IMAD MUGHNIYEH was cooperating with the SYRIANS,assassination, allegedly carried out by the MOSSAD

Feb 17, 2008 7:00 | Updated Feb 17, 2008 7:17
'Mughniyeh, Syria were planning attack'
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At the time of his assassination, allegedly carried out by the Mossad, arch-terrorist Imad Mughniyeh was cooperating with the Syrians in planning an attack against Israeli targets to avenge an Israel Air Force strike on a Syrian site in September 2007, according to "informed Israeli sources" quoted by the British Sunday Times on Sunday.

According to "Israeli intelligence sources" quoted by the paper, Mossad agents replaced the headrest of the driver's seat in Mughiyeh's SUV with another headrest containing a small cache of explosives.

Israel, according to the Times report, believes that Mughniyeh was also charged with rehabilitating Hizbullah's arsenal after the blows it suffered during the Second Lebanon War. Mughniyeh allegedly rearmed the group with Iranian Fateh 110 rockets, which can reach Tel Aviv and, according to the report may also be capable of delivering a chemical payload.

According to a source quoted by the report, on the day after the assassination Mossad Chief Meir Dagan was summoned by Prime Minister Ehud Olmert to Jerusalem, where he was "complimented by his boss" on a job well done and told that his contract at the helm of the intelligence agency would be extended through the end of 2009.

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