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Polish court upholds extradition of alleged Mossad agent
Published in Saudi Press Agency on 05 - 08 - 2010

A Warsaw appeals court upheld Thursday the
extradition of alleged Mossad agent Uri Brodsky to Germany, where he
is suspected of helping attackers in the assassination of a Hamas
official in Dubai, according to dpa.
The appeals court upheld last month's ruling that Brodsky, an
Israeli citizen, should be extradited to Germany on forgery charges
but not for espionage. The district court last month said spying
against Germany is not a punishable crime in Poland.
The ruling means Brodsky can be tried in Germany for forgery but
not for espionage.
Germany applied for the suspect's extradition after he was
arrested on June 4 in Warsaw's airport on a European arrest warrant.
Brodsky is suspected in Germany of acting as an agent for a
foreign intelligence service and helping to forge a German passport
used by one of the attackers in the January assassination of Mahmoud
al-Mabhouh.
Brodsky walked into the courtroom in Warsaw hiding his face in his
hands with a hood pulled over his head.
Prosecutors have said they were not taking politics into
consideration but were acting in accordance with procedures.
Brodsky's lawyer, Krzysztof Stepinski, has said he appealed the
earlier court decision because extradition is not allowed under
Polish law when the alleged offenses have a political motive.
Warsaw prosecutors also appealed, saying they wanted the court to
consider extradition on all the charges brought against Brodsky.
Israel has spoken out against the extradition, saying the suspect
should be dealt with by the Israeli justice system.
Israel's request that Poland not extradite Brodsky put Warsaw in
the delicate position of choosing between two close allies, Germany
and Israel.
Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has said he hoped the matter
would not harm Polish-Israeli relations, but added that European law
left the court with little choice but to extradite Brodsky.
Along with other Western countries, Germany was angry that its
passports were used by members of a suspected Mossad hit team that is
believed to have murdered al-Mabhouh, a co-founder of Hamas' military
wing, in a Dubai hotel room on January 19.


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