---
aliases:
- Imad Mughniyah
born: 1962-12-07
category: Psychics & Remote Viewers
died: 2008-02-12
location: Tayr Dibba, Lebanon
summary: Imad Mughniyah (1962–2008) was a prominent leader of Hezbollah's terrorist
  operations.
tags:
- Person
- RemoteViewer
---

Imad Mughniyah (1962–2008) was a prominent leader of Hezbollah's terrorist operations. He was believed to have carefully orchestrated the abduction of Marine Lieutenant Colonel [William Richard Higgins](/people/william-richard-higgins/) in [Lebanon](/places/lebanon/) in 1988[^1].

Mughniyah had a history of involvement in significant terrorist attacks against U.S. interests. He oversaw the 1983 suicide bombing of the U.S. Embassy in Beirut, which killed sixty-three people, mostly [Central Intelligence Agency](/organizations/central-intelligence-agency/) and embassy staff. Six months later, he also oversaw the Beirut Marine barracks suicide bombing, a terrorist attack that resulted in the deaths of 241 U.S. service personnel, including 220 Marines[^1].

In the 1980s, Mughniyah was considered one of the leading terrorist masterminds in the world. The [DIA](/organizations/defense-intelligence-agency/) feared he was holding Higgins captive and that he would torture Higgins to extract classified information[^1].

[^1]: Jacobsen, Annie. *Phenomena: The Secret History of the U.S. Government's Investigations into Extrasensory Perception and Psychokinesis*. Little, Brown and Company, 2017.