*****BIRTH PANG WATCH****** SICKENING BEIRUT - Hezbollah supporters turned out in force on Monday to bury the son of the groups late commander, one of six fighters who died in an alleged Israeli air strike in neighboring Syria that also killed an Iranian general. The killings raised the possibility of a retaliatory attack, with a senior Iranian official suggesting that Israel would be hit at the right time and right place. An Israeli defense official said escalation was possible. Jihad Mughniyeh was buried in Beirut alongside his father Imad Mughniyeh, who was assassinated in Damascus in 2008. Though it was unclear what role Mughniyeh, who was in his mid-20s, played in Hezbollah, his death represented a symbolic blow to the Shiite Islamist group that his father helped to found with Iranian backing in the early 1980s. It was the biggest Hezbollah funeral since Imad Mughniyehs own burial, underscoring Jihads significance to the movement.
Posted on: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 18:05:04 +0000
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