Israel's long arm?
The assassination of Mahmoud Mabhouh in Dubai on Jan 20 may have repercussions around the world. Whether or not he was murdered by Israeli agents is not known, but it would certainly have been in Israel's interests to remove him from the scene.
Apart from being a founder of the Hamas military wing Izzadin Kassem and having a direct hand in the murder of two IDF soldiers, Avi Sasportas and Ilan Sa'adon in 1989, Mabhouh had apparently become the chief supplier of arms to Hamas in Gaza. He was responsible for the transport of a huge cache of Iranian arms aboard the ship Francop that was intercepted by Israeli paratroopers off Cyprus in 2008 en route from Iran to Lebanon. Mabhouh's visit to Dubai from Damascus, where he normally resides, was no doubt in relation to another arms shipment, and his death robs Hamas of one of their chief operatives in the region.
The Hamas assertion that part of Israeli Security Minister Uzi Landau's delegation visiting Abu Dhabi were involved in the murder of Mabhouh is hardly credible. Landau's visit was surrounded by heavy UAE security and it is highly unlikely that he would have misused the first visit of an Israeli Minister to the UAE to carry out an assassination. Also, Dubai is 120 km from Abu Dhabi and his delegation left one day before the murder. It is more likely that whatever group did murder Mabhouh was sent in specifically for this task. They seem to have carried out their job very professionally, which tends to implicate Israel (Hamas and Hizbollah tend to prefer car bombs).
This is another example of an enemy of Israel being suddenly despatched, as was Imad Mugnieh in Damascus last year by a car bomb. He was the deputy head of Hizbollah and its military planner. Israel denies any involvement in either of these killings. Nevertheless, Hamas and Hizbollah blame Israel, and they have promised retaliation. If this is indeed true it shows the long arm of Israeli retaliation for terrorist activities against Israel.
Since Hamas does not have a comparable worldwide network of agents as does Hizbollah, and since Hizbollah have not so far been able to carry out their threat to avenge the death of Mugnieh, it is considered possible that they will retaliate now for Mabhouh's death. As a result all Israeli Embassies and facilities have been put on alert, and all Jewish institutions have been advised to do the same. Of course, this is without any clear proof that Israel was indeed involved, but who needs proof!
Apart from being a founder of the Hamas military wing Izzadin Kassem and having a direct hand in the murder of two IDF soldiers, Avi Sasportas and Ilan Sa'adon in 1989, Mabhouh had apparently become the chief supplier of arms to Hamas in Gaza. He was responsible for the transport of a huge cache of Iranian arms aboard the ship Francop that was intercepted by Israeli paratroopers off Cyprus in 2008 en route from Iran to Lebanon. Mabhouh's visit to Dubai from Damascus, where he normally resides, was no doubt in relation to another arms shipment, and his death robs Hamas of one of their chief operatives in the region.
The Hamas assertion that part of Israeli Security Minister Uzi Landau's delegation visiting Abu Dhabi were involved in the murder of Mabhouh is hardly credible. Landau's visit was surrounded by heavy UAE security and it is highly unlikely that he would have misused the first visit of an Israeli Minister to the UAE to carry out an assassination. Also, Dubai is 120 km from Abu Dhabi and his delegation left one day before the murder. It is more likely that whatever group did murder Mabhouh was sent in specifically for this task. They seem to have carried out their job very professionally, which tends to implicate Israel (Hamas and Hizbollah tend to prefer car bombs).
This is another example of an enemy of Israel being suddenly despatched, as was Imad Mugnieh in Damascus last year by a car bomb. He was the deputy head of Hizbollah and its military planner. Israel denies any involvement in either of these killings. Nevertheless, Hamas and Hizbollah blame Israel, and they have promised retaliation. If this is indeed true it shows the long arm of Israeli retaliation for terrorist activities against Israel.
Since Hamas does not have a comparable worldwide network of agents as does Hizbollah, and since Hizbollah have not so far been able to carry out their threat to avenge the death of Mugnieh, it is considered possible that they will retaliate now for Mabhouh's death. As a result all Israeli Embassies and facilities have been put on alert, and all Jewish institutions have been advised to do the same. Of course, this is without any clear proof that Israel was indeed involved, but who needs proof!
posted by Jack Cohen at 9:00 AM
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