2 Suspected Israeli Assassins Escaped to US from Dubai

2 suspected Dubai assassins escaped to US

Press TV, Mon, 01 Mar 2010 07:08:19 GMT

At least two of the 26 suspects sought for the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai reportedly entered the US shortly after the killing.

Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh was killed in a Dubai hotel back in January. Now, the Wall Street Journal says records shared between international investigators show that one of the suspects entered the United States a day later, using an Irish passport.

The second suspect entered the US on a British passport in February.

Dubai police have already identified the two US companies that issued credit cards to the suspects.

The Wall Street Journal quoted a person familiar with the situation that there aren't records of either man leaving the US, though investigators can't be sure the two are still in the country.

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Dubai police say Hamas commander suffocated

ABU DHABI, Feb. 28, 2010 (Xinhua) --

Forensic tests proved that the murdered Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was suffocated to death, Dubai police said Sunday.

The cause of al-Mabhouh's death was suffocation using a pillow, Major General Khamis Mattar Al Mazeina, deputy director of Dubai police, was quoted as saying by Dubai-based English daily Gulf News on its website.

One more suspect will be added to the list of suspects in the assassination, bringing the total identified suspects to 27, Al Mazeina said.

According to the website of Arabian Business, a Dubai-based business journal, forensic tests also showed that there were " substantial" quantities of succinylcholine in al-Mabhouh's body.

The drug, used to induce anaesthesia, is also a muscle relaxant that could "cause immediate and temporary paralysis," a police spokesman was quoted as saying.

He said that while the drug was usually difficult to trace, in this instance it had been administered in quantities which made it easy to detect.

Al-Mabhouh, a senior commander of Hamas military wing the Ezzedeen al-Qassam Brigades, was born in the Gaza Strip but has been living in Syria since 1989. He was found dead in his hotel room on Jan. 20, a day after he arrived in Dubai.

Editor: Mu Xuequan

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