Posted on 02/13/2008 12:52:19 AM PST by HAL9000
DAMASCUS BLAST ON TUESDAY KILLED SENIOR HEZBOLLAH MILITARY COMMANDER - LEBANESE POLITICAL SOURCE
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“Don’t Tread On Me”
I feel a bit of kinship to Robert Stethem. I, too, was a U.S. Navy Diver, though a few years earlier than Robert. There are/were several different classification of Navy Divers. We were both Second Class Divers (SCUBA and Hardhat Diving - Salvage and Repair work).
Your post really deserves its own thread.
More than the equivalent to a pound of C4 in that blast. Someone rigged that Mitsubishi to kill him even if he wasn’t inside the vehicle.
Thank you for the post Mr. Fitzgerald.
The vehicle description via Naharnet was also posted here, too:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969529/posts?page=79#79
This was a truly evil, evil man--he died too easily by far.
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http://www.naharnet.com/domino/tn/NewsDesk.nsf/getstory?openform&E6F4B4CD79812C48C22573EE00340648
“Mughniyeh Mourned”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Anger swept the hometown of top Hizbullah security official Imad Mughniyeh killed in a car bombing in Syria blamed on Israel, as residents mourned their elusive “legend” on Wednesday.
A coffin holding Mughniyeh’s body was placed on a podium in Hizbullah’s stronghold in Beirut’s southern suburbs, where the Shiite militant group planned a memorial service for the “martyr” on Thursday.
It was not clear, however, where Mughniyeh, who was killed on Tuesday in Damascus, would be buried.
“He was a legend. We always heard of his victories against Israel although we never knew him personally,” said Ahmad, a 22-year-old man as he climbed an electricity pole to erect a black flag.
“Today each one of us has become an Imad Mughniyeh,” against Israel, he said.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “”We were shocked to learn that he was killed in Syria. We thought he was safe there,” Mughniyeh’s 51-year-old aunt Fayza told AFP as she stood outside the abandoned family home near the village cemetery.
“He left the village a long time ago, shuttling between Syria and Iran, and for years I did not see him. But two years ago he snuck in after his mother passed away to pay his respects,” she said.
According to several reports, Mughniyeh eluded his detractors by undergoing plastic surgery to alter his features. “
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Not a single picture of Mughniyeh could be seen in Tair Debba, although the village was decked with portraits of his two brothers Fouad and Jihad, who were also killed in car bombings blamed on Israel.
Black flags and the yellow banners of Hizbullah fluttered in the village, which resounded with verses of the Quran, Islam’s holy book. “
Beirut, 13 Feb 08, 11:32
No proof, but it sounds good.
QUOTE OF THE DAY:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1969871/posts?page=2#2
Whether it was the Mossad or the CIA or the Little Sisters of the Poor, I’m glad the SOB is scattered all over Damascus!
2 posted on 02/13/2008 1:18:20 PM PST by Rummyfan (Iraq: it’s not about Iraq anymore, it’s about the USA!)
a piece of shrapnel?
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/keyword?k=hamas
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An afternoon look at some Iranian propaganda:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1969885/posts
http://www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=42932§ionid=351020202
“’Zionism octopus threatens Muslims’”
Wed, 13 Feb 2008 16:50:18
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “Hamas has called on the Muslim world to unite against Israel after the assassination of Imad Mughniya, a top Lebanese Hezbollah figure.
“We urge the Muslim and Arab nations to act decisively against the Zionist octopus that threatens the security of Arab and Muslim countries,” Hamas official Sami Abu Zuhri said on Wednesday.”
bttt for posterity and marking for later savoring...
Thanks HAL9000.
Off Topic:
http://www.memri.org/syria.html
http://www.memri.org/bin/articles.cgi?Page=countries&Area=lebanon&ID=SP184408
Special Dispatch Series - No. 1844
February 14, 2008 No. 1844
“On the Eve of Rally Marking Third Anniversary of Al-Hariri’s Assassination, Sa’d Al-Hariri Launches Harsh Attack on Lebanese Opposition, Syria, Iran”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “With the approach of the third anniversary of the assassination of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Al-Hariri, his son Sa’d Al-Hariri, who is Al-Mustaqbal party chairman and leader of the March 14 Forces, launched a harsh attack on the Lebanese opposition, which is headed by Hizbullah. His attack was also directed against Syria and Iran, which, he says, are trying to regain control over Lebanon.
At a February 7, 2008 press conference, Al-Hariri accused the Lebanese opposition of sabotaging every move that Lebanon made, in retaliation for the establishment of the international tribunal for the assassination, and in response to the withdrawal of the Syrian forces from Lebanon. He called upon the Lebanese people to participate in a mass rally on February 14, 2008 in downtown Beirut. Al-Hariri also stressed that the March 14 Forces would not stand idly by, and would not hesitate to confront Syria’s and Iran’s “black plan.”
The following are excerpts from Al-Hariri’s address, as published in the Lebanese daily Al-Mustaqbal. [1]
On February 14, We Will Raise Our Voices against the Return of Syrian Control over Lebanon”
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=2&article_id=88952
“Imad Mughniyeh assassinated in Damascus
Hizbullah to host funeral for ‘martyr’ killed by car bomb”
By Hussein Abdallah
Daily Star staff
Thursday, February 14, 2008
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “After announcing the assassination, Hizbullah urged its supporters and those of other parties in the opposition March 8 Forces coalition to attend a funeral for Mughniyeh in the southern Beirut suburb of on Thursday afternoon.
The funeral comes on the same day as a mass rally called by the ruling March 14 camp in Downtown Beirut to mark the third anniversary of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri’s assassination. The timing prompted concerns that conflict could break out between large numbers of opposition and government supporters using the same road to travel to the capital from the Bekaa Valley, as well as from the Chouf Mountains and points south.”
“Calls for comment from Syria’s Interior Ministry, which is responsible for security forces, went unanswered late Tuesday night.”
Lemme see...first there was that “Ooopsie” with the chem warhead being mounted on a SCUD. Then there was that Sept. attack on that nuke(?) facility. Now this... there may not be anyone left in the Ministry to answer the phone!
Smiling...
Interesting times.
vengence is sweet! stick that in your liberal anti war hat! pink finks!
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