German government denies influencing bail of suspected Mossad agent
Decision to release Uri Brodsky, extradited from Poland on charges of forging passport used in the assassination of a Hamas chief, was 'purely judicial'.
By DPA Tags: Israel news Mossad Dubai assassinationThe German government rejected on Monday any involvement in the decision to grant bail to a suspected Israeli intelligence agent wanted for alleged involvement in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai.
A foreign office spokesman said the decision to release Uri Brodski on bail was purely judicial.
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The man identified as Uri Brodsky being escorted by police to a courtroom in Warsaw in early August 2010. |
| Photo by: Reuters |
"That is why the federal government had no influence on the decision and is not commenting on it either," the spokesman said.
Brodsky was extradited from Poland and arrived in Germany on Thursday, where he is being investigated for passport fraud in relation to the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a Hamas commander who was murdered by suspected Israeli agents in January.
He was bailed on Friday for an undisclosed sum, when the Cologne-based prosecutor said that the case against Brodsky was not strong enough to detain him further.
Investigations by the prosecution are to continue while Brodsky is free, but only into the passport fraud allegations and not into espionage charges, as stipulated in the extradition agreement.
The United Arab Emirates expressed concern over the decision to release Brodsky, fearing that he could return to Israel while the case against him was ongoing.
The Mabhouh murder sparked international outrage, as several nations' citizens including Germany, Ireland and France, had their identities stolen by the team that had travelled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to carry out the killing.
Brodsky, so far the only individual arrested in connection with the killing, was arrested at Warsaw airport on June 4, under a European arrest warrant requested by Germany.
Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was a senior leader of the Hamas militant Islamist movement that currently controls the Palestinian Gaza Strip.
Brodsky is suspected of helping to acquire a German passport, used in the killing operation, from Cologne authorities in early 2009.
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All Merkel cares about is Germany in the eyes of the others, so she is sooooooo afraid to tell anything negative about Israel and influence even the court in that way. This is funny, really funny. She is so shallow, so simple really...
"The German government rejected on Monday any involvement in the decision to grant bail to a suspected Israeli intelligence agent wanted for alleged involvement in the killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai" Lingering guilt 65 years later for a debt already paid in full? Yep.
It' seems a bit strange that Germany should go to all the time, trouble and expense of extraditing him, only to relase him immediately and allow him to leave the country. What was the point of that? Seems either incompetent or a deliberate attempt to get him out of a Polish jail and set him free.
1) what of the "Palestinians" that UAE caught in connection with Mabhouh's death 2) why has the UK and the world been silent on the use of a fake UK passport by a Russian spy in Cyprus?
They do a lot in lesser cases. Will he return to Germany for the trial? Or will there be no trial at all? The world wants to know and the details of the case, whatever may be punished, are legaly important and interesting.
The fed government did not have to influence the justice system. Here in Germany they administer the culture of "preceding obedience" (vorauseilender Gehorsam).
If he was involved he is a hero for taking out that terrorist.
Like Minamoto no Yoshitsune in the Kabuki play "Yoshitsune Senbon Zakura," 'Brodsky's' flight ends happily. The message has been communicated to Israel that it can no longer violate the laws of Germany - and other western nations - with immunity.
The Mabhouh murder sparked international outrage, as several nations' citizens including Germany, Ireland and France, had their identities stolen by the team that had travelled to Dubai in the United Arab Emirates to carry out the killing. So what?! Better this than havin the Mabhouhits killing dozens of innocent people all over the world. Brodsky - run and hide!
forging passports is not a capital offense in germany, it is an offense that will probably include jail time and likely include a large sum (relative to the situation) of money as a fine... therefore i see no reason why they wouldn't grant him bail.. if he does not return to serve time or pay the fine (whichever the outcome may be) than he forfeits his bail money... what's so hard to understand about this? why are people crying about politics... get a grip, he's not a murderer
..Brodsky's middle name is Nate.
Not long ago a Jew sent from Polan to Germany would have ended up in ashes Now the world has evolved and Justice pervails. But Israel remain on your guard for the world has not fallen in Love with Us Jews as of yet
I think about the poor Palestinians that you Zionists robbed them out of their land, demolished their homes and humiliated them ... those are the ones I feel sorrow for and not you Zionist criminals.
...NEVER will !!!!
Crack open a history book once in a while to prevent spouting drivel. There was no Poland during WWII. Jews were sent the other way, from Germany to GG (occupied Poland) where Germans set up the camps. There's quite a difference between innocent civilians murdered in a Nazi death camp and an agent engaged in a sleazy business of back street murders and passport forgeries.
ridiculous statement...
They'll never see him again.
Yes, we know your position. Israelis should be convicted. Palestinians should do whatever they please.
yes he was taken out. The world is a batter and safer place. Was it such a bad thing that he was taken out. Perhaps if spomeone had taken out Pol Pot or Hitler or Idi Amin many more people would be alivbe and contributing to society as a whole. he is dead. he will no longer bomb and cause people to die. Good ridance. The world is much better off
Would you like some cheese with that whine, Sabra?
Hardly a whine. World is definitely a better place today. Mugneah is dead, Mabhouh is dead, many more to go. What is next, letter 'N'?
Yes, they may even be Israelis so, be careful what you wish for cause you may well get it.
israel will have its day
grant you many daughters and daughters only .
The ones who whacked him should get metals.
just think how many lives would have been saved if some one had taken out Ariel Sharon.