Hamas assassination: killers used two more British passports

Published: 3:55PM GMT twenty-two Feb 2010

Responding to an obligatory subject in Parliament Mr Bryant pronounced the authorities in the United Arab Emirates had sent sum of ""at least"" dual passports that might be related to the gangland slaying of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai last month.

Earlier today, Home Secretary Alan Johnson confirmed, in a created matter to Parliament, that the Serious Organised Crime Agency was questioning the ""apparent use"" of 6 tawdry British passports by the strike squad.

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Mr Bryant in a huff denied press reports that British authorities had any counsel of the conflict in a Dubai hotel.

Mr Bryant told the Commons "new contribution go on to emerge" about the killing.

He was vocalization after Foreign Secretary David Miliband hold talks with Israeli unfamiliar apportion Avigdor Lieberman about the purported Mossad assassination.

Mr Bryant pronounced the Emirati authorities told British officials on Jan 31 that European passports had been used by the killers.

On Feb twelve officials were told that UK passports "might" have been concerned and this was reliable 3 days after in propinquity to the 6 passports now underneath investigation.

Yesterday Emirati unfamiliar apportion Abdulla Bin Zayed told the Foreign Secretary about the serve passports that might have been related to the killing.

Mr Bryant pronounced he reliable "they would be promulgation us sum of at slightest a serve dual British passports that might have been involved".

"That report was perceived by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office today."

He pronounced it was critical to be "crystal clear" that "no piece of the British Government, possibly apportion or official, had any foreshadowing of Mr al-Mabhouh"s murdering or the have use of of British passports in it or of any surreptitious operation being planned.

"To indicate differently is to have an insane claim but any basement in fact."