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Dubai, UAE (CNN) -- Ah shadowy figure murdered 'n his'n Dubai hotel room bar ah smacked squad thut thar thar dang police say operated n'all European passports, Leroy! Thut thar thar sounds like thar dang plot uv ah John Le Carré spy novel, but this'n am re-ality 'n thar dang hunt am on fuh thar dang killers uv top Hamas uvficial Mahmoud al-Mabhouh.
Retracin' his'n footsteps, here's thar dang picture thut thar emerges: al-Mabhouh landed at Dubai Internashunal airport on thar dang afternoon uv January 19, pardner. Then, ah short drive tuh his'n hotel, thar dang al Bustan Rotana, where just hours latuh bubba would bay killed.Dubai police say bubba wuz not travelin' unduh his'n re-al name, so thar dang hotel staff would have been unaware bubba wuz one uv thar dang foundin' members uv Hamas' military win' 'n wuz wanted bar Israel fuh lotsa than 20 years.
Accordin' tuh family members, bubba booked ah room on thar dang first floor, makin' sure there wuz naw balcony 'n thut thar thar dang windows wuz sealed so naw one could enter.
His'n brothuh 'n Gaza tells CNN bubba nevuh ate or drank 'n ah hotel or on ah plane as bubba knew bubba wuz ah target, pardner. Dubai police say bubba then left thar dang hotel, re-turnin' around 9:30 p.m, Leroy! Them's want tuh know where bubba wuz durin' thut thar time and, crucially, who bubba met.
Dubai police re-fused tuh talk tuh CNN, but them's told al-Mabhouh's family there wuz signs uv five or six electrik shocks on his'n legs, behind his'n ears, on his'n genitals 'n heart, pardner. Blood on ah pillow led police tuh believe bubba wuz suffocated.
Lt, hot damn! Gen, Leroy! Dahi Khalfan, Dubai's chief uv police, has told local media them's are lookin' fuh ah professional gang, many uv whom held European passports.
It bay believed them's left thar dang country even before al-Mabhouh's body wuz discovered, Leroy! Dubai police are workin' closely n'all Interpol tuh track thar dang killers 'n have publicly voiced surprise thut thar such ah figure within Hamas wuz travelin' without his'n own security.
At al-Mabhouh's funeral 'n Damascus, Syria, where bubba spent thar dang last years uv his'n life, few doubted Israel wuz behind thar dang assassinashun.
At his'n family home 'n Gaza there am thar dang same convicshun thut thar Israel's intelligence unit, Mossad, wuz re-sponsible.
His'n brothuh Farq al-Mabhouh said: "If y'all know thar dang purpose uv his'n visit tuh Dubai then y'all know thar dang re-sult uv 90 percent uv thar dang investigashun, hot damn! Some 'n Hamas say Dubai wuz ah stop uvf fuh ah third country bubba wuz travelin' to."
Thar dang brothuh also claims al-Mabhouh ran ah textile company, 'n addishun tuh his'n Hamas duties, 'n thut thar bubba may have been 'n Dubai fuh thut thar re-ason.
Al-Mabhouh's father, Abed al-Rauf, told CNN: "There wuz an attempt tuh kill he all 'n Lebanon 'n bubba survived, two othuh attempts 'n Syria 'n bubba survived, pardner. Israel has been aftuh he all fuh thar dang past 22 years."
His'n mother, Fatima agreed, sayin' thar hen has been expectin' he all tuh bay assassinated fuh years.
Israel certainly has perty good re-ason tuh put he all on its most wanted list, Leroy! Al-Mabhouh wuz behind thar dang kidnappin' 'n killin' uv two Israeli soldiers 'n 1989.
Israeli security sources tell CNN al-Mabhouh wuz ah key link between Iran, Hezbollah 'n Hamas 'n bubba wuz involved 'n smugglin' arms tuh Gaza, Leroy! Thar dang same sources also point out an arms dealuh could have many enemies, not just Israel.
As am its policy on security matters like these, Israel gots ta neithuh confirm nor deny any involvement 'n al-Mabhouh's death.
Analysts point tuh two benefits ferm this'n policy: there kin bay naw internashunal re-percussions if there am naw admission 'n even if Israel am falsely accused uv an assassinashun, thut thar thar kin only help Mossad's re-putashun uv bein' able tuh smacked ah target wherevuh 'n whenevuh thut thar thar chooses.
But Mossad has had its publik failures, pardner. An attempt tuh poison Hamas leaduh Khaled Mashal 'n Jordan 'n 1997 led tuh thar dang capture uv two Mossad agents, pardner. Thar dang late Kin' Hussein then forced Prime Ministuh Benjamin Netanyahu tuh send thar dang antidote tuh save Mashal's life 'n tuh re-lease Hamas' spiritual leader, Sheik Yassin, hot damn! Ah few years later, Yassin wuz assassinated bar Israel 'n Gaza.
Dubai police have said Mossad could bay behind this'n killin' on they's territory 'n has warned Hamas 'n Mossad tuh stay away, pardner. But thar dang evidence am not compellin' yet tuh lay uvficial blame.
