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The Beautiful 'Assassin': 'Hit Squad With British Passports Accused Of Executing Senior Hamas Leader [Pics in URL] 15th February 2010 Claims that British and Irish passport holders are among an alleged 11-man hit squad wanted in Dubai for the apparent assassination of a Hamas commander are tonight being investigated by London and Dublin. Dubai police say the main suspect is Peter Elvinger, 49, who holds a French passport. He was the gang’s logistical co-ordinator and the one who booked room 237 in Al Bustan Rotana, down the corridor from the victim’s room – 230. The other suspects were identified as...

POSTED: 6:27 am PST March 25, 2005 UPDATED: 6:31 am PST March 25, 2005 LOS ANGELES -- Los Angeles police will look into an error made by a K-9 explosive detection unit at Los Angeles International Airport earlier this week that prompted officials to evacuate a terminal. Officials say the LAPD unit left a bag containing explosive powder unattended after a training exercise Tuesday. An FBI agent later noticed the bag and alerted airport police. When an airport K-9 officer and his dog arrived to examine the bag, the bomb-sniffing dog failed to detect the explosives. An airport police officer...