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11-Person Team Used Disguises, Fake European Passports in Plot To Kill Top Hamas Leader All signs point to an  Israeli hit squad , using fake passports and elaborate disguises, in the assassination of a top Hamas leader  in a Dubai hotel room, according to current and former intelligence officials. Police in Dubai have issued international arrest warrants for eleven people wanted in the murder of Mahmoud al Mabhouh, a Hamas military commander, who was found dead in his room at the five-star Al Bustan Rotana Hotel in Dubai. Police made public surveillance footage from inside the hotel showing members of the group disguised in wigs, with false facial hair. Two members of the group can be seen dressed in shorts, with tennis rackets, as part of their cover as tourists, police said. SOURCE :  ABC News By LARA SETRAKIAN and BRIAN ROSS  - February 16, 2010

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