Hezbollah blames Israel for assassination of commander Hassan al-Laqis in Beirut, Lebanon

[oberliner]

Source: CBS

A senior commander for the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah was gunned down Wednesday outside his home in southern Beirut, security officials said. Hezbollah blamed Israel for the killing, something an official there quickly denied.

Hezbollah immediately announced the death of Hassan al-Laqis and described him as one of the founding members of the group, suggesting he was a high-level commander close to the party's leadership. It said in a statement al-Laqis was killed as he returned home from work around midnight, without offering details about how he died.

Lebanese security officials said assailants opened fire on al-Laqis with an assault rifle while he was in his car, parked at the residential building where he lived in the Hadath neighborhood, some two miles southwest of Beirut.

He was rushed to a nearby hospital but died early Wednesday from his wounds, the officials said. They spoke on condition of anonymity in line with regulations.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/news/hezbollah-says-israel-killed-top-commander-in-beirut/

[Alamuti Lotus]

1. He had been around since the start..

Many Israeli attempts on his life in the past. However, I doubt that this present act is their handiwork--it is not sufficiently blundered and botched to be a Mossad attack. Sheikh Assir's salafist fanatics are on the warpath, backed with Saudi money and arms. Hizbullah and Iran need to ditch their appeasement of this worsening threat, take the kid gloves off and at least direct attention where it is due. Blaming "Israel" at these times is just a means for avoiding the elephant in the room. This is not to downplay Israel's constantly hostile predations, but rather to accurately assess matters for what they are and not what is a most convenient PR measure.

[oberliner]

2. "...it is not sufficiently blundered and botched to be a Mossad attack"

Good stuff.

[Alamuti Lotus]

3. Even when the message is "don't blame da jooz lol!"

You still find something to complain about. Better stuff.
There's just no pleasing some people, and it is fortunate that I don't expend much effort towards that end.

[lostincalifornia]

4. Interesting, so you are suggesting that Hizbullah and Iran go into an all out war. That is all the

middle east needs, and it is attitudes like that why there are endless wars

Maybe you should volunteer if you are so anxious to see a war

[Alamuti Lotus]

5. I am suggesting there is already an all-out war

But only one side is acting accordingly at the present, to the severe and repeated detriment of the other.

[7962]

6. Fighting amongst themselves. Israel should just sit back and let them.

Of course, they'll still be blamed for everything from shootings to bad weather.