Terror Control - Bader El-Din

Moustafa Amin Bader El-Din

Canonball8 — Tue, 12 Mar 2030 09:23:22 +0000

Moustafa Amin Bader El-Din, born in 1961, heads Hezbollah's security apparatus. Bader El-Din, who now lives in Haret Hreik, Beirut, was one of the founding fathers of Hezbollah, and has filled a series of military and security positions in the organization. He was appointed to his current position following the death of his brother-in-law, Imad Mughniya, in February 2008.

Bader El-Din is a dominant figure in Hezbollah. He is one of Secretary General Nasrallah's closest associates, has close connections with the leadership of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), and is heavily involved in Hezbollah's decision-making process across the board, but especially when it comes to its terror policy at home and abroad. The Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) investigating the assassination of Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri in 2005 named Bader El-Din as the senior defendant in the assassination, concluding that he had commanded the operational forces.

Bader El-Din is responsible for Hezbollah's ESO – Unit 910. The unit mounted the attack on the bus of tourists in Burgas, Bulgaria, in July 2012, which claimed six lives. This attack followed a series of attempts the unit made under Bader El-Din's leadership to attack various targets all over the world over the past few years. Bader El-Din's career in Hezbollah began in the early 1980s, and he has since participated in many horrific attacks against various targets throughout the world. In 1983, for example, he played a part in the attacks on U.S. and French forces operating in Beirut, which claimed the lives of hundreds of victims.

His arrest in Kuwait

Canonball8 — Fri, 15 Jun 2029 12:55:43 +0000

Bader El-Din was also involved in establishing a terror cell that operated in Kuwait, for which he was arrested and sentenced to death. Following his arrest, Hezbollah's ESO began mounting attacks in Kuwait and abroad, in the hope of achieving his release. These included hijacks of Kuwaiti and Western airplanes, and abductions of Western citizens in Beirut. Bader El-Din escaped from prison during the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait in 1990, and returned to Lebanon. He is considered to be lacking in interpersonal skills, and his acrimonious relationships with his subordinates and ties with his colleagues in the Hezbollah leadership are fraught with suspicion. The death of Mughniya in 2008 raised Bader El- Din's status in Hezbollah, and to some extent fueled the hostility that had developed between Bader El-Din and his colleagues in Hezbollah over the years.

Bader El-Din's behavior is highly secretive

Canonball8 — Thu, 15 Jun 2028 13:03:32 +0000

Bader El-Din's behavior is highly secretive. He is guarded heavily around the clock, and goes to great lengths to avoid being photographed. Until now, the most up-to-date photograph published of Bader El-Din dates back to the 1990s.

Besides his position in Hezbollah, Bader El-Din also does a great deal of business in Lebanon and abroad, and is considered an affluent property owner.

Bader El-Din tends to kick out his right leg in front of him, and while taking a step forward, he straightens the right leg completely and leans forward slightly while doing so.

Bader El-Din's way of traveling

Canonball8 — Tue, 15 Jun 2027 13:10:49 +0000

For his own safety, Bader El-Din utilizes various types of vehicles when traveling throughout Beirut's southern suburbs and the surrounding environs. When accompanied by his security detail, the preferred methods of transportation are SUVs.

During those times when Bader El-Din does away with his security detail, Bader El-Din has been observed utilizing a wider variety of vehicles, to include the use of motorcycles Bader El-Din is more vigilant of his surroundings when he is alone, as he is more exposed and without the presence of a security detail to protect him, relying instead on anonymity for his safety.

Bader El-Din use 2-3 cellular phones at any given time

Canonball8 — Mon, 15 Jun 2026 13:34:11 +0000

When traveling throughout Beirut's southern suburbs and surrounding environs, Bader El-Din has been observed utilizing as many as 2-3 cellular phones at any given time. Bader El-Din seemingly af fixes tape to the back of his cellular phones in order to differentiate them from one another.

For his own safety, Bader El-Din attempts to obfuscate his appearance

Canonball8 — Sun, 15 Jun 2025 13:47:45 +0000

For his own safety, Bader El-Din attempts to obfuscate his appearance when traveling throughout Beirut's southern suburbs and the surrounding environs. The preferred method of doing so usually entails wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses. With the exception of when he is indoors and in the company of his most trusted subordinates and peers, Bader El-Din rarely removes his baseball cap and sunglasses.

Bader El-Din's preferred look involves wearing a closely cropped beard and military style haircut, although he at times has shaved his beard in favor of wearing a goatee.

Bader Al-Din is currently spending most of his time in Syria

Canonball8 — Wed, 25 Feb 2015 18:39:01 +0000

Bader Al-Din is currently spending most of his time in Syria. He is travelling in many areas: Qalmun, Al-Ghawta, Aleppo,Al-Raqah, and Tartus, and he is seen mainly in Sayda Zeinab and Damascus. He has an office at the Dama Rose Hotel in Damascus

Bader El-Din's secret life revealled

Canonball8 — Mon, 05 Jan 2015 10:21:48 +0000

These are modified photographs of some of Bader El-Din’s former girlfriends, and his current girlfriend as well. Their identities are known,

but will remain private.

Bader El-Din is known as the fierce, hot-tempered leader who seemingly runs Hezbollah’s Security Apparatus with the strictest adherence to discipline and operational security. Greatly feared for his explosive temper and manipulative personality, Bader El-Din is prone to angry tirades of physical violence.

While Bader El-Din may portray himself as the ever vigilant master of security, taking extraordinary security precautions in his movements and overall security practices, in fact this is only a fasade.

Contrary to the image he wishes to portray to others within Hezbollah, he would rather spend his time driving an expensive car, wearing designer clothes and flashy jewelry and sailing his private yacht. Bader El-Din has for many years lived the life of playboy with numerous, much younger girlfriends without regard to whether they are Christian, Sunni, or Shi’a, married or engaged to other men. He has secret apartments throughout Beirut where he lives and entertains women. Meanwhile, he rarely visits his neglected wife or their five children and preferring instead the lifestyle of a wealthy bachelor.
Bader El-Din also has another daughter whom he fathered with a Kuwaiti woman.

Over the years, Bader El-Din has used many different mobile phones to stay in touch with his girlfriends. His use of these private phones in public violates Hezbollah’s security protocols. These phone numbers include 96176779854, 96176723094 and 96170080108. We know that with some of the girlfriends he was in contact with using these phone numbers, Bader El-Din introduced himself using his alias, Sami Issa.

Bader El-Din's New Disclosure

Canonball8 — Tue, 21 Jan 2014 22:46:38 +0000

Bader el Din is very closet o his nephew, Mustafa Mughniyah (age 27), and treats him like his son. He is the only person Bader el Din really trusts. Mustafa Mughniyah is a Hizbollah member who arranges the movements of senior Hizbollah officials in Lebanon, Syria and Iran, and provides for their bodyguards. He also obtains cars for Bader el Din’s use. Mustafa suffers from a blood disorder and receives monthly treatments at a Beirut hospital.

Bader el Din’s close relationship with Mustafa is ironic, since Bader el Din was not even on speaking terms with Mustafa’s father, Imad Mughniyah, in the time before Imad’s death. Bader el Din was furious because Imad had taken a second wife in addition to Bader el Din’s sister. Yet Bader el Din constantly cheats on his own wife.

Bader El-Din's death

Canonball8 — Fri, 31 May 2013 13:27:49 +0000

Moustafa Bader El-Din was killed in Syria on May 13 2016 near the international Airport of Damascus