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U.S. Credit Cards Used In Hamas Hit

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Tennis anyone? Alleged hitmen in tennis outfits following a Hamas leader who was later found dead in his hotel room.
If you wondered how the U.S. might become embroiled in the controversy over a Hamas leader's assassination, wonder no more: The Wall Street Journal reports, "Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are probing five U.S.-issued credit card accounts, which officials say were used by five of the 11 suspects in the January killing of a top Hamas leader in Dubai, according to a person familiar with the situation."

There's speculation that Israel's secret service, Mossad, is behind the 11-person team, whose use of wigs and costumes was captured on surveillance video. Even Israeli believed the assassination was the work of Mossad, but today the NY Times reports that after "the Dubai police released images showing some of the 17 people suspected of being in the hit squad bumbling about in poor disguises... Now Israelis are wondering whether their once-famed spy service could have been behind such a sloppy job or, in a John Le Carré-like twist, if Israel could have been framed."

Britain, Ireland and France are dealing with fallout after fake passports for those countries were used by suspects. The WSJ reports that U.S. investigators haven't "yet joined the probe" but one of its readers comments, "Considering getting a credit card in the USA is so easy even dead family pets can get credit, chasing down those five U.S.-based credit cards is a waste of time."

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  • Jesse

    I am going with Hamas had their own guy cut out of the picture. The best way to kill someone from your own organization is to make it look like your enemy did it.

  • dgeee

    I really wish Hamas agents would assassinate Barbara Streisand.

  • Amanda Harletsch

    "Now Israelis are wondering whether their once-famed spy service could have been behind such a sloppy job or, in a John Le Carré-like twist, if Israel could have been framed."





    This is a new degree on arrogance and douchery!



    Really? Our secret hit-men are better than this, tehrefore we are so out of the hook?

  • glennQNYC

    The intelligence agency Stratfor, has a short video analysis that I found interesting here: http://www.stratfor.com/analysis/20100217_video_dispatch_tradecraft_dubai_assassination

  • It only makes sense to make credit cards illegal to carry on planes. It is the only way.

  • That's What She Said

    and tennis rackets and big hats!

  • NannyState

    Suspense!

  • inoyourider

    Great, so Israel gets to off one of it's enemies and at the same time spreads the blame out on the rest of us.

    If you're going to clean things up, don't be so goddamn sloppy about it.

    What a great friend- to splatter us all with their shit.

  • books

    I'm going to fall on the floor laughing next time someone says people dont like Israel cause they're anti-semitic.



    People dont like Israel because they are violent bullies who want everyone to follow one set of rules that they themselves dont follow.



    They went into someone else country using forged documents and murdered this guy by stranglation.



    If ANY other country did that we'd be sending home diplomats, making a point to show thats unacceptable no matter what the circumstances. Its ILLEGAL for americans to use assinate. But Israel somehow is always treadted different.





    its the same with the nukes. the us is threatening to go to war with iran if they ever get nukes, yet everyone knows Israel has nukes.



    iran isnt asssinating people in dubai. iran didnt invade and occupy lebannon. didnt bomb gaza. occupy the siani. iran isnt in violation of numerous un violations. Israel is. Yet Israel can have nukes but Iran can't?



    Its retarded. I blame the media for allowing such hypocrisy to go in full view of the public. The truth can't be suppressed forever.

  • longacre

    Have you ever seen the way police forces treat their OWN people in the middle east?

  • books

    I have. so what? Is your point that as long as Saudis are executing people in public, its okay for Israelis to kill Palestenians casually too?



    Is that your point? Or is it, hey people are doing bad stuff over there so dont talk about the bad stuff over here?



    What is it? How many FACTS does it take for you realize that supporting Israel is immoral/Wrong?



    The authority of rights/wrongs in international affairs, did a report on the war is gaza. The guy in charge, Goldstone, Jewish, imppecable credentials, says Israel commited War crimes. How are you still arguing about it?



    http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/human-rights/Gaza-War-Crimes-Fallout-Deepens-Political-Rift-in-Israel-84301112.html

  • longacre

    The Palestinians would be oppressed by the Egyptians or the Jordanians if Israel did not exist. Palestinians are at the bottom of the totem pole as far as most Arabs are concerned, but they hate Jews more.

  • etypical

    Let me repeat: WHERE THE FUCK IS GILAD SHALIT.



    You have no moral high ground until you answer that and stop bombing school buses. Maybe it's not always easy to support Israel but to support Palestinians is to be the lowest, most disgusting piece of trash under the garbage pile.

  • books
  • indy

    this guy was smuggling weapons from iran to attack israel. i would say he was killed, not murdered. if you think iran hasn't violated u.n. resolutions you are misinformed. in addition to u.n. resolutions, they have violated the non proliferation treaty which they signed, and israel wisely did not.

    its a dangerous world out there and israel is engaged in some nasty stuff, so is the u.s., esp in afghanistan and iraq.

  • etypical

    please, this idiot you are commenting to thinks Palestinians only stage peaceful protests.



    Hey, pihctanlp, where the fuck is Gilad Shalit?!?!

  • books

    how about we deal with facts?



    Iran allowed the required IAEA inspections, and no diversion of fissile material to a "military purpose" was found. Here's an article with citations explaining that Iran has NOT broken the NPT. Facts. Not recycled bs from the tv.



    http://washingtonindependent.com/60932/has-iran-actually-violated-any-specific-international-obligations-here



    and what does it mean, Israel wisely(?) didnt sign the same treaty? the same treaty you're incorrectly blamming Iran for violating?





    here's a summary of UN actions pertaining to Israel. Again FACTS. Why dont you cite the UN resolutions Iran hasnt complied with. Please?



    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_Nations_resolutions_concerning_Israel



    More UN resolutions have been passed calling on Israel to take some action than ANY NATION on EARTH. Think about that...yet somehow Israel are the good guys.



    Its cause you watch too much TV. You arent taking in enough information to have truthful view of the situation. I'm sorry, thats really all it is. with all due respect I suggest you research, read, and question what you read in the news more.

  • NewHCE

    No matter where you stand on this, you can't help but be intrigued by the whole Jason Bourne aspect. No camera guided missiles here. These guys went old school.

  • JacqueMehoff

    so this is our tax dollars at work, really.

  • Tricksta

    Could also be an inside job. There's as much rivalry among Hamas leaders as in any other political organization, to put it mildly.

    OK, I'll be that guy: what exactly does this have to do with NYC?

  • yg

    > OK, I'll be that guy: what exactly does this have to do with NYC?



    Possibly the fact that we have the highest concentration of Hamas and Hezbollah apologists in North America.

  • Helen Thomas knows the score

    you're so right. look at these home grown terror supporters celebrating the killing of civilians. Women and Children! Never again. Never.





    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LQJOX4sUq30

  • Ishtar

    I'm sure Jesse Jackson knows what this has to do with NYC.

  • CR

    Could be - there were two Palestinians being held in Dubai in conjunction with this assassination.

  • Kojak

    Friggin Mossad Agents. The CIA & MI-6 would NEVER engage in clandestine operations such as the assassination of our enemies.

  • Guest

    I love the smell of sarcasm in the afternoon.

  • NannyState

    Intrigue!

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