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Hezbollah

Extremist Muslim organization founded by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who were sent to Lebanon after the 1979 Iranian revolution. Its aim is to spread the Islamic revolution of Iran among the Shiite population of Lebanon. Hezbollah is believed to be the umbrella movement of the groups that held many of the Western hostages taken from 1984.

In 1996 Hezbollah guerrillas, opposed to the Middle East peace process, engaged in renewed hostilities with Israeli forces stationed in southern Lebanon.



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The war with Israel provoked by Hezbollah in July 2006, in which thousands of people became refugees, was popular among the Shi-ite Muslims with Hezbollah claiming victory, despite over 1000 fatalities among civilians and huge damages to the country's infrastructure.
Where to, Lebanon? by Catholic Insight
1 by Hezbollah and its allies, aiming to topple the government headed by Prime Minister Fouad Siniora.
An historic and frightening moment in Beirut by Khouri, Rami G. / Washington Report on Middle East Affairs
Here is the non sequitur that leaps off the page: "Iran's Hezbollah terrorist proxies have turned Lebanon into an inferno.
"Iran Behind the Veil" by Flangan, Pat / The New American
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