I'm not an investigator or remotely close to being labeled one, but
something tells me a case with 2 or 3 suspects doesn't seem near as
bad as having to deal with 26. How would you even begin? Where would
you begin?! The news story I chose deals with the murder or Hamas
leader Mahmoud al-Mabhouh. Investigators had it "narrowed down" to
eleven suspects when Dubai police announced that they had 15 new
suspects. Investigators now have the daunting challenge of narrowing
down this huge list of suspects. Police in Dubai, India suspect that secretive
Israeli foreign intelligence unit is behind the attacks. Not only is
the amount of suspects an issue to deal with, but also the fact that
these suspects are carrying passports from various point around the
world (passports from Australia, France, Ireland, Great Britain).
Countries that are helping out with the investigation also noted that
those passports were created in a legal manner - what a shocker.
Check out this story - there are videos along the left side you can view for further information.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/24/uae.murder.plot/index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/meast/02/24/uae.murder.plot/index.html
This isn't the first time Israel has been linked to an assassination. Anyone who has seen the movie Munich has heard of their response to the death of several Israeli athletes during the attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics. Mossad was involved in that as well. Israel has a bit of a reputation of taking a "pro-active" approach to perceived threats. As to the 26 suspects I'm inclined to think that many of them were put in the area to through off the investigation and make it near impossible to find the real killer.