For a national actor with a large number of agents the loss of use may not be a great concern. For a smaller organization this could be a huge blow. Being associated with the murder could be positive or negative, if Fatah was involved then losing the goodwill of Dubai would likely be ...
supporting Fatah al-Islam—a militant Islamic fighting force led by a “former associate of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi” dedicated to “spreading the ideology of Al Qaeda”—in their struggle against Iranian ally (and Israeli enemy) Hezbollah; providing covert funds to the Mujahedin-e-Khalq, a ...