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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Imad Mughniyeh Blasted By Israelis
2008-02-13
The fugitive militant Imad Mughniyeh, who was indicted in the U.S. for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in which a Navy diver died, has been killed by Israeli agents, Hezbollah announced Wednesday.

Mughniyeh, among America's most wanted, had been in hiding for years. "With all pride we declare a great jihadist leader of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon joining the martyrs ... The brother commander hajj Imad Mughinyeh became a martyr at the hands of the Zionist Israelis," said a statement carried on Hezbollah's television.
Israel, in a statement, applauded his departure from the gene pool, declined to take credit.
The statement from the militant group did not say how Mughniyeh was killed, but the announcement came a few hours after a late night explosion in Damascus, capital of neighboring Syria, destroyed a vehicle. Witnesses in Damascus said at the time that a passerby was killed as security forces sealed off the area.
Posted by:Chunky Phurong7960

#7  Whether it was the Jooooooooooooooooos, the CIA, or Sponge Bob Squarepants, I don't care. Imad is in H*ll with his buddies.
Posted by: anymouse   2008-02-13 23:43  

#6  A toast to the guys who pulled it off. I hope they've got away safely.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2008-02-13 15:27  

#5  Best news in years. Very, very, very good news.
Posted by: Verlaine   2008-02-13 14:41  

#4  I'm passing out candy in his dishonor. :-D
Posted by: Barbara Skolaut   2008-02-13 13:10  

#3  I am speechless with admiration of whoever pulled this off.
Posted by: Iblis   2008-02-13 12:07  

#2  Bomb the funeral.
Posted by: Grunter   2008-02-13 09:15  

#1  Somewhere I read that Israel denied doing it - not that that means a whole lot in this kind of business.
Posted by: Glenmore   2008-02-13 08:43  

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