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Confidant: Slain Hamas man used many passports
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Published: 25.02.10, 15:23
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1. Oh, and where are protests now, when HE uses fake passports?
John ,   Europe   (02.25.10)
What, where are now English, Australian and other envoys protesting the use of their passports? :)
2. don't mix things; al-Mabhouh's fake passport was selfdefense
observer   (02.25.10)
but, Mossad's fake passports was fraudulence aimed at fooling others' Intelligences to commit crime their expenses.
3. AHAAAAAAAAAAA!
Salma ,   Palestine   (02.25.10)
SO, Mossad killed Mabhouh in Dubai
4. it is the fraudulences itself which stains others
observer   (02.25.10)
Never has an involved country called al-Mabhouh terrorist. Israel didn't miss the opportunity to achieve such victory.
5. LETS SEE IF CNDAMNATION COMES FORWARD !!!.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (02.25.10)
OTHERWISE ALL CONDAMNATION AGAINST ISRAEL IS HYPOCRISY !!!. Confidant: Slain Hamas man used many passports Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, the Hamas commander assassinated in Dubai, used the same tradecraft - fraudulent passports and disguises - as his killers during secret missions to procure arms for the group, a confidant said on Thursday. "He had many passports of different nationalities - all Arab," he added Arn.
6. Does this mean EU/US will heavily scrutinize Arab passports?
William ,   Israel   (02.25.10)
Now that it is admitted that Mabhouh used many forged Arab passports, can we expect a major crackdown on Arab travelers by EU and US? And leaders of Arab countries contacting their Hamas representative to chew them out by endangering good relations with Europe? Somehow, I think that part of the story will die down quickly.
7. #3 - I missed the part where they presented evidence
William ,   Israel   (02.25.10)
I'm sorry, I must have the abridged version of the article where they actually cited evidence implicating Mossad. Besides your own hateful opinion, is there anything new to consider?
8. #4 - And that's supposed to be credible?
William ,   Israel   (02.25.10)
So the Arab countries involved (the same who deny israel's right to exist" refrains from calling Mabhouh a terrorist. Hmmmmm. Well, before Bin Laden began hitting Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, and Yemen, they didn't call him a terrorist either. But now they do. This is more telling of the Arab racist mentality than anything else.
9. too funny!!
Ilana   (02.25.10)
He probably stole so many identities!! But good that he is gone.
10. dead terrorist
kapriza ,   us   (02.25.10)
YNET - can you please use a different picture to associate with articles on this subject? I think we've seen quite enough of this dead man's face!
11. #9 no he did not
Israel Israeli ,   Tel Aviv   (02.25.10)
Why should he steal identities? He is a Hamas soldier dedicated to the extermination of the Jews. I am certain that the Arab states happily gave him real passports to use in his Jihad.
12. it's high season
observer   (02.25.10)
Bibi: they wore the same brand of glasses? Dagan: Opticana gave us a marvelous offer. Bibi: 14 of them used MetaBank credit cards? Dagan: a good offer too.
13. think about it
Ilana   (02.25.10)
without Israel, so many news reporters would be jobless, what would all the online and tv news stations report on? What will the zionist haters complain and whine and lie about? Whose sites will they kidnap? What would ynet do? Oh and did you guys send a free meal to theIsraeli soldiers? DId you donate to Israeil guardians? I did. DO it too. SUpport ynet and them!!!!
14. re#1
Michael ,   New York City, USA   (02.25.10)
who said mabhouh's passports were fake? If they Arab countries issued him passports, it is their business. He didnt fraudently obtain them. Arab countries issue passports to Palestinians all the time to help them travel easier.
15. #1 Read teh article.....
PALESTINE ,   ISRAEL   (02.25.10)
He used fake ARAB passports to ARAB countries if the arabic countries want to complain they can! European countries dont have to complain about using there passports but they do.... they have national security on there minds and they dont need spyies messing it up!
16. many passports of different nationalities - all Arab
observer   (02.25.10)
"I've never said that a single passport of those was British, French, Irish, German, or Australian. The American passport can't be forged", said the Confidant.
17. ok so now he dyed his hair
Nimrod ,   Baghdad-Iraq   (02.25.10)
ok now we all know that a holder of arab states passports dont enter any country without applying for a visa first so why arab passports and whats all this nose jobs and dying his hair and contact lenses and pumps, was he competing for the MISS GAZA STRIP 2010?
18. #15 - Another article and CNN cited his travel to EU
william ,   Israel   (02.25.10)
using fake Arab passports. This is indeed an international crime, not that he wasn't already involved in Intl crime through illegal weapons smuggling. If the EU is so upset about their national security, the UK wouldn't have lost 3000 blank passports and a CD of passport holders several years back.
19. We need more imagination at the Foreign Ministry!
Mossad ,   Guy   (02.25.10)
This abhorrent and hypocritical horror show of Israeli Consuls and Ambassadirs being marched throughout EU and now in Australia to be scolded on circumstantial "evidence" of supposed passport forgery by Mossad got to be stopped - NOW. Israel should now SUMMON all the Ambassadors representing countries whose passports were forged, and demand immediate compliance and full cooperation with an investigation into how stolen identities of innocent Israeli citizens featured on their countries passports. Just for information, France acknowledged that last year over 600,000 French passports were stolen worldwide. Less were stolen from US, UK, Germany and Australia, but still, TENS OF THOUSANDS! I assume that not all of them landed in Israel, so where are all the rest now? I bet that ALL the passports used in the Dubai action were ORIGINAL and ISSUED by the relevant country! And why four of the suspects in Mabhuh elimination disappeared in Iran (according to Dubai police)? These pathetic and hypocritical countries should EXPLAIN how and why they alowed to FRAME Israel for the Dubai action. They should PAY Israel for the political damage and for the libel they do by implying that Israel is behind the Dubai action. They are merely trying to hide their own impotence. Of course the early demise of Mabhuh is very good for Israel, but it also very good to the world and of course for Hamas, China and Iran for which Mabhuh increasingly became a liability. Who knows, after the latest revelation that the son of the Hamas Top Honcho has been an Israeli Agent, the possibility that Mabhuh has also been one is not so crazy anymore! I wonder when the Israeli Foreign Ministry wakes up and changes the appeasing policy and starts rounding up the monkeys representing these so-called civilized countries and demand an explanation and an immediate stop to this political cangoroo court. Nothing less is acceptable.
20. #2 Don't mix facts: eliminating Mabhuh was self defense too!
True Observer   (02.25.10)
21. #4 It is racism, lies and terror which stains your kind!
True Observer   (02.25.10)
1. Hamas is on the international list of terror organizations. 2. Mabhuh is a Hamas official. 3. Hence he is a terrorist. He does not need a special badge to label him so.
22. #12 It's high season - Terorists are the targets!
True Observer   (02.25.10)
23. Dead terrorist
harvey ,   london   (02.25.10)
All intelligence agencies use false IDs including forged passports to move in and out countries. No government is going to press to hard on the issue for this very reason . It is highly unlikely that the instigators of the 'hit' will be revealed and conjecture is no substitute for hard evidence. Meanwhile recent reports state that coalition forces in Afghanistan have inadvertently killed 20 civilians including 10 minors in an operation to take out Taliban commanders . No CCTV or CNN/BBC on the ground to rport this unfortunate incident. This assassination was clean and clinical with no collateral damage. A terrorist with much blood on his hands was eliminated. Bravo to whoever carried out this long overdue operation!
24. Dubai double standards
Mike ,   Minneapolis, USA   (02.25.10)
Interesting that a murderer who sells weapons illegally to terrorists can come and go on a regular basis in Dubai without ever being arrested or bothered. They didn't get all excited until their little buddy was executed.
25. Iran was behind the whole thing
MIke ,   Minneapolis USA   (02.25.10)
It has now come to light that two of the alleged assassins came from Iran. It's looking more and more as though they orchestrated the whole thing and are trying to pin it on Israel. As usual, another Arab failure to add to a long list of failures.
26. Another Pallywood case
Gee ,   Zikron Yaakov   (02.25.10)
The only assassins that have been caught are Arabs - Arabs traveling under false passports. Mahmoud al-Mabhouh traveled under several false passports. Three of the assassination team left for where Iran. Yet they traveled to Dubai under false European passports. In short who are the ones using false passports? Muslims, not Jews.
27. #3
dani   (02.26.10)
good. i'm glad they did. he deserved it.
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