The British Foreign Affairs office is investigating how the use of 6 UK fraudulent passports were used in the murder of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's Dubai January 19th 2010 . Apparently Mahmoud, one of the founders of Hamas, a palestinian military wing, was allegedley in the area to buy weapons for the Palestinian Islamist movement, Hamas.
There is speculation that the Israeli's national intelligence agency, Mossad, was involved in the murder.
The 11 suspects, some of whose identities remain unclear, have been issued arrest warrants. The investigation is also trying to understand how six dual British-Israeli citizens were involved (though their pictures did not match the names on the false passports). All of these people deny their involvement in the killing.
The investigations have also expanded to the U.S. and Austria because the suspects also used the false passports to open 5 credit-card accounts in U.S. banks.
Great Britain, Ireland, France and other nations have been discussing the matter and the British have called Israeli ambassadors over to discuss the fraudulent passports.
If Mossad is proven guilty then this may have implications of future strained relations with UK and Israel.
This situation has also given increased the tensions between the two Palestinian factions, Hamas and Fatah.
Hamas: (Ïslamic Resistance movement) a Palestinian Islamic organization with is deemed as a terrorist organization. Uses paramilitary force. They heavily dislike Israel, but the previous leader of the organization said they would have an armed truce with Israel if they agreed to withdraw from territory occupied in 1967.
Fatah:Attitude toward Israel : they advocate restarting the peace process, and they have disdain for the "armed resistance attacks" on Israelis.
Website: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8521246.stm
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