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Mahmoud al Mabhouh's assassins techniques revealed on CCTV footage
Rather long, but tells the story of how the plan came together. If you don't have patience to watch the whole thing (about as long as an episode of Cheers, but has a much happier ending) then go to 4:00 of part 3 to watch Mahmoud's last minutes on Earth. Highlights:
- The assassins walking through the airport and checking in to their hotels.
- They didn't call each other's mobile phones, instead calling a number in Austria and communicating through there, probably securely.
- Shows them going into a hotel room and coming out in disguise.
- The hit squad checked out another hotel where Mahmoud was known to frequent, but he didn't stay there.
- Surveillance teams at the airport and in the hotel lobby, waiting for Mahmoud to show up.
- Hotel surveillance team (holding tennis rackets) gets in the elevator with Mahmoud and watches him go into his room.
- Team uses sekr3t communication device to tell other team member to rent the room directly across from Mahmoud's.
- Mahmoud leaving the hotel to go do whatever nefarious deeds he came to Dubai to perform, being tailed by a team member, who gives out his car's description.
- The team tried to electronically change the door keycard, but failed. They got into his room some other way.
- Mahmoud returning and going to his room to meet his destiny, walking past team member who is guarding the hallway.
- Team makes rapid getaway, 1-2 hours after the dirty deed.
- The next day at 1:30pm, the hotel staff enters to find out why he didn't check out, and the door has been latched and chained from the inside.
Ideas, analysis, monday morning quarterbacking?
Posted by: gromky 2010-02-18 |
