Dubai to arrest 11 over Hamas assassination, but still won't rule out Mossad

HaAretz ^ | 2/15/10 | Jack Khouri, Haaretz Correspondent and New Agencies

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Dubai will issue arrest warrants soon for 11 Europeans suspected in the killing of senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, but its police chief said Monday that he was still not ruling out Israeli involvement.

"We do not rule out Mossad, but when we arrest those suspects we will know who masterminded it. [We have not] issued arrest warrants yet, but will do soon," police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim told reporters.

Dubai Police Chief Lt. Gen. Dhahi Khalfan Tamim told reporters that the alleged assassination team comprised six British passport holders, three Irish and one each from France and Germany.

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Dubai will issue arrest warrants soon for 11 Europeans suspected in the killing of senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, but its police chief said Monday that he was still not ruling out Israeli involvement.
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[Star Traveler]

Dubai will issue arrest warrants soon for 11 Europeans suspected in the killing of senior Hamas official Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh, but its police chief said Monday that he was still not ruling out Israeli involvement.

And after all said and done -- are they going to make a movie out of it, like "Munich"... :-)

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[SunkenCiv]

here's a comment from 1/31 (emphasis added):

• Dubai police chief: Mossad may have killed Hamas commander

  At least seven people were involved in the assassination of a Hamas commander in Dubai last week, according to Dubai police chief Dhahi Khalfan... He also said that the main suspects in the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh held various European passports, AFP reported... Dubai authorities have said a "professional criminal gang" with European passports was likely behind the killing.

  That points directly toward Fatah, which has a decent amount of diplomatic and espionage infrastructure in Europe.
  
  The French would neither take the chance at this juncture, nor would they send a team larger than three, and they'd arrive separately. The Israelis also could have gotten this favor from the German government during the talks last month, though I doubt this. IMHO of course. Thanks ricks_place.

Also see Al Qaida joins forces with Fatah against Hamas (from 1/29).