United Arab Emirates – Hamas suspects the security forces of an Arab state were behind the assassination of a senior group operative in Dubai earlier this year, the Al-Quds Al-Araby daily reported on Tuesday.
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Mahmoud Nasser, a member of Hamas’ political bureau, told the newspaper that slain commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was likely being tracked by agents from Jordan and Egypt prior to the January 19 killing.
Nasser said he had been given information regarding such efforts to kill Mabhouh, adding that the evidence indicated that the assassination was carried out earlier than the alleged agents had planned.
According to Nasser, Mabhouh was in possession of “dangerous” information seen as dangerous to particular Arab elements seeking to topple Islamist resistance.
Nasser oversees Hamas’ ties with Iran and worked closely with Mabhouh, sometimes referred to as his deputy. Hamas raised these accusations after a prelimary investigation immediately following the murder, and match early suspicions raised by Dubai as well.
The UAE-based The National reported earlier Tuesday that Dubai has asked the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation to look into U.S.-issued pre-paid credit cards used by suspects in Mabhouh’s killing.
Citing an FBI source, The National newspaper said the investigation will look into any Israeli involvement in the assassination at a Dubai luxury hotel.
“Thirteen of the 27 suspects used prepaid MasterCards issued by MetaBank, a regional American bank, to purchase plane tickets and book hotel rooms,” the paper said, citing Dubai police.
Police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim said on Monday that Israel’s intelligence agency Mossad had “insulted” Dubai and other countries whose forged passports were used by suspects in the assassination of the Hamas military commander in the emirate.
Tamim also said a 27th member of the team that killed Mabhouh in his hotel room had been identified.
The police chief also said that travelers suspected of being Israeli will not be allowed into the United Arab Emirates even if they arrive with alternative passports.
He did not explain what procedures would be used to identify the Israeli visitors, except that the police will “develop skills” to recognize Israelis by “physical features and the way they speak.”
It was also unclear if the measure would apply to Israeli athletes competing in international sports events in the Emirates and how it could affect Israel’s participation in international meetings here.
……So is Isreal of the hook?!
such idiots, they shoud’ve kept quiet until they found out who is behind it, the confusion is great now they will be scared of their own shadow’s.
Hmmm…interesting move by Hamas. They’re either trying to (1) flush Israel out of cover and get them to admit that the Mossad did it or (2) try to shift blame to “moderate” Arab governments that have peace treaties with Israel in an attempt to weaken them with the goal of overthrowing them and installing fundamentalists in their place. I wonder if Dubai is now angry with Hamas for cutting the legs out of Dubai’s “Blame Israel” campaign. Interesting.
So if you profile the isreili. Forbid and prohibit. Prevent and stop them from entering dubai. Then the jordans and egyptians will or will not be able to do more hit jobs.
Can anyone follow the warped statements coming out of the dubai dumbys.
Intelligence agencys are having a field day.
Laughing their way to town.
The un voted against israel because of the hit the world blamed israel all the diplomats were called in…. And it was jordan?
I’m a little confused. If Israel didn’t do it then why are they being banned from the country?
“Tamim also said a 27th member of the team that killed Mabhouh in his hotel room had been identified. ” The list grows everyday. They have no clue who what when. They keep ading people to the list. Do you think it takes a team of 27 people to kill this guy?
No way was this the work of Mossad. The operation was way to sloppy (i.e. passports traceable to Israeli citizens, in full view of surveilance cameras, credit cards were used etc…) . This was done by some arabic government who hired mercenaries, because they had some bone to pick with this guy, with intentions of framing the Mossad. Almost a picture perfect conspiracy. It is not the Mossad’s job to deny their involvement. That’s not the way spy agencies work. By denying the it they would have to prove they didn’t do it. Proving it would obviously involve divulging top secret tactics and information.
No, I don’t work for the Mossad. It’s all common sense. Use your noodles.
Barring anyone with Israeli citizenship is actually a problem, as Dubai is a major business center. I’m a dual American and Israeli citizen, and need to travel to Dubai at times for conferences and meetings, and this could be an issue for me.
what a joke…and purim has been extended!
So its ok for UAE to ban an entire nation from entering their country. I guess if Israel was to do the same, the UN would’ve definitely been all over this.
interesting that this news is only on israeli and american frum website… and twitter. No major news websites have anything about this.
So if this turns out to be true, will the Foreign Ministers of Jordan and Egypt be summoned to the UK, Australia and German like the Israeli FM was?