One of the high ranking members of Hamas was assassinated in Dubai the other day.  The hit squad that killed him is widely believed to be Mossad (Israeli intelligence).  They used fake passports that identified them as British and Irish citizens.

They broke into his hotel room, electrocuted him with the lamp to try to make it look like he had a heart attack, and when that didn’t work they smothered him with a pillow.  Before they left the room they somehow managed to lock the door, from the inside.

The whole thing reads like a movie plot, but it’s real life.

This article gives a good, if disorganized, account of the event and the facts that are known so far.

Crazy stuff.  In the end, there’s one less terrorist out there, and that’s a good thing.