• Published 09:19 18.02.10
  • Latest update 14:02 22.02.10

Interpol adds suspected Dubai assassins to most wanted list

Dubai police chief: Mossad head should be arrested if Israel behind killing of top Hamas man.

By News Agencies and Avi Issacharoff Haaretz Service Tags: Israel Mossad Israel news

Interpol added the 11 suspected assassins allegedly responsible for last month's Dubai assassination of a Hamas strongman to their most wanted list, Haaretz learned on Thursday.

The individuals who were charged by Dubai police as responsible for the killing of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh were tagged with "Red Notices," according to the Interpol's official website.

The website also specifies that Interpol chose to publish the photos of the suspected assassins since the identities the perpetrators allegedly used were fake, using fraudulent passports to aid them in accomplishing their aim.

Also Thursday, the Dubai police chief ahi Khalfan Tamim said Interpol should issue a warrant to help locate and arrest the head of Israel's spy agency Mossad if the organization was responsible for the killing of a Hamas militant in Dubai.

In comments to be aired later on Dubai TV, Khalfan Tamim called for Interpol to issue "a red notice against the head of Mossad ... as a killer in case Mossad if proved to be behind the crime, which is likely now."

Earlier, an article published in an Emirati newspaper reported that Dubai police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim said he is 99 percent sure Israel was involved in Mabhouh's January killing.

"Our investigations reveal that Mossad is involved in the murder of al-Mabhouh. It is 99 percent, if not 100 percent, that Mossad is standing behind the murder," Tamim told The National newspaper.

Haaretz earlier Thursday learned the identities of two Palestinians arrested in Jordan in connection with the January 20 killing at a Dubai hotel.

Ahmad Hasnin, a Palestinian intelligence operative, and Anwar Shekhaiber, an employee of the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah, were arrested in the Jordanian capital Amman.

Jordan on Tuesday confirmed it had extradited the two to Dubai.

The two were residents of the Gaza Strip until Hamas seized control there in 2007, a Hamas source told Haaretz.

Both moved to Dubai, where they were employed by a real estate company belonging to a senior official of Fatah, the political faction headed by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.

A third man, a Hamas security operative, is under arrest in Syria on suspicion of having assisted the hit squad, the British daily The Guardian reported late Wednesday.

Palestinian sources in the Gulf said Nahro Massoud was in detention and under interrogation in Damascus, the Guardian reported.

Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshal has denied the allegation, according to the report, saying "It is not correct at all".

But Palestinian sources insisted Massoud was being questioned amid speculation that potentially senior Palestinian defectors may have been involved in the plot.

Dubai to hand retina scans to Interpol'

Dubai police said Wednesday investigators had successfully recreated a detailed picture of the operation. The official Web site of the Dubai police featured the suspects' pictures and personal information in an effort to locate the assailants.

According to Palestinian news agency Ma'an, Dubai police said Wednesday that they hold retinal scans of the suspected assassins, which they plan to publish through international police intelligence service Interpol.

Airport officials carried out routine retinal scans on 11 suspects sought by Dubai when they entered the country in the days before the hit. An unnamed Dubai official said on Thursday that the investigation has now widened, with police seeking a further seven members of the assassination team - making 18 in all.

Dubai police also identified Austria as the "command center" for the assassins, after mobile phone data showed at least seven numbers originating there, the Guardian reported.

Dubai police speculated members of the group communicated using "encrypted" messages, and that contact was maintained via several Austrian mobile phone Sim cards.

Austria has confirmed its officials are investigating the claims.

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  • 121. 0 0
    Dose Dubai have a bean instead of a brain?
    • Disgusted
    • 23.02.10
    • 15:55

    Why would Israel implicate it own citizens? Doesn't anyone find this humorous? If Israel would have been behind this they surly would have used Arabs passports or any other passports except Israeli's. Why is the Fatah so quite? or all other Palestinian groups? I find this very funny. Israel scored another terrorist and had had nothing to do with it. I bet the rest of the terrorists aren't sleeping very well this days, they know who did it.

  • 120. 0 0
    Dubai assassins
    • Norm
    • 22.02.10
    • 05:44

    What is the big deal. One rat is knocked off and some of the media points the finger at the Mossad. I wonder if the Dubai authorities would be as eager to find the culprit(s)if it was an Israeli who was the victim? The world is a better place to live without this scum and if anything, Dubai should bend down and kiss the asses of the Israelis, instead of carrying on like a bunch of schmucks.

  • 119. 0 0
    good job!
    • Student
    • 21.02.10
    • 08:07

    It's just too bad that the whole world saw their photos, but I am sure that they will be alright.. Good job! - another terrorist is history.. :)

  • 118. 0 0
    #94 IIan
    • Chris Linthwaite
    • 20.02.10
    • 21:55

    Actually the BNP was the only political party to fully support Israel during Operation Cast Lead. So I am hardly likely to be a supporter. And you didn't burn your passport either. You need it in case you require free medical care and Iran gets the nuclear bomb. You'll run to the UK squealing like a stuck pig wearing lipstick.

  • 117. 0 0
    Agents
    • Acushla
    • 20.02.10
    • 08:03

    Would Mossad allow their agents to be filmed.? Besides if they were going to assassinate someone they would not need that many people.

  • 116. 0 0
    Dubai extermination
    • Medusa
    • 19.02.10
    • 10:35

    After a month is past; still no tangible leads other than a pair of Pals. being hung on meathooks in Damascus? Izzy? STFU. eUROPE? STFU. Dubai? LMAO!!!!! Arabs killing Arabs any way they can eh? The entire operation was way too amateur for Mossad.

  • 115. 0 0
    Maureen Ann
    • Michelle Wayne
    • 19.02.10
    • 06:57

    Arab intelligence ??? buha hahaha good one!make a movie this story is great, The "Arab Intelligence" will have to eat they words soon!!Best comedy ever!

  • 114. 2 0
    was the subject of the hit on the interpol list?
    • Charles Morgan
    • 19.02.10
    • 06:45

    How come we don't hear if the guy knocked off was on the interpol list? How about the Americans who give the orders and control the pilotless drones that shoot missiles in Pakestan and Yemen? They guy admitted he killed two Israelis and helped to send missiles from iran to gaza. Let's put things into perspective here. A lot of hypocrisy here. Leave Israel alone.

  • 113. 1 0
    terrorist
    • Michelle Wayne
    • 19.02.10
    • 06:33

    He was a terrorist,a murderer, deserved to die, why make a big think about member of terrorist org, crawling up to Dubai beckose of oil???

  • 112. 0 0
    not surprsed
    • Michelle Wayne
    • 19.02.10
    • 06:30

    they should look at they own Arab assassins, he was known to be a gambler who gambled away lot's of money given in aid to Gaza by EU. Good reddens!! I hope they get all the Hamas murderers who ever they are.

  • 111. 0 0
    Whacking terroists
    • Jeff L
    • 19.02.10
    • 06:06

    Seems that by numerous opinions, that if.when Osama bin Laden gets whacked outside the US, the US President should be arrested, etc. Sounds like valid reasoning. How's about all the rest of the world leaders (Saudis, Iranians, etc) being brought up on various and sundry charges...oh, wait..they aren't Jews. My mistake.

  • 110. 0 0
    we just invented new reality game. dubai terrorists. hamas terror
    • ralph
    • 19.02.10
    • 04:30

    terrorist. hamas terrorist hides in dubai. your goal is to murder him, using as many fake passports as you can, dubai the new spy grandmaster is pretend to try to capture you. you see they are not very good at this sort of thing. but you have to get past them to kill the murdering hamas barbarian, while throwing everybody of your trail. wear wigs, hats and oh claim you are israeli, everybody will believe your alibies then, because the audience is biased against israel. so pick your character, even if you are fatah, hizbollah, iran or maybe even hamas, watch yourself. dubai the ever inventive spymaster has now installed cameras every where, even in the washroom stalls - oh, those dear boys, boys will be boys, but thats for another day.

  • 109. 0 0
    #.88. Lliane or whatever.
    • Stephen.
    • 19.02.10
    • 01:46

    First of all. Learn to spell. Or learn how to spell the word CIVILIZED. Its not civilised as you so write. For that is where CIVILIZATION comes into being. That is, in the English language. You do know how to spell language. Or do you write langwich. Salaam aleikum.

  • 108. 0 0
    Put a reward on their heads
    • Eugene
    • 19.02.10
    • 01:35

    Offer a million dollar reward. I'll help find the murderers.

  • 107. 0 0
    #50 Musa Alami. Has Mossad "lost its edge" or...
    • Maureen Ann
    • 19.02.10
    • 01:27

    was Arab intelligence underestimated by the arrogant?

  • 106. 0 0
    Hamas thugs!!
    • Carole
    • 19.02.10
    • 01:20

    I don`t know what all the fuss is about, whoever did this is surely doing everyone a favour and the assassin deserves a medal! He was probably responsible for many murders being a Hamas terrorist thug and the world is a better place without him! "Those who live by the sword die by the sword"

  • 105. 0 0
    Interpol
    • An Historian
    • 19.02.10
    • 00:55

    Interpol eh? The Nazi used then to hunt down Gypsies. Great organization, very moral. We have, as far as I can tell, only the words of Dubai police and politicians with regard to the crime. Of course fingers point to Israel, which coincidentally is a Jewish state. Everyone else has simply jumped on the bandwagon. The sense of justice displayed by the government of Dubai is laudable. But it begs the question: why did they admit the war criminal Mahmoud al-Mabhouh? Perhaps to kill him and blame it on the Jews--sorry, Israelis.

  • 104. 0 0
    why does dubai harbor murderers
    • art
    • 19.02.10
    • 00:41

    Why does dubai harbor and shelter self admitted murderers?? Why does dubai launder terrorist money why is dubai the office address of arms smugglers??

  • 103. 0 0
    Who cares
    • leven5
    • 19.02.10
    • 00:32

    Mahmoud was a cold blooded terrorist and no one will loose any sleep over his death. I'm sure Interpol suffers "glitches" from time to time and Dubai will be waiting forever if they ever expect any arrests over this incident.

  • 102. 0 0
    Interpol
    • guy
    • 19.02.10
    • 00:32

    Just a thought - if interpol spent more time trying to actually apprehend the terrorotist then maybe Mossad would have to do their dirty work - that is of course if it was Mossad in the first place. I am sure there are many who wanted this scum dead!

  • 101. 0 0
    Israeli skunks
    • Walter
    • 19.02.10
    • 00:21

    If Israelis let two Gazans hang for a crooked hit by the Israeli mafia, Israel will not last the time it takes to bury the two. Did Israel not have enough problems yet? Watch them grow.

  • 100. 0 0
    #80 one thing is STILL a sticking point for me, mark
    • eric
    • 18.02.10
    • 23:44

    and it's that same point that led us, or me at least, to suspect the likelihood that israel was being set up...either for benefit in addition to the primary motive, or as the primary motive itself. and unless dubai is sitting on something that so far hasn't been revealed, except perhaps to other countries involved, nothing has really changed except that these other countries are beginning to question israel's knowledge about the falsified passports. but what really isn't resolved in my mind is the extent of complete and utter stupidity involved in using the identities of so many israelis...IF indeed israel IS behind it. because although operations like this aren't planned for failure, the potential is usually addressed, and attention paid to minimizing any implications that would lead to negative fallout for the country involved. i find it hard to believe that even the famed israeli arrogance would have led to such a glaring omission by the mossad. but then of course, nothing is written in stone...so i'll not be surprised if i'm wrong. one thing for sure, no matter who or why, mahmoud managed to find a permanent niche in history.

  • 99. 0 0
    #8 Switzerland is not "civilised snowy alps"
    • LIliane
    • 18.02.10
    • 23:19

    #8 Since when is Switzerland snowy a;ps civilised?

  • 98. 0 0
  • 97. 1 0
    Jews have a right to defend themselves. Head of Hamas should be a
    • Elly
    • 18.02.10
    • 23:17

    The Head of Hamas should be arrested, not MOSSAD. Jews have a right to defend themselves.

  • 96. 0 0
    Jews have a right to defend themselves. Head of Hamas should be a
    • Elly
    • 18.02.10
    • 23:17

    The Head of Hamas should be arrested, not MOSSAD. Jews have a right to defend themselves.

  • 95. 0 0
    even the keystone cops couldnt fake this up
    • vhardman
    • 18.02.10
    • 22:52

    the incompetent bunglers in dubai are making it all up !! they have no way of even proving the man didnt die of fright from a heart attack. as each day passes they have another theory of covering the event!!

  • 94. 0 0
    @20 ''Chris Linthwaite''
    • Ilan
    • 18.02.10
    • 22:46

    'Linthwaite', what's a plonker like you doing on the Haaretz site anyway? You're going on and on about the HOLY British bloody passport. It is worthless mate, I burnt mine yonks ago. No matter how much you continue to whine you will never get rid of Jews and Israel will continue to thrive long after you've popped your clogs me old son. Go visit some white power site or something hey. I know you're BNP.

  • 93. 0 0
    Dubai assassination
    • Michael
    • 18.02.10
    • 22:36

    Those nice!!guys are involve in such deals that myriad petrodollars coming in and out,it is quite natural that they cut off some to get their shares better,Israel does't need to involve in such dirty business.

  • 92. 0 0
    Did Interpol ever issue a warrant for Mahmoud al-Mabhouh?
    • Joe
    • 18.02.10
    • 22:24

    Has Interpol ever tried to get Mahmoud al-Mabhouh arrested for kidnapping & killing two Israeli soldiers? If it had tried & succeeded it would have saved Interpol to be in the ridiculous position of tracking those who carried out justice in the only way left by Interpol's failure to execute its duties.

  • 91. 0 0
    Dubai assassins
    • Harold
    • 18.02.10
    • 22:03

    The UAE has to post $5 million reward to any person who can identify only one of the assassins. They have the money and they must do that.

  • 90. 0 0
    DON'T F**K WITH DUBAI POLICE!
    • Samy
    • 18.02.10
    • 21:58

    THAT Is the lesson to be learned here. Also, Israel BETRAYED Arab ouvertures.. UAE allowed Uzi Landau to attend a summit in Abu Dhabi.. Mossad sneaks 11 assassins to pay the UAE back by killing a HAMAS man in Dubai. Arabs have gotten the hint from Isreel.

  • 89. 0 0
    This a sham
    • John
    • 18.02.10
    • 21:47

    Assuming Israel is involved, and that's still an IF in light of limited evidence, my question is: so what? A senior Hamas TERRORIST was killed. My heart just bleeds over this horrendous crime. If it was the Americans whacking Osama bin-Laden in Dubai, would anyone really care? Of course not. If the poor little UAE wants to avoid future violations of its sacred sovereignty, maybe it should stop hosting terrorist leaders. The fact that the Dubai police chief wants the head of the Mossad arrested is plainly ridiculous, and will never happen. Interpol is a bit of a joke. Its illustrious list of past presidents includes Heinrich Himmler.

  • 88. 0 0
    Since when does Interpol protect terrorists?
    • Headly Harris
    • 18.02.10
    • 21:32

    Curious that Interpol now is the protector of terrorists worldwide, glad they've amended their charter to support the jihad.

  • 87. 0 0
    Dubai:Perhaps those behind this are closer to home
    • Alan-NYC
    • 18.02.10
    • 21:28

    One must be impressed by the sophisticated level of internal security & surveilance present in Dubai. So you have to ask, if they were able to watch men go into bathrooms and come out in disguises, watch them enter other people's hotel rooms, see their every move, observe them trailing the Hamas fellow,then why didn't they do anything while the alleged perpetrators were in Dubai?Why not question the guys in disguise?Perhaps what we are really watching is a Dubai op with the officials claiming a Mossad connection to draw attention away from their own possible culpability.Dubai has little love for Hamas so that is entirely credible.Me thinks they protest too much and with all the evidence they collected while the "crime" was being commited why then didn't they act?Only 1 conclusion can be drawn from that.

  • 86. 0 0
    Shabby Army, Shabby Mosaad
    • Simon
    • 18.02.10
    • 21:20

    Shabby Army in Lebanon (Thrashed by Hesbulah) and now Shabby Secret Service (exposed by tiny Dubai)

  • 85. 0 0
    Whacking terrorists
    • Mark Lincoln
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:57

    I have no problem with whacking terrorists. But when you whack a terrorist on foreign turf, you are committing a crime in that nation. When you forge passports of friendly nations you are committing another crime. When you get caught you are in deep shit. My first impulse was that this smelled like a false flag operation intended to embarrass Israel. But the way which Britain, France, Ireland, and Germany have responded, especially the speed and clarity, makes me suspicious that the Dubai police had informed them of the investigation before they informed the world. Even the restraint of Dubai in not coming right out and accusing Israel indicates a certain methodology in their handling of this case. This may not end up as bad a goat rope as the Lavon Affair, but it certainly is a monumental screw-up by Netanyahu. The questions of WHO ordered this, WHY, and WHAT ALL individuals involved were thinking need be exposed. This fiasco must not fester like the Lavon Affair.

  • 84. 0 0
    And will Dubai police chief agree to be held in an Israeli Prison
    • Eli
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:48

    If it should be found that Israel is not involved, will he go to Israel to stand trial For slander and liable? His statement have made nearly irreperable damage to Israel, civil charges should apply too Otherwise Israel should show him no respect

  • 83. 0 0
    Cipora get a grip on your imagination
    • Mark Lincoln
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:44

    "it most likely had to do with a nuclear device." - Cipora Julianna Kohn Get a grip on yourself.

  • 82. 0 0
    Thank you # 63
    • NYC Jew
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:39

    Finally a sencible person!

  • 81. 0 0
    DUBAI POLICE CHIEF HAS NERVE!!!
    • Robert
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:34

    Instead of putting the terrorist away he is making baseless demands. Once the USA came to the rescue against Irak, will they do the same once Iran occupies the Gulf states?

  • 80. 0 0
    Interpol adds assasigns to Most Wanted List
    • NYC Jew
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:33

    This is crazy. The guy was a prominent TERRORIST. Interpol shold thank whoever killed him not add them to the most wanted list.

  • 79. 0 0
    Am I missing something?
    • ZION88
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:27

    ...So there are 2 Palestinians in custody and 1 Syrian. Yet Dubai police chief is "99 if not 100 percent" sure it was Mossad? Is this guy serious? The ONLY evidence leads to Arabs. A sloppy job done to frame Israel. Despite this, I would never say I am 99-100% certain Mossad was not involved. They very well could have been - or not. This police chief should be fired if they find out Mossad was not involved; though of course, he won't be.

  • 78. 0 0
    To civilised Don Rosenberg
    • aab
    • 18.02.10
    • 20:16

    "Need more killing of terrorists everywhere. The civilized would will be a better, safer place" Adon don, asks for more killing to be more civilized... terrorists are those who use similar rhetoric.

  • 77. 0 0
    Agree with Musa Alami
    • utagawa
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:53

    "Dubai security services are surprising everyone." I agree with you but not because they are doing a good job. They seem like a lot of bunglers, and I really don't believe anything they say. There have been so many explanations and conjectures, and none of them are adding up to anything to do with the Mossad. And what about Dubai immigration? How could they let 17 people with false passports in around the same period? Makes you wonder how many people with false passports are currently visiting and living and working there. Also, if they're so good at investigating, why didn't they arrest the terrorist there in the luxury hotel? They seem like a bunch of clowns to me and I think we're all going to be very surprised when the truth comes out! Many pundits on talkback will have to eat their words (although they won't, you can bet on it).

  • 76. 0 0
    Historical precedence, and what would other countries do
    • Another American
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:50

    Supposing this was indeed Mossad, then let's look at the facts: 1. Would anyone condemn Stauffenberg for the failed assassination of Hitler? Would anyone condemn the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich by British and Czech agents? 2. Given that the "victim" is responsible for mass murder, is in the process of plotting more murders, and there is no way to apprehend him the "normal" way, what other options does Israel have and what would other countries do? In my own country, thousands of young men and women paid the ultimate sacrifice defending our national security in Afghanistan - an operation that has cost upwards of hundreds of billions. Even when we successfully identify our targets, we need to send drones to take it out, operations that regrettably harm dozens of innocent bystanders. Here, the Hamas agent was taken out without -ANY- other casualty. I would therefore nominate that Israel's tactics are far superior to that of any western country. The west should learn from Israel!

  • 75. 0 1
    Bloody murderes
    • JB
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:45

    Nothing but plain murder. Israel, don't be proud of this action. You are in deep trouble. Let's see how you dig yourself out of this one this time??? Shame on you!!! Thank you HAARETZ for being after the truth on your articles.

  • 74. 0 0
    Only good terrorist is a dead one !!!!
    • Don Rosenberg
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:32

    Whoever did this hit saved lives. Any of the comments that is critical, they need some mental health help. Good going !! Need more killing of terrorists everywhere. The civilized would will be a better, safer place.

  • 73. 0 0
    The sick truth - crime by Palestinians does pay
    • Brian Cohen
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:28

    Hamas and Fatah have murdered hundreds and wounded thousands of innocent people in cold blood over the past decades. For the Palestinians, crime does pay. The facts are indisputable, and both Hamas and Fath have proudly claimed responsibility for the crimes. Yet despite the proof and the admissions of guilt by the Palestinians, Interpol has never issued a single arrest warrant for either a Hamas or Fatah official. Yet if Israel allegedly (still not proven beyond a doubt in a court of law) knocks off one of the criminals responsible for some of these murders, suddenly Interpol is involved? The Palestinians have turned law and order on its head. 1984 is now. Palestinians can indeed commit crimes with impunity and they have convinced the world that "resistance against the occupation" gives them the right to murder. The truth is sick, but crime does indeed pay if it is official Palestinian government policy.

  • 72. 0 0
    #41 Chris
    • m
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:22

    You don't get the point. The passports had nothing to do with photocopies. Of course the Mossad could get whatever passport they want but so can many other groups. How many fake passports did al-Mabhouh possess? There is no proof that it was Israel, just speculation.

  • 71. 0 0
    defending Hamas - the world has gone mad !
    • Dave Schwep
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:09

    Why is it that the nations are more interested in finding and arresting the perpetrator who killed a Terrorist HAMAS Commander. Entirely insane!! Have we lost our minds? Whoever is killing these terrorists should be awarded a Gold medal of Honor - But no, we love our terrorist thugs and want to make sure that they can continue on in their murderous plots!

  • 70. 0 0
    James Bond
    • J.B
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:04

    Wait a minute, haven't you seen the Mission Impossible TV shows? "If you should get caught, the department will disavow any knowledge of you"...(something like that). What do you think the Mossad is going to say: "Yep, we did it"... Dubai is on this knee deep, they are just pretending to be outraged.

  • 69. 0 0
    Bizaare Gardening Accident
    • Bob LeGuy
    • 18.02.10
    • 19:00

    This kind of stuff happens all the time here. What's the big deal? Hamas guy probably owed somebody some money, didn't make good and got whacked. Sad part is that it took so many people to handle the problem. Fat Benny could have handled this for $600 and made it look like an accident. Fagetaboutit.

  • 68. 0 0
    And then Netanyahu will be wanted by Interpol.
    • Michael
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:58

    He's probably got diplomatic immunity while he's Prime Minister, but it seems that Bibi would have had to authorise this killing. So presumably Interpol will want to have a nice long chat in a cell with Bibi once he stops being Prime Minister.

  • 67. 0 0
    The Protocols of a Murder unsolved
    • Saraly
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:58

    Has anyone ever thought that there may be more than just one country involved? After all, two Palestinians have already been detained.....

  • 66. 1 0
    Interpol should nab Mossad chief
    • jack
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:57

    Why not nab all Hamas personnel, their main goal is to support and carry out plans every day to kill all Israelis? Whoever killed the Hamas guy should be celebrated for killing a guy who was a killer himself.

  • 65. 0 0
    WHO CARES!
    • SW
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:56

    Why are they making such a big deal about who killed this guy? He was scum, a terrorist,a murderer and the world is a better place without him!

  • 64. 0 0
    For: American Citizen.
    • David Nigel Braham
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:54

    Your postings have no foundation what soever. This is like the double standards in Afghanistan the allies in Afghanistan kill civilians and it is an accident. Israeli fire kills Palestinian civilians and it is a war crime.

  • 63. 0 0
    Dubai police: Interpol should nab Mossad chief if Israel killed t
    • Ron Cee
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:50

    "The comment by Dubai's police chief came as Interpol added the 11 suspected assassins responsible for last month's Dubai assassination of a Hamas strongman to their most wanted list." Wrong, not just a "strongman" but a callous murderer. Live by the sword.......

  • 62. 0 0
    Hamas operative
    • Joe
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:47

    This Hamas operative dying must be a big blow to Hamas or their sympathizers judging from the media attention being directed to it.

  • 61. 0 0
    Dubai Police comments.
    • David Nigel Braham
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:45

    The guy comes in on a false passport and is killed by people with false passports. In a court of law,there is no case. How do you prove that this guy was killed if he came in on a false passport and how do you accuse people on false passports of killing the false passport holder?Are you all confused,I hope so because I am.

  • 60. 0 0
    Hamas was there on fake passport but dubai won't persue hamas
    • jason
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:37

    Hamas came into the country with a fake passport but dubai won't investigate the organization or iran. Dubai isn't credible.

  • 59. 0 0
    Dubai prince was involved in 9/11 what a disgrace
    • jason
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:36

    Dubai was heavily involved in 9/11 and I wouldn't trust them as far as I can throw them. Hamas was there on a fake passport and dubai said we won't be investigating hamas.

  • 58. 0 0
    Dubai didn't go after head of russia security when chechen killed
    • jason
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:35

    Chechen leader was killed in dubai and they didn't call for the arrest of russia security head or the arrest of the russian pm.

  • 57. 0 0
    Much ado about nothing
    • Daniel
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:32

    Is the Dubai police chief only "sure", or does he have a founded evidence? So why not reveal what they pretend to have thanks to their investigation? All this displayed media-hyped fuss appears to be nothing more than the lately common praxice leaded by Arab-Islamic and Israel-hating forces to throw to the international public the daily portion of libelous Israel-bashing. It's by now quite grotesque.

  • 56. 0 0
    Dubai's police chief should be on Interpol's list
    • IW
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:27

    For allowing his jurisdiction to be used as the playground of Hamas terrorists and murderers. What do these clowns expect if they allow them to run around freely, concocting their murderous schemes on their territory???

  • 55. 0 0
    it wasnt mossad !
    • eporue
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:27

    would the mossad send tennis-guys for the reception surveillance which dont understand a word arabic ? that is why, they had to follow the victim to in the lift to figure his room number... would the mossad send tennis-guys in quite offensive dresses (shorts), when they have to stay 4:30h in the (probably arctic temperatured) hotel lobby ? that were semi-professional contractors, at best. rather amateurs. we have seen the "police-cut" version of the cctv. important things are completely missing, e.g. the cctv of the hall on the floor during the murder. and there IS cctv.

  • 54. 0 0
    #26 Smiling
    • Russ
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:20

    Tzipi I believe the expression they use here is a neutral expression, whether for passport, driver's licence or health card. Your own mother wouldn't recognize you!

  • 53. 0 0
    Chris Linthwaite
    • Sequins
    • 18.02.10
    • 18:19

    If you actually read the posts you would know that Switzerland had been referred to as civilized in comparison to Israel and the Palestinian Territories. Shaun Nathan was pointing out that this perception of that nation's civilization, is in fact, be a delusion.

  • 52. 0 0
    when do they summons iran? hamas? syria?
    • superjew
    • 18.02.10
    • 17:59

    just curious

  • 51. 0 0
    Wonderful certainty
    • Murray
    • 18.02.10
    • 17:50

    Of course, when you expose your certainties - you know, the things you believe without evidence - you expose yourself. All these Israel1sters busy claiming that it's impossible for Mossad to be so incompetent ... well mebbe. But some of us remember some spectacularly botched Mossad adventures: Khaled Mashal in '97, for example. And the notion that "Arabs killing Arabs" can't be anything to do with Mossad: try another. We'll see. Personally, I suspect Mossad but I'll wait to see clearer proof. But I can predict one thing: the people here who are pooh-poohing the idea that Mossad could be so incompetent won't be back to apologise if they're proven wrong.

  • 50. 0 0
    Mossad not doing too well!
    • Musa Alami
    • 18.02.10
    • 17:23

    What I don't understand is how do the security services in Dubai can track people on completely different camera systems (some private, some governmental). They tracked them in the airport (which is not too hard), at the hotels (harder but acceptable) but at the shopping center, how ??? I'm sorry but half of them look Israeli to me especially "Gail". Is the Mossad stupid to the point to use fake foreign passports with details belonging to Israeli citizens with dual nationalities. This was, by the way, exposed by the real holders of the identities used in this attack. I think the Mossad has seriously lost its edge and that Dubai security services are surprising everyone. Scares me when I go to Dubai next time. As for the Mossad, go back to the center near Haifa and get better training Why so many? First of all, this is considered by the Mossad as a hostile (arab) country so backup is required. this may be a message to everyone "Mossad can reach anyone anywhere!"

  • 49. 0 0
    And Nahro Massoud is a Mossad agent?
    • Edward
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:57

    Its, I think, hard to imagine that Massoud played as double agent for Mossad. Or is Osama bin Laden really Rabbi Schneerson--- alive and well in Pakistan where he shares a flat with Elvis and Michael Jackson.

  • 48. 0 0
    dubai
    • Ajinkya
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:56

    It's real 99%

  • 47. 0 0
    Linthwaite
    • Sarah
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:50

    Since when do you care about Israeli citizens who happen to carry British passports?

  • 46. 0 0
    'Dubai police chief 99% sure Israel behind Hamas killing'
    • EB
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:42

    wait, there are two palestinian people arrested behind the killing, but Dubai police think it was Israel behind the attacks. Tell me again, how did they come to this conclusion?

  • 45. 0 0
    Sherlock Holmes in Dubai- Not!
    • Ori
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:37

    How do we move from Palestinian Authority involvement to Israel did it? Real smart...the Palestinian Authority and Israel working together on this is about as logical as a making a peanut butter and anchovy sandwich! If we can't agree on peace talks how could we do this together...

  • 44. 0 0
    Dubai flop
    • MA
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:29

    Israel's Mossad thought that pulling this killing will look so amaturish that noone will believe it is the work of Mossad. And so perhaps blame some else who is not smart as them. Very simple. The reality is that Mossad have run out of options and this is the only strke they could pull.

  • 43. 0 0
    Chris Your country did it.
    • Aby
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:20

    Its much more easy for the county who issued the passports to take the passports hand them where ever they like. You don't need also for a forge paspport your country had supplied them. Aby

  • 42. 0 0
    Dubai
    • Kacey
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:15

    All what Dubai has to do ,is to declare a big reward ( like 10 Millions) for any information, that leads to know who was behind this operation. Dubai will get millions of tips from Palestinians and Israelis.

  • 41. 0 0
    #27 m
    • Chris Linthwaite
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:06

    If you photocopy the details of the passport at Ben Gurion Airport it would be very easy for an individual to turn up at the consulate at say Bali and get a replacement passport because it was lost/stolen washed away in a Tsunami.

  • 40. 0 0
    Chris who is setaling
    • Free Spirit
    • 18.02.10
    • 14:00

    Well said brother

  • 39. 0 0
    Re: "what has Mengele got to do with Israel"
    • Miron
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:55

    wrong question. The right question is what did Interpol do to apprehend him for the past ( 50+ years). Same goes to Mabhouh ( 15+years ) And kidnappers of Gilad Schalit ( 3.5 years ) You keep your righteous indignation to the corner where Israeli murderers feel at ease. The horns on the forehead of your angels are more telling than their tails.

  • 38. 0 0
    Hamas
    • Free Spirit
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:53

    Israel need not justify anything to anybody. Protecting its citizens and the nation which is chosen by God. Those who go against it will weep.

  • 37. 0 0
    The DNA difference between a human and a monkey is 99% too
    • Jose Pedro
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:33

    The ONE percent makes the all difference.

  • 36. 0 0
    To Bill Columbia
    • Jack
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:24

    hello bill all the way in the safest country in the world Columbia! hahaha seriously! crimes? what crimes? Im american and live in Dubai and I cant feel safer in any other city in the world! hahaha your so funny!

  • 35. 0 0
    #34, smoking gun
    • Cipora Julianna Kohn
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:22

    the man had been a resident of gaza and on occasion a resident of an israeli prison. it is highly doubtful that the mossad needed anyone to identify him. logging off.

  • 34. 0 0
    #23 CJK. "mossad would not need a hamas person to identify him"
    • smoking gun
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:14

    Of course not. Please read up on Lillehammer debacle. A certain Moroccan waiter, Ahmed Bouchiki, would have liked to take issue with you! LOL!!

  • 33. 0 0
    to everyone who says they know who did this
    • Jew
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:11

    Here are the facts; no one other than the people responsible for this murder knows who did this. There is no proof that it was Israel, Fatah, Hamas or any other group. It seems the evidence they have talked about in the news is circumstantial at best. 2 Palestinians have been arrested in Jordan and I Hamas member is being held is Syria. As for the 18 other suspects, they are just that suspects. Anyone saying that Israel did or did not do this is just trying to make their opinion seem like fact. I don?t think Israel did this, but that does not make me correct. I don?t think a Hamas member, 2 Fatah members would cooperate with the Mossad to kill another Hamas member.

  • 32. 0 0
    Whatever, why was the victim, such a sought-after personage
    • Esther
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:11

    ... traipsing around Dubai with no personal security whatsoever?... ... maybe his own security guard was involved?... ... maybe it was an identity foul-up, and the score of assasins was intended for someone else altogether?... ... a thousand-and-one-nights for sure... ... what now?... who next?... ... this is better that Big Brother...

  • 31. 0 0
    Cipora Julianna Kohn #23 LOL! 'most likely a nuclear device'
    • smoking gun
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:07

    Yes most likely indeed. We must proceed to target Iran with utmost haste lest they spread these 'nuclear devices' far and wide.LOL.

  • 30. 0 0
    only rumors - no evidence !
    • marc
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:02

    to date we have some pictures and blurry video tapes. no evidence, no witness, no case just hearsay and rumors. who proves these fake passport holders ever existed or travelled to dubai ? it can be israel or anyone else. and no anwser what business the hamas guy was up to in dubai ?

  • 29. 0 0
    Terrorism
    • Darryn
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:01

    I wander if this would be so controversial if it was Bin Laden in the Dubai Hotel and the CIA that had killed him

  • 28. 0 0
    90% sure
    • m
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:01

    Not surprising to read this report when the media has been 100% sure since the story broke.

  • 27. 0 0
    #13 Chris
    • m
    • 18.02.10
    • 13:00

    Except that these were not photocopies and some of the individual's passports would have expired since moving to Israel. Poor theory.

  • 26. 0 0
    smiling in passport pic.... Dont think so...
    • Tzipi
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:48

    Since when where people allowed to smile in passport photos? has anyone seen them? 3 of the guys are smiling. The photos are faked.

  • 25. 0 0
    #.19 S.nathan.
    • Stephen.
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:47

    Yes, this the country that is civilized, this is the country where I have retired after most of my life in Israel. Where I fought three wars, so that you may live a better life. Yes, this is the country, that in 1942 took care of three young aunts who swam the river Rhine. Yes, this is the country that has given me a better life than in some old aged home in Israel. This is my country of choice. So, what is your beef.? Switzerland has become just another small European country without Bank Secrecy, certainly xenophobic, regarding a growing foreign religion, then again who wants minarets with loudspeakers calling for prayers 5 times a day. Shalom.

  • 24. 0 0
    Chris who is stealing from whom
    • Aby
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:41

    Who is stealing whose identy to begin with. The Israeli Brits identity had been stolen by Britain your loved ones, hand them to MI5 or any other country for the operation and blame the theft to Israel. It seems you buy it and accuses us. Go accuse your beloving Brits. Why dont you blame your country, cause she is the sole culprit of todays conflicts. Divide and conquer was your game, you had play it very well always. Look at the world what have you gifted to the world. Middle East conflict Hindu-Pakistani conflict Turkey-Greek conflict Iran-Iraq conflict Aby

  • 23. 0 0
    #8, Stephen
    • Cipora Julianna Kohn
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:38

    it most likely had to do with a nuclear device. i agree that more than on agency was involved, even though that is unusual. the mossad would not need a hamas person to identify him. if i do not see you tomorrow, shabbat shalom to you and to all you love. cipora

  • 22. 0 0
    Lightwaite - judge and jury
    • Hamishim Agora
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:35

    No evidence just a lot of teenage angst and a pre-determined conclusion. So many different groups would want to terminate someone with this guy's background, and all of them except Israel would find it highly convenient to make it look like Israel did it. Which is pretty easy if you include Israeli citizen's details. Whoever did this probably saved countless lives, but that's not the point here. Nor are the valid points about e.g. why Dubai allows know terrorists and illegal arms dealers to operate with impunity or how they want to be the Costa del Sol on the one hand and a medieval capital punishment butcher's store on the other.

  • 21. 0 0
    #19 Shaun Nathan
    • Chris Linthwaite
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:31

    What have Swiss actions during WWII got to do with Israel misusing British Passports, and endangering British citizens by using their identities?

  • 20. 0 0
    #16 Miron
    • Chris Linthwaite
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:23

    Just what has Mengele got to do with Israel stealing the identities of British citizens and forging British passports in order to carry out a murder in a soveriegn state recognised by the United Nations? Referring to the undoubted evil of the Holocaust won't work to get Israel out of this one. Israel promised in 1987 never to misuse forged British passports again. They have, there must be a severe penalty.

  • 19. 0 0
    to Stephen in Geneva
    • shaun nathan
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:16

    "civilized Swiss state"????? Is this the same state that banned kosher slaughter and muslim minnarets and stole and art money from the family of slaughtered holocaust victims - all Swiss state sponsored actions

  • 18. 0 0
    huh - retinal scan ? but mahmoud m's they didnt find ?
    • eporue
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:15

    why didnt dubai figure out, that it was him, when he had been to dubai in the past on numerous fake passports - and on each visit they took his retinal scan ? according to the police, it took weeks to identify him...probably when eventually hamas reported him missing ? ...lol...gets a bit embarrassing ?

  • 17. 0 0
    Michael D. #15
    • American Citizen
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:13

    The Dubai assassination suspects didn't have Arab passports, they carried faked European passports because the agents looked "European". They could have faked African passports but that may have blown their cover even though an African can also be European-looking, right?

  • 16. 0 0
    retina scans... body scanners... George Orwell
    • Miron
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:01

    it is beyond me Interpol resources are wasted to defend murderer Al Mabhouh when Gilad Schalit continues to perishing in kidnap and Bin Laden continues to mock justice from who knows where. They never caught up with Mengele, the murderer was out there for eternal 50 years at least. What a charade of an police service.

  • 15. 0 0
    #10 - American Citizen
    • Michael D.
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:01

    Have you seen all the Arabs in the world? I bet you don't know any with blond hair, fair skin and blue eyes, but here in Israel, we do. Not all Arabs look like Omar Sharif in the film Lawrence of Arabia. That's probably as close to an Arab as you've ever gotten. Yes, it would be embarrasing if a Palestinian collaborator set Mossad up. Almost as embarassing as the number of times the CIA has been set up, starting with assisting Fidel Castro as a rebel back in the late 1950s... and it all goes downhill from there. Mabhouh had enough enemies who could have wanted to off him without looking at countries. Every arms dealer does.

  • 14. 0 0
    Who killed the terrorist
    • Bill
    • 18.02.10
    • 12:00

    Does it even bother anyone that Dubai spends so much time to figure out who killed a terrorist, but if you give someone a hand jesture while driving they actually throw you in jail.....crimes are committed everyday in Dubai against, Americans, UK, Indians, Filipino's....and nothing done......

  • 13. 0 0
    #6 m
    • Chris Linthwaite
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:45

    How easy is it to photocopy someone's passport when they arrive in Israel making Aliyah? You know so passes and licences tax numbers etc can be handed out?

  • 12. 0 0
    Retina scan held by dubai police.
    • Mike
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:42

    Dubai police chief has said, they have retina scan of all the suspects. If they travelled before, or, travel again, they will be arrested. It is very simple, then we will know the truth. Dubai police cheif has said, if there is a definite connection with mossad, they will issue an arrest warrant for nathanyhu.

  • 11. 0 0
    Wouldn't be the first time
    • Chris Linthwaite
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:41

    A Palestinian working for the Palestinian Authority was a double agent for Israel? And who is Israel kidding anyway, the only way that these two individuals would have found themselves in Dubai is with the full assent and co-operation of the State of Israel. Enough with the bollocks that Palestinians are allowed to travel wherever, whenever they want

  • 10. 0 0
    Hey Mickey #4
    • American Citizen
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:38

    Haven't seen any of your facts yet, just denials and anonymous sources. But we've all seen the photos and video from the Dubai CCTV, and those pictured aren't Arabs among that hack hit squad. And if a Palestinian collaborator set up Mossad in this instance, that's even more embarassing for Israeli intelligence.

  • 9. 0 0
    A matter of time till the killers get captured.
    • Avi
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:31

    "The human retina is a thin tissue composed of neural cells that is located in the posterior portion of the eye. Because of the complex structure of the capillaries that supply the retina with blood, each person's retina is unique." According to Palestinian news agency Ma'an, Dubai police said Wednesday that they hold retinal scans of the suspected assassins, which they plan to publish through international police intelligence service Interpol. Even if the killers were Israeli agents, it is more obvious they have dual citizenships as many other Israelis. Retinal scans available could lead easily to their identification, if not capture.

  • 8. 0 0
    Mahmoud al-Mabhouh
    • Stephen.
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:27

    It appears that the above was targeted by Fatah and Hamas, as well as a host of countries. Could well be for not delivering the diamonds. Or, having obtained some nuclear device. However, many have pointed their fingers at Israel. Israel, claims not to have taken part in said operation. The problem is, that certain residents in Israel were abused. Who had this information.? Why were they abused.? For, their names would have been released. All pointing to Israel. Which other country had access to this information.? Why is both Fatah and a top Hamas security Official involved? Smells very fishy. Now, Austria was the cell phone SIM card provider. You can bet, all the Intel services are scrambling, either for cover or tying to unravel said operation. My guess, many are scrambling for cover. It was a combined operation. Good day from civilized snowy Swiss Alps.

  • 7. 0 0
    Typical: Arabs killing Arabs
    • RF
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:24

    Typical world reaction. Arabs killing Arabs (3 arrests - all Pals) and the world blames the Israelis.

  • 6. 0 0
    defraud
    • m
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:22

    How hard is it to go on the internet and find the name of an Israeli with British or any other citizenship? Perhaps you are suggesting that only Israel is "intelligent" enough to be able to do that! Wake-up!

  • 5. 0 0
    Israel uses and abuses Palestinian traitors all the time
    • Michael
    • 18.02.10
    • 11:20

    Obviously the Mossad would have used Palestinian collaborators. They have to get their information from somewhere.

  • 4. 0 0
    #3 American Citizen
    • Mickey
    • 18.02.10
    • 10:42

    The fact is that the only 2 people arrested ib Dubai are Palestinians and another one is being held on suspicion in Syria.

  • 3. 1 0
    When cornered, blame Hamas or Fatah
    • American Citizen
    • 18.02.10
    • 10:33

    or Hizbullah, or Iran. Forget the precedents and similar hitmen tactics of the past, Israel would never fake passports nor assassinate suspects on foreign soil. END SARCASM.

  • 2. 0 1
    Mr. and Mrs. Israel good mourning
    • defraud
    • 18.02.10
    • 10:18

    Well citizens of Israel how do you like your narrow ruling cliques now? Even your identities are at risk. Continue sleeping and allowing same don't ask for electoral reform but stop snoring.

  • 1. 0 0
    We want them in a Big Brother
    • Paulo2005
    • 18.02.10
    • 09:53

    We already have the pictures of the guys. I have read a detailed description of the assassination plot. I think next step is to place 4 of the 17 mossad agents with 4 Hamas male and female prisioners in a Big Brother and enjoy the show. :)))) Hamas and Mossad Together in a israeli Big Brother. I am sure such program would smash audiences across the middle east. PS: By the way one of the mossad female smiling agent was gorgeous. She would surely be a star.