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Who Killed This Terrorist? No Clues, Lots of Enemies

Posted Feb 13, 08 8:44 PM CST in World 

(Newser) – So many parties had a motive for killing Hezbollah mastermind Imad Mughniyah that it’s unclear who assassinated him last night in Syria, Time reports. The Lebanon-based terror group blamed the assassination in Damascus on Israel, which denied involvement. Said one insider, “The Americans wanted him, so did the Saudis, and the Lebanese Christians. We weren’t the only ones.”

The terror kingpin had recently traveled to Iraq to train Moqtada al Sadr’s forces, had visited Syria with Iranian leader Mahmoud Ahmadinejad—and stood accused of bombing US installations and of kidnapping Americans. Syrian or Iranian friends of Mughniyah’s might even be to blame: They might have needed to show the US they could control terror so long as Uncle Sam let them be.

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Speculation abounds as to who had the access, motivation and resources to kill Imad Mughniyeh.   (Federal Bureau of Investigation)
Tamam Mughniyeh, a relative of Imad Mughniyeh, mourns him in the southern village of Tair Dibba, Lebanon Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2008. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)   (Associated Press)
Associated Press chief Middle East correspondent Terry Anderson is surrounded by journalists and well-wishers as he leaves the Syrian Foreign Ministry in Damascus in this Dec. 4, 1991, file photo. Anderson...   (Associated Press)
This picture released by Hezbollah shows Imad Mughniyeh, the elusive senior Hezbollah commander who was slain yesterday. (AP Photo/Hezbollah Media Office,ho)   (Associated Press)
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