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‘A psychopath’
"Bin Laden is a schoolboy in comparison with Mughniyeh," says an Israeli who knows Mughniyeh . "The guy is a genius, someone who refined the art of terrorism to its utmost level. We studied him and reached the conclusion that he is a clinical psychopath motivated by uncontrollable psychological reasons, which we have given up trying to understand. The killing of his two brothers by the Americans only inflamed his strong motivation."
It was the assassination of one man in March 1984 that is said to have made Mughniyeh the CIA’s most wanted terrorist. Mughniyeh allegedly kidnapped the head of the CIA station in Beirut, William Buckley. The kidnapping triggered what later became known as ‘Irangate’, when the Americans tried to exchange Buckley (and others) with arms for Iran. However, the attempt ended in a fiasco. By one unconfirmed account, Mughniyeh tortured and killed Buckley with his own hands.
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that's it.
what they did to Buckley - was horrible.
Bin Laden was the schoolboy, and Mughniyeh the teacher.
Al Qaeda's early attacks were near failures. During Bin Laden's stay in Sudan, Al Qaeda terrorists were trained by Hezbollah under Mughniyeh, in building bombs.
You can still see Al Qaeda copying Mughniyeh's trademark, multiple simultaeaus attacks, which Mughniyeh first implemented when bombing the US Marine barracks in Beirut, along with another target, either the French Embassy or French positions somewhere in Beirut.