Dubai seeks to arrest 11 for Hamas assassination, still won't rule out Mossad
Police Chief: All suspects in Mabhouh's murder carry European passports; Hamas still blames Israel.
By Jack Khoury Tags: Hamas Israel newsDubai 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.
A leading suspect, who carried a French passport, had left Dubai for Munich via Qatar after the killing, Tamim added.
"We do not rule out (the Israeli intelligence agency) Mossad, but when we arrest those suspects we will know who masterminded it. [We have not] issued arrest warrants yet, but will do soon," he said.
"Israel carries out a lot of assassinations in many countries, even in countries that it is allied to," Tamim said, adding that Mabhouh may have been killed by electrocution.
Tamim said two Palestinians suspected of providing logistical support in Mabhouh's killing were being held by police. Al Arabiya television said the pair had been handed over by Jordan.
Tamim said the 11 still wanted had rented a hotel room opposite Mabhouh's around the time of his death. All are believed to have left Dubai.
The mercenaries were apparently dressed in tennis gear and visited several hotels on the day of the assasination in order to remain inconspicuous.
Tamim also said forensic tests indicate al-Mabhouh died of suffocation, but lab analyses are still under way.
Violent crime is rare in Dubai, part of the UAE and a regional trading and tourism hub.
Like most Arab countries, the UAE has no diplomatic ties with Israel and Israelis are routinely denied entry.
It refused a visa for Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer to take part in a e2 million tournament in Dubai last year, although she was able to enter for this year's championship.
Last week the a Paris-based journal dedicated to tracking intelligence activity worldwide, Intelligence Online, reported that ten agents, including three women, participated in the assassination in January.
The journal published what it termed "new details" about the operation, which has been widely attributed to Israel's Mossad intelligence service. It said that one of the female agents dressed herself in the uniform of a reception clerk at Al Bustan Rotana, the hotel where Mabhouh was staying, and then knocked on his door.
When he opened it her fellow operatives rushed him and stunned him with an electric device, the journal said, then they injected poison into his veins, in order to disguise the cause of death.
Previous reports spoke of seven agents, all carrying Irish passports.
The journal added that Dubai's secret service had requested assistance in the investigation from its counterparts in Egypt and Jordan and from Interpol. Yet it seems unlikely that Egypt or Jordan could provide much help as both are hostile to Hamas. Indeed, both country's secret services are engaged in their own war against Hamas operatives.
The journal said that Dubai's government had ordered that Hamas itself be kept out of the probe, but Hamas is conducting its own investigation headed by the organization's number two, Moussa Abu Marzook, with help from Iran and Syria.
Top Hamas figures have denied that al-Mabhouh was en route to Iran, a major Hamas backer.
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Dubai's top 11 suspects in Mabhouh's assassination. |
| Photo by: (AFP) |
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The operatives may have possibly had the European governments blessings!
LAST NIGHT THEIR WAS A PROGRAMME ABOUT HOW TUTEN-KAMUNHMN THE PHAROAH WAS KILLED. I SUPPOSE THE ARABS WILL ACCUSE MOSSAD. HA HA HA
Israel, in that order ?
...if only the CIA can do the same with the masterminds of 9/11. Terrorists must not get away with what they do with impunity. If we can't bring them to justice the normal way, then we have to be innovative. I don't see proof yet it was Mossad, but if it was, then good on them!
This is starting to look far differently than a "Mossad hit". Rather, it has the hallmarks of a Brit-Arab enterprise to frame Israel, in order to heat up conflict between Israel and Hamas to serve the ends of the Brits and their colonial Jordanian ghurkas. It wouldn't be the 1st time. ISM (EU front) sent 2 Brit-Pakistanis to suicide-bomb a bar in Tel Aviv. Brit/Trans-Jordan collusion is why there was no Palestinian Arab state from 1948-1967: Bagpipe-playing Trans-Jordan crossed the river with Brit arms, Brit officers and Brit UN support (veto) and STOLE the UN's Arab state to integrate into the Brit "Commonwealth". Fair-minded people need to end knee-jerk blame of "Mossad" and Zionist conspiracies until "EU passport-holders" and Jordanian accomplices Dubai uncovered are investigated - should prove REAL interesting! 13-man team arriving on multiple flights just to kill one guy with bare hands in a remote Arab country is not how Israel ever operates. It is, however, how MI6 operates.
Can't belive how people jump to conclusions that ISRAEL DID THE ASSASSINATION. It's more than likely an enternal Hamas assassination over drug money or political elimination. Israel has nothing to gain by eliminating this garbage.
Is this possible to deactivate Hamas by killing leadership? Has it worked yet? Besides, without solving the core issues, how does anyone expect the conflict to go away? This is the weakness of democracy, where you have to appease the people who brought you in power to stay in power. That tells me Bibi and the other useful idiot FM, will not do a darn thing. Palestine never had good leadership. But Israel had 2 and they are both dead ( Ben Gurion and Rabin) and that is a tragedy for both Palestinians and Israelis.
to facilitate an act of murder in Dubai. The British Government must consider this as an act of war against the United Kingdom by Israel. This is about the protection of British passport holders when they travel abroad. It is that serious. At the very least we will have to sever all ties with Israel. No wonder Livni planted a story about being arrested in the press today.
I have just seen the mug shots of the suspects on the web. As far as the "Irish" are concerned, the two males are among the unlikeliest Irishmen I have ever seen. At the risk of being accused of using debased racial criteria, Daveron (miss-spelled, by the way) looks very Semitic to me. Dennings would be a very uncommon name in Ireland, if it occurs at all, and his face is totally alien to Ireland. The "female" suspect who resembles a reasonably presentable drag queen rejoices in the name Folliard, which is surely French. As far as appearance is concerned, the most typically Irish face is identified as German. Where names are involved, Keeley has the only correctly spelled Irish name, however, he is listed as British. The fact that eight out of eleven randomly selected people would wear glasses is surely suspect. Maybe Israeli Intelligence is not as intelligent as it thinks it is. Hopefully, The Irish authorities will investigate if valid Irish passports were issued in these names
who ever carried it out should be charged for it because it implicates ireland which is very very wrong. Iwas wonderig there was an influx of israelis into our country the last few years selling contraband for some strange reason.
nothing is shocking anymore. If the gov assasinated a quadrapalegic, they will kill their their own mothers too.
Here we have a number of talkbacks continuing to blame Israel for the attack on this fellow when in fact the people involved apparently include a bunch of Europeans, Irish, French etc, and the passports are supposedly genuine. Therefore, Israel MUST be guilty. Right? Something is wrong with this picture.
Don't fret over the bill as you like to say..If more countries in this insane world had a complete set these terrorists would go underground,where they belong,and stay there. They would fear the thought of sun light...they would fear moving around..they would be fearful day and night of what might be lurking near them. Whoever these 11 people are...I say thank you and the world should thank them also.
they have released the passports pics and i must say that they look israelis...( almost all brown eyed, similar bone struture of the faces, etc.). It is difficult to find a group of 11 brits, irish and germans with those faces. Maybe 3 o 4 out of 11 but not 10 out of 11.
# 4 Biggum. If,if,if,if. "This will probably mean the ending of ties between Israel & the E.U." Nonsense. That's your wishful thinking. On the contrary they'll pat those,& will want to squeeze information,how it was done.
I just uploaded this video about the The assassination of Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kzzzTtpo8AY
It doesn't take eleven Mossad operatives to kill a kingpin Hamas Iranian cell operative. He was kill to strengthen Abbas and Fatah by EU operatives, that's why there were so many europeans involved, and to weaken Hamas. The Irish were the entre' since during their conflict the Irish rebels established good relationships with the Palestinians. The English are MI5 and the Germans or Austrians are continental EU secret service with good relationships with the Arabs. The IDs of the group form overlaping interests that are easy to discern and distinguishable from Israel. The very next day a Fatah representative enters Gaza and makes overtures to Hamas; without intereference from Iranian influence. This kingpin used secret cells which are difficult to re-establish once the kingpin is dead - its also part of an iniative to isolate Iran and its extra-territorial influence and aspirations and pay-back for killing 7 CIA officers last month. His death makes everyone happy.
Hamas may have a project to fire from Gaza a dirty bomb atop Iranian tactical rocket. His death only delayed what is known about IRGC plans for a surprise attack on Tel Aviv from Gaza.
Hey Mike, I think that your statement might be a bit simplistic (i.e. A therefore Z, leaving out B through Y) How about defining "peace and justice" in a way that would guaranty Israel's continued existence as a Jewish State, left at peace by the Arabs.
Reports are also coming in from unnamed sources that the operatives held a briefing at a local restaurant just two hours prior to the assassination. At the restaurant, which is renowned for its hummous, the 11 operatives could be heard speaking in hushed hebrew and one of the operatives apparently sketched the hotel lobby plan on the back of that day's Yediot.
Stop whining...
what are the grounds for arrest warrants ? they were wearing tennis gear ?
the photos look more like icons from the orthodox church tradition than that of real people. if these are passport photos, it's just a question of a bit of masquerading when entering as well as exiting a country, something similar to what actors do on stage all the time. so going by the photos only won't get the police anywhere. the police chief seems to be seriously convinced he could catch these actors. my guess is he won't be able to arrest even one.
then its france... as it occurs a bit more often somehow in the story... on the vid below (apparently) there are three "main suspects": gail foliard, kevin daveron, peter elvinger. gail and kevin (irish) arrived on an AF flight, peter has a french passports. gail and kevins last names could be very well french too. the footage video, with a timeline... http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/02/15/100468.html
that's like saying: Yup, it's us. Now go prove it.
Dubai called in the exterminators. He was probably plotting an an attack on Dubai.
With Israeli operatives using stolen or forged European passports, and the authorities will already know if they are or not. The implications for Israel is huge. Sovereign States do not take kindly to their passports being used by a foreign power in murder. And the ramifications have already begun with Libya refusing entry to all Europeans. If that spreads throughout the Arab and Moslem world..... Israel will pay dearly so the citizens of the EU can travel wherever they want whenever they want. Best hang on the ride is going to be incredible. Nuttyyahoo strikes again
According to Dubai news, the employees included six British nationals, one French, one German and three Irish nationals. Now, as that news filters into the Muslim communities, those governments will be forced to deal with local implications. They will ultimately have two possible paths, neither of which is good for Israel. In healthy times, Israel could afford entertainment like this. But now, the price for this kind of thing is exorbitant, and Israelis can expect the bill soon.
11 Europeans is a bit of overkill - pun intended. One thing is disconcerting - nobody distributes sweets on the streets.
Did the killing of Hamas leaders stop the movement? not at all, you are making them stronger by every action you take. You gotta wake up and realize that only peace and Justice can bring safety to you and the coming generations.
Why waste the money and the time. Evrn if Israel not involved they did it.
Either the mighty MOSSAD has completely fallen apart and it are now exceedingly stupid or the mighty MOSSAD wasn't involved? Or may-be it was and what we have here is a whole bunch of "cutouts" and the real killers are still at large?!
This will probably mean the ending of ties between Israel and the European Union.
So this Hamas investigation will be impartial and unbiased. They couldn't do better if they called in Goldstone,himself. THREE CHEERS FOR ISRAEL!!!
if they have arrested two palestinians (obviously without complicated/international warrants), then they were staying in the emirates, probably ? why should it take so long, to issue those international arrest warrants for the other 10 ? in the meantime, they can freely move - from country to country, have face surgeries or even kill more... when the arrest warrants are ready, their photographs can be published. whats the status of the hamas-investigation, btw ?
t if it does not help