New suspects in Dubai terror operation identified

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New suspects in Dubai terror operation identified
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 13:21:25 GMT

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Dubai police have identified four more suspects, carrying British and Irish passports, in the terror operation against Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh last month.

"The UAE has identified two British suspects holding British travel documents, and as part of the ongoing investigation has shared the information with the British government," Reuters quoted a source in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as saying on Tuesday.

Two more suspects holding Irish passports were also identified, the source added.

This brings to fifteen the number of individuals who entered the UAE with European passports to engage in the terrorist murder of al-Mabhouh on January 20 in Dubai, allegedly on behalf of the Israeli government.

Dubai police formerly released the identities of eleven European passport holders, including six British, three Irish, a Germans and a French, who are widely believed to have been Mossad agents carrying forged documents.

Police said that despite Israel's attempts to deny involvement in the assassination, they are "99% certain" that the terror operation was carried out by Tel Aviv's notorious spy agency.

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'Dubai murder another act of Israeli state terrorism'
Tue, 23 Feb 2010 10:26:27 GMT

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Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast

Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Ramin Mehmanparast has condemned the assassination of a top Hamas official in Dubai as another act of 'Israeli state terrorism.'

"The move was another disgrace for the Zionist regime [Israel] for its act of state terrorism and a disgrace for European countries," Mehmanparast told reporters on Tuesday.

The Dubai police released photos and information about eleven European passport holders, who murdered Hamas commander Mahmud al-Mabhouh in his hotel room on January 20.

The suspects were allegedly Mossad agents, who had used British, Irish, French, and German passports, the Dubai police said.

Interpol has issued "red notices" for the 11 suspects to help find and arrest them anywhere in its 188 member countries.

Mehmanparast called for the European countries to be held responsible for their alleged role in the assassination of the Hamas official.

"Based on an investigation by the United Arab Emirates police, the assassination was carried out in a hotel in Dubai by individuals who held diplomatic passports of certain European countries," he said.

"The move runs counter to the Vienna Convention and indicates direct or indirect interference of European states in the assassination," the spokesman added.

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