The head of the Dubai police is planning to seek
the arrest of the prime minister of Israel and the head of the country’s
secret service, Mossad, over the killing of a Hamas leader.
Dhahi Khalfan Tamim told Al Jazeera he would ask the Dubai prosecutor
to issue arrest warrants for Binyamin Netanyahu and Meir Dagan this
week.
Tamim said he was “almost certain” Israeli agents
were involved in the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a Hamas commander,
at a Dubai hotel in January.
Israel has has neither confirmed nor denied involvement in
al-Mabhouh’s murder.
The police chief said Mossad had “insulted” Dubai
and Western countries whose fraudulent passports were used by suspects
in the assassination.
Investigation expanding
And a UAE newspaper reported that Dubai had also asked the US Federal
Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to look into prepaid credit cards issued
by the Meta Financial Group’s MetaBank which the suspects used.
Citing an FBI source, The National newspaper said the
investigation would look into any Israeli involvement in th…
