Dr. Aaron Lerner – IMRA Remember this the next time there is a Palestinian denial: “Hamas says that the charges lodged against the Palestinian engineer are
false.” But then the Palestinian engineer ultimately confessed.
#1 Hamas claims that charges against Abu Sisi are false and intended to
justify kidnapping .
Wednesday, 06 April 2011 12:10 .
http://www.middleeastmonitor.
The Islamic Resistance Movement has again denied any relationship with Dirar
Abu Sisi, the director of Gaza’s power station who was abducted by Israel’s
Mossad in Ukraine before being taken to Israel two months ago to face
charges of developing and upgrading missiles and rockets for Hamas, and
establishing a military academy for the movement. Hamas says that the
charges lodged against the Palestinian engineer are false.
In a press release, Hamas’s spokesman Fawzi Barhoum accused the Ukranian
government of “collaborating with Israel in kidnapping Abu Sisi, torturing
him and lodging charges against him”. According to Barhoum, this is
“organized crime” and amounts to “state terrorism”. Israel is seeking to
indict Abu Sisi in order to justify and cover-up its own crimes, he said.
Hamas demanded that the Ukrainian authorities and human rights organizations
“work toward the release of Abu Sisi and end the suffering of his wife,
children, and family”.
Abu Sisi, a father of six, arrived in Ukraine with his Ukrainian wife and
one of his children on January 27 to visit his wife’s family, obtain a
residence permit (which he got) and register their youngest child with the
Ukrainian authorities. The engineer disappeared on February 19 in Ukraine;
it was only recently that the Israeli authorities acknowledged that they had
abducted him.
#2 Palestinian engineer admits helping Hamas develop rockets to be fired at
Israel
Dirar Abu Sisi, who according to foreign reports was abducted in February in
the Ukraine, tells Israeli interrogators he was tasked with extending the
rockets’ range.
By Yanir Yagna Haaretz Published 19:40 11.08.11
http://www.haaretz.com/news/
Details emerged Thursday about the investigation of engineer Dirar Abu Sisi,
who according to foreign reports was abducted by Israeli forces in the
Ukraine last February. The information was made public after a Be’er Sheva
court lifted a comprehensive gag order on Abu Sisi’s interrogation.
Sisi told investigators he helped Hamas boost its rocket capabilities,
including launch and range capabilities. He said he used “mathematical
equations, which improve the ability of the iron rods to withstand pressure
and heat.”
In 2002 Abu Sisi began working with Mohammed Def, the head of Hamas’
military wing who currently tops Israel’s most wanted list. The two began
developing a new rocket called Albana, yet according to Abu Sisi, they were
unsuccessful.
“In 2003, Hamas asked me to extend the Qassam rocket’s range by up to six
kilometers,” Abu Sisi told the interrogators. “In 2005 they asked me again
to extend the range to nine kilometers, then 15.” He added that eventually
he was asked to extend the range by 22, 32, 37 and 45 kilometers.
In his investigation, Abu Sisi also said he started a new academy that
taught “military tactics and techniques,” as well as “human resources
management, time management crisis management and general administration.”
Abu Sisi expressed remorse for his activities, saying he was “sorry for
being part of the Muslim Brotherhood and Hamas,” and for his involvement in
developing rockets. When he tried to leave Hamas, he said, he was threatened
that “many warriors are killed in unusual missions.” He said he sent a
letter to Mohammed Def asking to discontinue his involvement, but never
received an answer.
According to foreign reports, Abu Sisi, formerly a high-ranking engineer at
Gaza’s electric company and power station, was abducted by Israeli security
forces after boarding a train in the eastern Ukraine city of Kharkiv heading
for Kiev, where he planned to meet a brother who has been living in
Amsterdam for several years.
