I have no background whatsoever in the analysis of secret agent hits, unless you count watching spy movies. And boy, this hit sure has all the marks of a great spy movie.
When al-Mabhouh returned to the hotel at 8.24pm his killers were in place. Police believe that he was asphyxiated. By 8.46pm, less than 20 minutes after their victim entered the hotel, the four killers are shown leaving the second floor, followed closely by their spotters in room 237. The surveillance team in the hotel lobby also disbands.
Less than two hours later Daveron and Folliard are shown boarding a flight to Paris. Others took flights to Hong Kong and South Africa before doubling back to Europe.
Al-Mabhouh’s body was not found until 1.30pm the following afternoon. His room showed no signs of forced entry. The cause of death was initially believed to be an increase of blood pressure in the brain.
The murder was only uncovered days later, when local security services were told who the victim was. Al-Mabhouh had also been travelling on a false passport.
What do I think? I don’t care who killed him. A Hamas murderer is dead, and the man who apparently was the lead planner of smuggling Iranian rockets into Gaza is an ex-terrorist. These videos that Allahpundit found are fascinating, but a bit skewed against Israel. I find myself wanting to read the close captioning to hear what they’re saying.
Did the Mossad use Israeli citizens’ passports? I don’t know. But it’s very interesting that two people arrested so far are Palestinians. Funny, I wasn’t aware that the Palestinians worked with the Mossad on Hamas hits in Arab nations. Fatah says they’re Hamas; Hamas says they’re Fatah. No surprise there.
As I said, I’m in no way an analyst of spy hits. So I’ll just be thankful that a major terrorist is no longer able to murder Israelis.
Passports were British.
I was under the impression that the names on the passports were mostly British citizens and ex-pats, but the passports themselves were apparently issued by Israel. Which would be really stupid of Mossad, but if it’s stupid and it works…
The six British passports were in the names of British nationals who have immigrated to Israel. Whether they were legitimate British passports obtained under false pretenses by impersonators, or sophisticated forgeries, is not clear.
Perhaps the US will caution Israel that it should have arrested this guy and brought him in for a trial.
I’ll bet those damn Joooos, I mean Israelis, I mean Zionists didn’t even read him his Miranda rights.
it’s very interesting that two people arrested so far are Palestinians…
I haven’t been following the news closely on this. Didn’t want to have to run the gauntlet of “those bad JOOOS” which is certain to be the meme thru which this will be filtered.
However, your info in that little sentence certainly skews things, doesn’t it? But we no there is no infighting amongst the terrorists. They’d never kill one another; they’re peaceful at heart if only the JOOOS would leave them alone.
Palestinians are *nice*…of course they are. Those two must be Mossad agents posing as PoorPalis. Bad but clever JOOOS is what they are.
Yeah, that’s it: they’re impersonators.
oops, that “no” got past my spell check.
Meant to say
But we KNOW there is no infighting amongst the terrorists…
One of the things that keeps those idjits from doing even more damage is their in-fighting.