BREAKING: Who? Mughniyeh - Hezbollah's Military Commander, 2nd in Charge, DEAD

OPINION PIECE:

How come we've never heard of this guy who strongly resembles Jerry Springer?  (See photos.)

I suppose the natural answer would be because investigations have been ongoing and those involved wanted all details kept secret in case of prosecution.

"Highly dangerous" is somewhat of an understatement, considering that the man was 2nd in charge of the terrorist organization.

Mughniyeh has been known to U.S., Intelligence officials for almost twenty-five years, after realizing that he was responsible for tragic events such as 1983 bombings of the Marine barracks and U.S., Embassy in Lebanon.

Not limited to these two events, Mughniyeh was also the powerhouse behind the kidnapping and torture of William Buckley, the CIA station chief, in Beirut.

Why did the CIA let him roam free for all this time, if they knew who he was almost a quarter century ago?

Especially when they feared further terrorist actions by the Jerry Springer look-alike.  Where were you during these times Jerry?  Hmmmm?  ;)

As expected he did resurface recently -  sending CIA Headquarters into a tailspin over what his intentions were.  Their fears were realized in January 2006 when Mughniyeh traveled with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Damascus to meet with Syrian President  Bashar Assad.

The others present were Hezbollah's Secretary-General, Hassan Nasrallah; Ramadan Abdullah Shallah of the Palestinian Islamic Jihad;  Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal and Ahmed Jibril of the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine.

What would one call such a meeting?  A "Terror Summit"? Yeah right.  I can't imagine even one person believing such a ridiculous claim. It had been rumored that Mughniyeh had "retired" until he resurfaced.

Today, Western officials called him; And yet, they let him roam free for twenty-five years!  This is insanity.

As if his responsibility in the aforementioned events wasn't  frightening enough, Mughniyeh was later identified and formally charged as the major architect in the bombing of a Jewish Community Center in Buenos Aires in 1994, which killed eighty-five people.

He was clever enough and had the contacts in order to disappear completely from the world eye view.  Some even touted that he had plastic surgery, in order to travel frequently between Tehran, Damascus and Lebanon, undetected. And yet the CIA still let him roam free for twenty-five years.

The Hezbollah (literally meaning "Party of Allah,") television station, is called Al-Manar   They interrupted their normal programming today , to announce the terrorist's death. Interesting, I didn't see any mention of Israel in any newspaper reports.  When one reads these words, the language used is almost the same as that used when Sayyed Abbas Moussawi (then - Hezbollah's Supreme Commander,) died in an Israeli airstrike in 1992.
But then all these religious rants and kudos feel exactly the same, with the world paying less and less attention to the numerous videos found on YouTube and around the world.

They ALL sound the same.  Nothing new is ever brought to the public - just these raving rants that threaten the "Great Satan," and anyone to do with them.

It's become yawn material.

Did Israeli or U.S., Intelligence have anything to do with the explosion that killed Mughniyeh?  Who knows.  We're still going to get the usual rhetoric that is fed to us via the media.

Other than to confirm his death, U.S., officials today declined comment, as the Israelis denied their involvement.

Mughinyeh's car that had been in a parking lot in a Damascus suburb, was blown up next to a building known to have been used by Syrian military intelligence.

I'm sure there is a lot more to this story and I'll keep digging today, so check back later.

 March 12th - Coverage: The Death of Imad Mughinyeh

Sources:
Newsweek:
The Worst Terrorist You Never Heard Of
by Michael Isikoff and Mark Hosenball

Wikipedia:
Hezbollah

Image Sources:
Newsweek:

The Worst Terrorist You Never Heard Of