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Ex-Fatah members 'may have led Mossad assassins to their victim'
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article7034183.ece ^ | 2/20/10 | Sheera Frenkel, Catherine Philp, and Sean O'Neill

Posted on 02/19/2010 5:57:36 PM PST by ricks_place

Two Palestinians suspected of collaborating with Israel could provide the first concrete evidence linking Tel Aviv to the assassination of a senior Hamas leader.

The killing has prompted an international row over the theft of identities from European citizens to provide false passports for the assassins during their mission to kill Mahmoud alMabhouh at his Dubai hotel.

Britain, France, Germany and Ireland have all demanded an account of Israel’s role in the fraud, believed to be the work of the Mossad spy agency. The Dubai operation would be the first time that it had been revealed to have used the foreign passports of Israeli citizens.

A former Mossad agent confirmed to The Times that Israel has “on a number of occasions” used the European passports of Israelis with dual citizenship — of which there are many.

“There are times where such passports are useful, of European citizens or elsewhere,” he said. “We have, in my experience, used the passports of British citizens here.”

Israel refuses to confirm or deny its involvement. Israeli officials have also played down fears of a lasting diplomatic rift, noting the absence of solid evidence linking Mossad to the killing.

That could all change if the suspicions of the Dubai police are confirmed: that two Palestinians with alleged links to al-Mabhouh helped to lead the Israeli assassins to their target.

(Excerpt) Read more at timesonline.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: dubai; fatah; hamas; israel; makhbouh; notmossad; palestinians
Bye Bye Mah-Mab!

Mahmoud al-Mabhouh being shown to his room, followed by two suspected spies in tennis outfits

1 posted on 02/19/2010 5:57:36 PM PST by ricks_place
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To: SunkenCiv; Nachum; SJackson; Yehuda; paulycy; Moe Tzadik; JustPiper; 1COUNTER-MORTER-68; ...

*ping*


2 posted on 02/19/2010 6:02:45 PM PST by hennie pennie
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To: ricks_place
Since when do terrorist leaders stay in 5-Star hotels (and without any security)?

He felt mighty safe there...

3 posted on 02/19/2010 6:05:46 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: ricks_place

What’s the big deal? If Israel did take out this mass murderer, they should get a medal, not condemnation.

At least some country has the balls to kill its enemies, not read them their Miranda rights and give them cable tv in their cells, or ACLU lawyers, or big law firm lawyers (aka shisters).


4 posted on 02/19/2010 6:08:03 PM PST by MadMax, the Grinning Reaper
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To: ricks_place

Ex-Fatah members ‘may have led Mossad assassins to their victim’

Since when, is a senior Hamas leader, a victim? Just saying.


5 posted on 02/19/2010 6:21:40 PM PST by 724th (If the enemy is in range, so are you.)
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To: MadMax, the Grinning Reaper

I wish the CIA had the brains and the clearance to pull off an operation like this.


6 posted on 02/19/2010 6:21:48 PM PST by hellbender
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To: ricks_place

Thanks to “Times Online” for revealing that little tidbit! Those guys are marked men, any others watching who would have thought about turning on Hamas will now run the other way !! Dumbass Brits!!


7 posted on 02/19/2010 6:28:22 PM PST by blastdad51 (Typical middle-aged white patriot.)
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To: ricks_place
TIMESONLINE
8 posted on 02/19/2010 6:29:52 PM PST by A.A. Cunningham (Barry Soetoro is a Kenyan communist)
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To: blastdad51

Marked men yes. They will not go peacefully in their sleep.


9 posted on 02/19/2010 6:33:22 PM PST by ricks_place
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To: ricks_place

Good job Mossad.


10 posted on 02/19/2010 6:46:40 PM PST by FlyingEagle
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To: blastdad51
Hamas is not all-powerful; the Fatah men run the West Bank.
11 posted on 02/19/2010 6:49:43 PM PST by GAB-1955 (I write books, love my wife, serve my nation, and believe in the Resurrection.)
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To: ricks_place

I still ain’t buying that this was a Mossad job. It’s too sloppy.


12 posted on 02/19/2010 6:51:58 PM PST by Vigilantcitizen
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To: hellbender
I wish the CIA had the brains and the clearance to pull off an operation like this.

Predator drones seem to work OK. The big boom is a good advertisement to not mess with the US.

13 posted on 02/19/2010 7:00:38 PM PST by ricks_place
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To: Vigilantcitizen

Fatah assassins.


14 posted on 02/19/2010 7:15:28 PM PST by ricks_place
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To: hennie pennie; AdmSmith; Berosus; bigheadfred; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; ...
Britain, France, Germany and Ireland have all demanded an account of Israel's role in the fraud, believed to be the work of the Mossad spy agency. The Dubai operation would be the first time that it had been revealed to have used the foreign passports of Israeli citizens.
The Slimes of London rushed to judgment, and continue to regurgitate the typical Muzzie conspiracy delusions of the Dubai cops, who would belong in an early silent film, except for their total lack of humor. The Mossad must have been behind that elevator failure in the world's tallest terrorist hijacker target as well.
15 posted on 02/19/2010 8:03:29 PM PST by SunkenCiv (Happy New Year! Freedom is Priceless.)
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To: ricks_place

Maybe he was killed by Ziva David.


16 posted on 02/19/2010 8:08:08 PM PST by Lancey Howard
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To: hennie pennie

There are now so many stories on this incident, we will never know the truth.


17 posted on 02/24/2010 4:19:00 AM PST by nw_arizona_granny ( garden/survival/cooking/storage- http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/chat/2299939/posts?page=5555)
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