Posted on 02/15/2008 7:34:09 AM PST by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Syria has said it will soon present "irrefutable" proof of who was behind the killing of Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh in the capital, Damascus. Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem would not discuss the ongoing investigation, but insisted the world would "soon hear the results of this mighty effort".
Meanwhile, Iranian TV has broadcast a video reportedly of Tuesday's bombing. On Thursday, Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah blamed Israel for the blast and warned it was ready for "open war". Israel has rejected the claims, but nonetheless has put its embassies around the world on high alert and boosted troop deployments on the Lebanese border. 'Secret investigation' Speaking after meeting his Iranian counterpart in Damascus, Mr Moualem said the Syrian security services had devoted huge resources to their investigation into "this despicable crime" and would soon unmask the killer.
"As a state, we will irrefutably prove the party involved in this crime and who stands behind it. An investigation is ongoing," he told reporters on Thursday. "We hope that you will soon hear the results of this mighty effort." Mr Moualem declined to say whether the security forces had detained anyone in connection with the attack or name the chief suspects.
"I cannot comment to preserve the secrecy of the investigation," he said. "The fighter Imad Mughniyeh was the target of lots of intelligence agencies. He was a backbone of the Islamic resistance." Nevertheless, Mr Moualem asserted Mughniyeh's death had "assassinated all efforts for peace" between Syria and Israel.
The two countries remain technically at war and tensions between them have risen in recent months, with Israeli jets violating Syrian airspace and the government demanding Damascus abandon its support for Hezbollah.
The Iranian Foreign Minister, Manouchehr Mottaki, was, however, adamant that Israel lay behind Tuesday's bombing. "The Zionist entity will not harvest the fruit," he warned. On Friday morning, the Iranian Arabic-language TV channel, al-Alam, broadcast what it said was footage taken with a mobile phone of the bombing. The report claimed the video showed the explosion of a booby-trapped car parked next to Mughniyeh's vehicle. It said the bomb was detonated by remote control. 'Open war' Mr Moualem's comments came hours after Sheikh Nasrallah blamed Israel for his death and said its war against the Jewish state was not over. "Zionists, if you want this sort of open war, then let the whole world hear, so be it!" he told crowds of mourners at Mughniyeh's funeral in Beirut.
Sheikh Nasrallah said that Israel thought that killing "would lead to the destruction of the resistance... but they are wrong". "The blood of Imad Mughniyeh will make them [Israel] withdraw from existence," he insisted. Mughniyeh, in his late 40s, had been variously described as special operations or intelligence chief of Hezbollah's secretive military wing, the Islamic Resistance. He was top of the US "most wanted" list until he was replaced by Osama Bin Laden and other al-Qaeda leaders following the 11 September 2001 attacks. Analysts say his death is a significant blow to Hezbollah, which battled Israel in the 2006 Lebanon war with help from its Iranian and Syrian backers. Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by a group of Shia Muslim clerics after the Israeli invasion of Lebanon. It has emerged in recent years as a major political and military force in Lebanon, after military successes against Israel.
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Let’s see.....1) The Great Satan (USA) 2) The Little Satan (Israel)......man, I bet that took them HOURS to come up with.
A Lebanese security sources said Friday that a joint investigation by Syria, Iran and Hizbullah into the assassination of senior Hizbullah commander Imad Mugniyah was well under way and suspects had been arrested in Damascus.
The suspects arrested were mostly Palestinians residing in Syria, the Lebanese source said.
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http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3507229,00.html
I'm guessing these are probably people indirectly involved. They may have been providing assistance to Mossad or given help bypassing Mugniyah's security.
And about the claim...
The report claimed the video showed the explosion of a booby-trapped car parked next to Mughniyeh's vehicle.
It looks to me like the explosion was in the car...that Mughniyeh was in.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970437/posts
I think Iran did it. They have to sever loose strings before they are taken down.
Syria knows they’re going down a dead-end road with their Iranian alliance.
ping to #12
You clever fellow, you are so right! The purpetrator is.....(drum roll)....
"It's Lurker L"!
:-)
Miss Scarlet did it in the Dining Room with a candlestick...that whore.
They won't name Israel, unless they're already planning to go to war with Israel. I don't think they are ready or willing to go to war over this.
So what they'll do, is blame somebody from Lebanon or even Syria itself, who is an agent of a group that they will claim is funded or supported by the US or Israel. And then they'll go after this group, etc....
But what they'll really be doing, is going after the opponents of Bashir Assad. This will be Assad's excuse for purging the opposition without having to admit there is one.
it should only be so.
I sure would like to take credit for this POS’s death.
Car bombs aren’t really the Israeli style...
Very interesting.
If the Syrians will be stupid enough to try to do something against Israel the terrorist regime in Damascus will be destroyed once and for all.
I certainly hope so; it is long overdue and well deserved.
J, have you seen this? Very under-discussed theory from Ken Timmerman
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1970437/posts
Gotcha! (Ken Timmerman interviewed on assassination of Imad Mugniyeh)
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