Mossad agent held in Poland over Dubai murder

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Polish authorities have arrested at the request of Germany a suspected Mossad agent thought to have played a role in the Dubai assassination of a Hamas commander, German prosecutors said Saturday.

"He was arrested in Warsaw and is suspected of being involved in illegally obtaining a (German) passport," a spokesman for German federal prosecution said, confirming a report in German magazine Der Spiegel.


" It's now up to Poland authorities to decide if they are going to hand him over to Germany "
A spokesman for German federal prosecution
"It's now up to Poland authorities to decide if they are going to hand him over to Germany."

According to an article to be published Monday in Der Spiegel, the suspect identified as Uri Brodsky was arrested early June on arrival at Warsaw's airport on suspicions that he helped a member of the hit squad get a German passport in June 2009.

Mahmud al-Mabhuh, a founder of the military wing of the Islamist Hamas movement which controls Gaza, was found dead in his room in the Al Bustan Rotana hotel near Dubai airport on January 20.

Dubai police have released extensive surveillance camera footage they say shows the team of suspects from the hit squad they have linked to the Mossad. The Hamas man had been drugged and then suffocated.

Twelve British, six Irish, four French, one German and three Australian passports were used by 26 people believed linked to the murder, according to Dubai police.

In many cases, the documents appeared either to have been faked or obtained illegally.

The issue caused a diplomatic row in which the five countries whose passports were used called in Israeli envoys for talks

http://www.alarabiya.net/articles/2010/06/12/111150.html
 
can someone explain to me why Europe authorities want these agents so bad?
Faked passports, is that really such a terrible crime that they are most wanted? Or is this all part of a bigger scheme to stick to Israel for killing a guy that many people didn't like.
 
It is a big diplomatic deal. If Germany allows its passports to be forged by foreign entities, then its own citizens will be under more scrutiny when they have legitimate passports and travel abroad.
 
What about the passports that are forged by everyday criminals? They don't end up on most wanted list.
Seems like they are mad at Israel for more than just the passports.
 
There's a vast difference between some small time criminal using forged IDs and foreign assassins using your country's passports. Governments have this odd idea that it can affect diplomatic relations.

For example, if I were involved in customs in Dubai, I would be looking far more closely at passports from the countries mentioned. If those countries actually were upset...such as Germany seems to be...then I would be less concerned about them.
 
this gives me hope that real life is more like spy movies than i previously believed
 
israel becomes a victim yet again. forget they use false papers and murder people in other countries
 
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