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Israeli Diplomat Expelled Over Passport Use In Dubai Murder

May 24 2010

Australia

The Australian government says it has expelled an Israeli diplomat over the use of four fake Australian passports that have been linked to the assassination of a top Hamas militant in Dubai in January, Reuters reports.

A police investigation determined that Israeli intelligence services were behind the forged passports, said Foreign Minister Stephen Smith.

The four passports were said to have been forged with the stolen identities of uninvolved Australian citizens. The...

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