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The Assassination Heard Around the World
(Independent-Ireland) Ian O'Doherty - One frequently overlooked fact about the killing in Dubai is that there have already been arrests - of two Palestinians in Jordan who have been extradited to Dubai. Even if the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh was indeed [done by] those pesky Israelis and not the result of a Hamas power struggle or an assassination carried out by one of the many Arab groups who loathe the Islamist Hamas with as much passion as the Israelis, were they right to do it? Frankly, I find it hard to understand anyone who doesn't realize that it's one fewer terrorist planning murderous attacks on civilians. Al-Mabhouh was personally responsible for the murder of IDF soldiers in the '80s and was, by all accounts, in Dubai to arrange an arms deal with the main Hamas sponsor, Iran. Any country has the right to defend itself from attack, and Israel has even more right to do so than any other country on earth for the simple reason that when a country loses a war it faces a few years of rebuilding and recovery. If and when Israel loses a war it will simply cease to exist.