Syria arrests Palestinians suspects in connection Mughniyeh assassination

Jerusalem Post ^ | February 15, 2008 | Jpost.com staff

[ScaniaBoy]

Syrian security forces have arrested several Palestinians suspects in connection with the assassination of Hizbullah commander Imad Mughniyeh, a Lebanese security source told Reuters on Friday.

The source added that Hizbullah had appointed a successor to Mughniyeh within hours of his death in a car bomb blast in the Syrian capital.

[ScaniaBoy]

non-Arab foreigners = Palestinians ?

Sorry : I am still confused.

No, but maybe non-Arab terrorists; eg Iranians, Pakistanis, Chechens etc etc.

Or it's just like in that great movie Casablanca. They are rounding up the usual suspects. (Thanks for the pict.)

[BIGLOOK]

It was probably Hamas, trying to instigate a two front war on Israel.......as well as world condemnation.

Skip the 'non Arab' foreigners roundup. The Syrians most likely rounded up Turks, Kurds, Assyrians and the Greek women's volley ball team over this.

[3AngelaD]

I hear you. Imagine putting the disastrous Brzezinski back in charge. Shades of Jimmah.

[sono]

Misdirection, Stanley, Misdirection!

[SJackson]

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[G8 Diplomat]

The plot thickens....

[SunkenCiv]

Well, Israelis are the only true Palestinians...

Syrian regime critic arrested
al Bawaba | January 29 2008
Posted on 01/29/2008 4:57:47 PM EST by knighthawk
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1961617/posts

As Important as Who was Killed is Where (Excellent Point)
National Review Online | February 13, 2008 | Michael Rubin
Posted on 02/13/2008 2:07:58 PM EST by afortiori
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969799/posts

Syria may pay price for killing
(Bashar Assad has boasted Damascus is “the capital of resistance”)
AP on Yahoo | 2/14/08 | Hamzi Hendawi - ap
Posted on 02/14/2008 10:20:25 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970767/posts

Mughniyeh Was in Midst of Planning Mass Terror Attack
Arutz 7 | February 14, ‘08 | Hillel Fendel
Posted on 02/14/2008 12:36:50 PM EST by Nachum
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970345/posts

Israel’s No. 1 Most Wanted Terrorist Assassinated
(Responsible for the 1983 Marine Barracks bombing)
worldnetdaily.com | February 13, 2008 | Aaron Klein
Posted on 02/13/2008 3:18:43 PM EST by kellynla
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969840/posts

Mother cheers death of militant responsible for son’s death (RE:Imad Mughniyeh)
The Virginian-Pilot | February 16, 2008 | Lon Wagner
Posted on 02/16/2008 6:35:35 AM EST by csvset
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971344/posts

Bush imposes new sanctions on Syria
AP on Yahoo | 2/13/08 | Terence Hunt - ap
Posted on 02/13/2008 11:38:13 PM EST by NormsRevenge
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970074/posts

and, related to the ping just below this one:

Is Ahmadinejad setting a trap for Israel and the US?
American Thinker | January 28, 2008 | James Lewis
Posted on 01/28/2008 1:29:33 PM EST by forkinsocket
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1960880/posts

[ScaniaBoy]

Here is another link:

Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb

Note that the Sunday Times is known for its free fantasies when it comes to stories from the Middle East. Not very factual on the "deed" except noting the car brand - which I've seen mentioned somewhere else. However, if it is true that the security conscious Mughniyeh was using an easily recognizable car like the silver Mitsubishi Pajero the security breach was right there.

[Enchante]

If the anonymous witness statement can be credited then the "exploding headrest" statement is certainly wrong - no way there would have been much of a head left to cradle in the hands of the witness..... but who knows what to believe at this point, except that everyone does seem to agree the scumbag is D-E-A-D. [hope it's not all some disinformation campaign to throw off western intel agencies, but there doesn't seem to be much reason to suspect that......]

One witness said: “I held his head in my hands, kissed him farewell. His face was burnt but intact and he had received serious injuries to his abdomen.”

[mewzilla]

Another link on that visit....

Adviser to Clinton Meets With President of Syria

[mewzilla]

One more link on the subject....

Not serious about foreign policy either

An interesting note form the link....

A Google News search on "Brzezinski Damascus" reveals again today that the Obama/Clinton delegation to Syria remains a deep secret confined to readers of the New York Sun, Power Line, and Martin Peretz.

[mewzilla]

What do Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama and Imad Mughniyeh have in common? Plus, why Iran needs nukes.

[ScaniaBoy]

No, you are quite right - that statement does not fit with the head-rest story, unless the body was some 20 ft away fom the head. The journos should have noted that, but what do we expect?

See this post here . It appears from the photos that it is likely the bomb was in the rear of the car.

[ScaniaBoy]

Thanks for those links. I had seen one before, but it is good to see that this story has not been completely hidden.

But seriously, now when it is in the open, where is the outrage, where are the questions to Ms Clinton and Barak Obama? I certainly hope that McCain is preparing some fireworks. These visits, the day before it is made quite clear that Syria is harbouring a person who has murdered scores of US citizens....well, there need to be some kind of explanations.

And, no, I do not buy the inane notion that Mughniyeh was killed by Assad as some kind of gift towards the US.

[Enchante]

Excellent! I claim no related expertise but it certainly appears to me that jeffers has nailed it. I kept looking at that same photo as I saw it on another thread and could not see any plausibility for a headrest explosion but I thought I might be missing something until I read the witness statement about the head being burned but intact — this certainly seems to have been a much bigger explosion in the back of the car, not what would have exploded from the headrest but merely burned the face/head...... but what do I know?

[Bender2]

Re: As I wrote above, wouldn’t it have been fun if one of those non-Arabs would have been Zbigniew Brzezinski?

What? Zbigniew Brzezinski... actually do something to help the security of the United States?

You must be speaking... of a different Zbigniew Brzezinski. That sumbitch in Syria talking up Obama was once Jimhhy Carter's National Security stooge and you know well how that turned out!

[ScaniaBoy]

Hey, you don’t really believe that the Syrian police will arrest the real perpetrators. However, they will arrest the “likely suspects” and I think Z B, being a US citizen falls under that category.

:-)

[SunkenCiv]

Thanks ScaniaBoy.

Israel kills terror chief with headrest bomb
Times Online (UK) | February 17, 2008 | Uzi Mahnaimi in Tel Aviv, Hala Jaber in Beirut and Jon Swain
Posted on 02/17/2008 2:19:33 AM EST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1971736/posts