------ Forwarded Message > From: "dasg...@aol.com" <dasg...@aol.com> > Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2010 23:52:47 EST > To: Robert Millegan <ramille...@aol.com> > Cc: <ema...@aol.com>, <j...@aol.com>, <jim6...@cwnet.com> > Subject: Dubai assassination squad carried European diplomatic passports >
> "One of the assassins applied in person for a German passport by claiming to > be the descendant of Holocaust survivors" > It's time for America to add Israel to the list of countries "sponsoring > terrorism," and treat everybody holding US-Israeli "dual citizenship" as a > potential terrorist > > Dubai assassination squad carried diplomatic passports > Police in Dubai said that some of the assassins involved in last month’s > killing of a Hamas commander entered the emirate carrying diplomatic > passports. The disclosure is certain to increase diplomatic tensions between > Israel and European countries, but Israel's deputy foreign minister, Danny > Ayalon, says he foresees no diplomatic fallout since there is no "irrefutable > evidence" that can link Mossad to the killing > > By Adrian Blomfield in Jerusalem and Richard Spencer in Dubai > Published: 8:22PM GMT 21 Feb 2010 > > http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7287207/Dubai-assas > sination-squad-carried-diplomatic-passports.html > > > Suspects wanted in connection with the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, > clockwise from top left: Michael Lawrence Barney, James Leonard Clarke, > Stephen Daniel Hodes, Paul John Keeley, Melvyn Adam Mildiner Photo: AP > The claim will intensify the pressure on Israel, whose foreign minister is due > to meet David Miliband and other European envoys in Brussels today. Avigdor > Lieberman will face questions about allegations that Mossad agents posing as > Europeans and travelling on false passports were behind the killing. > > Providing fresh details yesterday about the identity of a second group > involved in the assassination of Mahmoud al-Mahbhouh, Dubai’s police chief > disclosed that up to three of the killers carried documents identifying > themselves as foreign diplomats. > Related Articles > * > * Mossad: the elite women who work for 'the family’ > <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/features/7280625/Mossad-the-elite-women-who-w > ork-for-the-family.html> > * > * > * Dubai police chief: arrest head of Mossad > <http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/dubai/7265392/Miliband-u > se-of-fake-British-passports-in-Dubai-hit-is-an-outrage.html> > “There is information that the Dubai police will not make public for the > moment, especially regarding diplomatic passports,” Lt Gen Dahi Khalfan told a > local newspaper. > Although he did not elaborate, the disclosure is certain to increase > diplomatic tensions between Israel and European countries, including Britain. > Any fraudulent use of diplomatic passports would be considered a grave > security breach by the country, or countries, that issued them. > > David Miliband, the Foreign Secretary, will once again raise Britain’s > concerns when he meets Mr Lieberman on the sidelines of a European Union > foreign ministers’ meeting in Brussels. Israel has so far shown little > willingness to co-operate with Britain as it investigates how the doctored > passports of six of its nationals, all residents in the Jewish state, came to > be used by some of the assassins. Last week, Dubai disclosed that 11 members > of the 18-strong assassination squad carried European passports six British, > three Irish, one German and one French. > > Two Palestinians alleged to have provided logistical support to the operation > are in custody in Dubai, but police in the Gulf state have largely remained > silent about the identities of the remaining five individuals. > > Officials in Dubai yesterday confirmed speculation that two of the five held > Irish passports, suggesting that at least one of the other three carried > diplomatic documentation. > > European states seeking answers from Israel seem unlikely to get them. Last > week, Ron Prossor, the Israeli ambassador to London, said he was “unable to > assist” and similar messages have been relayed by envoys to Ireland and > Germany. > > Israel is convinced it has averted a diplomatic crisis. > > At the weekend, the country’s deputy foreign minister, Danny Ayalon, said he > foresaw no diplomatic fallout because there was no irrefutable evidence > linking Israel to the killing. > > It emerged yesterday that one of the assassins allegedly applied in person for > a German passport by passing himself of as the descendant of Holocaust > survivors. According to Germany’s Der Spiegel magazine, the man was given a > passport in the name of Michael Bodenheimer by authorities in Cologne after > providing documents showing that he was of German lineage and that his > grandparents had been persecuted by the Nazis. > > Police also disclosed that several of the assassins visited Dubai on > reconnaissance missions in the year leading up the killing of Mr Mabhouh, > suggesting that the plot was planned further in advance than was initially > believed. > ------ End of Forwarded Message
