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Hizbullah Accuses Israel, hizbollah politburo director kaboomed in same blast | ||
2008-02-13 | ||
by Hana Levi Julian The Hizbullah terrorist organization late Tuesday night lost a top commander in a powerful car bombing the group said was carried out by Israeli operatives in Damascus. Journalists were prevented by Syrian police from approaching the vehicle following the blast. Imad Mughniyeh, considered to be the mastermind behind most, if not all of HizbullahÂ’s terror attacks, was one of the groupÂ’s most senior commanders in Lebanon. He lived in hiding for years and was able to evade the public eye until Tuesday nightÂ’s attack. An unconfirmed report by Iranian sources said Hajj Hussein Halil, politburo director and deputy to Hizbullah chief terrorist Hassan Nasrallah, also was killed in Tuesday night's car bombing. Hizbullah has not commented.
He was indicted in the US for the 1985 hijacking of TWA flight 847, in which the airlinerÂ’s passengers were held hostage for six days at the Beirut airport. The Hizbullah terrorists severely beat US Navy diver Robert Stethem, a passenger on the June 24 flight, before killing him and dumping his body onto the tarmac. The dead terrorist was on the US governmentÂ’s Most Wanted List for having organized an attack on a US Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983. The October 23 car bombing killed 241 American military personnel who were stationed in Beirut as part of a peace-keeping force.
He was also Hizbullah's main liaison with the terrorist group's main patron, Iran. The Islamic Republic provides massive support in the form of funding, equipment, weaponry and terrorist training to the group, as does Syria. Both countries have remained silent on the assassination. The bombing is also likely to cause further upheavel in the current political crisis in Lebanon, which has been wracked by conflict between pro- and anti-Syrian forces. Anti-Syrian parties have fought off attempts by Hizbullah to increase its power in the Lebanese Cabinet. The impasse has forced a delay in Lebanon's presidential elections by several months. | ||
Posted by:anonymous5089 |
#13 And the Mosaad are efficient, and economical. |
Posted by: BigEd 2008-02-13 23:36 |
#12 The fact it's a car bomb is significant. The car bomb and roadside bomb are Iran and Syria's preferred method of attacking their opponents. Whoever set the bomb has sent the message we are going to retaliate in kind. |
Posted by: phil_b 2008-02-13 18:57 |
#11 What Procopius2K said. |
Posted by: MarkZ 2008-02-13 17:34 |
#10 Too bad that "huge explosion" wasn't thermonuclear, and took out pencilneck and the rest of the Syrian Baath heierarchy, plus whatever other Hizzyfits might have been hiding there. Collateral damage would have been pretty high, but it might have been worth it. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-02-13 16:37 |
#9 Note to US State Department. This is how you deal with terrorists. You do not negotiate with them. You do not grant them legitimacy. You do not give them money. |
Posted by: Procopius2k 2008-02-13 15:31 |
#8 Let the Car Bombs begin: purp has the look and feel of Syria.. Senior Lebanese intelligence officer assassinated Police chief Ashraf Rifi identified the dead officer as Captain Wisam Eid, whose vehicle was caught in the blast as he was on his way to work. A bodyguard was also killed. Eid worked for an intelligence unit which is widely viewed as close to anti-Syrian ruling coalition leader Saad al-Hariri. "Eid had a role in all the files linked to terrorist bombings," the police chief told reporters at the scene. Eid took up his post after his predecessor Samir Shehadeh was wounded by a roadside bomb south of Beirut in 2006. The police intelligence unit has been closely involved in the U.N.-led investigation into the 2005 assassination of Hariri's father, former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik al-Hariri, and in a crackdown on al Qaeda-inspired militants. more at link |
Posted by: RD 2008-02-13 14:37 |
#7 Cockles Be Warm and Toasty Imad Mughniyeh in HELL alla'ROASTY Cockles Be Warm and Toasty Hajj Hussein Halil in HELL alla'ROASTY |
Posted by: RD 2008-02-13 13:45 |
#6 Me thinks that this is battle-space preparation for the return of the Lebanon war. |
Posted by: Master of Obvious 2008-02-13 13:13 |
#5 chocolates, get yer chocolates here... |
Posted by: Querent 2008-02-13 12:52 |
#4 Twofer. Nice... |
Posted by: tu3031 2008-02-13 11:48 |
#3 Sometimes life is good! I note wikipedia has already updated the bastard's bio with the death. Enjoy Hell! |
Posted by: 3dc 2008-02-13 11:46 |
#2 1, 2, 3.....all together now ! Too bad Mughniye is dead Too bad Mughniye is dead They got you in the end now youre' gonna join the viper bed together with the Arafish and Achmad Yassin and the rest of the snakeheads no virgins for you imad cause whats left of you is a little shred on the front of your white pajero Long live mitsubishi... |
Posted by: Hupolong Long Shlong 2008-02-13 11:18 |
#1 Too bad, so sad. |
Posted by: Seafarious 2008-02-13 11:03 |