Quote Originally Posted by gwahir View Post
My gut says that Israel is not behind this. But given the obvious bias of my gut, it's not to be trusted.
When I read this article, my gut is telling me that it's hungry for shwarma, fattoush, and hummus bi tahina. oh and fatteh. god i love fatteh.

and, err, babaganoush.

the bias of my gut is to be trusted in matters culinary.

unfortunately, and it probably needn't be pointed out but w/e's, the arab countries are going to stick this on
mossad until they know for certain it was another organization that did this. in middle eastern international affairs, parties are typically guilty until proven innocent when tensions already exist.

The head of the GCC is now saying it was organized crime, though until solid evidence is made public, that's just as much of a useless sound-bite as the accusations the UAE cops have made against Israel. And apparently the Syrians have now detained a Hamas figure named Mohammed Nasser, and some other Hamas members, in connection with the killing.
At least as far as the GCC statement, I think this is the article AFP article that has been going around: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20100223...tconflicthamas

I got the feeling that the "organized criminal group" reference, in the (translated?) words of Secretary General Abdel Rahim al-Attiyam, isn't an indication that they are ruling out Mossad. I thought it was simply rhetoric condemning whatever group committed this act, whether it be Mossad or not. I recognize that it hardly matters at this point, as you stated.

Still, I think it was probably Mossad, though of course there is no definitive evidence connecting them to the assassination, so no definite conclusions can be reached


As an update to this story, UAE police have listed 26 suspects involved in the assassination. Also, the European passports they had carried contained the identities of real people who were not at all connected to this plot:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20100224/...YtZHViYWlub3dz