadans killing their own and blaming Israel)

    03/02/2010 8:38:26 AM PST · by Tigen · 35 replies · 846+ views
    JPost.com ^ | 3-2-10 | JPOST.COM STAFF
    Hamas man: Jordanian, Egyptian agents tracked terror chief before murder. Arab countries may be complicit in the January 19 assassination of Hamas terror chief Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, Hamas sources said on Tuesday, according to various reports. Citing a report by Al-Quds Al-Arabi, Reuters quoted Hamas official Mahmoud Nasser as saying that Jordanian and Egyptian intelligence agencies had probably tracked Mabhouh prior to his assassination. Nasser told the newspaper that there was evidence showing that Mabhouh had been targeted by moderate Arab countries because he had handled sensitive information concerning the activities of Hamas and other Islamist elements. He added that that...
  • Israel Mossad agent in North Korea?

    08/04/2004 11:19:01 PM PDT · by bunkerhill7 · 1 replies · 433+ views
    Jerusalem Post ^ | Auguist 4, 2004 | HERB KEINON
    Aug. 4, 2004 21:16 | Updated Aug. 4, 2004 22:01 New Zealand passport scam takes Canadian twist By HERB KEINON The New Zealand passport flap is thickening, with Canada trying to determine whether one of the Israelis allegedly involved in the scam who managed to leave New Zealand is traveling on a stolen Canadian passport. Canadian Foreign Ministry spokesman Reynald Doiron confirmed to The Jerusalem Post that the Canadian police and other federal agencies are investigating whether Ze'ev Barkan, one of the men New Zealand suspects of involvement in the scandal but who has reportedly left the country, is traveling...
  • Europe Wary Following Trail Of Dubai Killers

    02/27/2010 9:32:54 AM PST · by hennie pennie · 15 replies · 523+ views
    CBS News Mobile Edition ^ | February 27, 2010 | Deborah Seward
    GENEVA (AP) - A killer - or killers - may be on the loose in Europe after a Hamas operative was slain last month in Dubai. European nations, however, seem to be in no rush to find him, her or them. The spotlight is falling on those countries where police say the alleged assassins' trails begin and end: Switzerland, Italy, France, Germany and the Netherlands. Authorities there have either declined to say whether they are investigating, or told The Associated Press they have no reason to hunt down the 26 suspects implicated in the Jan. 19 killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh....
  • Israelis rush to join Mossad after Mahmoud al-Mabhouh killing

    02/27/2010 1:56:05 AM PST · by bruinbirdman · 22 replies · 820+ views
    The Times ^ | 2/27/2010 | Sheera Frenkel, Jerusalem
    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,...
  • Death in Dubai [Singling out one nation for condemnation is a tragedy ]

    02/27/2010 3:56:32 AM PST · by Clive · 12 replies · 434+ views
    Toronto Sun ^ | 2010-02-27 | Michael Coren
    Da boy in Dubai. Or, more accurately, da dead boy in Dubai. Da boy is Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a leading Hamas operative who habitually boasted of killing two Israeli soldiers and was renowned as an arms supplier for various Palestinian groups in Gaza. He who lives by the Kalashnikov tends to die by the Kalashnikov. It’s a tragedy that violence still occurs in the world, but it would be equally tragic if we singled out one nation for condemnation. There is a very good chance that some branch of Israeli intelligence killed the man. The Mossad is often mentioned, but historically...
  • Assassination Works; Keep It Up

    02/26/2010 6:42:25 PM PST · by raptor22 · 16 replies · 690+ views
    Washington Times ^ | February 26, 2010 | Editorial staff
    Israel is facing uncomfortable questions regarding senior Hamas military commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 20. Dubai police say al-Mabhouh was assassinated, but in his chosen profession, his fate really was the result of workplace-related injuries. Dubai has named 26 suspects in the case, and has evidence including credit card records, flight itineraries and closed-circuit television footage supposedly showing the accused assassins stalking their quarry. Much of the furor over the case has arisen over the apparent fraudulent use of British, Irish, French, German, Australian and other passports. The British government said...
  • Death Knell for Targeted Killings?

    02/18/2010 4:13:27 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 21 replies · 597+ views
    Haaretz ^ | 2/18/10 | Yossi Melman
    Despite regional hostility and suspicion, for over four decades agents from Israel?s intelligence community − special units and the Mossad − have had no trouble penetrating Arab capitals. There have been dozens of assassination missions, from the 1979 killing of Ali Hassan Salameh in Beirut to Imad Mughniyeh's assassination in 2008 (which Israel never claimed responsibility for) and other successful intelligence operations attributed to Israel. There have also been a few failures, such as the botched hit on Hamas politburo head Khaled Meshal in Amman in 1997. The most important lesson to be learned from the assassination in Dubai is...
  • Dubai: We have DNA, Fingerprints

    02/26/2010 3:24:29 PM PST · by hennie pennie · 27 replies · 695+ views
    The Jerusalem Post ^ | February 26, 2010 | JPOST.COM STAFF
    Authorities in Dubai have found DNA  traces of one of the suspects in killing senior Hamas terrorist Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in January, as well as finger prints of several members of the suspected hit squad, Dubai Police Chief Lt. General Dahi Khalfan Tamim told the Al-Arabiya television network on Friday. Earlier Friday, Khalfan announced that Dubai intends to seek the establishment of an international team to investigate Mabhouh's death. Such a team could bring to the arrest of 26 suspects identified so far, against whom police in Dubai have “clear cut evidence,” he explained.In an interview with Al-Bayan, a newspaper published...
  • Australians' passports stolen for Dubai hit: Smith

    02/24/2010 5:06:35 PM PST · by BlackVeil · 8 replies · 432+ views
    Australian Broadcasting Corporation ^ | 25 February 2010 | Emma Rodgers
    Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says three Australians whose passports were allegedly used by suspected Mossad assassins in Dubai appear to have been the victims of identity fraud. Dubai police have named 15 new suspects in the assassination of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was found dead in his hotel room last month in what police say was almost certainly an Israeli hit. Police say three of the suspects travelled to the emirate on Australian passports in the names of Adam Marcus Korman, Joshua Daniel Bruce and Nicole Sandra McCabe. Speaking after meeting the Israeli ambassador in Canberra today, Mr Smith...
  • Who Ever Carried Out The Hit of Hamas Leader in Duabi Deserves A Medal

    02/24/2010 11:44:14 AM PST · by Shellybenoit · 3 replies · 271+ views
    The Lid/WSJ ^ | 2/24/10 | The Lid
    The questions are all over the media, who killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh? Was it Mossad agents who entered the Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai on January 19, 2010 and killed the Hamas Terrorist? The answer should be WHO CARES? Unless someone wants to buy them a drink or give them an award for ridding the world of that murderer there is no reason for find who prevented Al-Mabhouh from killing more people. If the Mossad did take Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's life, it was only because the rest of the world continues to sit on their hands as Hamas murders more innocent...
  • Mossad Sees Soaring Popularity (help wanted; job openings)

    02/26/2010 5:59:28 AM PST · by hennie pennie · 14 replies · 381+ views
    Ynet News ^ | February 26, 2010 | Itamar Eichner
    Global media reports about Israeli secret service's involvement in Dubai assassination create unprecedented hype, increasing applications for jobs within spy agency........ The Mossad website has become extremely popular in recent weeks, particularly its job openings page, through which one can apply for a position with the agency. Global media reports on Mossad's alleged involvement in the assassination of the Hamas commander has led to a soaring number of civilian applicants who wish to join the secret service.The agency, which did not post any new job openings for over six months, posted a statement on February 12 "almost a month after...
  • Intelligence Experts Impressed by 'Flawless' Dubai Assassination

    02/26/2010 7:06:09 AM PST · by hennie pennie · 27 replies · 1,373+ views
    The Globe and Mail ^ | February 26, 2010 | William Maclean
    Suspected Israeli assassins have inadvertently given the world an unusual master class in clandestine killing in broadcast surveillance video of them going about their murderous trade. There is cold-eyed admiration in the intelligence community for a near flawless "hit" by the nondescript group of travellers who executed a Hamas commander undetected within hours of his arrival in Dubai thanks to strong teamwork and preparation......."They got in, killed the guy and disappeared, without leaving proof of who they were," said Robert Ayers, a former U.S. intelligence officer."It doesn't get any better than that."Israel has not denied or confirmed it played any...
  • Dubai Killing Shines Unwelcome Spotlight on Mossad

    02/26/2010 5:39:13 AM PST · by hennie pennie · 2 replies · 228+ views
    BBC News ^ | February 26, 2010 | David Gritten
    .....Bruce Riedel, a former CIA officer who is now a senior fellow at the Washington-based Brookings Institution, says Wednesday's revelations did not change his opinion that Israel was behind the assassination.......Mr Riedel says it would have been highly unusual for the hit squad to have visited Dubai using the stolen identities last year just for reconnaissance, as the police claim, and that this may have been an attempt to eliminate the Hamas leader that had failed. He also doubted that all of the suspects had been in the Gulf just for one mission."What the Dubai authorities are uncovering now is...