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| Iran: Tehran to name street after Mugniyeh |
| 2008-10-10 |
| (AKI) - Tehran's City Council has voted unanimously for a proposal to dedicate a street in the Iranian capital to slain Lebanese militant Imad Mughniyeh. Imad Mughniyeh was the intelligence chief and commander of Hezbollah's secretive military wing, the Islamic Resistance. He was killed in a bombing in Syrian capital Damascus on 13 February 2008. Hezbollah and Syria have blamed Israel for assassinating him and Hezbollah has repeatedly vowed Imad Mughniyeh Street will replace 'Baharan Street' which means, spring. The naming of the street follows a stamp issued by Iran in March to commemorate Mughniyeh (photo), described as an 'ambassador of the culture of martyrdom' by former Iranian commander of Iran's Revolutionary Guards, Gen. Rahim Safavi. Mughniyeh was considered the mastermind of several hijackings and other terrorist acts, including bombings against French and US military barracks, that resulted in the death of 58 French soldiers and 241 US Marines in 1983. He was on the FBI's top ten most wanted list with a five million dollar reward for his capture. He was wanted by Israel and the US due to his alleged role in the bombings of the Israeli embassy and the Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, as well as a wave of abductions of westerners in Lebanon in the 1980s. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 RENSE > IRAN: IRAQ MUST RID ITSELF OF ALL US TROOPS; + REDDIT > MULLAH OMAR: THE US MUST WITHDRAW ALL OF ITS TROOPS OR FACE THE SAME FATE AS THE SOVIETS. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-10-10 22:17 |
| #11 Esteemed Tw, I don't get the joke from "cul-de-sac" (literally bag's ass, as in bottom, for a dead-end street). 5089 have you any insight into the story that Lavosier invented deh Whoppeee Cushion back before the revolution? The so called Sac du Gasse? If not why not. Explain and expound. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-10-10 18:45 |
| #10 Mughniyeh, described as an 'ambassador of the culture of martyrdom' Is that anything like "the hardest working man in show business"? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-10 14:26 |
| #9 Esteemed Tw, I don't get the joke from "cul-de-sac" (literally bag's ass, as in bottom, for a dead-end street). |
| Posted by: anonymous5089 2008-10-10 14:26 |
| #8 "Cull de saq" /intentional spelling error. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2008-10-10 14:23 |
| #7 "Dead End". |
| Posted by: Pappy 2008-10-10 13:40 |
| #6 I would have gone with something witty like "Tamur lane". |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-10-10 11:33 |
| #5 A Street Named Deceased. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-10-10 10:26 |
| #4 A street with a crater in it would be fitting. That could be arranged. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2008-10-10 09:45 |
| #3 Titzup Terrace? |
| Posted by: Raj 2008-10-10 08:56 |
| #2 A street with a crater in it would be fitting. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-10-10 08:55 |
| #1 Dead Guy Boulevard? |
| Posted by: tu3031 2008-10-10 08:45 |