[Enchante]

Yes, I did recall correctly that this POS has been associated with the bombings of the US Embassy and the US Marine Barracks and French barracks that slaughtered so many back in 1983. I only wish this scumbag could have suffered a long slow death, but at least he (apparently) is gone. Just a good thing we never waterboarded him, though, now that would have been truly unacceptable. /s

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/589210/posts

Imad Mugniyeh became Hezbollah’s star recruit, reporting directly to Ali Akbar Mohtashemi-Pour, Iran’s ambassador to Syria. His terrorist pedigree began with a bang when he organized the April 18, 1983, bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut that killed 63 people, including Robert Ames, the CIA’s top Middle East operations officer, and many of his best agents.

In October 1983, Mugniyeh was back at work. This time, with Iranian and Syrian help, he plotted the twin suicide truck-bomb attacks in Beirut that took the lives of 242 U.S. Marines and 58 French troops.

For many years Mugniyeh’s personal involvement in those early bombings remained obscure. It wasn’t until he kidnapped the new CIA station chief to Beirut, William Buckley, in April 1984 that the U.S. intelligence community began to get a fix on him.

[cgk]

He has also been linked to bombings in South America... many many people will breathe easier today knowing he was found and taken out. Thank you, Israel!

[ScaniaBoy]

Excellent news!

I like the smell of fried terrorists in the morning.

[ariamne]

I remember watching some program where some of the Western hostages who were tortured by Muniyah were being interviewed. They heard the cries and screams of CIA station chief William Buckley as he was tortured by Muniyah. Right before he was finally killed by Muniyah, Buckley was in so much agony that he was delirious and when he saw Muniyah he said something like "I'd like my blueberry pancakes now." The man who recalled this said if he ever saw Muniyah again in person he would rip his guts out with his bare hands.

This was a truly evil, evil man--he died too easily by far.