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'Lebanese working for Mossad' may have played role in Mughniyeh hit.

Article from: The Daily Star (Beirut, Lebanon) Article date: November 4, 2008

Byline: Daily Star Staff

Summary: The alleged leader of a Mossad spy network arrested by Lebanese authorities monitored the Kfar Sousa neighborhood in Damascus a few months before senior Hizbullah military commander Imad Mughniyeh was assassinated by a car bomb last February, according to a report published by As-Safir newspaper on Monday.

BEIRUT: The alleged leader of a Mossad spy network arrested by Lebanese authorities monitored the Kfar Sousa neighborhood in Damascus a few months before senior Hizbullah military ...

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