The original collection of passports photos show several suspected members of an assassination squad that killed an Hamas chief in Dubai. Dubai Ruler's Media OfficeA Mossad Operation Gone Awry? -- Spiegel Online
The assassination of Hamas functionary Mahmoud al-Mabhouh is widely believed to have been the work of the Mossad. But why would Israel's legendary intelligence service allow the identity of its agents to be compromised? The affair looks set to damage the Mossad's reputation -- and unleash more bloodshed.
It could have been Dubai's unofficial entry in the Berlin International Film Festival: A 27-minute reality thriller, edited from footage shot with two dozen surveillance cameras, with constantly shifting settings, close-ups and freeze frames, with subtitles artfully entering the frame from the edge and colorful hand-drawn circles à la Jean-Luc Godard. It was also a film that was significantly more suspenseful than most of the other entries in this year's festival.
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Commentaries, Opinions, And Editorials
The Utility of Assassination -- George Friedman, Real Clear World/Stratfor
Taliban: Terrorists Without Borders -- David Rhode, The New Republic
Iran and the crazy factor -- Richard Cohen, Washington post
Prepare for war with Iran -- in case Israel strikes -- Anne Applebaum, Washington Post
What Does It Take to Aid a Terrorist? -- John farmer, New York Times
No punishment for torture memos' authors, but no exoneration, either -- Washington Post editorial
Terrorism and Free Speech -- New York Times editorial
The New Rules of War -- John Arquilla, Foreign Policy
Mugabe's UN Helpers -- Marian Tupy, Wall Street Journal
The Arrogance of China's Leadership -- Erich Follath, Spiegel Online
Brazil: The country of the future may finally be arriving -- Jeffrey Simpson, Globe And Mail
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