Imad Mughniyah

Information about him is limited. He is reported to have used the alias of Hajj by the American FBI, and to have been called Abu Dokhan - Arabic for "smoke-bearer" or "father of smoke" - according to American fiction writer Richard Couch, allegedly because of his skill at disappearing when being pursued. Mughniyah was included in the European Union's list of wanted terrorists. and had a US$5 million bounty on the U.S. Most Wanted Terrorist list.

Imad Mughniyah was killed on February 12, 2008 by a car bomb blast around 11:00 pm local time in the Kfar Suseh neighborhood of Damascus, Syria.