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| Hezbollah appoints successor to slain commander |
| 2008-02-15 |
| Okay. Who's our next contestant, Johnny... BEIRUT (Reuters) - Lebanon's Hezbollah has appointed a successor to its senior guerrilla commander Imad Moughniyah who was assassinated in Syria this week, a Lebanese security source said on Friday. Hmmmmmmm...that didn't take long. It's almost like...they knew it was coming. The source said the appointment was made hours after the announcement of Moughniyah's death in a car bomb in Damascus on Tuesday. He did not identify the successor who would now command Hezbollah's formidable and well-armed guerrilla army. Ah, a "mystery man"... A joint investigation into the bombing by Syrians, Iranians and Hezbollah was well under way and suspects had been arrested in the Syrian capital, the source said. Imad Moughniyah has been Hezbollah and its main backer Iran have accused Israel of killing Moughniyah, who was among the United States' most wanted men. The Israeli government has denied any links, though its Mossad spy service had been hunting him for two decades. Screw em. Let em figure it out on their own... "A successor to Imad Moughniyah has been appointed, which is natural," said the source, who requested anonymity. "That's how Hezbollah works, they move quickly to choose successors of fallen leaders." The source said the successor was not one of the two names being circulated in the Israeli media. So don't blow them up, hokay? An Iranian Arabic television station released mobile phone footage of the scene minutes after the blast that killed Moughniyah, chief of the forces of a group that fought a 34-day war against Israel in 2006. It showed the car on fire and people running past it.The source said the investigation showed Moughniyah was killed by a car bomb parked close to his car. It was detonated remotely as he walked past after leaving a building he had been visiting. Early reports said the bomb had been placed inside Moughniyah's car. Did you hear that, Imad? Hear wh... The suspects arrested were mostly Palestinians residing in Syria, the Lebanese source said. Man, talk about your "usual suspects". They can't do any better then that? Iranian Foreign Minister Manouchehr Mottaki agreed with Syrian officials during a visit to Damascus on Thursday to set up a joint team to investigate the killing, Mottaki's deputy Alireza Sheik-Attar said on Friday. Nice hat trick. Hurt the the Syrians, Iran, and Hezbollah all at the same time. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #6 those'll be big shoes to fill, fortunately they found them, a couple blocks apart, unfortunately Imad's feet were still in em nice snark..as per usual Frank! |
| Posted by: RD 2008-02-15 23:40 |
| #5 |
| Posted by: gorb 2008-02-15 16:04 |
| #4 1, 2, 3.. Not it! |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2008-02-15 15:39 |
| #3 "A joint investigation into the bombing by Syrians, Iranians and Hezbollah" Sounds like a TV series: Jihadi CSI -- Lieutenant Dinnerjacket and his two stooges apply Islamic science to identify a murder without recourse to the scientific method or cause and effect. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-02-15 15:16 |
| #2 If they named a dead man, they'll have saved everybody some time and effort. |
| Posted by: Darrell 2008-02-15 15:08 |
| #1 those'll be big shoes to fill, fortunately they found them, a couple blocks apart, unfortunately Imad's feet were still in em |
| Posted by: Frank G 2008-02-15 14:29 |