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Al-Alam TV airs clip showing Hezbollah commander's killing in Syria
BBC Monitoring ^ | Februari 15 2008 | Al-Alam TV

Posted on 02/15/2008 10:27:06 AM PST by knighthawk

The Tehran-based Arabic-language Al-Alam TV led its 1000 gmt news summary with the announcement that it had obtained footage of the "assassination of the commander of the Islamic resistance, the martyr Imad Mughniyah, in Kfar Susah District, in the Syrian capital Damascus, on Tuesday".

The newsreader added: "The clip, taken with a mobile phone, shows the moment of the explosion and fire breaking out in the car which had been detonated by remote control. Reports had said that the assassination was carried out by blowing up a booby-trapped car which was parked next to martyr Mughniyah's car as he was crossing the street to get to his car."

The report concluded: "Al-Alam TV has learnt that a committee made up of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah was conducting an investigation into the crime and that according to preliminary reports decisive facts had been established on who carried out [the assassination]".

[The 36-second long video clip of poor quality taken by night - shows what looks a vehicle on fire and then bystanders rushing to the scene]

Source: Al-Alam TV, Tehran, in Arabic 1000 gmt 15 Feb 08


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: hezbollah; iran; islam; mughniyah; syria; wot
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1 posted on 02/15/2008 10:27:08 AM PST by knighthawk
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To: MizSterious; Nix 2; green lantern; BeOSUser; Brad's Gramma; dreadme; Turk2; keri; ...

Ping


2 posted on 02/15/2008 10:27:38 AM PST by knighthawk (We will always remember We will always be proud We will always be prepared so we may always be free)
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To: knighthawk

It was the Amish.


3 posted on 02/15/2008 10:29:19 AM PST by Slapshot68
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To: knighthawk

Suspicious circumstances.


4 posted on 02/15/2008 10:30:29 AM PST by RightWhale (Clam down! avoid ataque de nervosa)
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To: knighthawk

May that be the pilot for a new series.


5 posted on 02/15/2008 10:33:01 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: knighthawk
"The clip, taken with a mobile phone,

Sounds to me like they did it themselves in order to provoke more Palestinian uprisings.

6 posted on 02/15/2008 10:33:48 AM PST by taxesareforever (Never forget Matt Maupin)
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To: knighthawk
committee made up of Iran, Syria and Hezbollah was conducting an investigation
The report should be very reliable with THIS gravitas!

AND, let's not forget the staged reports during the last Lebanon-Israel conflict.

7 posted on 02/15/2008 10:37:07 AM PST by Ooh-Ah
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To: knighthawk
I'm sure he was in the car,...see this:


8 posted on 02/15/2008 10:37:55 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Slapshot68
It was the Amish.

No no, the ka-BLAMish.

9 posted on 02/15/2008 10:38:07 AM PST by Shryke
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To: NonValueAdded

Think they can fit it into the current taping of “24”?

I’d sure like it if they’d get the 24 story-line away from the “populist Oprah-fication” direction they have now.


10 posted on 02/15/2008 10:38:31 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: Slapshot68

AGAIN??!!!

(Tonight on Fox: When Amish Attack!)


11 posted on 02/15/2008 10:38:35 AM PST by BibChr ("...behold, they have rejected the word of the LORD, so what wisdom is in them?" [Jer. 8:9])
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To: knighthawk

Exploding cars is an assasination method typically used by the Israelis.


12 posted on 02/15/2008 10:40:23 AM PST by Hacklehead (Crush the liberals, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentation of the hippies.)
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To: knighthawk
Related thread with links:

BBC: Syria 'to name Mughniyeh killer'

13 posted on 02/15/2008 10:40:31 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach (No Burkas for my Grandaughters!)
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To: Cletus.D.Yokel

What stands out from the article for me is that someone happened to be doing a cell-phone video capture of him crossing the street at night. That can’t be a coinky-dink.


14 posted on 02/15/2008 10:55:44 AM PST by NonValueAdded (Who Would Montgomery Brewster Choose?)
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To: BibChr

Anyone have the “he blowed up real good” clip?


15 posted on 02/15/2008 10:57:33 AM PST by slapshot (""USAF- when you absolutely, positively need it delivered on target, on time, right away)
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To: knighthawk
I thought they were martyred only if they died in the act of doing the “good” deed.

I can just hear it - “NO VIRGINS FOR YOU!!”

16 posted on 02/15/2008 10:58:30 AM PST by freedomlover (Make sure you're in love - before you move in the heavy stuff)
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To: NonValueAdded

Someone had a need to prove to their employer that they completed the job as agreed on.

ISO 9001 and all that.


17 posted on 02/15/2008 11:08:22 AM PST by Cletus.D.Yokel
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To: knighthawk

Imad Mughniyah... pwned lol


18 posted on 02/15/2008 11:14:55 AM PST by B-Chan (Catholic. Monarchist. Texan. Any questions?)
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To: Ernest_at_the_Beach

BBC: Syria ‘to name Mughniyeh killer’

It sounds like an Oscar nomination! LOL!


19 posted on 02/15/2008 11:18:43 AM PST by winner3000
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To: knighthawk

Hey, where’s the video?


20 posted on 02/15/2008 11:28:50 AM PST by AZLiberty (President Fred -- I like the sound of it.)
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