Authorities in the United Arab Emirates are probing five U.S.-issued credit-card accounts, which officials say were used by five of the 11 suspects in last month's killing of a Hamas leader in Dubai, according to a person familiar with the situation. The credit cards, issued by a U.S.-based financial institution, were used to buy travel-related items, such as plane tickets, connected to the alleged assassination operation, this person said. Dubai police said in a news conference here Monday that they were seeking 10 men and one women in connection with the killing of Mahmoud al-Mabhouh, a senior commander in the Palestinian militant group. His body was found in a Dubai hotel room on Jan. 20. Dubai's police chief, in interviews with the local press Thursday, blamed Israel's intelligence agency Mossad for the killing, after several weeks of contradictory statements from his office about Israel's alleged involvement. "It is 99%, if not 100%, that Mossad is standing behind the murder," Lt.[Read more...]