Israels Mossad violates Australian national security with recent assassinations

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Australia warns Israel on Dubai assassination plot

Australia has warned Israel it is "gravely concerned" about the use of Australian passports in an assassination in Dubai and demanded full cooperation into an investigation into the incident.

The Foreign Minister, Stephen Smith, today said that preliminary analysis by Australian officials indicated the passports had been duplicated or altered. The passports were issued in 2003, before enhancements were made to Australian documents.

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A photograph released by the Dubai police on February 24, 2010, allegedly shows the Australian passport of Nicole Sandra McCabe.

A photograph released by the Dubai police on February 24, 2010, allegedly shows the Australian passport of Nicole Sandra McCabe. Photo: AFP

Mr Smith called in the Israeli ambassador, Yuval Rotem, in Canberra this morning and demanded "full and transparent cooperation" from Israeli authorities.

The Australian Federal Police, ASIO and other security agencies will investigate the use of the passports.

"The Australian government is gravely concerned that these Australian passports have been used fraudulently," he told Parliament.

Mr Smith said the three Australians appeared to have been victims of identity theft and would receive full support from the government.

Police yesterday added 15 more suspects in the assassination of a Hamas leader in Dubai, including three who were allegedly travelling on Australian passports.

Included in the list of names suspected of killing Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his hotel last month were Australian passport holders Nicole Sandra McCabe, Adam Marcus Korman and Joshua Daniel Bruce, all from Melbourne.

Mr Korman, 34, is Australian-born but lives in Tel Aviv, where he sells musical instruments, the ABC has reported.

He told Israel's biggest newspaper Yediot Aharonot he was shocked over what has happened.

"It's identity theft, simply unbelievable," he was quoted as saying.

"I have travelled all over the world but never visited Dubai or the United Arab Emirates."

ABC radio also reported that Mr Bruce lives near Haifa in Israel's north.

It said that Mr Korman had told the Israeli paper that he was "frightened and shocked since receiving the news".

Ms McCabe reportedly also lives in Israel and her family in Australia had no knowledge of her name being linked to the Dubai investigation.

The Australians are joined by six more people who are accused of using British passports in the commission of the crime, four others using Irish passports and two other French passport holders, CNN reported.

Last week, Dubai revealed that 11 members of the assassination squad, now believed to be 26-strong and including Mossad agents, had entered the emirate carrying diplomatic passports and killed Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in his Dubai hotel room last month.

Australian passports in Hamas hit duplicated or altered, Stephen Smith says | The Australian

AUSTRALIA has warned Israel it would regard any involvement in the forging or abuse of Australian passports for the killing of a Hamas militant as "not the act of a friend".

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told parliament this morning that three Australians suspected in the assassination of Hamas militant Mahmud al-Mabuh in Dubai last month appear to have been the victims of passport fraud.

The assassination has been linked in the media by Dubai police to the Israeli security agency Mossad.

Mr Smith said ASIO and the Australian Federal Police were investigating the probable identity fraud involving Australians Nicole Sandra Mccabe, Adam Marcus Korman and Bruce Joshua Daniel.

Mr Korman, who like the other two Australians lives in Israel, has denied any involvement, while Ms McCabe's mother says her daughter is heavily pregnant.


``Preliminary analysis by the Australian Federal Police together with the Australian Passport Office shows that the three Australian passports appear to have been duplicated or altered,'' Mr Smith said.

``At this stage Australian officials have no information, no information to suggest the three Australian passport holders were involved in any way other than as victims as passport or identity fraud''.

In his strongest comments on the matter, Mr Smith said Australia made “no conclusions” about the investigation into the killings but said it would appear a serious abuse of Australian passports had occurred.

Mr Smith called in Israeli ambassador Yuval Rotem this morning, urging Israel to "fully co-operate" with the Australian investigation.

“If the results of that investigation cause us to come to the conclusion that the abuse of Australian passports was in any way sponsored or condoned by Israeli officials, then Australia would not regard that as the act of a friend," Mr Smith said.

“Australia, of course, is a longstanding friend of Israel”.

Mr Smith said the passports were all issued in 2003, and since then there had been major improvements in passport security.

``The Australian government condemns in the strongest possible terms the misuse and the abuse of Australian passports,'' he said.
The three Australians involved have been offered consular assistance.

Looks like Israel is going out of favor with everyone in the world.

 

[Kompromat]

uncle Rudd is angry on the news tonight

 

[xdrive]

uncle Rudd is angry on the news tonight

Yes. Who wouldn't be angry that israel is stealing peoples passports from other countries and using them to gain access to other countries to assassinate people.

 

[AZADPAKISTAN2009]

Its was just an attempt to ruine other countries reputation what else is new

 

[Ahmad]

Nothing happens folks, they had to say something for the sake of their public, otherwise they wont raise their eyebrow agaisnt the israelis. it is not the first time israel is doing this, i believe the same thing had happend in newzealand or somewhere else.

 

[xdrive]

Nothing happens folks, they had to say something for the sake of their public, otherwise they wont raise their eyebrow agaisnt the israelis. it is not the first time israel is doing this, i believe the same thing had happend in newzealand or somewhere else.

Actually, our prime minister is furious. Our intelligence organisation is investigating it and the Australian federal police is also investigating.

The israel ambassador was also summoned to the prime ministers office and our prime minister is demanding the Israeli government fully cooperates with investigations.

 

[pak-yes]

oh come on be realistic this is only to show for Public nothing else.Internally they cannot say a thing against Israel.

On Other Hand this Dubai Police has Proved to be quite deadly.lol.

Now Everyone Including Mossad will think not twice but ten times before doing some dirty work in Dubai.

 

[xdrive]

oh come on be realistic this is only to show for Public nothing else.Internally they cannot say a thing against Israel.

On Other Hand this Dubai Police has Proved to be quite deadly.lol.

Now Everyone Including Mossad will think not twice but ten times before doing some dirty work in Dubai.

Excuse me, i think you a mistaking which country we are talking about here. We are talking about Australia, not the United States. Our government is not corrupt and doesn't bow down to any country and certainly does not bow down to Israel of all countries.

The United States are the Israel lovers, not Australia.


Also our police are not corrupt. They will investigate what happened thoroughly. I would not be surprised if tomorrow the Israel ambassador is sent back to Israel. If the Israeli government is found to be behind all of this, the government will put trade sanctions and other sanctions again israel.

 

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SYDNEY: Australia summoned the Israeli ambassador on Thursday and delivered a stark warning on ties after three Australian passports were used by suspected Mossad assassins who murdered a top Hamas commander.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd said Australia “will not be silent on the matter” after a woman and two men, holding apparently fake Australian passports, were named among 15 new suspects in the Cold War-style killing of Mahmud al-Mabhuh.

“If Australian passports are being used or forged by any state, let alone for the purpose of assassination, this is of the deepest concern and we are getting to the bottom of this now,” Rudd told public broadcaster ABC.

“We will not leave a single stone unturned.”

Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told Israeli ambassador Yuval Rotem that Australia's friendly ties with Israel were at risk if investigations showed it was involved in tampering with the passports.

“We have made no conclusion about what to us — from our preliminary investigation — seems to be a serious abuse of three Australian passports either through forgery or identity fraud,” Smith told reporters.

“But I made it crystal clear to the ambassador that if the results of that investigation cause us to come to the conclusion that the abuse of Australian passports was in any way sponsored or condoned by Israeli officials, then Australia would not regard that as the act of a friend.”

The comments pile further pressure on Israel over the seemingly well-planned hit on al-Mabhuh, who was found dead in his luxury Dubai hotel room on January 20. He had been electrocuted and strangled, according to his brother.

Israeli ambassadors in four European countries have been summoned for talks and the European Union has also voiced outrage over the use of fake passports after an earlier list of 11 people was released.

Dubai police strongly suspect Mossad, Israel's secret service, of carrying out the hit and have called for the arrest of the spy agency's chief.

The 15 new suspects range from people who provided logistical support to those who played a leading role.

Israel has sought to play down the row, saying there is no evidence of its involvement.

It has rejected the calls for the arrest of Mossad's chief as “baseless” and “absurd”.

One of the passport-holders, Australian-born Adam Korman, who works in a Tel Aviv shop, expressed shock at being named as a suspect and said he had been the victim of fraud.

“It's identity theft — simply unbelievable,” Korman told the Ynetnews.com website.

The mother of Joshua Daniel Bruce, another suspect listed along with Nicole Sandra McCabe, said the photograph, signature and date of birth on the passport released by Dubai police were not those of her son.

Sarah Bruce said Joshua was “unaware of everything” when she spoke with him briefly by phone in Jerusalem, his home for the past seven years.

“I am fearful (for his safety), but hopefully everyone will see that it is fraud. It's not his photo in the pictures they're flashing around everywhere,” Sarah Bruce said.

Smith said Australian security officials were working round the clock on their probe and demanded cooperation from Israel, which he described as a “long-standing friend”. Australia officially recognised Israel in 1949.

Al-Mabhuh masterminded a number of attacks on Israeli targets including the kidnapping of two soldiers.

Britain's Sunday Times newspaper, quoting unnamed sources, has reported that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu authorised the Mossad mission and met members of the hit squad shortly before their departure.

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xdrive its not just ausiee passports but German Irish British as well.

isralis are not allowed in most of the Muslim countries so cant Israeli flights pass through.

So they would keep doing it untill uncle Rudd gives them a strong message.

Thanks