Polish court upholds extradition of suspected Mossad agent
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Berlin, Aug 5, IRNA -- A Warsaw appeals court upheld Thursday extradition of alleged Mossad operative Uri Brodsky to Germany, where he is wanted for his logistic role in slaying of a Hamas official in Dubai.
The appeals court confirmed an earlier verdict that Brodsky, an Israeli citizen, should be extradited to Germany on forgery charges but not for spying.
The ruling means Brodsky can be tried in Germany for forgery but not for espionage.
Israel had reportedly pressured the Polish government to prevent extradition of the Mossad operative to Germany which had issued a European arrest warrant on the alleged Mossad agent.
Germany filed for the suspect's extradition after he was arrested at Warsaw airport
on June 4.
The suspect's arrest was not for taking part in the Dubai murder but for aiding another agent to obtain a German passport fraudulently in the spring of 2009.
The passport had been used by a member of the Mossad death squad to enter Dubai for the killing of the Hamas official.
Mossad killer teams have in the past used German passports for secret operations although some of them had been forged, according to press reports.
Germany and Israel have a very deep and comprehensive military and intelligence cooperation whose details remain highly secretive to the German public.
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