Imad Mughniyeh: a career in terror

Mughniyeh in an FBI photograph Photograph: FBI/HO

Mughniyeh was indicted in the US for the 1985 hijacking of a TWA airliner Photograph: Alain Nogues/Corbis

January 17 1987: Terry Waite, pictured with bodyguards in Lebanon shortly before being kidnapped in an operation thought to have been masterminded by Mughniyeh Photograph: Maher Attar/Corbis

October 4 1985: William Buckley, the CIA section chief in Beirut, in a photograph distributed by Islamic Jihad with a memo announcing his execution. Mughniyeh was rumoured to have been personally involved in both the kidnap and the killing Photograph: Getty

Buenos Aires, March 17, 1992: Wreckage at the Israeli embassy after a bomb exploded, killing 29 people. Israel believe Mughniyeh was involved in planning the attack Photograph: Daniel Garcia/Getty

Beirut, Lebanon, April 19 1983: The US embassy after a car bomb attack killed more than 60 people. Islamic Jihad, believed to have links to Hizbullah, claimed responsibility Photograph: AP

Beirut, Lebanon, October 23 1983: The aftermath of an attack on US marine headquarters. More than 350 American and French nationals, including 240 US service personnel, died in the attack, which led to the withdrawal of peacekeeping troops from the region Photograph: Bill Foley/AP

A poster showing how long John McCarthy had been imprisoned. Mughniyeh was wanted in connection with the journalist's 1986 kidnapping Photograph: Tim Hawkins/Corbis

Buenos Aires, Argentina, July 18 1994: Rescue workers search through the rubble of the Argentine Israeli Mutual Association after a car bomb attack that killed 85. Mughniyeh was believed to have planned the blast Photograph: Enrique Marcarian/Reuters/Corbis