Editing Imad Mughniyeh (section)

==Personality==
According to former CIA agent [[Robert Baer]], "Mughniyah is probably the most intelligent, most capable operative we’ve ever run across, including the KGB or anybody else. He enters by one door, exits by another, changes his cars daily, never makes appointments on a telephone, never is predictable. He only uses people that are loyal to him that he can fully trust. He doesn't just recruit people."<ref name="kohn" /> He was described as "tall, slender, well-dressed and handsome ... penetrating eyes," speaking some English but better French.<ref>According to hostage David Jacobsen. Wright, Robin, ''Sacred Rage'', Simon and Schuster, (2001), p. 274</ref>

"Both [[bin Laden]] and Mughniyeh were pathological killers," 30-year veteran CIA officer Milton Bearden said. "But there was always a nagging amateurishness about bin Laden—his wildly hyped background, his bogus and false claims. … Bin Laden cowered and hid. Mughniyeh spent his life giving us the finger."<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://foreignpolicy.com/2013/04/29/the-driver/|title=The Driver|last=Perry|first=Mark|website=Foreign Policy|date=29 April 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=2020-04-19|archive-date=5 February 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170205213155/http://foreignpolicy.com/2013/04/29/the-driver/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Nasrallah also stated that, "Hajj Imad is among the best leaders and commanders in the Lebanese arena. He had an important role during the occupation [of southern Lebanon by Israel] by 2000. But as for his relationship with Hezbollah, we maintain the tradition of not discussing names."<ref name="Blanford">{{cite magazine|url=http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1713020,00.html|title=Hizballah Mourns Its Shadowy Hero|author=Nicholas Blanford|date=13 February 2008|magazine=Time|access-date=4 January 2020|archive-date=13 April 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160413004001/http://content.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1713020,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref>

After his death, Mugniyeh acquired a storied and folkloric persona. To many in his home country, Lebanon, and in the Middle East, he symbolizes resistance to foreign military occupation, a hero and a mastermind who single-handedly drove out the American and Israeli armies. The man behind the [[stabbing of Salman Rushdie]], had a fake driver's license with the name Hassan Mughniyah, which suggests a mix between the forename and surname of [[Hassan Nasrallah]] and Imad Mughniyeh, respectively.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bone |first=Hollie |date=2022-08-13 |title=Salman Rushdie stabbing suspect 'had fake ID in name of Hezbollah commander' |url=https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-had-27732986 |access-date=2022-08-18 |website=mirror |language=en |archive-date=18 August 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220818225352/https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/salman-rushdie-stabbing-suspect-had-27732986 |url-status=live }}</ref>

According to his family, he was a dedicated father and had a reputation for modesty, respect and humility, to the extent that his neighbors in Syria thought he was a driver for the Iranian embassy.<ref name=":1" />