Dubai Hit Exposes Hamas' Weaknesses

RAMALLAH - Hamas has closed ranks and is licking its wounds following the January 20 assassination in Dubai, in the United Arab Emirates, of one of its top operatives, Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. It is alleged that one of its own was responsible for providing the hit team with vital logistical information.

Dubai's chief of police, Lieutenant General Dhahi Khalfan Tamim, on Sunday called on Hamas leader Mahmoud al-Zahar to launch an "internal investigation" into the operation. Tamim claimed an associate of Mabhouh, a high-ranking military leader, leaked information about the Hamas leader's visit to Dubai and went as far as to refer to the associate as "the real murderer".