Israel Matzav: This too shall pass

This too shall pass

Eli Lake has spoken with some of his contacts in the intelligence community, and has published his results in Thursday's Washington Times. The bottom line is that although there is some evidence that the Mossad was not behind Mahmoud al-Mabhouh's liquidation (notably, the fact that two of the alleged liquidators went to Iran from Dubai, and that 26 people were used for a job that needed far less participants), most of the world believes that the Mossad was behind the liquidation and that this too shall pass. There's only one slight problem:

Frances Townsend, a homeland security adviser to President George W. Bush, said the Obama administration should work discreetly to resolve the issue with the United Arab Emirates.

"I think it's important to the extent that Mossad is believed to be behind the Mabhouh assassination, it is important for the United States to lead the international community to a quiet resolution of this issue," she said.

"The United States can go to the [emirates] and the British behind the scenes and exert their power and influence. That is what they ought to do."

But will the Obama administration do this? After all, it might be seen as taking sides....

What could go wrong?

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Israel Matzav: This too shall pass