Covert agency behind string of ruthless killings

TWO years ago this week, a bomb exploded in a jeep in Damascus decapitating Imad Mughniyeh. It bore all the hallmarks of a Mossad assassination.

As is traditional, Israel maintained its traditional silence about the killing, neither confirming or denying its involvement.

Silence is one of Mossad’s most potent weapons, helping spread its mysterious and fearsome reputation around the Arab world.