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### Viewing cable 10ABUDHABI47, HAMAS COMMANDER KILLED IN DUBAI HOTEL

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10ABUDHABI47 | 2010-01-31 13:01 | 2011-01-15 21:09 | SECRET//NOFORN | Embassy Abu Dhabi
Appears in these articles: www.spiegel.de

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    DE RUEHAD #0047/01 0311304
    ZNY SSSSS ZZH
    O R 311304Z JAN 10
    FM AMEMBASSY ABU DHABI
    TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 0221
    INFO ARAB ISRAELI COLLECTIVE
    GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL COLLECTIVE
    RUEHDE/AMCONSUL DUBAI
    RUEHDM/AMEMBASSY DAMASCUS 0009

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    S E C R E T SECTION 01 OF 02 ABU DHABI 000047

    SIPDIS
    NOFORN
    FOR NEA/ARP, NEA/IPA

    E.O. 12958: DECL: 2020/01/31
    TAGS: PREL PGOV PTER PINR KPAL KWBG KCRM IS SY AE
    SUBJECT: HAMAS COMMANDER KILLED IN DUBAI HOTEL

    CLASSIFIED BY: Richard Olson, Ambassador; REASON: 1.4(B), (D)

    ¶1. (U) On January 29, approximately 9:00 am local time Friday,
    Reuters first reported the January 20 murder in a Dubai hotel of
    senior Hamas member Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Mohammad Hassan (known as
    Mahmoud Al Mabhouh). The brief wire story preceded the release of
    an official statement from the Dubai government later in the day.
    Al Mabhouh's remains were flown from Dubai to Syria on January 28.
    He was buried January 29 in a refugee camp in Damascus, as Dubai
    officials briefed local and international media on his murder.

    ¶2. (U) The initial Dubai government media office statement said Al
    Mabhouh "entered the UAE on January 19 at 3:15 pm from an Arab
    country. His body was found in the afternoon of January 20 in a
    Dubai hotel where he was staying." Official statements on January
    29 expressed confidence the killers would be arrested: "The ongoing
    investigation will speed up and police will be presenting the
    suspects to court for trial as soon as possible, in coordination
    with Interpol. The suspects left the UAE before the deceased's
    body was found in a Dubai hotel." (Note: The hotel was the Al
    Bustan Rotana near Dubai International Airport. End Note.)

    ¶3. (U) On Al Jazeera television January 29, Dubai Chief of Police
    Dhahi Khalfan Tamim said "I cannot rule out the possibility of
    Mossad involvement in the assassination of Mabhouh." Tamim told
    local journalists Dubai Police were "pursuing individual suspects,
    not an organization" and that it was "still early to start pointing
    fingers on who is behind the crime." Tamim also confirmed the
    victim entered the UAE on a passport bearing his real name, after a
    Hamas spokesman in Damascus told the media Al Mabhouh possessed
    five passports but traveled frequently to Dubai using his actual
    identity.

    ¶4. (U) Local media coverage on January 30 and 31 focused on
    statements from Al Mabhouh's family members and Hamas officials in
    Gaza and Syria, where he lived since 1989. Local and international
    media reports noted he was the second foreign militant murdered in
    Dubai in less than a year. Former Chechen commander Sulim
    Yamadayev was shot and killed near an exclusive Dubai apartment
    complex in late March 2009.

    ¶5. (S/NF) Ambassador happened to be at a social event with Foreign
    Minister Abdullah bin Zayed's media advisor when the story broke,
    and he drew the latter's attention to it. The media advisor
    (protect) after making a few calls reported back that the UAE's
    public posture was being discussed between Dubai Ruler Mohammed bin
    Rashid and Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed. The two
    options discussed were to say nothing at all, or to reveal more or
    less the full extent of the UAE's investigations. (Comment:
    Saying nothing would have been perceived as protecting the Israelis
    and in the end, the UAE chose to tell all. The statement was
    carefully drafted not to point any fingers, but the reference in
    the document (see below) to a gang with western passports will be
    read locally as referring to the Mossad. End Comment.)

    ¶6. (U)

    Text of Official Statement

    Dubai Police identify suspects in murder of Mahmoud Al Mabhouh

    Jan 29, 2010 - 06:18

    WAM Dubai, Jan 29th, 2010

    WAM)--Dubai Government media office has announced that Dubai police
    have identified suspects in the murder crime of Palestinian Hamas
    member Mahmoud Abdul Raouf Hassan and that they would soon track
    them down and refer to court in conjunction with International

    ABU DHABI 00000047 002 OF 002

    Police (Interpol).

    The suspects were reported to have left the country before the
    murder crime was reported. The deceased's body was later discovered
    at a hotel in Dubai.

    An official security source in Dubai said that the initial
    investigations suggest that the murder was inflicted by experienced
    criminal gang, who had been tracking down the movements of the
    victim before entering the UAE. "Despite quick skill exhibited by
    murderers, yet they left behind evidence at the scene of crime that
    would help in tracking them down at earliest. Dubai police no
    longer believe in ambiguous or unknown crime".

    The source further disclosed that the investigations revealed that
    the suspects hold European passports, adding that Dubai police
    would embark in arrangements with Interpol to arrest the suspects
    and bring them to books. "The evidence will speedily help competent
    authorities to track down the suspects".

    Known as Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, the deceased, a Palestinian, entered
    into the UAE at 3.15PM, on Tuesday, Jan. 19, 2010, from an Arab
    country. His body was found the following day at afternoon on Jan.
    20, 2010, at a hotel he resided at in Dubai.
    OLSON

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