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Hamas: Assassinated operative put himself at risk
Ali Waked and agencies
Published: 20.02.10, 17:22
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1. yeah, a terrorist is generally anathema to decent humanity
mike ,   israel (formerly usa   (02.20.10)
and decent humanity can't exist with such an anathema. generally leads to an abbreviated lifespan - best for all involved.
2. HYPOCRITS !!!.
Arn. ,   SWEDEN.   (02.20.10)
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon condemned the assassination al-Mabhouh and called for the truth about the killing to be established. GO THEN AND VISIT - al-Mabhouh "France condemns assassination. Assassination is not a means of action in international relations," he added during a news conference held with his Syrian counterpart Mohammed Naji Otri. HYPOCRIT !!!. "All assassinations, wherever they come from, whoever ordered them should be condemned," he added. ALL NATIONS ASSASINATES SOME OF THEIR PERSONAL ENEMIES, WHEN NATIONAL SECURITY DEMANDS. Arn.
3. loose lips sink ships
you snooze you lose   (02.20.10)
4. assasination
colin   (02.20.10)
fRENCH pm CONDEMNS ASSASINATION So what !! Big deal !!! Did this same Fillon condemn the killing of innocent people by this terrorist???? He demands explnation from Israel Who is this anti semetic anti Israeli CLOWN ?? He has already come to a guilty verdict?? MR.FILLON GO TO HELL TO FIND ANSWERS
5. The self confessed terrorist is no more.
Ken ,   Johannesburg   (02.20.10)
Israel has no reason to be ashamed of its actions. Unlike the bleeding hearts in the liberal media I’m not shedding any tears. The world is undoubtedly more secure now that Hamas has lost another murderer from its ranks.
6. are you saying israel has nothing to do with hariri
joseph ,   usa   (02.20.10)
assasination ?
7. if mr bardawil had watched the 27 minutes cctv from dubai...
eporue ,   europe   (02.20.10)
...then he wouldnt talk this b.s. they are quite desperate, that none of them is responsible for M's killing... sorry, guys, no buy. so - when the next of you has to travel without bodyguards, you now for what the bell was tolled... bon voyage...
8. How is the Dubai hit any different....
Rafi ,   US   (02.20.10)
... than targeted NATO drone attacks on Taliban leaders on Afghan-Pak border? they're both "assassination"... only the means are different. Maybe the Dubai "means" were somehow not as "pleasant"...
9. Euros "demand" answers "condemning" assassinations
Christopher ,   Boston, MASS   (02.20.10)
Daily, we hear of NATO drones flying over sovereign Pakistani territory "neutralizing" the Taliban leaders and - more often than not - killing innocent civilians Those drones fly under the command of the Euro flag, whose member states are ordering the assassinations and accepting civilian casualties as "collateral damage." Sounds like reignited self-righteous indignation. The Irish should be more concerned about their priests being allowed to rape innocent kids by the thousands and the Islamobrits should relinquish their imperialist control of sovereign Argentine territory!
10. Massacre at Hama
Frankie Littlehammer ,   New Herstal, TX, US   (02.20.10)
Did the French government ever say it was wrong that in 1981 the Syrian government (led by the present president Assad's father) massacred at least 18.000 in Hama?
11. assasination
darryl ,   israel   (02.20.10)
they kill us we kill them, we kill them they kill us what an amazing formula for peace
12. 5 THOUSAND SQUARE KILOMETRES
Take It   (02.20.10)
FVE THOUSAND SQUARE KILOMETRS CAN GIVE A GOOD STATE TIO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE THE JEWS SHOULD HAVE ACCEPTED IT IN 1938 MAY HAVE SAVED MANY
13. Assassin Is A Word from Arabic
Frankie Littlehammer ,   New Herstal, TX, US   (02.20.10)
In all the hubbub people forget that 'assassin' is originally a word from Arabic. Are the Arabs now suggesting that the students have overtaken the masters, do a better job than the teachers? Will the hurt pride over that be another reason to dispatch terror squads to the West?
14. ???
Dov ,   USA   (02.20.10)
every story posted on YNET so far hasn't mentioned any hard evidence as to who did the killing. I'm surprised there were no surveillance cameras in his Hotel room for the Dubai police to observe a known terrorist murder activities. Maybe he was blow drying his hair in the bath.
15. You have to pay for your mistakes..
Anna ,   Sweden   (02.20.10)
16. "France condemns assassination."
Robert Haymond ,   Ashdod, Israel   (02.20.10)
Assassination is not a means to makes things work in the international arena. Does this apply to Bin Laden and other al-Queda operatives or just to whomever carried out the hit in Dubai? I think what France means is that it is not okay for Israel to carry out assassinations but it is okay for other countries. Or is France just trying to look as if it is politically correct? There is little impact from its statements other than the fact that it insures Israelis of the hypercritical nature of its allies and detractors.
17. The truth is that a murderer has been justifiably killed.
Aaron   (02.20.10)
18. I will explain all to the French
carlos ,   San Diego U.S.A.   (02.20.10)
Mabhouh was a criminal, a killer. DO YOU UNDERSTAND? or you want me to explain it slowly
19. NO:13,,Assassin is arabic yes,,
secular beast   (02.20.10)
it branched of the word Hasheesh,,,back then the drug dealers were using assassinations to get rid of their competitors
20. # 6
Birdi ,   Israel   (02.20.10)
Syria, Joseph not Israel.
21. The US and Europe
Truth   (02.20.10)
think it a great accomplishment to kill those that suceed and/or attempt to to kill theirs. Israel is no different. This murderer had Jewish blood on his hands, he needed to die and he did die. I don't give a crap who killed him as long as they killed him dead. P.S. I don't give a crap what the US and Europe think about it either...or any terrorist or leftest fool for that matter...
22. what about terror?
Noa ,   Israel   (02.20.10)
Is terror a means of action in international relations? Why was this guy free to travel around? He could have been savely serving a life sentence for murders he committed and admitted!
23. 12 ur a liar or a fool...which is it?
(02.20.10)
The Arabs attacked and murdered Jews pre the modren state of Israel, (u see, many of us never left our land after conquered by the Romans). The Pali Arabs sided with Hitler, in the Nazis effort to conquer the world and murder us. Nonetheless, Jews accepted the 1947 UN partition of our land and saw 3/4 of it go to Jordan, (then named trans-Jordan,) and another portion given to more Pali Arabs, with a tiny fraction going to Israel. The second section that was to be called Palestine...they said no, not us, we said yes. They did not want peace with Jews then. The surrounding Arab countries attacked us in their effort to finish what Hitler had begun. The lost; we won. They still say no to peace with Jews and Christians...they only understand death.
24. Monsieur Fillon
Uzziel   (02.20.10)
Israel should apologize to France for executing a terrorist with blood in his hands in a bold and swift operation in ennemy territory instead of assassinating a portugese journalist aboard an ecologist ship (Rainbow Warrior) and sinking it in friendly Australian waters. Sorry for exposing you what you are.
25. Barking dogs and passing caravans
Ilan ,   Ariel   (02.20.10)
The day Interpol will honor an Israeli request to arrest and hand over terrorists is the day when sending someone to 'handle things off-channel' will be obsolete. But not a day sooner.
26. EU expects MORE of us than they do of Arab nations
Aaron Israel ,   Tel Aviv   (02.20.10)
Maybe the UK and France expect more of us here in Israel, the only democracy in the middle east. Who knows whether they 'summon' arab countries or demand apologies or not, I dont know and from the sounds of talkbacks I assume you all def do not know and I am sure that they have and do, readers of Ynet just forget it as its news thats older than 2 weeks and didnt come with shiny photographs.
27. Hamas keeps twisting story
Cynthia ,   USA   (02.20.10)
Initial reports stated Mabhouh traveled without his bodyguards because there was no room on the flight. Now they report Mabhouh booked his own flight on the internet to travel alone and carelessly let his travel and hotel plans be known to his family. But his family denies this story. Mabhouh's friend said two weeks prior to the trip he felt uneasy in his immediate environment over things happening in his office. The only people arrested are Fatah members fingered by Hamas as collaborators. Mabhouh used several fake passports for travel. These would have been fabricated by Hamas. Mabhouh was becoming careless, uneasy and more paranoid at his job. He knew too much and was a high risk for Hamas. The people in the video don't match the fake passports. Those in the video are not really in disguise and seem too much at ease and too obvious to be real assassins. During the ten day delay Dubai police took to announce Mabhouh's death, the real culprits had ample time to prepare details and create the illusion of a Mossad hit. Dubai police are 99% sure it was the Mossad yet they offer no evidence to support this allegation.
28. Lip service
Petra Meyer ,   San Francisco, USA   (02.21.10)
Do you really think any European gives a damn that someone took out a terrorist in Dubai? Of course in public they will criticize the mission ... what do you expect them to say? Do you really expect any EU official to go on record as being in support of assassinations anywhere? If I were in their place I might say the same thing, but really I'm not too upset that someone decided to take out the trash. By the way, I suspect many Palestinians in Fatah and even a few in Hamas are secretly happy to have Mossad get the credit for doing their house cleaning.
29. Hamas leaders forced Mabhouh to make a video
Zvi   (02.21.10)
recently, after all this time. This bothered him. Then they made him make a second video, which infuriated him. They said that it was "strategically important". Why is making a video strategically important? Then they sent him to Dubai. They didn't make sure that guards were available. And of course there was the "mole" in Hamas. The only thing we can tell here is that Hamas has not yet told the truth.
30. Are the French for real?
ED ,   New Jersey   (02.21.10)
A human piece of scum was eliminated - who had "blood" on his hands. Oh but it was ONLY "Jewish" so says the world.
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