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2010-02-18 Arabia

No proof it carried out Dubai killing: Israel

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Posted by Steve White 2010-02-18 00:00|| || Front Page|| [5 views ] Top

#1 Nice work Steve.

Posted by newc 2010-02-18 01:20|| 2010-02-18 01:20|| Front Page Top

#2 I just don't think Mossad did it. They've never made these kind of silly mistakes before, why start now? Now, some other group hoping to pin it on Israel, like Syrian or Iranian agencies, that sounds much more plausible.

Posted by Silentbrick 2010-02-18 02:02|| 2010-02-18 02:02|| Front Page Top

#3 Too sophisticated for the Paleos.

Egypt is the obvious candidate. They view weapons smuggling into Gaza as a big problem.

Posted by phil_b 2010-02-18 02:19|| 2010-02-18 02:19|| Front Page Top

#4 But Lieberman did not deny outright Israeli involvement in the killing... saying Israel has a 'policy of ambiguity' on intelligence matters and there was no proof it was behind the assassination.

Since the Israelis are going to be blamed anyway due to the rampant irresponsibility in that region, oderint dum metuant is indeed the best policy.

Posted by Free Radical 2010-02-18 05:37|| 2010-02-18 05:37|| Front Page Top

#5 No proof it carried out Dubai killing: Israel

But, but, but we simply must thank somebody!

Posted by Besoeker 2010-02-18 05:40|| 2010-02-18 05:40|| Front Page Top

#6 You ca'an't prove it
Neener, neenrer neener.

Posted by Nimble Spemble 2010-02-18 07:10|| 2010-02-18 07:10|| Front Page Top

#7
Mistakes? I don't see any mistakes.

The bad guy is dead, all the Mossad agents are home safe, and everyone knows the Israelis did it.

That's a big win in my book.

Posted by Parabellum 2010-02-18 08:30|| http://sidemeat.wordpress.com/ 2010-02-18 08:30|| Front Page Top

#8 Israel would get blamed regardless but lots of others had motives, as he was going to a newly-proclaimed nuclear Iran to get arms. Wouldn't facial recognition software reveal a suspected agent? But then, maybe we really don't want Hamas to know anything and fear everyone.

Posted by Lumpy Elmoluck5091 2010-02-18 09:01|| 2010-02-18 09:01|| Front Page Top

#9 Nobody loved Mahbouh but his mother,
And she could be jiving too.

Posted by Anguper Hupomosing9418 2010-02-18 09:07|| 2010-02-18 09:07|| Front Page Top

#10 I'm pretty sure that this was an Israeli operation. Over staffed, overly complicated, all at once, with some really amateurish glitches.

KISS - Keep It Simple, Stupid.

Most of the planning should have gone for plausible deniability, making it look like an accident, and using layered deception.

For example, make it look sort of like a robbery in which the room was turned. But then stab him 40 times, especially around the genital region, to make it look like a crime of passion.

This way the police first think robbery, then change their mind and emotionally invest in thinking it was a crime of passion. Once this happens, they will be very hard to convince otherwise.

Posted by Anonymoose 2010-02-18 09:42|| 2010-02-18 09:42|| Front Page Top

#11 he was a gun smuggler too terrorist groups. what's the big deal?

Posted by chris 2010-02-18 10:42|| 2010-02-18 10:42|| Front Page Top

#12 US Naval Commanders are instructed to say this whenever asked if their vessel carries N-Weapons: "We neither confirm nor deny..." Why disclose?

Posted by Flarong Tojo1166 2010-02-18 20:55|| 2010-02-18 20:55|| Front Page Top

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