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2008-02-14 Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Time: Who Killed Hizballah's Terror Master?

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Posted by gorb 2008-02-14 00:00|| || Front Page|| [12 views ] Top

#1 Yeah, yeah, everyone wanted him dead. All that matters is that he is dead and these "masterminds" continue to get killed on a daily basis. It is falling apart for the Islamic warriors. Their command structure, is badly broken. They have been infiltrated and they are unravelling. Despite the fact that our mass media refuses to tell us, it appears to me that we are now entering the mop up phases of this war. Sure, they are still very dangerous. Anyone who has a chance of planting a nuke in NYC has to be taken seriously. But what made these two-bit thugs powerful was the fact that they were a coordinated international army with funding, training, and backing from foreign governments. All that time, money and effort and we still kicked their butts with both hands tied behind our back. They might want to consider what we might be like unleashed, should they ever decide to light off a nuke in one of our cities.

Posted by Grailing and Tenille1838 2008-02-14 00:30|| 2008-02-14 00:30|| Front Page Top

#2 nicely put Grailing and Tenille1838..

But what made these two-bit thugs powerful was the fact that they were a coordinated international army with funding, training, and backing from foreign governments.

You'd think that the gutless wonders in Congress who are SWORN to protect the USA FIRST, Citizen Lives FIRST, Borders FIRST Sovernty FIRST, Constitution FIRST, National Interests FIRST, BEFORE all the happy horse shit posing and yapping up a storm and BEFORE the almighty pork barrel projects...

LOL, it's sorta hopeless with the bunch we have now eh?

The Israeli Prime Minister's office issued a statement denying any involvement in Mughniyah's killing. A senior ex-intelligence official told TIME: "The Americans wanted him, so did the Saudis and the Lebanese Christians. **We weren't the only ones." Still, the former official, who asked not to be identified, has been hunting Mughniyah for over 20 years and described him as "a fanatical killer." "It was as if a big stone had been removed from my heart," he said.

** a huge Tell

Posted by RD">RD 2008-02-14 02:48|| 2008-02-14 02:48|| Front Page Top

#3 The minute pressure is taken off them, they'll recuperate, no question about it. Why? Because the philosophical underpinnings of jihad are still standing. In a just world, our films would ridicule their beliefs, our politicians would stop them at every turn, and our writers would systematically dismantle their arguments. Due to political correctness and multiculturalism, all of these weapons sympathize with the enemy and actually wish it was us that was dead.

Posted by gromky 2008-02-14 03:29|| 2008-02-14 03:29|| Front Page Top

#4 add the Kurds and the Druze to the list that wanted him dead

and also there is a chance that because he was becoming a burden to Syria and Iran (because of the intel that he was involved in the Hariri investigation), these two might have agreed to set him up.

Posted by mhw">mhw 2008-02-14 09:07|| http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/]">[http://hypocrisy-incorporated.blogspot.com/] 2008-02-14 09:07|| Front Page Top

#5 Because Time Magazine are the sleuths to solve this mystery. I bet Anderson Cooper gets there first.

Posted by Excalibur 2008-02-14 09:53|| 2008-02-14 09:53|| Front Page Top

#6 But what made these two-bit thugs All that time, money and effort and we still kicked their butts with both hands tied behind our back.

G&T 1838,
Nothing personal but Mughniyah was not just another two-bitter. And the term Terrorist mastermind doesnt even begin to describe this mans pedigree. Even as his cadaver rots, this dark soul is the enemy. Clearly he embraced the most wicked of ideologies and aligned himself with the most despotic regimes but make no mistake he served neither a god nor government. In the last 24 hours Ive watched the talking heads ignorantly recount his alleged reign of terror only to wrap up their report with inane rhetorical questions. Almost as if he is nothing but an interesting sound-byte to segue between Roger Clemmons possible steroid use and Hillary Clintons current lack of political momentum. I say this because, today, the countries that will officially declare Mughniyah as a martyr are the same countries that politicians in the US have advocated "initiating dialogue" with as way to change our foreign policy. I say this because there will be some that will continue to denounce the Bush Admn. for not capturing UBL seven years after 9/11 simply as a way to try and score political points. And most, if not all of them, have never even heard of Mughniyah much less understand his history. I say this because there are still many in the Israeli government that arrogantly refuses to admit they underestimated the strength of Hezbollah last year. And finally, not to get all religious but if you subscribe to the good vs. evil thingy, this guy was evil-incarnate. And its past the time that the civilized world fights this war with that understanding.

Posted by DepotGuy 2008-02-14 10:45|| 2008-02-14 10:45|| Front Page Top

#7 As for WHO killed him...

I'm Spartacus!

Posted by OldSpook 2008-02-14 15:02|| 2008-02-14 15:02|| Front Page Top

#8 "One should not look a gift horse in the mouth."

Posted by JohnQC 2008-02-14 16:24|| 2008-02-14 16:24|| Front Page Top

#9 Bullshit. Take a good, long look in that nag's mouth - and count the teeth.

There are no gifts in this business.

Posted by mojo">mojo 2008-02-14 16:51|| 2008-02-14 16:51|| Front Page Top

#10 Just a figure of speech. He was an evil SOB and he's dead, whoever got him.

Posted by JohnQC 2008-02-14 16:57|| 2008-02-14 16:57|| Front Page Top

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