[Mr Ramsbotham]

On the contrary, experience has shown that when Israel pursues a policy of taking out the heads of terror organizations, attacks against it decline. Basically it’s okay to send little Hamed or Achmed out to blow himself up, but the big boys don’t have much of an appetite for martyrdom.

[tet68]

A Claymore will ruin your day, and if anyone needed it that was him.

[jalisco555]

The funding for the assassination, according to Al-Rai, came from one of the Gulf states. The final decision to carry out the attack came from Jerusalem, the paper claimed. Israel's Channel 2 said the assassination involved interested parties from Lebanon.

According to "informed Israel sources" cited by London's Sunday Times, it was Israel's Mossad spy agency that carried out the car bombing that killed Mughniyah.

I'll bet there's a lot more collaboration between these supposed "enemies" than most of us realize.

[gakrak]

I don’t know about the rest of you folks, but I really get tired of listing to these fools shoot their mouths off, talk big and bad but never deliver. They always bite off more than they can chew. Amen.

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

Imad Mughniyeh, RIH: His Relatives and Operatives’ Relatives Thrive in Dearbornistan

FISA, anyone?

[SJackson]

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[Friend_from_the_Frozen_North]

"...added that Israel was "standing on one leg of fear and trepidation..."

Funny, I never noticed that about Israel before; I have noticed 3, 4, or 5 Arab Armies (each by itself, larger than the whole IDF) running in terror with their "tails between their legs" like the dogs they are on at least 3 or 4 occasions during the past 60 years or so.

So much for "Inshallah"...

[blasater1960]

This reminds me of what happened prior to 911.

Bin Laden, knowing that the Northern Alliance was a big threat on his flank, his murdered the much beloved General Moussad.

Could it be that the Mossad-CIA took out this guy to severely cripple the command structure of Hizbullah, on Israel's flank, prior to a pre-emptive stike on Iran?

[bvw]

Barking dog syndrome.

[G Larry]

Is sand easier to transit after it’s been turned to glass?

[goldstategop]

The only thing I don't get is why Israel didn't turn Tayyr Debba into a parking lot. The Israeli Air Force could have wiped out the enemy leadership. That was beyond stupid - a missed opportunity to strike fear into the hearts of the Jewish State's foes.

"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus

[Brian S. Fitzgerald]

LOL and even costlier for Hezbola and Syria.

[ushr435]

They will never learn not to mess with Israel.

“I will turn you around and drag you along. I will bring you from the far north and send you against the mountains of Israel. Then I will strike your bow from your left hand and make your arrows drop from your right hand. On the mountains of Israel you will fall, you and all your troops and the nations with you. I will give you as food to all kinds of carrion birds and to the wild animals.”

Ezekiel 39:2-5