Talk:Imad Mugniyah
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This article contains a lot of 'alleges', 'suspected of' and 'speculated that' that aren't attributed to sources. Unless something has been confirmed to be true by general consensus we need cites and all opinions attributed to people or organisations. Ashmoo 05:35, 20 July 2006 (UTC)
The murkiness of the details surrounding his career in international terrorism is by design.
He's the operational head of Hezbollah, i.e. is responsible for planning and orchestrating its most heinous terrorist assaults. He's not a spokesman, a la Suleiman Abu Gheith, or a figurehead, such as UBL, or Hassan Nasrallah, or a "spiritual" leader, in the mold of Fadlallah or the late-and unlamented-Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.
Taking explicit credit for these terrorist operations is antithetical to the very demands of his job, which is why it is so difficult to pin him down. The same problem exists for the operational heads of other terrorist organizations, e.g. Saif al-Adl, or Mohammed Deif.
That being said, his orchestration and involvement in the July 14, 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847-and murder of Robert Stethem-has been documented extensively, i.e. eyewitness accounts, film footage, etc...
The other terrorist attacks are generally ascribed to him because of his leading-although somewhat murky-leadership position in Hezbollah, and his service on the Shura Council, ties to the current Iranian regime, etc...
Ruthfulbarbarity 22:44, 27 July 2006 (UTC)
