Polish court orders alleged Israeli spy extradited

[August 05, 2010]  WARSAW, Poland (AP) -- A Polish appeals court has upheld a lower court's decision to hand over to Germany an alleged Mossad agent wanted in the slaying of a Hamas leader.

The decision means that the alleged agent, Uri Brodsky, must be handed over to Germany within 10 days.

Brodsky was arrested in Warsaw in June on a European warrant charging him with espionage and helping to falsely obtain a German passport. The passport was allegedly used in connection with the Jan. 19 slaying of Hamas commander Mahmoud al-Mabhouh in Dubai.

Warsaw's appeals court on Thursday upheld a July ruling ordering Brodsky extradited to Germany on the forgery charges only. That means he can only be tried in Germany for forgery and not spying, which would spare Israel a possibly embarrassing espionage trial.

[Associated Press]

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