New suspects in Hamas slaying
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February 26, 2010, Friday
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THE names of at least eight new suspects that Dubai police are linking to the slaying of a top Hamas operative match those of people in Israel, further hinting at Israeli involvement in a killing widely thought to be the work of the Mossad spy agency.
Dubai police released the names of 15 new suspects on Wednesday, bringing to 26 the number of people suspected in the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
In all, at least 15 of the names match those of real people who live in Israel. All of those contacted have said their identities were used without their permission.
Israel has not confirmed or denied involvement in the killing. Israeli security officials say al-Mabhouh was involved in smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip with Iranian help and was wanted in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers who were captured and killed in 1989.
Five of the names released on Wednesday appear in Israeli telephone directories, and Australia's foreign minister said two other names belong to Australians living in Israel. An eighth name, Roy Cannon, matches that of a 62-year-old man who immigrated to Israel from Britain.
Raphael Cannon, his son, said yesterday that his father had moved to Israel in 1979 and was surprised when an acquaintance saw his name on the Internet on Wednesday.
"It's clear that illegal use was made of personal information," Cannon said. He said the full name and birth date on the forged passport matched his father's, but that his father still has the genuine document in his possession and the photo in the fake one belongs to someone else.
He said his father was not interested in speaking to the press and was not planning to take legal action. "Who are we supposed to contact about something like this?" Cannon said.
The photographs on the passports released by the Dubai police have not matched the people whose names were used, and several countries have said the documents were forged or fraudulently obtained.
So far, no one in Israel or abroad has come forward to identify themselves as the people who appear in the photographs and to assert their innocence, further suggesting the people in the photographs were indeed connected to the killing.
Dubai police released the names of 15 new suspects on Wednesday, bringing to 26 the number of people suspected in the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
In all, at least 15 of the names match those of real people who live in Israel. All of those contacted have said their identities were used without their permission.
Israel has not confirmed or denied involvement in the killing. Israeli security officials say al-Mabhouh was involved in smuggling weapons into the Gaza Strip with Iranian help and was wanted in the deaths of two Israeli soldiers who were captured and killed in 1989.
Five of the names released on Wednesday appear in Israeli telephone directories, and Australia's foreign minister said two other names belong to Australians living in Israel. An eighth name, Roy Cannon, matches that of a 62-year-old man who immigrated to Israel from Britain.
Raphael Cannon, his son, said yesterday that his father had moved to Israel in 1979 and was surprised when an acquaintance saw his name on the Internet on Wednesday.
"It's clear that illegal use was made of personal information," Cannon said. He said the full name and birth date on the forged passport matched his father's, but that his father still has the genuine document in his possession and the photo in the fake one belongs to someone else.
He said his father was not interested in speaking to the press and was not planning to take legal action. "Who are we supposed to contact about something like this?" Cannon said.
The photographs on the passports released by the Dubai police have not matched the people whose names were used, and several countries have said the documents were forged or fraudulently obtained.
So far, no one in Israel or abroad has come forward to identify themselves as the people who appear in the photographs and to assert their innocence, further suggesting the people in the photographs were indeed connected to the killing.
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