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| Interpol seeks arrests for Hamas chiefs killing |
| 2010-02-19 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Interpol should issue a warrant to help locate and arrest the head of Israel's spy agency Mossad if the organization was responsible for the killing of a Hamas chief in Dubai, the emirate's police chief said on Thursday, as the Interpol issued arrest notices for 11 suspects wanted by Dubai for the killing. In comments to be aired later on Dubai TV, police chief Dahi Khalfan Tamim called for Interpol to issue "a red notice against the head of Mossad ... as a killer in case Mossad if proved to be behind the crime, which is likely now". The Interpol meanwhile issued arrest notices for 11 suspects wanted by Dubai for the killing of Hamas leader Mahmud al-Mabhuh there. The 11 have been charged by authorities in the United Arab Emirates with coordinating and committing the murder of Mabhouh, it said in a statement. Mabhouh, a commander of the Palestinian armed group Hamas which rules the Gaza Strip, was killed in a hotel room in Dubai on Jan. 19. Officials have said suspects in the killing used fake passports from Britain, France and Ireland. Announcing the issue of the so-called Red Notices Interpol said it "has reason to believe that the suspects linked to this murder have stolen the identities of real people." Red Notices are "to seek the arrest or provisional arrest of wanted persons with a view to extradition," according to the Interpol website. Tamim said he was 99 percent sure the Israeli spy agency Mossad was behind the murder, Emirati newspaper The National reported earlier. "Our investigations reveal that Mossad is involved in the murder of Mabhouh. It is 99 percent, if not 100 percent, that Mossad is standing behind the murder,"Tamim told The National newspaper. Britain, France and Ireland summoned Israeli ambassadors on Thursday over the question of fake passports. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 But in the case of Mr. Polanski, they were quite sure it was he they knew the location of, chris. Had they been unsure of identity and location, who knows how long it might have taken? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-19 14:12 |
| #6 only took em 30 years too get roman polanski though |
| Posted by: chris 2010-02-19 13:52 |
| #5 Big deal. Every time Five-0 asked Interpol for help, they never came through... |
| Posted by: tu3031 2010-02-19 13:24 |
| #4 You betcha. We'll get right on that. |
| Posted by: mojo 2010-02-19 13:13 |
| #3 Also, a second woman in a hotel clerk's uniform was said to be wanted, making the total suspects 18. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-02-19 09:06 |
| #2 More on the passports (AP): Israel's ambassador to Ireland, Zion Evrony, said he had nothing useful to tell Ireland because he knew nothing confidential about the Dubai assassination. Irish Foreign Minister Micheal Martin has said the three Irish passports did have valid numbers but were issued to people with different names than those made public by Dubai. He said the Foreign Ministry had contacted two people with the same passport numbers and found they had not lost their passports or had any stolen. The assassins apparently had access to pre-2005 passports that lacked biometric information, Martin said. Also linked to the slaying are two Palestinians in Dubai custody and five others, including one woman who was caught on video surveillance at the luxury hotel where al-Mabhouh's body was found Jan. 20, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity in line with standing policies. The official gave no further details on the Palestinians or the five other suspects. But the official said that some of the suspects used the false passports to open credit card accounts at U.S. banks, but also gave no additional information. |
| Posted by: Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-02-19 09:03 |
| #1 Yeah, Inspector Legume, will be bringing them in any day now. Just as soon as he finds his hat. |
| Posted by: BlackBart 2010-02-19 08:59 |