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| Israel shrugs off calls for arrest of top spy |
| 2010-02-20 |
| [Al Arabiya Latest] Israel shrugged off on Friday calls for its top spy to be arrested in the killing of a Hamas commander, as pressure mounted after Interpol issued arrest notices for 11 suspects in the Dubai hit. "The Dubai police have provided no incriminating proof," a senior official told AFP, asking not to be identified. Dubai police chief Lieutenant General Dahi Khalfan said on Thursday he wanted Mossad chief Meir Dagan arrested if the agency is behind last month's killing of Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a top commander of the Islamist Hamas movement that rules Gaza. "The threats against Meir Dagan are absurd," the Israeli official said. "The accusations are baseless. Police have not explained the circumstances of his death, or even any proof that he's been assassinated," he said. Mahmud al-Mabhuh, one of the founders of Hamas's military wing, was found dead in his Dubai hotel room on January 20. Khalfan has said the Hamas official "was strangled after receiving maybe an electric shock." He said the killers had reserved a room across the hall from Mabhuh's in the hotel. Police said Mabhuh, who was reportedly on a trip to buy arms for Hamas, was transiting on his way to China, then Sudan. No government has directly accused Israel, although Dubai police chief Khalfan said he was near certain the hit was carried out by the Mossad. Israel's fabled foreign espionage agency has used fake passports in similar operations in the past. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 Indeed Posted by: Goober Crealet3411 Still why are people complaining, it was a proportional response! Personally I do not care who did it, I am just glad it was done. |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2010-02-20 22:21 |
| #1 "The threats against Meir Dagan are absurd," the Israeli official said. "The accusations are baseless. Police have not explained the circumstances of his death, or even any proof that he's been assassinated," he said. The implications of that statement are really quite fascinating. |
| Posted by: Goober Crealet3411 2010-02-20 21:38 |