The emerging buzz today is that Hezbollah leader and co-founder Imad Mughniyeh was killed early this morning by a carbomb in Syria. CNN describes him as “suspected in some of the deadliest terrorist attacks of the last 25 years and a reputed role model for Osama bin Laden.” Mughniyeh is said to be responsible for numerous terrorist attacks, including the bombing of the U.S. Embassy and marine barracks in Beiruit in 1983 and the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985. The story is still developing, but regardless, it is good news for the war on terror. Allahpundit is blogging the latest news updates, and the Council on Foreign Relations posted a biography of the terrorist. At the Jawa Report, Rusty says Mughniyeh is responsible for the death of at least 260 Americans and lists the attacks attributed to him. At the Corner, Michael Rubin provides more background on Mughniyeh and wonders “whether Sen. Arlen Specter (R-Pa.) or Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Ca.) still believe that their private consultations with Syrian President Bashar al-Asad were successful, especially given that the Syrian president had, apparently, continued to give one of the world’s most notorious terrorists free passage and haven inside Syria.” WORLDWIDE STANDARD contributor Bill Roggio speculates on who could have been behind the attack. At Time‘s Middle East Blog, Scott MacLeod has more and explains just how dangerous this terrorist was: “Some consider Mughniyeh to have been the Bin Laden before there was a Bin Laden.” Bloggers like Purple Avenger at Ace of Spades and Greg Pollowitz at NRO’s Media Blog aren’t exactly shedding tears over Mughniyeh’s death. As Captain Ed put it, “Good riddance to Mughniyeh, and may the rest of Hezbollah’s terrorists go out the same way — and soon.”
