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2008-02-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

'Nasrallah's political deputy was also killed in Damascus blast'

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Posted by Fred 2008-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top
File under: Hezbollah

#1 What can I say. He associated with the wrong kind of people. He should have listened to his mother.

Posted by 3dc 2008-02-14 00:11|| 2008-02-14 00:11|| Front Page Top

#2 She always said his face was gonna freeze like that.

Posted by Seafarious 2008-02-14 00:14|| 2008-02-14 00:14|| Front Page Top

#3 45-year-old Imad Mugniyah
[super terrorist responsible for/ Marines BLT/multiple Embassies/ French Troops/multiple Kidnaps]

and

Hajj Hussein Khalil,
deputy director of political affairs for Lebanese faction Hezbollah.

Stratfor hints at other terrorist VIPs, possibly offed.

#1) Lebanon, Syria and even Israel: How many VIBEDs in the Next Week? I just hope that more asshats get it than the "good guys" do.

#2) What were the subjects and plans laid down between the super killers and super terrorist during the meetings in Damascus during the last few days??

#3) Senior Lebanese intelligence officer assassinated by Car bomb Friday, 25 January

Beirut - A car bomb tore through morning traffic below an overpass in mainly Christian east Beirut on Friday, killing a senior Lebanese police intelligence officer and at least nine other people, police said.

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.
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To date I've heard way too many folks speculate wildly about some grand deal where Syria went in kahoots with Israel etc. and helped kill Imad Mugniyah etc.

It does not pass logic or ME spycraft, in my notsoinformed opinion. :)

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-14 01:12|| 2008-02-14 01:12|| Front Page Top

#4 I do wonder who popped his cap. I figure it easily could have been a rival who assumed it would ultimately be blamed on the Israelis.

Posted by anymouse">anymouse 2008-02-14 01:13|| 2008-02-14 01:13|| Front Page Top

#5 You just gotta love Meir Dagan...That guy reminds me so much of the character Dr. Strangelove, but without the leather!! As I indicated previously, that man without a leash, has to be watched (Hopefully Not)!! This has all the 'hallmarks' of the Mossad's Metsada Division. The overt denial by Israel is designed to allow time for counterintelligence confusion and/or the inserted assets to be retracted, such as was the case in Syria last September. Way to go Meir!!

Posted by smn 2008-02-14 04:36|| 2008-02-14 04:36|| Front Page Top

#6 After years of denying that they even knew who he was, the Hezzie's #2 gets potted along with him. Pure coincidence, I'm sure.

"Had no idea who he was, thought he was selling encyclopedias..."

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-02-14 16:23|| 2008-02-14 16:23|| Front Page Top

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