Hamas sources allege Fatah link to Dubai killing

[Behind the Aegis]

GAZA (Reuters) - Hamas sources have accused men they say were members of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's Fatah movement of helping Israel to kill a Hamas commander in Dubai, a link that would inflame hostility between the rival factions.

Dubai police told a local newspaper on Thursday they were 99 percent sure Israel was behind the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in a Dubai hotel last month. Most of the suspects identified by the Dubai police carried European passports.

The police have also said two Palestinians are suspected of providing logistical support in the operation. They have not named the pair, who were extradited to Dubai from Jordan.

Hamas security officials in Gaza, quoting colleagues living, like Mabhouh, in exile, say the two Palestinian suspects had been members of Fatah-controlled security forces in Gaza.

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[shira]

1. looks like an inside job

Mabhou traveled by himself in a separate flight apart from his bodyguards and it looks likely that with 2 Palestinians held behind by Dubai authorities that the "insiders" took advantage of the situation once Mabhou was alone.