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Report: Widow of slain Hezbollah terrorist blames Syria for killing
By Haaretz Service
Tags: Imad Mughniyah, terror, Syria 

Some three weeks after the assassination of Hezbollah arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyah, his widow blamed Syria for the killing, Army Radio reported Monday.

The Lebanon-based guerilla group, of which Mughniyah was deputy secretary general, repeatedly blamed Israel for the assassination, but so far no organization or state has taken responsibility for the February 12 car bombing in Damascus.

"The Syrian traitors are responsible for his death," Army Radio quoted Mughniyah's widow as telling a press conference in Tehran. "Damascus' refusal to allow Iran to investigate the incident is further proof," she said.
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According to the report, rumors abounded in the months prior to Mughniyah's death regarding a rift between himself and Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah. The rumors were that Mughniyah was attempting to take over command of the militant organization.

Mughniyah headed Hezbollah's operations branch serving in a role similar to chief of staff, and had been wanted by Israel and the United States for years due to his role in numerous bombings, hijackings and abductions in which hundreds of people were killed.

He was wanted for the bombings of the Israeli embassy and the Jewish community center in Buenos Aires in 1992 and 1994, as well as a wave of abductions of Westerns in Lebanon in the 1980s.

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      1.   WHo to blame, oh the possibilities are many 02:39  |  Adrian de Klerk 26/02/08
      2.   his brethren did it... 02:47  |  jewish doctor 26/02/08
      3.   Very interesting - Israel protecting Nasrallah 02:54  |  IsraFan 26/02/08
      4.   I must be blind 03:10  |  Mark Lincoln 26/02/08
      5.   Hizbullah had him killed 03:22  |  Simone 26/02/08
      6.   Syria was responsible, never in doubt. 03:41  |  El-Birawi 26/02/08
      7.   Ahahaa! 03:44  |  Brad 26/02/08
      8.   That was an absolutely terrible thing for Syriato do 03:47  |  Mu 26/02/08
      9.   That was an absolutely terrible thing for Syria to do 03:52  |  Murray of Montreal 26/02/08
      10.   iran behind mughniyah killing 04:19  |  jorge luis 26/02/08
      11.   Mughniyahs demise. 04:48  |  Mr. Smith 26/02/08
      12.   The Cowmen and the Farmers should be Friends! 04:59  |  Fred McCann 26/02/08
      13.   They faked his death 05:39  |  Nuri 26/02/08
      14.   Mark Lincoln 05:40  |  Avrum 26/02/08
      15.   Another victim of remote mind control by Mosad. 05:53  |  Darth Zaider (Ed) 26/02/08
      16.   #4 Interesting point, Mark Lincoln 05:55  |  Johnboy 26/02/08
      17.   Charlie Wilson`s War 05:56  |  Mark 26/02/08
      18.   State Terrorism Involved 05:57  |  Javed Akbari 26/02/08
      19.   AGAIN. All the Israel haters gone deaf mute! Arabs do not count!! 06:08  |  PETER SM 26/02/08
      20.   Syria Exterminates Terrorists 06:09  |  Yosemite 26/02/08
      21.   POP. MAUREEN. WHERE are you ? 06:13  |  PETER SM 26/02/08
      22.   Hmmm tracing this story..... 06:17  |  Johnboy 26/02/08
      23.   Try Russia and China 06:22  |  Fred 26/02/08
      24.   Mark Lincoln 06:28  |  Nikita 26/02/08
      25.   What happened to the Israel bashers for this story? 07:05  |  PlanoStu 26/02/08
      26.   Bullshit 07:07  |  3akham 26/02/08
      27.   next we`ll be told elvis is alive and well living in tel aviv 07:09  |  ralph 26/02/08
      28.   I am sure it is Israel. Who else could benefit from it? 07:45  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/02/08
      29.   #8 Mu, this is Israel, as always-not Syria, it is clear to me 07:47  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/02/08
      30.   Syrian traitors 07:47  |  akiva (zionist) 26/02/08
      31.   #5 Simone. This is Israel`s job. I recognize Mossad or Shabag. 07:49  |  Yaakov Sullivan 26/02/08
      32.   El-Birawi #6 08:26  |  Albert 26/02/08
      33.   PlanoStu #10 08:27  |  Albert 26/02/08
      34.   POOR LADY, HOW MUCH MORE BEFORE 08:40  |  Robert 26/02/08
      35.   Prejudgement would explain it Mark. 09:15  |  MaryRose 26/02/08
      36.   NAZIRALLAH KILL A (NARCO)TERRORIST? GO FIGURE 09:54  |  YACOV 26/02/08
      37.   Syria`s Killings in Lebanon and of Lebanese 10:11  |  Diam 26/02/08
      38.   anyway it was the 10:20  |  cool 26/02/08
      39.   4: Mark, no, just dumb 10:28  |  David Teich 26/02/08
      40.   SHE IS NAIVE...... ISRAEL DID IT 10:35  |  TripleJump 26/02/08
      41.   TRIPLEJUMP YOUR EVIDENCE BEING? "SHE IS NAIVE"? GREAT POINT !! 10:47  |  PETER SM 26/02/08
      42.   The arabs invented Israel, to have someone to blame 10:49  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/02/08
      43.   David Teich 10:56  |  TonyL 26/02/08
      44.   Muslims tend to live lives of lies 10:56  |  Johnny 26/02/08
      45.   Jayed Akbari 11:00  |  Margie in Tel Aviv 26/02/08
      46.   #40 triple jump is the naive party 11:01  |  v hardman 26/02/08
      47.   YEAH, RIGHT 11:08  |  indrajaya 26/02/08
      48.   Lincoln, Johnboy, both blind 11:15  |  FOX 26/02/08
      49.   What a romp on this TB! 11:24  |  S 26/02/08
      50.   CELEBRATING CONFUSION 11:35  |  FOX 26/02/08
      51.   David Teich 11:48  |  TonyL 26/02/08
      52.   Woops! another good PR moment out the window 11:54  |  Doc Holliday 26/02/08
      53.   C·mon Jokers, we all know its was Syria... 12:32  |  Stephen. 26/02/08
      54.   Who killed Mughniyah? 12:32  |  Michael J 26/02/08
      55.   Israel killed him and they know it. 12:59  |  pal 26/02/08
      56.   #4 Mark Lincoln....... Read Fars News 13:46  |  Lynn 26/02/08
      57.   # 16 Johnboy, Dutch et al.......try reading the Fars News 13:50  |  Lynn 26/02/08
      58.   # 18 Javed Akbari Of Iran ..... 14:03  |  Lynn 26/02/08
      59.   6El Birawi,Syria has given safe haven to many Palestinian 14:05  |  lakshmi 26/02/08
      60.   Hmmm.. no coments yet from Clickfool etc... 14:12  |  The Judge 26/02/08
      61.   It is too contrived...she is in Iran holding press conference 14:16  |  r 26/02/08
      62.   SHE OUGHTTA KNOW 14:21  |  HAMDUNI MAJNOON 26/02/08
      63.   # 28 Yaakov LOL STILL FANTISIZING? 14:25  |  petra 26/02/08
      64.   # 37 DIAM, GOOD REPORT, THANKS 14:29  |  petra 26/02/08
      65.   lynn give `em hell baby. 14:33  |  petra 26/02/08
      66.   SIMPLE::FOLLOW THE MONEY 14:44  |  TIM BUCKTU 26/02/08
      67.   Margie in the UK 14:50  |  GABE1 26/02/08
      68.   Reminder: Yaakov Sullivan is a neo-nazi freak 15:01  |  Steve Randolph 26/02/08
      69.   While it is still not clear who killed Mughniyah, carbombs are 15:14  |  common sense 26/02/08
      70.   Margie Of the UK 15:14  |  GABE1 26/02/08
      71.   Fake Sullivan #31 15:37  |  Simone 26/02/08
      72.   The Merry Widow 15:42  |  Ron 26/02/08