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| Hamas leader drugged & suffocated: Dubai police | |
| 2010-03-01 | |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] A Hamas leader who was killed in his Dubai hotel room, allegedly by Mossad agents, was drugged and then suffocated to death, police said on Sunday. "The killers used the drug succinylcholine to sedate (Mahmoud) al-Mabhouh before they suffocated him," the statement quoted Major General Khamis Mattar al-Mazeina, deputy commander of Dubai police, as saying. "The assassins used this method so that it would seem that his death was natural," the statement said, adding that "there were no signs of resistance shown by the victim." Succinylcholine is used to induce muscle relaxation and is favoured by anaesthetists and emergency doctors because of its fast onset. Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas' military wing, was killed last month in his hotel room in what Dubai police say was almost certainly a hit by Israel's Mossad spy agency. Dubai authorities have identified 26 people suspected of involvement in his killing. Once their part in the operation was completed, the suspects, reportedly fled to different parts of the world, with two suspects leaving Dubai by boat for Iran. Two Palestinians suspected of providing logistical support were in detention and Dubai's police chief, Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan, has said he believes the operation could not have been carried out without information from inside Hamas on Mabhouh's travel details.
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #13 Coulda got the wrong end of his goat . . . . |
| Posted by: gorb 2010-03-01 21:46 |
| #12 #10 If they were axphixiating him, why didn't they make it look like an INXS wanking-game gone wrong? Posted by: Bright Pebbles I woulda been OK with a bizarre sex act with a ferret gone wrong. Those are always fun for CSI |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-03-01 19:43 |
| #11 Dubai authorities have identified 26 people suspected of involvement in his killing. When they "allege" Mossad involvement, maybe what they mean is that the entire Mossad staff just took a field trip to Dubai? Didn't the British run India for a few centuries with a staff about that size? |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-03-01 19:32 |
| #10 If they were axphixiating him, why didn't they make it look like an INXS wanking-game gone wrong? |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2010-03-01 17:03 |
| #9 I still think it was an assassination by stampede! All those feet running towards a shoe giveaway. And, Mab-hoo did get himself a pair. Was the GPS system in his old shoes? Will Sherlock, in Dubai, ever let us see the alias Mab-hoo was using? Was evidence thrown into the shark tank at the mall? Wait for the whack-a-mole The Musical. |
| Posted by: Carol Herman 2010-03-01 15:08 |
| #8 There is no record of either having left the U.S., though it's possible they exited with different papers, since their passports are suspected of being fraudulent. Unlike most countries, the U.S. doesn't check passports when people leave, so there wouldn't be a government record of them leaving. Airlines check passports to ensure the passengers will be able to enter the place they're flying to, but that's about it. |
| Posted by: Cowboy is a compliment 2010-03-01 13:34 |
| #7 Two of the 26 suspects wanted in the January 20 Dubai assassination of a Hamas leader entered the U.S. after the hit job, If they poke their heads into Rantburg's O Club, they'll drink for free all evening. Such a good deed ought to be rewarded. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-03-01 12:03 |
| #6 This operation could have been carried out using one or two personnel. What took place appears to have all the elements of a live-fire, clandestine service training academy graduation execise. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2010-03-01 10:52 |
| #5 Could this possibly be a multi-agency hit??? It would give all involved plausible deniability, coordinated with lots of operatives ignorant of the others' part. Probably just wishful thinking. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-03-01 10:45 |
| #4 Another new tidbit of interest from the WSJ: Assassins in our midst! Two of the 26 suspects wanted in the January 20 Dubai assassination of a Hamas leader entered the U.S. after the hit job, sources tell The Wall Street Journal. One entered the country on February 14 with a British passport and another on January 21 with an Irish passport. There is no record of either having left the U.S., though itÂ’s possible they exited with different papers, since their passports are suspected of being fraudulent. DubaiÂ’s police chief has said he is 99 percent certain the Israeli intelligence service Mossad is responsible for the assassination, though he has not provided evidence to back up that claim. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-03-01 10:28 |
| #3 ...with two suspects leaving Dubai by boat for Iran. BWAHAhahahahaha... Oh, that's rich. Dis they leave any bread crumbs? |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-03-01 10:25 |
| #2 They still have yet to explain all the honey and chicken feathers stuck to his rear end. |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-03-01 09:04 |
| #1 Apparently Mahmoud's treatment was a lot gentler than his treatment of his own victim's. NO sympathy here. |
| Posted by: tipover 2010-03-01 01:03 |