Report - Imad Mugniyah - Seriously hurt

From Gertz (Sub req - excerpted)

Imad Mughniyah, the man responsible for killing more Americans in the Levant than any other terrorist, is believed to be seriously injured in Beirut.

Mughniyah, the foreign liaison and intelligence chief for Hizbullah, attended a Hizbullah meeting of commanders on July 19 when Israeli fighter-jets struck their headquarters in southern Beirut. Western intelligence sources said part of the command bunker collapsed, killing or wounding most of the dozen people inside.

"The only one who we know escaped was [Hizbullah Secretary-general] Hassan Nasrallah," an intelligence source said. "We know that most of the other military commanders were in that room."

For years, Mughniyah, born in Lebanon from a Palestinian family, has been on the top of the U.S. list of terrorists. In 2001, the FBI offered a $25 million reward for information leading to his capture. He was accused of being responsible for the killing of 250 U.S. Marines in a series of 1983 bombings in Beirut.

Mughniyah has also been the bane of France and Israel. He reportedly participated in the bombing of a French paratrooper barracks in Lebanon in 1983.

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