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Israel Implicated in Hamas Leader’s Death

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Posted on Feb 18, 2010
AP / Khalil Hamra

Fayeq al-Mabhouh is flanked by posters of his brother, Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, who was killed in a Dubai hotel.

With “99 percent, if not 100 percent” certainty, Dubai police believe that the death of a Hamas commander in Dubai last month came at the hands of a hit squad from Mossad, the Israeli intelligence agency. Hamas has accused Israel of the leader’s assassination.

The announcement from Dubai puts Israel at odds with Britain and sets up a potentially explosive diplomatic fight between the two countries because of reports that the alleged Mossad hit group stole the identities of U.K. citizens and used fake British passports.  —JCL

The Guardian:

Dubai police said today they were virtually certain Mossad was behind the assassination of a Hamas commander, as the incident threatened to turn into a diplomatic row between Israel and Britain over the use of false British passports.

“Our investigations reveal that Mossad is involved in the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. It is 99%, if not 100%, that Mossad is standing behind the murder,” Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan Tamim told the National newspaper in the United Arab Emirates.

Britain fired the first shot last night in a potentially explosive diplomatic row with Israel by calling in the country’s ambassador to explain the use of fake British passports by a hit squad who targeted Mabhouh in Dubai last month.

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By call me roy, March 24, 2010 at 6:31 am Link to this comment

Arabian Sindad and chosen 1
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By RT, February 24, 2010 at 11:17 am Link to this comment
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Anyone else see the irony in Israel staying silent on all of this? The Irish Times sure did:

“Israel is ever ready to denounce acts of terrorism when it is a target so its silence on this act of international terrorism is deafening.” (http://bit.ly/cj27VH)

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By ala, February 21, 2010 at 10:58 am Link to this comment
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Howard Feb.19 You are right. The man only killed two captured Israeli soldiers but I’m wondering why he killed them? Also, I’m wondering what the Israelis sodiers were doing in Gaza in December 2008? Oh, just only murdering 1400 people! The way that I understand it, the majority of them were innocent women and children.

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By Arabian Sinbad, February 20, 2010 at 4:57 pm Link to this comment

And what’s strange or even debatable about the Nazi Mossad being behind this latest massacre of a Palestinian?! Isn’t this the reason this criminal entity and its sister CIA were created for.

If you have doubt about the crimes of these two entities, please read the two well documented books of Gordon Thomas, entitled “Gideon’s Spies” and “Secrets and Lies.” And while you’re at it, marvel about the type of moron you are as a tax-payer complicit in these crimes with your money!

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By PatrickHenry, February 20, 2010 at 9:50 am Link to this comment

Howard,

Trying to excuse international lawlessness by mossad death squads.

Just more lying by the Israeli govenment.  Last time they left a bag of forged British passports, the British cut off Israel diplomatically until they apoligised and promised not to do it any more.

Its sort of like the Israelis promising not to spy on the U.S. anymore after Pollard, same bullshit.

http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2010/02/19/possible-consequences-for-the-israeli-massad

At least the world is comming together to shut down these criminals.  Mahmoud al-Mabhouh is just as bad but he deserved his day in court.

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By Robert, February 19, 2010 at 8:45 am Link to this comment

By Howard, February 19 at 11:07 am #

“ah, why blame Israel to do it?  why would they bother that man ?  He only murdered captured Israeli soldiers.  Two of them.
  Mossad was framed.  they would not do such a sloppy job.”

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Ole Howard...the Israeli commanders, the IDF killers savagely slaughtered 1400 Palestinians, most of them women & children in Gaza in December, 2008. Only murdered 1400 defenseless civilians & most of them women & children….

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By Robert, February 19, 2010 at 8:25 am Link to this comment

The Murder of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh


By Gulf News TV

Posted February 18, 2010

“Footage from CCTV cameras shows a chronological timeline of the events that took place on the day that Hamas commander Mahmoud Al Mabhouh was assassinated.”

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Click on link to watch video of the “Israeli Mossad” changing hotels, contacting each with a special system and the new look/make-up…hair/wigs…etc…. {BTW, no sound in video}:


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24763.htm

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By Howard, February 19, 2010 at 6:07 am Link to this comment

ah, why blame Israel to do it?  why would they bother that man ?  He only murdered captured Israeli soldiers.  Two of them.
    Mossad was framed.  they would not do such a sloppy job.

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By chosen1, February 18, 2010 at 7:18 pm Link to this comment
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wipe them off the map already! stinking bastards.

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By CaptRon, February 18, 2010 at 4:15 pm Link to this comment

January was an interesting month in Dubai. The UN and Taliban had a secret(?) meeting, A top Taliban leader is captured, the Hamas official is allegedly assassinated all in Dubai. A sideline, Saudi is arrested in connection with setting up the Hamas leader. Iran enlarges their nuclear presence. It does smell especially since the assassination seems to have been botched, or was it? What else might have happened in January that we have not heard yet?

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By PatrickHenry, February 18, 2010 at 3:55 pm Link to this comment

I believe it is called international criminality.

More at:

http://www.kawther.info/wpr/2010/02/18/mossad-agents-with-fake-pass-in-malta

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By PatrickHenry, February 18, 2010 at 3:28 pm Link to this comment

I guess its open season on Israelis.

Don’t stand to close to one or you may be collaterally damaged.

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By TAO Walker, February 18, 2010 at 1:47 pm Link to this comment

This may or may not be tied into setting-the-stage for a mid-April attack on Iranian nuclear facilities.  There are plenty of other ‘signs’ of it, however.

It may prove the ultimate ‘distraction’ from the “global” pyramid scheme’s cascading failure, which those responsible (irresponsible?) want to keep CONcealed from “....your huddled masses” for as long as possible.

Oops….too late already.

Hokahey!

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By Robert, February 18, 2010 at 9:21 am Link to this comment

‘Mossad Assassination Squad Used British Passports’

By Hugh Tomlinson in Dubai


“February 16, 2010 “The Times”—Six suspects in the assassination of a senior Hamas official in Dubai entered the country using British passports, it emerged yesterday.

Police in the Gulf state announced that they were hunting for 11 suspects, including a woman, for the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a top Hamas commander, who was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on January 20.

Six of these suspects were traveling on British passports and three were carrying Irish passports, including the woman. The other two entered Dubai with German and French passports.

“We have no doubts that it was 11 people holding these passports, and we regret that they used the travel documents of friendly countries,” said Lieutenant-General Dhafi Khalfan, Dubai’s chief of police.

Hamas has accused Mossad, the Israeli intelligence service, of responsibility for the killing. General Khalfan said that Israeli involvement could not be ruled out. “We do not rule out Mossad, but when we arrest those suspects we will know who masterminded it,” he said.

General Khalfan said that details of the 11 suspects had been passed to Interpol and that arrest warrants would be issued soon.

Ehud Olmert, the former Israeli Prime Minister, in a speech at the weekend, alluded to a report in The Times on Saturday that Mossad was waging a covert war of assassinations across the Middle East, targeting Hamas and Iranian officials.

“There are a huge range of options between a full military attack and accepting a nuclear Iran,” Mr Olmert said. “There are other means that, together with other things happening, and they are happening, can create a result that would not allow the Iranians to reach what they are trying to reach.”

One former Mossad agent confirmed that the organisation regularly used foreign passports for travel abroad on secret missions.i

“Sometimes these were legitimate passports of people who held dual citizenship, other times they were acquired,” he said. “An Israeli passport raises red flags and is best avoided.”


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Click on link for the rest of the details and take a look at the 11 photos & view the video remember 11...Hmm:


http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article24698.htm

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