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Ireland says passports used in Dubai fake
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Published: 16.02.10, 16:10
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1. can someone explain what this means? can an identity be stol
(02.16.10)
stolen????? and if so, who says it's Mossad? Another agency can also steal an Israeli identity.
2. of course they're fake!
mossad is not stupid   (02.16.10)
3. did any security authority took your passport?
(02.16.10)
4. Mosad must stop using
Inyaki ,   Bilbao, Basque   (02.16.10)
The agency must stop using legal European Passports of Israeli Residents. They compromise those residents. The passport of Melvyn Adam Mildiner was compromised with/ or without his permission. this is a very dangerous game.
5. they never learn their lesson
Toronto   (02.16.10)
Before they stole CDN passports and an innocent Jewish man in Toronto was harassed by the media for weeks as it was his stolen passport the Mossad used in the attempted killing of Khaled Meshal. This just goes down as another botched operation like Meshal and Lillehammer, Norway when an innocent cook was murdered and the agents rightfully prosecuted. Also comes at a pretty stupid time, as relations with the Gulf states were just starting to warm. Also, something to consider is that publically Dubai will chastise Israel (and rightfully so), but quietly they may be co-operating as they are working against a common enemy.
6. some questions:
(02.16.10)
1. who says an identity was stolen? maybe they just used the same name by chance? 2. i dont uderstand one thing - what are these pictures? are these the pictures of those that entered the country and killed him? or are these photos that were on the passports? not so clear. maybe those that killed him look differently from those on the passports? 3. Mossad knows that Dubai is covered with cameras. Didnt they take that into consideration? 4. How can Mossad steal other countries peoples identities? 5. Can passport control know when a passport is real or forged? appreciate answers. thanks
7. Maybe Ireland, UK etc were all in on this,we will NEVER know
Leon ,   Haifa   (02.16.10)
Like we will never know what happened to Princess Diana or what happened to that guywho knew to answer to Tony Blairs war on Iraq that was found dead in a car on the countryside..
8. fake photo, but genuine passport;
observer   (02.16.10)
so what use they would have had if they used true photo, for true passport?
9. #4
mark ,   ca   (02.16.10)
Strongly agree.From now on only passports of libya and iran :-))
10. don't be silly #4; they didn't use his passport
Miriam ,   Yerushalayim Yisrael   (02.16.10)
He said his passport, with a different picture and a different number, is safe at home with no Dubai stamp.
11. #4 you already have the proof
Mossad   (02.16.10)
that it's Mossad? Or may be you' d better take care on your home grown basque terrorists instead automatically blaming Jews?
12. What this means, my dear Ynet talkbackers...
Adam ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
is that the Mossad is accessing and copying the passport details of overseas nationals in Israel and using them to create forged clones to carry out hits.
13. He should be proud
carlos   (02.16.10)
He should be proud that he helped to get rid of this scum who kidnapped and murdered 2 soldiers
14. No outer circle of syanim anymore
observer   (02.16.10)
He was asked to collect 11 passports, and he could get only 10, that's why he used the pass he stolen from his Israeli friend. Ttill a citizen is held accountable for his criminal and disloyal acts, dual citizens' privileges should be rid off. The ultimate goal: no syanim for good.
15. they can use my passport anytime
(02.16.10)
16. Dubai computers at airport
Noa ,   Beer Sheva, Israel   (02.16.10)
The computer does not identify passports with the wrong number of digets???? I very much hope our computers at Ben Gurion do. How embarrassing for Dubai.
17. exactly my thoughts #12
sarah ,   israel   (02.16.10)
this is shocking! happens once - coincidence - twice - absolutely not..olim are having their identities stolen to be used by Mossad!! We handed over those copies of our native passports and now they are making copies to use who knows when and where..or for what...this is terrible!
18. #13
(02.16.10)
and sue his own government.
19. I WISH THEY USED MY PASSPORT)
Leo ,   Belgium   (02.16.10)
20. #16
SAM ,   ME   (02.16.10)
Well if you think about, it not necessarily. As they have to be informed by each country on the way they compile their passport number? Or they have to be linked with each countrie’s Database to validate the number against some kind of criteria? I don’t think that there is system that currently does that.
21. I know for a fact that it was the IRA
Sean O'brien ,   Dublin, Ireland   (02.16.10)
22. Why not forge Arab passports?
Tahl ,   Ashdod, Israel   (02.16.10)
Forging passports of western countries naturally draws their ire, and creates a lot of diplomatic crises to Israel. We certainly have a lot to lose. With that in mind, I fail to understand why doesn't the Mossad forge passports of Arab countries instead? After all many Israelis look like and can pass as Arabs. And it's not like we have any relations to ruin with the Arab countries.
23. I know who it was!
Ram ,   London   (02.16.10)
It was done for a challenge by two teams of men in Petach Tikva. Moishy's team lost the draw and the challenge was passed to them by Shmuel's team to liquidate this perfect citizen. Ariella went along (as a referee) to witness the challenge was fully carried out.. It had to be done well otherwise the team would have been penalised by having to carry out a more difficult mission: " to force one newspaper editor to publish ONE true story about Jews based on proven facts!". Keep this to yourselves everyone ;-) (BTW, it was Ariella who suggested the European passports. She had heard somewhere of the love between the Europeans and the arabs and figured they would be welcomed in Dubai without scrutiny. The winning team thanked Ariella by renaming her ESTHER because of the proximity to Purim. Al salaam aleikum.
24. is it just me or is there a whole lot of stupid here?
(02.16.10)
I mean really come on TBers you are just TBers not agents in any agency!
25. Thnks for technology !!!
Ali ,   Gaza   (02.16.10)
Mosad did it ...but this time they played it wrong , they didnt expect this tech in an Arabic Country !!!
26. but what if it WAS the Mosad?
simcha ,   NY USA   (02.16.10)
Isreal is not talking, BUT if it WAS the Mosad, then obiously they don't give a hoot about hapens to their own citizens.
27. #25
Simcha ,   NY USA   (02.16.10)
RIGHT!. HAMAS AND COMPANY HAS THE BEST TECHNOLOGY IN THE WORLD! THEY EVEN BEAT ISRAELI TECH! Ali, what else do you want us to believe?
28. #25 Wow! CCTV?
Ram ,   London   (02.16.10)
29. #22 Arab national cannot enter Dubai without
SAM ,   ME   (02.16.10)
pre made visa. Europeans get visas on entry.
30. #5,#6 - There is NO proof of Mossad involvement
William ,   Israel   (02.16.10)
Just because the Arabs accuse Israel of this deed, and the Western media, not really fans of Israel, tag along because of their own agenda, you feel fit to believe them? You come from Western countries where proof is required before guilt is bestowed, yet you very eagerly already levy a verdict, even when it seems "palestinians" are involved in the hit. The guy was, after all, an arms dealer and this group of criminals doesn't really have any loyalty to anyone but themselves. There are a ton of deaths due to botched deals. Russia eliminated several of their own citizens IN Europe! And considering the relative peace in Ireland, there are many, many mercenaries with nothing to do except be guns for hire. Do you think IRA hitman would just drop their life and become cooks at a local diner?
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