Imad Mughniyeh killed

sf11b_p · 02-13-2008, 03:38

This individual was responsible for the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 and murder of Robert Dean Stethem SW-2 (Diver), United States Navy. He's also linkrd to the Marine Barracks, Embassy and CIA station bombings in Beirut.

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Feb 13, 2008 11:05 | Updated Feb 13, 2008 11:24
'Most wanted' Hizbullah official killed in Damascus bombing

Hizbullah's second in command in Syria, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in a car bombing in Damascus late Tuesday night, Hizbullah's Al-Manar television reported Wednesday.

Mughniyeh was reportedly very close to Hizbullah head Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah. He was responsible for the organization's military wing and served as Hizbullah's liason with Iran.

He was held responsible by Israel for numerous terror attacks, as well as for masterminding a bombing in Buenos Aires in 1994. He is also believed to be responsible for hijacking a TWA flight in 1985.

He has also targeted US citizens - the United States holds him responsible for the attack on the US embassy in Beirut and on a marine base there. He has been on the FBI's top-20 wanted list for years.

Hizbullah has blamed Israel for Mughniyeh's assassination. "With all pride we declare a great jihadist leader of the Islamic resistance in Lebanon joining the martyrs... The brother commander hajj Imad Mughinyeh became a martyr at the hands of the Zionist Israelis," said a statement carried on Al-Manar.

The explosion, which occurred about 10:45 p.m. in the Syrian capital's upscale Kafar Soussa neighborhood. Security forces quickly sealed off the area and removed the destroyed car, which had its driver's seat and the rear seat blown away by the force of the blast.

Calls for comment from Syria's Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security forces, went unanswered late Tuesday night.

There are no government buildings located in the mostly residential neighborhood. An Iranian school is about a few hundred meters from the blast, but the school was unscathed.

Damascus has seen a number of attacks in recent years, blamed on Islamic terrorists. Those includes an attack against the US Embassy in 2006 that left three gunmen and a Syrian guard dead. One bombing also targeted the vehicle of a Palestinian terror official, who escaped assassination in 2004.

warrottjr · 02-13-2008, 04:04

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Hizbullah's second in command in Syria, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in a car bombing in Damascus late Tuesday

So, Imad goes to his eternal reward.

He's in a room. Pretty soon Geo. Washington comes in and beats the hell out of him and leaves. Then Thos. Jefferson comes in and beats the hell out of him and leaves. Then Robt. E. Lee comes in and beats the hell out of him and leaves.

Imad cries out, "Allah! What about my 72 virgins?"

The Voice replies, "I said, '72 Virginians.'"

Ret10Echo · 02-13-2008, 06:00

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Originally Posted by warrottjr

So, Imad goes to his eternal reward.

He's in a room. Pretty soon Geo. Washington comes in and beats the hell out of him and leaves. Then Thos. Jefferson comes in and beats the hell out of him and leaves. Then Robt. E. Lee comes in and beats the hell out of him and leaves.

Imad cries out, "Allah! What about my 72 virgins?"

The Voice replies, "I said, '72 Virginians.'"

Hand of god coming out of the sky on that one buddy......

danjam · 02-13-2008, 09:55

Well done to those brave enough to do work like this.

gagners · 02-13-2008, 10:57

"Hizbullah's second in command in Syria, Imad Mughniyeh, was killed in a car bombing in Damascus late Tuesday night"...

That's just a big ole' slice of Karma right there...

warrottjr · 02-13-2008, 11:50

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4282992&page=1

"Payback: Car Bomb Kills Elusive 'Fox' Terror Boss"

Tubbs · 02-13-2008, 11:52

Imad Mughniyeh, Leading Hezbollah Official Wanted by U.S., Killed

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330525,00.html

God bless whomever is responsible for this.
Semper Fi cockbag, enjoy your room in hell.

swpa19 · 02-13-2008, 12:14

Im holding reservations on this one till after DNA confirmation. Its rumored that Imad had periodic plastic surgery to alter his facial features to escape detection. Or, maybe Im just a paranoid ole fart

**The Reaper** · 02-13-2008, 12:26

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Originally Posted by Tubbs

Imad Mughniyeh, Leading Hezbollah Official Wanted by U.S., Killed

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,330525,00.html

God bless whomever is responsible for this.
Semper Fi cockbag, enjoy your room in hell.

The Search button is your friend.

Or just looking at the other threads in the forum you are posting in.

TR

Tubbs · 02-13-2008, 12:34

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Originally Posted by The Reaper

The Search button is your friend.

Or just looking at the other threads in the forum you are posting in.

TR

When I started posting nothing was up on this yet. I must have missed the first one going up by a few seconds.
Thank you for moving it.

SF_BHT · 02-13-2008, 13:01

It is about time. A fitting end....

**The Reaper** · 02-13-2008, 13:27

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Originally Posted by Tubbs

When I started posting nothing was up on this yet. I must have missed the first one going up by a few seconds.
Thank you for moving it.

Check the first post time stamp.

Eight hours, 14 minutes before you, but who is counting?

TR

Tubbs · 02-13-2008, 20:42

I should probobly get my computer looked at then.
This thread didn't show up on my browser until I after I posted and the date time stamp showed 2-13-08 @ 11:50, but that may just have been the time that the last person had posted in the thread.
It took me a couple of minutes to make the post because I timed out for some reason and had to log back in.
I will strive to make better and more efficient use of the search button in the future and will refrain from creating new threads until I am 100% certain that they are original.

warrottjr · 02-13-2008, 21:50

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/story?id=4286232&page=1

- Despite Clinton Pleas, Saudis Let Terrorist Go
- Mugniyah Was Spotted On a Commercial Flight Bound for Saudi Arabia

"Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah refused a personal plea from President Bill Clinton to help capture Hezbollah terrorist Imad Mugniyah in 1996, according to former White House counterterrorism chief Richard Clarke, now an ABC News consultant."

Gypsy · 02-16-2008, 08:23

May Robert Stethem and everyone that died because of this scumbag Rest In Peace.

http://www.nysun.com/article/71330

At Last, It Feels Like a New Day
By KATHERINE CURTIS STETHEM
February 14, 2008

The telephone rang early yesterday morning. My husband Patrick was leaving for work, having been kissed quickly and told to drive carefully. I hurried back to the kitchen to answer the phone before the ringing woke the children. The information delivered by the voice of a friend in tears took my breath and I raced back to the garage to find my husband.

"Imad Mugniyah is dead."

Imad Mugniyah is, most tragically, a Stethem household name. His career of terror and exploits of destruction are well known to our family. One incident in particular is all too close to home. Imad Mugniyah was the Hezbollah mastermind of the 1985 TWA Flight 847 hijacking during which U.S. Navy Diver Robert Dean Stethem was brutally tortured and then murdered.

The memory of Robert's bravery and heroism during his ordeal was formally recognized and forever preserved for posterity in the commissioning of the USS Stethem, an Aegis class guided missile destroyer. The ship motto is "Steadfast and Courageous," a fitting tribute to this brave American son lost all too soon. The list of Imad Mugniyah's acts of hatred is heartbreaking. In addition to the 1985 TWA hijacking, Mugniyah was responsible for the planning and execution of such acts of terror as the1983 Marine barracks bombing in Beirut, the U.S. Embassy bombings in Beirut, the 1992 bombings of the Israeli Embassy in Argentina, the 1996 bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, the kidnapping and torture of CIA station chief in Beirut William Buckley, the kidnapping and the murder of marine Colonel Richard Higgins. Mugniyah was wanted in more than 40 countries, including America and Israel. At the top of the FBI's most wanted terrorist list, the bounty on his head was $25,000,000.

As my husband held the phone and listened quietly, his expression was one of both relief and reserve.

There is, of course, the hesitancy of the civilized mind in the actual rejoicing over the death of another human being. That being said, this particular death is one for which we are thankful and in which we find relief. The future will not be plagued by Mugniyah's black heart of contempt for the West and our allies. His work is over. Not another grave is to be filled by the work of his hand. Not another mother will drop to her knees, groaning in shock and disbelief as a result of his wicked ambition.

There is something satisfying in that the demise of Imad Mugniyah came two days before the third anniversary of the February 14, 2005 assassination of the former prime minister of Lebanon, Rafik Hariri. Hariri was killed by explosives as his motorcade passed the Saint George Hotel in Beirut. Hariri was a friend of the West and a harsh and very open critic of Syria's domination of Lebanon. Blame for the loss of Prime Minister Hariri rests at the feet at Hezbollah and Syria.

A mastermind of terror, the right arm of Hezbollah, a bomb maker, Imad Mugniyah lived by the sword. It is fitting that he would meet the same kind of violent fate as did so many of his victims. This time, the blood on his hands was his own.

The evil mind that planned and implemented one scenario of terror, death, and destruction after another finally has been stilled. Hell's gates have swung wide open and swallowed one whom earth has regurgitated. He will not be comforted and his cries will be unheard. Imad Mugniyah is now denied the same mercy that he refused his victims.

The death of Imad Mugniyah does not bring back Robert Stethem. That son was ripped from his parents, snatched from his sister and brothers. He is a distant memory to one nephew and but a revered shadow to his other nephew and nieces. The murder of Robert Stethem was a devastating loss to his family. But it is the knowledge of Rob's unspeakably brutal suffering that was and remains their agony. Time heals the sting of a personal loss. What time cannot touch is an imagination haunted by thoughts of a loved one's torture for 15 hours, alone, on the other side of the world without a chance to be kissed goodbye or to be told how very much he would be missed.

This development cannot reach back into the past and dry tears or unwrench hearts. It does, however, soften the present. It does, however, brighten the future. At long last, it feels like a new day.

Katherine Stethem is married to Patrick Stethem, brother of the late Robert Dean Stethem.