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| Report: Dubai assassin used real German passport |
| 2010-02-21 |
| [Ma'an] German officials investigating the murder of Hamas leader Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh in Dubai have found that one of the suspected assassins carried a genuine German passport, the German magazine Der Spiegel reported on Saturday. One German passport was used in the 20 January assassination, which has been attributed to the Israeli spy agency Mossad, although Israel has not confirmed any involvement. Six British, three Irish, and one French passport were also used, according to Dubai police. Der Spiegel said German intelligence agents found that in June 2009 an Israeli man identifying himself as Michael Bodenheimer - a name listed by police as a member of the hit squad - approached immigration officials in Cologne with the pre-World War II address of his grandparents. Bodenheimer acquired German citizenship on the basis of this information. After Dubal police listed his name on the 11-member assassination team, a US-born Israeli man also named Michael Bodenheimer said he was a victim of identity theft. The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that Bodenheimer, who immigrated to Israel from the United States more than 20 years ago, studies at a Jewish religious school and was surprised to see his name on the list. His family says he holds only American and Israeli citizenships. British officials reported earlier this week that the passports used in the killing were fake. The British government launched an investigation into the apparent passport forgeries. But the UK's Independent newspaper reported on Thursday, quoted a source in Abu Dhabi, the capital of the United Arab Emirates, claiming that the British passports were real. The Independent's foreign correspondent Robert Fisk quotes his source saying, "The British passports are real. They are hologram pictures with the biometric stamp. They are not forged or fake. The names were really there. If you can fake a hologram or biometric stamp, what does this mean?" What do you think it means ... Dubai authorities have also said that the assassins used Austria as their base of operations, and also used at least two US-issued credit cards. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #9 CNN + FOX NEWS AM > The NOT-THE-DOOBIE-BROTHERS DUBIES are repor now demanding a full-fledged UNO investigation, INTERPOL + ICC, into the killing + passports, proclaiming that The MOssad has committed a de facto breach of international law + sovereignty. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-21 22:44 |
| #8 You find ignorance and laziness everywhere. Take this closing line for example: Dubai authorities have also said that the assassins used Austria as their base of operations, and also used at least two US-issued credit cards. Now, unless I'm woefully mistaken, the Fed doesn't issue credit cards (aside from acts of congress and financial panics), and certainly not to individuals. So, I expect what this article means is that the cards were issued by banks located in the US. Ok, fine, let's play with that logic. Let's say they were issued by Citi. We all know who owns a huge chunk of Citi, don't we? Yes, our friends the Saudis. Ergo, is Dubai claiming that KSA had a key role in this affair? Just saying. Your results may vary. |
| Posted by: Halliburton - Mysterious Conspiracy Division 2010-02-21 22:40 |
| #7 Well , Try Newfoundland : Canada ! How about : Iceland !? |
| Posted by: Kung Og HawaiiFukt : Austria 2010-02-21 22:08 |
| #6 Everyone keeps blaming Israel, but the only people who have actually been arrested (AFAIK) are Hamas-niks. Hmmmm. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-02-21 21:40 |
| #5 Until there is actual evidence that Israel did this, I remain open to the possibility that it was someone else, and that Israel is just hewing to their long-standing principle to neither confirm nor deny. Really, those other countries are going to look awfully stupid if it turns out to have been someone else who did it. Legitimate passports with real diplomatic papers? Something very strange is going on, using resources that, were they Israel's, Israel ought to have reserved for someone a good deal more of a threat than some Hamas weapons facilitator...eg. Iranian president Ahmadenijad. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2010-02-21 21:28 |
| #4 Robert Fisk? Did he ask for another beating? Jeebus, if the authorities, reporters and intel agencies put this much effort in, say, stopping terrorists, we might be safer |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-02-21 10:22 |
| #3 Exactly, Sarge. If you find your horse's head in your bed and you have no idea who did it the act kind of loses it's power. Mossad wants to be known as brazen, effective assasins. |
| Posted by: Parabellum 2010-02-21 09:15 |
| #2 I watched the video of the teams and IMHO they wanted the authorities to know what had gone down. Why? To make every arms or supporter of Hamas nervous about their safety. |
| Posted by: Cyber Sarge 2010-02-21 08:16 |
| #1 See also DAILY TIMES.PK > DUBAI HAS EVIDENCE ISRAELI MOSSAD KILLED HAMAS MAN. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2010-02-21 01:42 |