The point was to make a brazen and obvious operation.
Ohh yes the PA was involved in this as well. The whole operation was intended to make a statement to multiple actors. "Yes, we did it though we won't tell you that and yes we did it in the daylight. This is how we treat our enemies and we are not afraid to show our real faces".
Israeli wanted over Dubai killing 'held in Poland'
another possible casualty
'Mossad Chief to leave post'
Jerusalem Post
06/26/2010 00:21
Quote:
Mossad Chief Meir Dagan is to leave his post in three months, Channel 2 news reported on Friday.
According to the report, Dagan, who has been head of the Mossad for the last eight years, requested to work another year in the role, but was refused.
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The decision not to renew Dagan's appointment is likely related to the fallout from the recent attempt to assassinate Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai.
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Help me understand this please...
If the US send drones into Pakistan to assassinate Taliban leaders without the permission of the Pakistan government and carries out a unilateral strike into the Sudan (around 1996) and thats OK but if the Israelis take out a sworn enemy in Dubai and it becomes a major international incident.
So what is the message here?
A so-called surgical strike by a missile (which may take out the target and his whole family) is fine but a bunch of assassins using forged passports and leaving no collateral is unacceptable?
What is the essential difference between the button pusher sitting on some Air Force base in the US and the Israeli trigger man in some hotel room in Dubai?
BTW I support both the US and Israeli actions... just can't see why the Israelis are being hung out to dry on this.