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to main content  The father of Palestinian militant Mahmoud al-
Mabhouh, who was killed in January, holds a photo of his son at
the Jebaliya refugee camp in the Gaza Strip. (Hatem
Moussa/Associated Press)  Canada denies arresting suspect in
death of Hamas militant Add to ...  Dubai's outspoken police
chief insists a Canadian security official informed him of the
secret arrest of a Mossad assassin, even though Canadian
officials deny having ever told him that.  "A senior Canadian
security official here told me in July that they have made an
arrest of one of the suspects," Lieutenant-General Dahi Khalfan
Tamim told The Globe and Mail on Tuesday.  More related to this
story  In a telephone interview from Dubai, Lt.-Gen. Tamim said
"the person informed me then that this information was not to be
released in the media and was only for the police. Since then we
have not heard any more information and I don't understand the
secrecy."  He did not detail ju