Thomas Joscelyn at The Weekly Standard:
The assassination of Mugniyah has been widely reported in the press. Most accounts have gotten the details of his early career right. They have noted Mugniyah’s role in some of the first Islamist terrorist attacks against the United States, including the bombings of the U.S. embassy and U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut in 1983 and a series of hijackings and kidnappings throughout the 1980s and early 1990s. But what virtually all of the coverage in the major media in recent days omits is this: Imad Mugniyah was a vital ally of Osama bin Laden and al Qaeda.
I seldom describe an article as “must read”: this is one of those.
I never say “must comment,” so don’t feel obligated.
What is not being speculated about is how he was killed by a car bomb in Damascus. Could be the Syrians working at home as well as they do in Lebanon.
Is there a breach between Syria and Tehran?
That’s being speculated about, ‘cleo.
Israel would like it to be thought that they turned someone inside. Hezbollah would like to have people think it was a work accident.
It’s not likely we’ll ever know.
Well, cleo, take your pick. there’s no end of speculation here.
Of course, most are first to finger Mossad due to their previous successes with car bombs. Certainly there is no lack of motivation on their part but such an operation deep in the heart of Damascus would indicate some rather serious penetration of Iranian and Syrian intellegence and/or mug’s inner circle. The guy travels on Iranian diplomatic papers after, all.
Could be rogue elements of Nasrullah’s people upset at Mugs being handed the military reins for hizbullah (this having been done because the Qud’s were less than thrilled with the losses in both men and critical material during Nasrullah’s “devastating defeat” of the IDF.) Or the Syrians have decided, with or without the Iranians, that Mugs outlived his usefulness and saw some short term advantage to taking him out, especially with their horrific embarrassment over their nuclear and biological materials being wiped out by Israelo’s air raid.
It’s hard to imagine the Iranians wanting him dead after all they have done for him but who knows what they are thinking from day to day.
Me, I’m going with the Mafia. BECAUSE OF THE OMERTA!! :-)
That’s what Ted Kennedy calls Obama, right?
Driving Signor Barry? Ciao!
Blast, now we’ll never be able to give him a fair trial.
Or use his living guts to grease the treads of our tanks.
Oh well.
I believe that there will be an opportunity to buy parts of him as a popcorn like snack.
OK, I just nauseated myself.