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Banks Accept Dubai Assassins' Stolen IDs

Posted by kdawson on from the beyond-naked-in-public dept.

schliz writes "Public scrutiny did more harm than good last week, after Australian police and the media released details of three stolen passports allegedly used in the assasination of a senior Hamas member in Dubai. As if having their identities stolen for an assassination wasn't enough, it turns out the victims' passports had not been cancelled by the government, so the details that were published by the media in fact could be used to open fraudulent bank accounts."

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  1. It's this kind thing.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That makes me think that Hamas and Isreal deserve each other.

    1. Re:It's this kind thing.. by Max+Littlemore · · Score: 1, Interesting

      John Saffran seems to be okay. Tell me, do Hamas fighters distribute shirts with cross hairs on pregnant women and wear them with pride?

      Isreal is the perfect lesson in why we must never give in to terrorists and their demands. Let them win once and we justified the means. Now they are a nuclear state with a large segment of the population believing in their "glorious" terrorist propaganda. It may be too late to do anything.

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  2. Re:I've lost my idenity, can I have a new one? by Cougar_ · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Their passports have not been stolen, they still have the originals in their possession. The passports used for the assassination were counterfeits.

  3. Re:I've lost my idenity, can I have a new one? by deniable · · Score: 4, Interesting

    That's why the GP said ID in the first paragraph. They were counterfeit, but used valid data, hence they're as good as stolen. Oh wait, are you using a subtle piracy isn't theft argument?

  4. Re:Obscure the details. by jamesswift · · Score: 3, Interesting

    Blurring often isn't enough to remove the information.

    http://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2007/01/how_to_recover.html

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  5. Re:Sound familiar? by MillionthMonkey · · Score: 1, Interesting

    My first pet's name was smegma.

  6. Re:Obscure the details. by deniable · · Score: 2, Interesting

    That was my point. I only saw them on the ABC and the details were redacted. I wrongly assumed this was done at the source. Instead it was left to the media to protect these peoples' privacy.

  7. Re:I've lost my idenity, can I have a new one? by WaXHeLL · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Their passports have not been stolen, they still have the originals in their possession. The passports used for the assassination were counterfeits.

    Actually, some of the involved passports were fraudulently obtained from their respective governments.

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  8. Re:I've lost my idenity, can I have a new one? by bertoelcon · · Score: 2, Interesting

    Bureaucracy knows no bound, especially if your passport has been used by someone to assassinate a terrorist.

    But they assassinated a "terrorist", not one of the "good guys".

    That has to mean something, right?

    Right?

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  9. Re:Not Israel by stdarg · · Score: 2, Interesting

    How about surrendering? Could they use that conventional method? You know, the one that has been used in war for thousands of years? Hey the English surrendered to the Americans, and guess what, England is still around. The French surrendered to the Germans, and they're still around. The Germans surrendered to the Allies, and they're still around. SURRENDER IS A VALID TECHNIQUE.

    Look, "freedom fighter" is a catchy name that everyone including terrorists wants to co-opt, but if you're fighting for a cause that's hurting your own citizens much more than what "the enemy" is doing to you, you're doing it wrong.