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Dubai police hint Mossad may be behind assassination
Head of Dubai's law enforcement refuses to rule out that the Israeli intelligence apparatus, Mossad, may have been behind the recent assassination of a senior Hamas commander. "It could be Mossad," police chief Dhahi Khalfan was quoted as saying by AFP about the targeted killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the co-founder of the Palestinian resistance movement's armed wing, Ezzedine al-Qassam Brigades, in a Dubai hotel on January 20. "Personally, I don't exclude any possibility. I don't exclude any party that has an interest in the assassination," he said. The death squad included "seven or more people holding passports from different European countries," the police chief said. "We are currently in contact with these European countries to verify the authenticity of the passports." According to the Times of London, the hitmen had subjected Mabhouh to an injection which induced a heart attack, photographed the documents in his briefcase and left a "do not disturb" sign on the door of the hotel room where the crime was committed. Hamas has accused Israel of carrying out the hit. In a statement, the movement said, "we hold Israel responsible for the assassination of our brother and leader." Izzat al-Rishq, a member of the Hamas political bureau told Press TV that the victim "spent a long time in Israeli jails and when he was released from prison, they monitored him as he continued to play his important role in continuing to implement resistance activities in Palestinian refugee camps and as a result he was targeted." Posted by: Fred 2010-02-01 |
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