According to his Lebanese passport application, Mughniyah was born in Tayr Dibba, a poor village in southern Lebanon. CIA South Group records state that he lived in Ayn Al-Dilbah; a ghetto in South Beirut. His father was a vegetable seller and during the civil war, his house was on the Green Line.
Little is known about his adolescence as he did not attract the attention of analysts until 1976 when he joined Yassir Arafat's Force 17.
His role at that time was as a sniper, targeting Christians across the Green Line. At some point he spent a year at the American University of Beirut.
Mugniyah has been implicated in many of terrorist attacks in the 1980s and 1990s, primarily American and Israeli targets. These include the April 18, 1983 bombing of the United States embassy in Beirut, Lebanon, which killed 63 people including 17 Americans.
He was later blamed for the October 23, 1983 simultaneous truck bombings against the French paratroopers and US Marine barracks. The attacks killed 58 French soldiers and 241 Marines.
Almost a year later on September 20, 1984, he attacked the US embassy annex building. The United States indicted him for the June 14, 1985 hijacking of TWA Flight 847, which resulted in the death of U.S. Navy diver Robert Stethem. He was also linked to numerous kidnappings of Westerners in Beirut through the 1980s.
He has been described as "tall, slender, well-dressed and handsome ... penetrating eyes," speaking some English but better French.
Analysts report that Mugniyah was vaporized under a tip from the Syrian Intelligence cooperating with the West to irradicate him in order for Syria to gain grounds in Lebanon with the United States.
Reuters has reported a car bomb near the Iranian college in Damascus.
Street fights in West Beirut between Shia and Sunni Mulims.
Another fight between Druze is reported in the Cjouf between Lackeys of Warlord Al-Wali Jumblat and Syrian Agent Wi’am Wahhab.
In a press conference, Chief Syrian Agent in Lebanon Nasser Kandil predicts the return of the Syrian Army to Lebanon. Unfortunately, the man is right: you know why? Because the BLOODY Lebanese are BLOODY divided once again… Not to say that Syria is an expert in igniting the fire and then it pretends to be putting it off.
The Military Court has charged 3 Lebanese Army Officers and 16 Soldiers as well as 60 Civilians with man slaughter over Black Sunday. The Army men are charged with the killing of 7 Lebanese Shia Protesters while NOT A SINGLE POLITICIAN OR CLERGYMAN WHO HAS BEEN INSTIGATING THESE INCIDENTS WAS CHARGED. BLOODY HELL OF A JUDICIAL SYSTEM… THERE IS NO BLOODY JUSTICE IN LEBANON AS LONG AS THE POLITICIANS AND CLEGYMEN ARE FREE RUNNING AROUND UNCONTESTED.
“It is impossible to co-exist with Hizbolla and we request an amicable divorce from them” – Al-Wali Jumblat on February 12, 2008.
Pro-US Lebanese Daily Al-Balad newspaper publishes its survey for the most popular Sunni Muslim to become the next Prime Minister. Leila Solh receives 43.5% of the votes followed by Saad Hariri with only 18.45%. Fouad Saniora and Tammam Salam have each gotten 8%. This clearly shows that Hariri does not command the majority of the People of Lebanon.