(National Post-Canada) George Jonas - On Jan. 19, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, described as a terrorist by Israel, was throttled in a Dubai hotel room. Dubai alleges that a travelling circus of Mossad assassins, 26 or more, participated in the hit, utilizing British, French, Irish, German and Australian passports. When it comes to certain policies, of which counterterrorism is one, some countries do the heavy lifting, while others sit on the fence or their moral high horses, content to reap the benefits of what they disdain to do. Israel and the U.S. are examples of the first kind; Canada and the EU are examples of the second. In addition to being a founder of Hamas, designated as a terrorist organization by Canada, the EU and the U.S., al-Mabhouh was its chief weapons procurer. As such, al-Mabhouh was complicit in the killing or wounding of some 2,000 Israelis over the years, including schoolchildren.
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