Imad Mughniyeh

Imad Fayez Mugniyah (born December 7 , 1962 ) is a senior member of the Lebanese terrorist group Hizbullah . He is alternatively described as the head of its security section, a senior intelligence official and as a founder of the organization. This discrepancy can be traced to the limited information known about him. He uses the name Hajj as an alias. Imad Mugniyah Imad Mugniyah Mugniyah has been implicated in many of the noted terrorist attacks of the 1980s and 1990s, primarily American and Israeli targets. These include the April 18 , 1983 bombing of the United States embassy in Beirut , which killed 63 people including 17 Americans. He was later blamed for the October 23 , 1983 simultaneous truck bombings against the French paratroopers and US Marine barracks (see: Marine Barracks Bombing ). The attacks killed 58 French soldiers and 241 Marines. Almost a year later on September 20 , 1984 , he attacked the US embassy annex building. The United States indicted him for the July 14 , 1985 hijacking of flight TWA-847 , which resulted in the death of U.S. He was also linked to the numerous kidnappings of Westerners in Beirut through the 1980s, most notably that of Terry Anderson . Some these individuals were later killed such as U.S. The remainder were release at various times until the last one, Terry Anderson was released in 1991 Mugniyah has also been charged with participating in the March 17 , 1992 bombings of the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires Argentina , which killed 29 and the AIMA cultural building in July 1994 , killing 86 people. He has been accused of orchestrating the 2000 abductions of three Israeli soldiers in the southern part of Lebanon and abduction of Israeli Colonel Elchanan Tenenbaum . He is currently believed to be in Lebanon and coordinating suicide attacks on targets in Iraq .

Imad Fayez Mughniyah (December 7, 1962 - February 12, 2008), also transliterated Mughniyya , Mughniyeh , Mogniyah , Moughnie , ( ), alias Hajj Radwan ( الحاج رضوان ), was a senior member of the Hezbollah organization. He was alternatively described as the head of its security section, a senior intelligence official and as a founder of the organization. Mugniyah has been associated with the Beirut barracks bombing and US embassy bombings , both of which took place in 1983 and killed over 350, as well as the kidnapping of dozens of foreigners in Lebanon in the 1980s. He was indicted in Argentina for his alleged role in the 1992 Israeli Embassy attack in Buenos Aires . The highest-profile attacks for which it is claimed he is responsible took place in the early 1980s, shortly after the founding of Hezbollah. He is thought to have killed more Americans than any other militant before the 9/11 attacks, and the bombings and kidnappings he is alleged to have organized are credited with all but eliminating the American presence in Lebanon in the 1980s. Information about him is limited. He is reported by the American FBI to have used the alias of Hajj , and to have been called Abu Dokhan , Arabic for "smoke-bearer" or "father of smoke"—according to American fiction writer Richard Couch because of his skill at disappearing when being pursued. Mughniyah was included in the European Union 's list of wanted terrorists. and had a US$5 million bounty on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. Imad Mughniyah was killed on February 12, 2008 by a car bomb , planted inside the driver's headrest , around 11:00 pm local time in the Kfar Suseh neighborhood of Damascus , Syria . From Times, February 16, 2010 "Hezbollah's most wanted commander killed in Syria bomb" .

Imad Fayez Mughniyeh (7 December 1962 – 12 February 2008), also transliterated Mughniyya , Mughniyah , Mogniyah ( ), alias al-Hajj Radwan ( الحاج رضوان ), was a senior member of Lebanon 's Islamic Jihad Organization and Hezbollah . Information about Mughniyeh is limited, but he is generally understood to have been a principal leader and operative for a number of years within Hezbollah's military, intelligence, and security apparatuses. He may also have been among the founders of Hezbollah in the 1980s. He has been described as "a sort of 'super chief of staff'" within Hezbollah, who once saw himself as the probable successor to Hassan Nasrallah as the leader of Hezbollah. U.S. and Israeli officials have accused Mughniyeh of association with many bombings, kidnappings, and assassinations, beginning with the Beirut barracks bombing and US embassy bombings , both of which took place in 1983 and killed over 350, as well as the kidnapping of dozens of foreigners in Lebanon in the 1980s. He was indicted in Argentina for his alleged role in the 1992 Israeli embassy attack in Buenos Aires . The highest-profile attacks for which it is claimed he is responsible took place in the early 1980s, shortly after the founding of Hezbollah, when Mughniyah was in his early twenties. U.S. officials have accused him of killing more United States citizens than any other militant prior to the September 11 attacks , and the bombings and kidnappings he is alleged to have organized are credited with all but eliminating the US military presence in Lebanon in the 1980s. Mughniyeh was known by his nom de guerre al-Hajj Radwan. Mughniyeh was included in the European Union's list of wanted terrorists. and had a US$5 million bounty on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. Mughniyeh was killed on the night of 12 February 2008 by a car bomb that detonated as he passed by on foot, in the Kafr Sousa neighborhood of Damascus , Syria . Assassinations: the work of Mossad? From Times, 16 February 2010 "Hezbollah's most wanted commander killed in Syria bomb" . [1] , "Will Hezbullah avenge the hit on its terror chief?" by Yaakov Katz, 11 February 2011

Information about Mughniyeh is limited, but he is believed to have been Hezbollah's chief of staff and understood to have overseen Hezbollah's military, intelligence, and security apparatuses. He was one of the main founders of Hezbollah in the 1980s. He has been described as "a brilliant military tactician and very elusive". He was often referred to as an ‘untraceable ghost’. U.S. and Israeli officials have long accused Mughniyeh of being directly and personally involved in terrorist attacks which has resulted in many suicide bombings, murders, kidnappings, and assassinations. It began with the Beirut barracks bombing and US embassy bombings , both of which took place in 1983 and killed over 350, as well as the kidnapping of dozens of foreigners in Lebanon in the 1980s. He was indicted in Argentina for his alleged role in the 1992 Israeli embassy attack in Buenos Aires . The highest-profile attacks for which it is claimed he is responsible took place in the early 1980s, shortly after the founding of Hezbollah, when Mughniyeh was in his early twenties. U.S. intelligence officials have accused him of killing more United States citizens than any other man prior to the September 11 attacks , and the bombings and kidnappings he is alleged to have organized are credited with all but eliminating and completely removing the US military presence in Lebanon in the 1980s. Mughniyeh was known by his nom de guerre Al-Hajj Radwan. Mughniyeh was included in the European Union's list of wanted terrorists and had a US$5 million bounty on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. To many in his home country, Lebanon and the Middle East, he’s seen to be a national symbol and hero. As part of a joint CIA – Mossad operation, Mughniyeh was killed on the night of 12 February 2008 by a car bomb that was detonated as he passed by on foot, in the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood of Damascus , Syria .

He is believed to have been Hezbollah's chief of staff and overseer of its military, intelligence, and security apparatus. He has been described as a skilled military tactician and a highly elusive figure. He was often referred to as an ‘untraceable ghost’. U.S. and Israeli officials say Mughniyeh was directly and personally involved in terrorist attacks and the mastermind of many suicide bombings, murders, kidnappings, and assassinations. Mughniyeh formed Unit 121 as Hezbollah's covert assassination squad and he was behind the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing and 1983 United States embassy bombing , in which over 350 people were killed, as well as the kidnapping of dozens of foreigners in Lebanon in the 1980s. He was indicted in Argentina for his role in the 1992 Israeli embassy attack in Buenos Aires . The highest-profile attacks he was involved in occurred in the early 1980s when Mughniyeh was in his early twenties. U.S. intelligence officials accused him of killing more United States citizens than any other man prior to the 11 September attacks . Mughniyeh was known by his nom de guerre Al-Hajj Radwan. He was included in the European Union's list of wanted terrorists and had a US$5 million bounty on the FBI Most Wanted Terrorists list. To many in his home country, Lebanon and the Middle East, he is a national symbol and hero. As part of a joint CIA – Mossad operation, Mughniyeh was assassinated on the night of 12 February 2008 by a car bomb that was detonated as he passed by on foot, in the Kafr Sousa neighbourhood of Damascus , Syria .