Imad Mughniyeh, one of the top leaders of the Lebanese group, Hezbollah, was killed in a car bombing in Damascus despite being in hiding for years. Hezbollah has blamed Israel for his assassination, though the Israeli prim minister’s office rejected such accusations. Hezbollah declared Mughniyeh to be a martyr for their cause. Both Syria and Iran condemn the killing and give their condolences to the Lebanese people. The death is still being investigated.
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Mughniyeh was high on US and Israeli wanted lists due to the beliefs that he was “behind a wave of Western hostage-taking in Lebanon during the 1980s.” He is also “among several suspects indicted in the US for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner in which a US Navy diver was killed.” He was thought to have been a part of many other crimes, including several bombings. Those in the US and Israel see Mughniyeh’s death as a great blow against terrorists.
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