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Cable en el que se cuentan las opiciones que barajó Dubai para informar sobre el asesinato de un líder de Hamás
El telegrama explica las dudas que barajaron el emir y un príncipe de Dubai sobre si apuntar o no a Israel como responsable de dicha acción
| ID: | 246397 |
| Date: | 2010-01-31 13:04:00 |
| Origin: | 10ABUDHABI47 |
| Source: | Embassy Abu Dhabi |
| Classification: | SECRET//NOFORN |
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| Destination: | VZCZCXRO2451 OO RUEHROV 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 |
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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