Sunday, February 17, 2008

Head on a Platter?

The Times of London reports that Imad Mughniyeh was killed by a bomb placed in the headrest of the car which proved to be his undoing.

I'm skeptical of this particular report, which claims via the headline that Israel's Mossad was behind the audacious plot, which breached Mugh the Thug's imposing security, to plant the bomb in the headrest.
At 10.35pm he decided to go home. Having exchanged customary kisses with his host, Hojatoleslam Ahmad Musavi, the newly appointed Iranian ambassador, Mughniyeh stepped into the night.

Minutes later he was seated in his silver Mitsubishi Pajero in a nearby street when a deafening blast ripped the car apart and killed him instantly.

According to Israeli intelligence sources, someone had replaced the headrest of the driver’s seat with another containing a small high-explosive charge. Israel welcomed his death but the prime minister’s office denied responsibility. Hezbollah accused the “Zionist Israelis” of killing its “brother commander” but believed the explosive had been detonated in another car by satellite.

One witness said: “I held his head in my hands, kissed him farewell. His face was burnt but intact and he had received serious injuries to his abdomen.”

Whatever the truth about the bomb, Mughniyeh, 45, died as he had lived – violently. He was a product of the Lebanese civil war that transfixed western governments 25 years ago.
It is interesting with whom Mugh the Thug was meeting with right before his death, and it once again suggests the close ties between Hizbullah and Iran.

The witness report seems to contradict the report that the bomb was in the headrest, but who knows what and how the bomb was constructed and the way the bomb's explosive force was directed.

Astute Bloggers notes that the Syrians continue rounding up various Palestinians and possible Hizbullah thugs. They're operating under the possible scenario that Hizbullah thugs decided to off Mugh the Thug.

I doubt we'll ever know for sure who killed Mugh the Thug, but the world is a better place for it as there's one less terror master to plot mass casualty attacks against the West.

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