12 Facts About Imad Mughniyah

1.

Imad Mughniyah was one of the main founders of Hezbollah in the 1980s.

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2.

Imad Mughniyah has been described as "a brilliant military tactician and very elusive".

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3.

Imad Mughniyah was indicted in Argentina for his alleged role in the 1992 Israeli embassy attack in Buenos Aires.

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4.

Imad Mughniyah participated in the defence of West Beirut, where he was wounded in the fighting.

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5.

Imad Mughniyah remained a Fatah member during this period but worked with other factions, such as the leftist Lebanese National Movement and Islamic resistance groups.

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6.

Imad Mughniyah remained deeply committed to the Palestine cause throughout his life and apparently founded the secret "Committee for Elimination of Israel" inside Hezbollah in 2000.

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7.

Imad Mughniyah enters by one door, exits by another, changes his cars daily, never makes appointments on a telephone, never is predictable.

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8.

Imad Mughniyah only uses people that are loyal to him that he can fully trust.

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9.

Imad Mughniyah had an important role during the occupation [of southern Lebanon by Israel] by 2000.

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10.

Imad Mughniyah was a member of Force 17, an armed branch of the Fatah movement charged with providing security for Yasser Arafat and other prominent PLO officials.

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11.

Imad Mughniyah Mughniyeh was killed on 12 February 2008 by a car bomb blast at around 23:00 in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.

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12.

Imad Mughniyah was a coldblooded killer, a mass murderer and a terrorist responsible for countless innocent lives lost.

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