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Hezbollah
A Dictionary of Contemporary World History
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Hezbollah (‘party of allah’) A radical
Islamic fundamentalist party and guerrilla organization. It emerged in response to Israel's occupation of Lebanon (1982–4), and was primarily committed to the expulsion of the Israeli military from southern Lebanon. For this purpose, it committed regular attacks on military targets, as well as civilian targets in northern Israel. Ultimately, it was pledged to the destruction of the state of Israel, and the erection of a theocratic Islamic Palestinian state. In response to the
Gaza-Jericho agreement of 1993, it joined a radical Arab alliance to fight the subsequent Middle Eastern peace process, which it managed to put at serious risk in 1996, when its attacks on northern Israel triggered heavy Israeli bombardment of southern Lebanon.
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Hezbollah's growing regional role piques Arabs
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 5/21/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...to see the fingerprints of Lebanon's Hezbollah all over the Middle East, adding to...rift. The worry comes at a time when Hezbollah, a Shiite militant group and political...June 7 elections. The double whammy by Hezbollah _ of growing political influence at home...
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Hezbollah becoming more visible in West Bank after assassination of its military chief
News Wire article from: AP Worldstream; 3/13/2008; ; 700+ words
; Hezbollah is coming, mourners chanted at Thursday...flag of the Lebanese guerrilla group. A Hezbollah flag, along with Hamas banners, also...security officials say is a front for Hezbollah claimed responsibility for the rampage...
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Hezbollah's social Jihad: nonprofits as resistance organizations.
Magazine article from: Middle East Policy; 6/22/2009; ; 700+ words
; ...Beirut taxi driver hears news that the Hezbollah-operated television station where...abduction of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah militants in July 2006. While Lebanese public opinion regarding the Hezbollah abductions is divided, most agree...
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Hezbollah's dark hand; Smearing Lebanon's free press.(OPED)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 1/28/2008; 700+ words
; ...international terrorist groups, Lebanon-based Hezbollah has always relied on the classic methodology...of manipulating the same. Groups like Hezbollah, al Qaeda and others continue to wage...overtly terrorizing. In the case of Hezbollah, there is a new and far more sinister...
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Hezbollah raid could spark full-scale war in Mideast
Newspaper article from: Winnipeg Free Press; 7/13/2006; ; 700+ words
; ...raid yesterday, the Shia militant group Hezbollah could ignite a full-scale war in the...the Israeli response, opposition to Hezbollah is likely to grow within Lebanon. The...Prime Minister Rafik Hariri last year. Hezbollah is under pressure like never before to...
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Hezbollah's power play.(EDITORIALS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 5/18/2008; 700+ words
; ...TIMES There are four major goals behind Hezbollah's recent display of raw military power...Egypt and Saudi Arabia. In effect, Hezbollah has staged a de facto coup, making it...cancel a series of May 8 decisions that Hezbollah objected to when it blockaded the Beirut...
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Hezbollah ties let Syria have it both ways in Mideast: Gets benefits without responsibility.(World)(Briefing/Middle East)(News Analysis)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 4/24/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...relationship with the Shi'ite fundamentalist Hezbollah, or Party of God, in southern Lebanon. Hezbollah, which has bombarded northern Israel with...diplomatic sources are convinced that while Hezbollah undoubtedly enjoys massive support from...
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Hezbollah's rearmament.(EDITORIALS)
Newspaper article from: The Washington Times; 3/21/2007; 700+ words
; ...WASHINGTON TIMES Ever since the the Israel-Hezbollah cease-fire ending last summer's war...While attention has been focused on Hezbollah's ongoing efforts to topple the Lebanese...Minister Fuad Siniora, a Sunni Muslim, Hezbollah appears to be laying the groundwork for...
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Hezbollah's Sheikh Nabil Qaouk: "As Long as There Is Occupation, There Will Be Resistance"
Magazine article from: The Washington Report on Middle East Affairs; 3/31/1999; ; 700+ words
; Hezbollah's Sheikh Nabil Qaouk: "As Long as...approximately 114) were conducted by Hezbollah. The Lebanese Shi'i militia's record...armed resistance in the south has earned Hezbollah strong support among southerners, and...
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Hezbollah acknowledges teaching guerrilla warfare to Palestinians.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service; 4/20/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...Lebanon _ The militant Islamic group Hezbollah is training Palestinian fighters in Gaza...The acknowledgement from the head of Hezbollah's parliamentary bloc in the Lebanese...expect confrontation in Gaza," said the Hezbollah official, Mohammed Raad. "If the Palestinians...
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Hezbollah
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Hezbollah [Arab., = Party...Israeli forces occupying S Lebanon, Hezbollah launched guerrilla attacks and suicide...financially by Iran and individual Shiites, Hezbollah established a Shiite social-services...
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Khobar Towers Bombing Incident
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of Espionage, Intelligence, and Security
...of the Lebanon-based militant group Hezbollah claimed responsibility. Terrorism experts...bombing, in part because it backs the Hezbollah. Iranian officials denied playing a...indictment, all fourteen men were members of Hezbollah, working on orders from Iranian government...
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Lebanon
Book article from: A Dictionary of World History
...parties, Amal and the fundamentalist Hezbollah, to gain the most seats. Rafik Hariri...attacks by the radical, Iran-backed Hezbollah guerrillas against the Israeli-supported...violent clashes in southern Lebanon between Hezbollah and Israeli troops. Thousands of civilians...
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Hostage Crises
Dictionary entry from: Dictionary of American History
...extremist Shiite groups with ties to Iran, including one known as Hezbollah (Party of God), began to seize Western hostages and demand...release of Islamic activists from Israeli jails. By early 1985 Hezbollah had seized seven U.S. citizens. In response, the Reagan...
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Hariri, Rafic
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of World Biography
...major appointments past them. He did not have much control over the country's foreign policy. Also, the militant group Hezbollah, supported by Syria and Iran, controlled much of southern Lebanon. “I want to go down in the history books as...
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