Following are excerpts
from an interview with 'Imad Mughniya, grandson of slain Hizbullah operations
mastermind 'Imad Mughniya, which aired on Al-Manar TV on February 16,
2012:
Interviewer:
Leaders do not die because their path lives on forever. With us in the
studio is little 'Imad Mughniya, grandson of the martyr 'Imad. Good
morning, 'Imad. How are you?
Grandmother: Say:
"Good morning."
'Imad Mughniya:
Good morning.
Interviewer: Good
morning. Don't play with the microphone, 'Imad. What would you like
to say to your grandpa, 'Imad?
'Imad Mughniya:
I love you.
Interviewer: What's
your name?
'Imad Mughniya:
'Imad Mughniya.
Interviewer: Who
are you named after?
'Imad Mughniya:
After grandpa.
Interviewer: What
are you wearing, 'Imad?
'Imad Mughniya:
Military fatigues.
Interviewer: What
do you want to be when you grow up? What do you want to be when you
grow up?
Family members:
He will be in the resistance.
'Imad Mughniya:
I will be in the resistance.
Interviewer: Like
who?
Father: Say: "like
grandpa."
'Imad Mughniya:
Like grandpa.
Grandmother: Whose
gun is this?
'Imad Mughniya:
Grandpa's.
Grandmother: That's
right. Who wants to hold the gun?
Interviewer: Hajj
'Imad entrusted little 'Imad with this.
Grandmother: Little
'Imad is taking the big gun. Go on.
[Lets 'Imad Mughniya
play with the gun]
Interviewer: That
is what Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah said, [Mughniya] left behind thousands
upon thousands of soldiers… We would like to think little 'Imad.
Grandmother:
Clever little 'Imad is now going to mama.
['Imad gets up and
leaves the studio]
[...]