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An explosive device hidden in a heavily guarded complex where Ismail Haniyeh was known to stay in Iran was what killed him, according to a Times investigation.
Ismail Haniyeh, a top leader of Hamas, was assassinated on Wednesday by an explosive device covertly smuggled into the Tehran guesthouse where he was staying, according to seven Middle Eastern officials, including two Iranians, and an American official.
The bomb had been hidden approximately two months ago in the guesthouse, according to five of the Middle Eastern officials. The guesthouse is run and protected by the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps and is part of a large compound, known as Neshat, in an upscale neighborhood of northern Tehran.
Mr. Haniyeh was in Iran’s capital for the presidential inauguration. The bomb was detonated remotely, the five officials said, once it was confirmed that he was inside his room at the guesthouse. The blast also killed a bodyguard.
They did something devious and crafty, but in a country which has had major security issues for years.
Let’s not suggest they have superpowers because of it.
Also mics that are recording are super easy to sweep even incompetent intelligence operations will find them because all you need is a beep wand type apparatus that can check for electric signals where there shouldn’t be any, bombs however are a lot harder to find because that would require having well trained dogs on multiple types of exploaives that don’t do anything other than just sniffing explosives. These dogs take years of discipline that requires competence by definition.
A lot of sniffing dogs are bullshit anyway. The ones the police use for drugs in the US just take a signal from the officer when to signal.