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Dubai Names 15 More Suspects in Hamas Leader’s Death

Thursday, February 25th, 2010

DUBAI—Dubai police on Wednesday identified 15 new suspects in their probe of the January death of a senior Hamas leader here, and released a mountain of fresh, often-cryptic clues that authorities say they have picked up in the investigation.

The new suspects bring to 26 the number of people Dubai has identified as connected to the alleged murder of Mahmoud al Mabhouh, a senior leader of Hamas, the Palestinian militant group. The new information released Wednesday raises a host of fresh questions, including over the involvement of two U.S. financial companies, one of which has offices in Tel Aviv.

Police officials weren’t available to comment. Some of the material was impossible to definitively interpret, and some information appeared contradictory.

In a statement and multimedia presentation on Wednesday, Dubai’s government released passport details, flight itineraries and credit-card information related to the 26 suspects. The police said many of them had flown in and out of Dubai several times, one as early as March 2009. At one point in November, police said, nine of the suspects converged on Dubai from several European cities, leaving a few days later.

Dubai police said Wednesday they had identified credit cards used by 14 of the suspects to book hotel rooms and pay for air travel. Police named the issuing bank as MetaBank, a unit of Meta Financial Group Inc., a financial company based in Storm Lake, Iowa.

The bank said it had no comment “because we are trying to confirm the accuracy of statements by the press.”

Dubai police identified cards issued by Britain’s Nationwide Building Society, IDT Finance of Gilbraltar, and Germany’s DZ Bank AG. A Nationwide spokesman told the Associated Press that bank officials were “investigating the reports and have no further comments.” The other European companies weren’t reachable late Wednesday.

Dubai also identified a company called Payoneer Inc., based in New York, though it wasn’t clear what precise role authorities believe that company played. In a chart released to reporters, authorities suggested the company distributed the cards on behalf of MetaBank.

According to its Web site, Payoneer offers online payment solutions, including arranging for employers to pay overseas workers through money transfers into prepaid MasterCard debit-card accounts. Payoneer is based in New York, but has offices in Tel Aviv.

The company’s chief executive, Yuval Tal, appeared as a commentator on the Lebanon war in 2006 on Fox News, identifying himself as a former Israeli special-forces soldier. Mr. Tal wasn’t available to comment.

The company is privately held, according to a news release issued by the firm earlier this week. In a statement, tThe company said: “We are aware of the news reports. We are cooperating with the bank and the authorities to explore the matter.”

United Arab Emirates officials have contacted U.S. authorities for assistance in the probe, according to a person familiar with the situation. (Dubai is one of seven emirates that make up the U.A.E.) A spokesman for the U.S. Embassy in Abu Dhabi declined to comment.

Dubai police also said, without elaborating, that two suspects flew from Hong Kong to Dubai in August 2009 and left a few days later, via boat. Their destination: Iran.

Last week, Dubai identified 11 holders of European passports as suspects in the case. Dubai released detailed closed-circuit-television footage of 10 men and one woman landing in Dubai’s airport and checking into hotels. At one point, two suspects shared an elevator ride with their alleged victim, Mr. Mabhouh, the video showed. Some of the suspects were seen donning wigs and beards and dressing up like tourists, carrying tennis rackets, and impersonating hotel staff.

The 11 initial suspects quickly emerged, saying they were victims of identity theft. Governments in Britain, Ireland, France and Germany said they suspected the passports were issued fraudulently. On Wednesday, Dubai released details about the additional suspects, identifying them as British, Irish, French and Australian passport holders.

A spokesman for Britain’s Serious Organised Crime Agency, which has been charged with investigating the misuse of British passports, said it was trying to track down the passport holders. So far, it is unclear whether these passports were “genuine,” the spokesman said. Ireland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it was trying to contact the holders of the passports concerned.

Australia’s government said Thursday it believes forged Australian passports were used by several suspects.

“At this stage, Australian officials have no information to suggest the three Australian passport holders were involved in any way, other than as victims of passport or identity fraud,” Foreign Minister Stephen Smith told Parliament. “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.”

The release of the passport details last week triggered a diplomatic uproar in Europe, with the U.K. promising a full investigation into how its passports were able to be used fraudulently.

Dubai’s police chief said last week he was “99%” certain of involvement by the Mossad, Israel’s intelligence agency. But other U.A.E. officials appear more circumspect. One person familiar with the situation said the focus of the probe is simply to identify and apprehend the suspects caught on video.

Israel’s foreign minister, Avigdor Lieberman, said earlier this week that there was no evidence linking Israel with the case. And several pieces of information released by Dubai police aren’t consistent with Israeli involvement.

Dubai has said it had two Palestinians in custody related to the case. Palestinian officials identified them as former security officials who worked in the Gaza Strip, but who fled when Hamas forcibly took over the territory in 2007. That raised suspicion of involvement by Palestinian rivals of Mr. Mabhouh, or of Hamas itself.

Wednesday’s disclosure that two suspects left Dubai in August by boat to Iran is also inconsistent with Israeli involvement. The two countries are bitter enemies.

Still, suspicion has broadly fallen on the Mossad, ever since Mr. Mabhouh’s body was found in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 20. Last week, several European governments called in their Israeli ambassadors to discuss the matter. European government officials have called on Israeli counterparts to disclose any information Israel might have about the case.

European nations have already warned that there will be repercussions for Israel should it be found that the Mossad was responsible for the fraudulent passports. It would echo a previous dispute between Israel and the U.K. In 1987, Britain said it received an apology from Israel over the misuse of forged U.K passports by “Israeli authorities” and that it had received assurances that it wouldn’t happen again.

—Alistair MacDonald in London, Maria Abi-Habib in Dubai and Rachel Pannett in Canberra contributed to this article.

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Lufthansa strike suspended, BA cabin crew join fray

Monday, February 22nd, 2010

Some 4,000 Lufthansa pilots took part in a stoppage on Monday that was meant to last for four days, leaving thousands of passengers around the world stranded, on concerns the company could try to cut staff costs by shifting jobs to foreign units.

In a hastily called court hearing, pilots’ union Vereinigung Cockpit (VC) agreed late on Monday to suspend the strike until March 8 to give the deadlocked parties a chance to resume talks.

“VC has said that it is prepared to resume talks, and we are sticking with that,” said VC negotiator Thomas von Sturm. Lufthansa said it welcomed the decision, though it will take a few days until its flight operations have normalized again.

Airlines are reeling from the aviation industry’s worst year ever, in which demand dropped faster than capacity could be cut, but workers are becoming increasingly impatient with pressure from employers to tighten their belts.

Lufthansa aims to cut 1 billion euros ($1.36 billion) of costs by 2011, to become more lean while expanding abroad.

Europe’s national flag carriers have been trying to cut their costs as they lose market share to low-cost airlines such as Ryanair and EasyJet whose no-frills offers lure customers looking to cut their travel spending.

British Airways wants three-quarters of its crew to accept a pay freeze this year, along with other cost-cutting measures. BA cabin crew voted in favor of a strike to protest the cost cuts.

This is their second attempt at industrial action after a court forced the workers to abandon plans for a 12-day strike over Christmas that would have affected a million travelers.

Union Unite said on Monday that no dates for the work stoppage had been set but reiterated that crew would not strike over the Easter holiday at the start of April.

British Airways said the decision to strike was “completely unjustified” and vowed that it would “not allow Unite to ruin this company.”

MAKING DEMANDS

Adding to the upheaval, French air traffic controllers plan to go on strike for five days from Tuesday to protest Europe’s single sky policy, causing flight cancellations at the Orly and Paris-Charles de Gaulle airports.

One of the concerns raised by Lufthansa employees has to do with pay. The pilots have offered to forego increases if in return they get some control over which routes or pilot jobs are transferred to other group airlines.

Last September, Lufthansa completed a shopping spree, adding Brussels Airlines, Austrian Airlines and BMI to its stable of carriers. It also started Lufthansa Italia.

Lufthansa has rejected that demand, saying it would require ceding control over parts of business strategy to its workers.

Lufthansa’s last major dispute with pilots in 2001, which resulted in a costly pay increase, had to be mediated by Germany’s former foreign minister, Hans-Dietrich Genscher, as political pressure over strikes mounted.

The starting salary for a captain at Lufthansa is about 115,000 euros, more than for instance Easyjet’s starting salary at just over 80,000 pounds ($123,700), according to the companies’ recruiting websites. Media reports put the top end of Lufthansa pilots’ salaries at about 325,000 euros.

“As we have been saying last week, those pilots want to be treated like managers but are acting like underpaid bus drivers,” said a local trader.

Lufthansa expects the pilots’ strike will cost it about 100 million euros ($135 million), in addition to lost ticket sales and possible damage to its reputation as it grounds at least 3,200 flights out of a total 7,200 over the four-day period.

Shares in Lufthansa ended Monday’s trading session 1.7 percent lower at 10.995 euros, while British Airways was down 1.6 percent.

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Salinas-area observers assess Obama’s first year

Wednesday, January 20th, 2010

A year ago today, supporters of President Barack Obama celebrated in restaurants on the Central Coast and along the chilly streets of Washington, D.C. And for many African-Americans, the inauguration of the country’s first black president had special meaning.

Supporters of all races gathered together, some cried and many believed things would change, sharing what felt like a national moment.

Some detractors didn’t watch the event, and in the year since, polls show they are gaining steam.

Obama starts his second year with one of the lowest approval ratings of any president in the past 50 years, according to a Gallup Poll. Still, half of all Americans approved of his job performance as of Jan. 1.

“I think it is unfortunate that a lot of Americans don’t want to give him the time he needs,” Salinas Valley Democratic Club President Teri Short said about the naysayers.

Short was at Hullabaloo restaurant in Oldtown Salinas a year ago today, celebrating Obama’s inauguration.

“We were full of such hope, joy and pride,” she said.

That party was organized by then-club president, Ed Weinstein, who takes a slightly different lesson from the past year.

“Sure, people did have their hopes too high” as to what Obama could accomplish, Weinstein said. “But, gee, I was really hoping for just a little bit more.”

He tempers his disappointment: “I’m not depressed, because it’s not over yet.”

Vinz Koller, chairman of the Democratic Party in Monterey County, was in D.C. with his wife, celebrating the moment there.

He understands that some people are disappointed with the pace of change but points to what he considers Obama’s successes — leadership through the worst economic crisis in a generation and pushing changes to health care further than any other has.

“We are going to toast to him,” he said of his plans for the anniversary. “We want him to succeed. That’s true for everyone. It is all of our futures at stake.”

Monterey Attorney and Tea Party activist Robin Kubicek wants Obama to succeed, just not on the path she believes he is on. She didn’t vote for him and couldn’t bring herself to watch the inauguration last year but was hopeful about the president’s promise for increased transparency.

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Man threatening Jews hauled off flight in Miami

Thursday, January 7th, 2010

The plane was taxiing away from the terminal at Miami International Airport on Wednesday night when 43-year-old Mansor Mohammad Asad of Toledo, Ohio, began making loud anti-Semitic comments and chanting, apparently in Arabic, Miami-Dade police said in a statement.

“I’m Palestinian and I want (to) kill all Jews,” he said, according to witnesses.

The pilot returned the aircraft to the terminal and a Taser device was used to “neutralize” Asad after he charged an arresting officer, the police statement said.

The incident came amid heightened airline security concerns following the attempted bombing of a Northwest flight bound for Detroit on Christmas Day.

Police said Asad faced several criminal charges including threats against a public servant and disorderly conduct. The Delta plane departed for Detroit following a thorough security sweep.

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