To no one's surprise (least of all Rico), the Iranians, the Syrians, and an ex-CIA officer named Bruce Riedel all say that Israel was behind the car bombing in Damascus that killed Imad Mugniyah.
The US, of course, for its own reasons, does not lament the death of Mugniyah. "The world is a better place without this man in it. He was a cold-blooded killer, a mass murderer and a terrorist responsible for countless innocent lives lost," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack. "One way or another he was brought to justice." McCormack said he did not know who was responsible for the killing of Mugniyah.
Mugniyah was implicated in the 1983 bombings of the US Embassy and US Marine and French peacekeeping barracks in Beirut, which killed over 350 people, as well as the 1992 bombing of the Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires and the kidnapping of Westerners in Lebanon in the 1980s. Mugniyah was under indictment in the United States for his role in planning and participating in the June 14, 1985, hijacking of a US TWA airliner and the killing of an American passenger.
Rico says no matter who did it, couldn't have happened to a nicer guy...
20 February 2008
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