Samir Qantar (also spelled Kuntar) was the leading militant
released by Israel as part of the prisoner swap with Hezbollah in
which Israel received the remains of two dead soldiers. In 1979,
Qantar killed three Israelis -- he
shot a father in front of his four year-old daughter, and crushed
the young girl's skull with a rifle butt.
Despite the fact that he's a grizzly cold-blooded killer, not
only will he be receiving a hero's welcome in Lebanon, but it may
launch his political career: