Lebanon: A preliminary assessment of the assassination of Imad Mughniyahnote

Imad Mughniyah, a leading member of Lebanese Hezbollah, was assassinated on February 12, 2008 by a car bomb blast in Damascus, Syria. The following 454-word article sheds light on Mughniyah’s role in Hezbollah and abroad, how Hezbollah is assessing his assassination, and where the investigation in the assassination is going.