DMac
15th June 2010, 08:48 AM
http://euobserver.com/9/30289
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LEIGH PHILLIPS
Today @ 14:44 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Ireland has kicked out an Israeli diplomat over the fraudulent use of the country's passports by a hit-squad that assassinated Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai in January, an act Dublin today described as "terrorist."
Employing language as sharp as diplomacy between friendly nations allows, foreign minister Micheal Martin said upon the conclusion of Dublin's enquiry into the affair that investigators had found Israel to be responsible and condemned the murder of the Palestinian militant.
"The balance of evidence uncovered in both [Passport Office and Garda - the Irish police] investigations as well as the level of sophistication required in the manufacture of these forged passports clearly points to the involvement of a foreign state agency or a very well resourced criminal organisation with access to details of significant numbers of Irish passports," Mr Martin said on Tuesday (15 June) in a statement.
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LEIGH PHILLIPS
Today @ 14:44 CET
EUOBSERVER / BRUSSELS - Ireland has kicked out an Israeli diplomat over the fraudulent use of the country's passports by a hit-squad that assassinated Hamas commander Mahmoud al Mabhouh in Dubai in January, an act Dublin today described as "terrorist."
Employing language as sharp as diplomacy between friendly nations allows, foreign minister Micheal Martin said upon the conclusion of Dublin's enquiry into the affair that investigators had found Israel to be responsible and condemned the murder of the Palestinian militant.
"The balance of evidence uncovered in both [Passport Office and Garda - the Irish police] investigations as well as the level of sophistication required in the manufacture of these forged passports clearly points to the involvement of a foreign state agency or a very well resourced criminal organisation with access to details of significant numbers of Irish passports," Mr Martin said on Tuesday (15 June) in a statement.