*Boy, that's some kinda story. Look at all those smiling, husky Gen-X guys who seem to lack criminal records or even actual legal existences. And who got away more or less clean after icing the Hamas guy, despite the passport checks and the swarms of cameras.
*And they (and the cute blonde female accomplice) smothered this dodgy terrorist victim to death after electrocuting him for ten minutes? Gee whiz, what happened to those nice clean long-distance Predator drones?
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"Outlining how he believed the assassination was carried out, he said it was a highly organised operation, carried out with advance knowledge of the victim's movements.
"Forensic tests indicated al-Mabhouh died of suffocation, but examinations are continuing to establish other possible factors in his death - including the possibility of electrocution and torture.
"Airport surveillance video of the alleged killers arriving on separate flights to Dubai the day before al-Mabhouh was found dead, were shown at a news conference yesterday.
"The members of the hit-squad divided into teams - four surveillance teams and the execution squad who would actually carry out the assassination.
"Three of the execution squad were carrying British passports, one was carrying an Irish passport.
"They used 'coded communication tools' to keep in contact. (((Nice touch there, I wonder what the heck that was. Blackberries?)))
CCTV footage shows the female member of the gang apparently wearing a dark wig, big hat and sunglasses to blend in with tourists. (((They probably ARE tourists, when not doing push-ups over in their Terminate With Extreme Prejudice Anti-Terror Training Camp.)))
Others in the hit squad were also seen on the film dressed as holidaymakers, wearing tennis clothes and carrying rackets and athletic bags. (((Pretty much the same getup as the Pakistani kids who shot up Bombay for a couple of days. It's all about that youthful, well-scrubbed, sporty look.)))
The footage also showed the gang gathering in groups at the Al-Bustan Rotana Hotel. (((Do you think that "gang" is the proper term for operatives of this kind? They sure don't look very "gangsta." Practically every one of 'em is wearing studies-too-much brainy-glasses.)))
All of the gang paid for their expenses in cash to avoid being traced.
Investigators saying that several members of the hit squad followed Al-Mabhouh to his room, even riding in the elevator with him to confirm his room number.
Then some of the team checked in to a room across the hall.
Four assassins then entered his room while he was out, using an electronic device to open the door (((those must be handy))), waiting to pounce when he returned.
The killing took just ten minutes.... ((("Just" ten minutes? Try holding your breath for ten minutes. That's forever.)))
(((More. They're certainly not the people on those passports they carried, as a fake ID would have been job one, and only to be expected.)))
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/17/world/middleeast/17dubai.html
(((I truly pity the victims of this grim identity fraud. I wish I could help them.)))
