NZ charges Israeli spy suspects

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WELLINGTON, New Zealand (Reuters) -- New Zealand has charged two Israeli men with trying to fraudulently obtain New Zealand passports, according to local media reports.

Urie Zoshe Kelman and Eli Cara each denied the three charges, including attempting to obtain a passport and participating in an organised crime group to obtain a false passport, in an Auckland court on Friday, the Weekend Herald newspaper reported.

News reports in New Zealand suggested the men were suspected of being members of Israel's secret service, Mossad.

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New Zealand's Acting Foreign Minister jim Sutton told the Herald newspaper the ambassador was called in to have the "riot act" read -- "and for me to say on behalf of the New Zealand Government that we required a full accounting of what they were up to".

http://edition.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/asiapcf/04/18/nz.israel.spies.reut/index.html

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1. “Mossad agent” arrested in New Zealand a “know nothing”

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"On March 23, Israeli citizen Eli Cara, was watching the entrance to an apartment in St. Paul, Auckland, New Zealand. He was waiting for a messenger who was supposed to bring him a forged New Zealand passport. However, moments after the messenger left, police detectives arrived. Cara was arrested and brought to the police station for questioning by Detective David Nimmo. Not long after, another Israeli, Uri Kelman, was also arrested and brought to the same building where Detective Sergeant Aaron Pascoe interviewed him.The full transcript, excerpted below, was presented in court on Friday."


http://www.maarivenglish.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=article&articleID=6171

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2. Locking

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http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=124&topic_id=65827