Hezbollah Retribution: Beware the Ides of March

Hezbollah is under great pressure from its leaders and supporters to retaliate for the Feb. 12 assassination of Imad Mughniyah, one of its top commanders. If the organization is planning a response, it will need at least a month to dispatch operatives, conduct surveillance, gather materials, construct a bomb and then employ it. During this lag time, the precautions taken by potential targets could wane....