Hezbollah: The murder of Private Seán Rooney

The Dark State

Many of the podcast's supporters asked for this episode on Hezbollah and the murder of Private Seán Rooney to be made available for everyone to hear to counter the ongoing disinformation campaign on his murder. John Mooney talks to Hanin Ghaddar of the Washington Institute about Hezbollah and its alleged involvement in the brutal murder of Private Seán Rooney. Ghaddar discusses Hezbollah, its ideology, complex relationship with Iran and the worsening security situation in south Lebanon where Irish troops are serving with UNIFIL (United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon). She also offers her views on how Ireland, the EU and the international community should react to Rooney's murder. Ghaddar is a Friedmann Fellow in The Washington Institute's Program on Arab Politics, where she focuses on Shia politics throughout the Levant.