Aviv said that the Syrian had ties to Hezbollah terrorists, who were holding Westerners as hostages in Beirut.
Yet he still does not see that he was engaged in an arms-for-hostages exchange because the Hezbollah terrorists, rather than the Iranians, had custody of the hostages.
Syria now occupies that once-independent nation, hosting Iran's Hezbollah terrorists.
Finally the Israelis were able to strike back at the sheik and his Hezbollah terrorists by sending in a commando force to capture him.
He apparently sent a tough message to the Hezbollah terrorists: There would be costs to killing another American.
Hezbollah terrorists, with support from Syria and Iran, sowed conflict in the region and are seeking to undermine Lebanon's legitimately elected government.
The Hezbollah terrorists have adopted the same logic of holding the Israeli people responsible for the actions of their government.
The Bahraini government consistently dismissed sectarian unrest as the work of Hezbollah terrorists instigated and supported by Iran.
How long have we been piddling with the Palestinians about those Hezbollah terrorists who hit the Hollywood Bowl?
Two things must be said loudly and clearly about the proclaimed execution Monday of Lieut. Col. William Higgins by Hezbollah terrorists.