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Dubai not ruling out Mossad hand in murder of Hamas official
By Yossi Melman, Haaretz Correspondent and Haaretz Service
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Dubai narrows down 7 European suspects; Report: Assassins injected Mabhouh with heart attack drug.
 

Dubai Police said Sunday that at least seven individuals were involved in the murder of a Hamas official in a local hotel last week, and would not rule out the possibility that the Israeli spy agency Mossad had a hand in the attack.

"It could be Mossad, or another party," police chief Dhahi Khalfan told AFP. "Personally, I don't exclude any possibility. I don't exclude any party that has an interest in the assassination."


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halfan told news agencies on Sunday that the seven primary suspects carried various European passports, but he would not elaborate.

The police have contacted the relevant European nations, said a top commander, in order to glean more information on their identity.

The hit squad that assassinated top Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room injected him with a drug that induced a heart attack, London newspaper The Times reported on Sunday.

A team of assassins broke into al-Mabhouh's room and killed him silently before photographing all the documents in his briefcase and left a 'do not disturb' sign on the door, said the paper quoting unnamed sources in the Middle East.

Latest theories contradict a version of events given last week by Al-Mabhouh's brother, who told Haaretz that a medical team had determined the cause of death as a massive electric shock sustained to the head. Doctors had also found evidence of strangulation, he said.


Hamas has publicly blamed Israel for the assassination, which occurred only three days after the first ever visit to the Arab Emirates by an Israeli minister.

Mahmoud al-Zahar, one of the group's leaders and co-founders, claimed Saturday in an interview with Al-Jazeera television that the killers entered Dubai on forged passports as part of the entourage of Uzi Landau, the infrastructure minister, who was attending a regional conference on renewable energy.

Landau has refuted any connection between his visit and the assassination.

The 50-year-old Hamas man's body was discovered by staff at the luxury Al Bustan Rotana hotel after lunch on January 20. There were no suspicious signs and local doctors diagnosed a heart attack.

But nine days later, blood samples sent to Paris for analysis showed signs of poison and Hamas announced his death and blamed the Israeli agents for the assassination.

Al-Mabhouh, who was the official responsible for arranging arms supplies from Iran to Gaza, was tracked from the moment he boarded Emirates flight EK 912 at Damascus at 10.05 on January 19, the Times reported.

Hamas has since accused Israel of 'breaking the rules of the game' by taking its war with Hamas onto foreign territory and vowed to retaliate by targeting Israeli officials in Europe.
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  1.   The Times had an eye witness reporter hidden inside the room. 08:44  |  Ami Israel Goldman 31/01/10
  2.   first visit 09:06  |  Hirz 31/01/10
  3.   No wonder Israelis are persona non grata 09:19  |  Andrew 31/01/10
  4.   Humanity in danger 09:28  |  petr vojta 31/01/10
  5.   They waste money at the best hotels 09:53  |  Elly 31/01/10
  6.   Tea Time 10:14  |  David 31/01/10
  7.   Live in harmony with Petr 10:18  |  Andy 31/01/10
  8.   Dumb question 11:01  |  Richard 31/01/10
  9.   Fools-Fools & More Fools 11:05  |  Marco 31/01/10
  10.   "breaking the rules"? 11:06  |  Gabi 31/01/10
  11.   Killers injected Hamas leader with heart.. 13:17  |  David Nigel Braham 31/01/10
  12.   timing of the landau visit was almost surely pure happenstance 13:18  |  eric 31/01/10
  13.   .."quoting unnamed sources in the Middle East" 13:30  |  Peter Williams 31/01/10
  14.   hamas leaders living in luxury hotel 13:41  |  Fritz 31/01/10
  15.   #7 Andy 13:45  |  Fery 31/01/10
  16.   No. 3 14:05  |  a wandering Jew 31/01/10
  17.   ANDREW Excuse me Your evidence for who killed him being??? 14:21  |  PETER SM 31/01/10
  18.   This is the Sunday Times, so it`s not hugely credible. 14:25  |  Michael 31/01/10
  19.   Israeli participation most unlikly 14:29  |  X-MILITAEY 31/01/10
  20.   FERY Pals refused their own state.Jews were ethnically cleansed 14:37  |  PETER SM 31/01/10
  21.   OF COURSE #17 14:42  |  Zeidan 31/01/10
  22.   My Guess 14:50  |  Ron 31/01/10
  23.   Fery 15 15:11  |  ChanahS 31/01/10
  24.   #15 Fery 15:14  |  Andy 31/01/10
  25.   RETALIATION 15:41  |  Robert of jerusalem 31/01/10
  26.   Petr Vojta ,are you talking about murder of Charles Jordan in Pra 15:55  |  Absolute Sweden 31/01/10
  27.   Killed more ways than Rasputin 16:09  |  Mark Lincoln 31/01/10
  28.   #13 Peter Williams 16:12  |  Jim 31/01/10
  29.   #12ERIC AND MORE PIE IN THE SKY ALLEGATIONS 16:17  |  vhardman 31/01/10
  30.   #4 petr vojta 16:22  |  Jim 31/01/10
  31.   Maybe Eric, but Israel is into flaunting its power these days 17:24  |  newageblues 31/01/10
  32.   All those condemning Israel out of hand... 17:58  |  Michael Davison 31/01/10
  33.   #15 Ferry 17:58  |  Daniel 31/01/10
  34.   Medical Musings 18:31  |  Jasper 31/01/10
  35.   Hamas & Hezb,threating revenge killing in Europe 19:14  |  WeEu 31/01/10
  36.   Petr: What You Will Not Confront 19:14  |  Brad 31/01/10
  37.   Dubai 19:26  |  Avner 31/01/10
  38.   it could 19:31  |  Shmuelshachor 31/01/10
  39.   If there really were 7 people involved it probably was Mossad. 19:33  |  Michael 31/01/10
  40.   Murder of hamas official 19:42  |  HEZEKIAL 31/01/10
  41.   Wanted Terrorist died while having sex party. 19:44  |  Bob 31/01/10
  42.   #10 Gabi 19:52  |  O C 31/01/10
  43.   Illegal weapons dealer dies 20:17  |  Lynn 31/01/10
  44.   suspects to murder 20:23  |  zoe 31/01/10
  45.   Fery #15 20:25  |  Jon R 31/01/10
  46.   Dubai/Good Buy?/Goodbye!!! 20:28  |  PAL 31/01/10
  47.   Al Bustan Rotana is an AVERAGE hotel! 20:48  |  Ramin 31/01/10
  48.   A Lesson by Rashi For Feeble-Minded Fery (#15) 21:05  |  Steve of Mevaserret 31/01/10
  49.   Gangster behavior. 21:14  |  Maureen Ann 31/01/10
  50.   Innocent until proven guilty? 21:20  |  al-kafir al-yahudi 31/01/10
  51.   An event happened that could feasibly have been numerous parties 21:48  |  I know, let`s 31/01/10
  52.   #9 Marco "Intelligent talkbackers" 22:54  |  H 31/01/10
  53.   #3 Andrew , and who cares to visit 23:07  |  TOMY 31/01/10
  54.   hamas? 23:08  |  sofa 31/01/10
  55.   BOTTOM LINE: THEY DON`T KNOW 23:13  |  Mark from Georgia 31/01/10
  56.   here we go: a heart attack ! 23:19  |  notjewish 31/01/10
  57.   Inside job 23:33  |  Arnold 31/01/10
  58.   Response to #5 01:03  |  Sam 01/02/10
  59.   petr 01:29  |  Philippe 01/02/10
  60.   X-military 01:32  |  Philippe 01/02/10
  61.   If they were part of Landau`s entourage... 02:00  |  Josh 01/02/10
  62.   A Lesson by Rashi (Fery #15) 2nd try 02:24  |  Steve of Mevaserret 01/02/10
  63.   isreal breaking the rules of engagement 05:56  |  dano 01/02/10
  64.   Re: david 06:32  |  Dukke 01/02/10
  65.   Re: andy 06:45  |  Dukke 01/02/10
  66.   cover up 07:01  |  mark 01/02/10
  67.   #15 07:06  |  mark 01/02/10
  68.   From Dubai with love. 08:32  |  Stephen 01/02/10
  69.   Petr. first compensate the Jews, Hungarians and Sudeten Germans!! 08:49  |  Dr. Jack 01/02/10
  70.   They photographed "all the documents in his briefcase"? 09:03  |  The Prophet 01/02/10
  71.   hello Stephen - 10:08  |  ivo 01/02/10
  72.   Look no further than the cold blooded assassins in Mossad ... 15:38  |  Dutch 01/02/10
  73.   Dutch # 57. 16:11  |  David Nigel Braham 01/02/10
  74.   A Scottish saying..... 00:07  |  The Teacher/Instruct 02/02/10
  75.   Fery 01:19  |  Brad 02/02/10
  76.   DORIS look no further than the Hamas announcement 10:21  |  PETER SM 02/02/10
  77.   To: # 76 Peter SM 14:22  |  Jasmine 02/02/10
  78.   Srangled and electrocuted... 14:24  |  Brutus 02/02/10
  79.   To the Protagonist Brutus@ 78 Silly diagnosis! 16:00  |  Jasmine 02/02/10
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