Hezbollah
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Arab World: A democratically elected puppet?...not that rosy. Opposition parties will have 10 ministers in the new government, or a third of the total. Two of these ministers belong to Hizbullah, an organization taking its orders from Iran. Though the organization is legal, per se, its... In this article: Hizbullah, Saad Hariri, Michel Suleiman, Syria, Rafik Hariri, Damascus, Michel Aoun, Walid Jumblatt, and Lebanon |
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USATODAY.com | 1 day ago
Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader
Hezbollah leader Sheik Hassan Nasrallah, center, walks among supporters during a commemoration in a Beirut suburb in 2008. BEIRUT (AP) The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the...
In this article: Hassan Nasrallah, Beirut, All rights reserved, USA Today, and Abbas Musawi
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Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader
In this article: Hassan Nasrallah, Beirut, Lebanon, All rights reserved, USA Today, and Abbas Musawi
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AP Online | 1 day ago
Hassan Nasrallah re-elected as Hezbollah leader
BEIRUT (AP) - The militant Hezbollah group announced Thursday that Sheik Hassan Nasrallah has been re-elected as the Shiite Muslim group's leader for a sixth term. A Hezbollah statement did not say when the group's top officials voted to...
In this article: Hassan Nasrallah, Abbas Musawi, Lebanon, Beirut, United States, and Israel
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Lebanon's new Cabinet leery of Hezbollah dispute
...and could strike deep into Israel. The U.N. resolution that ended a bitter 2006 monthlong war between Hezbollah and Israel called for Hezbollah's disarmament, something the group has strongly rejected. The new Lebanese government formed...
In this article: Saad Hariri, Lebanon, Israel, Syria, Beirut, and Rafik Hariri
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L.A. Times - Babylon & Beyond | November 12, 2009
MIDDLE EAST: Israel, Hezbollah in warning war
...in southern Lebanon. A few days later, Deputy Prime Minister Moshe Yaalon also confirmed that Israel was gathering intelligence. When Hezbollah is disarmed and the border becomes one of peace, we will stop, he said. Hezbollah isn't...
In this article: Israel, United Nations, Lebanon, Iran, Gabi Ashkenazi, Hassan Nasrallah, Syria, and Polyethylene
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BBC News | November 11, 2009
Hezbollah dismisses Obama pledges
...days after Israel's navy seized a ship it said was carrying hundreds of tonnes of weapons destined for Hezbollah. Israel and Hezbollah fought a war in 2006 during which more than 1,200 Lebanese, mostly civilians, were killed. Some 160...
In this article: Barack Obama, Hassan Nasrallah, US, Israel, Islamic, Lebanon, and West Bank
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washingtonpost.com | November 11, 2009
Hezbollah leader lashes out at Obama
...that can now reach the Jewish state's largest cities. He also did not comment on Israel's seizure of a ship last week carrying weapons it said originated in Iran and were destined for Hezbollah - a claim Hezbollah has already denied.
In this article: Barack Obama, Hassan Nasrallah, Israel, Lebanon, Gabi Ashkenazi, Beirut, U.N., and George W. Bush
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Hezbollah 'could strike Tel Aviv'
...tonnes of rockets, hand grenades and mortars found on board the Francop last week were being transported from Iran to Hezbollah. Hezbollah denies any link to the weapons, accusing Israel of "piracy" in seizing the ship. Maj Gen...
In this article: Israel, Tel Aviv, UN, Lebanon, Haaretz, Hand grenade, Gabi Ashkenazi, UN Security Council, and Hamas
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Israel says major cities are in Hezbollah's range
...of violating that cease-fire and says Iran and Syria are colluding in smuggling arms to the group. Israeli officials have said they believe Hezbollah has managed to triple its prewar arms stockpile to more than 40,000 rockets. Last week,...
In this article: Israel, Gabi Ashkenazi, Hamas, Gaza, U.N., Palestinian militant, Tel Aviv, and Litani River
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Hezbollah (Arabic: حزب الله ', literally "party of God") is a Shi'a Islamist political and paramilitary organisation based in Lebanon. Hezbollah is now also a major provider of social services, which operate schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for thousands of Lebanese Shiites, and plays a significant force in Lebanese politics. It is regarded as a resistance movement throughout much of the Arab and Muslim world.
Many governments, including Arab ones, have condemned actions by Hezbollah while others have praised the party. Several western countries regard it in whole or in part as a terrorist organization.
Hezbollah first emerged as a militia in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, also known as Operation Peace for Galilee, in 1982, set on resisting the Israeli occupation of Lebanon during the Lebanese civil war. Its leaders were inspired by Ayatollah Khomeini, and its forces were trained and organized by a contingent of Iranian Revolutionary Guards. Hezbollah's 1985 manifesto listed its three main goals as "putting an end to any colonialist entity" in Lebanon, bringing the Phalangists to justice for "the crimes they [had] perpetrated," and the establishment of an Islamic regime in Lebanon. Hezbollah leaders have also made numerous statements calling for the destruction of Israel, which they refer to as a "Zionist entity... built on lands wrested from their owners."
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