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HEZBOLLAH

"Army of Allah." It should be noted that though this translates as "The party of Allah," the Hezb- is also a chapter of the Koran, so it is, thus, a "chapter" of Allah. This would be the equivalent of our calling the U.S. Army "The Army of God."

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Hezbollah - Origins. Hezbollah was formed from numerous other Lebanese Shia groups shortly after Israel's 1982 invasion, largely fought in mainly Shia southern Lebanon. The group was conceived by Iran, or at least was aided in its inception by the arrival in Lebanon of 1,500 Islamic revolutionary guards from Iran, three years after that country's own Islamic Revolution in 1979. Iran, as an Islamic republic — a Shia one — remains a close ally, financial backer, arms supplier and model for Hezbollah. Syria back ...

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Shiites seek revenge on Sunnis for the revenge they sought on Shiites; Irish Catholics retaliate against the Protestants who retaliated against them; Hezbollah and Hamas retaliate against Israel who in turn retaliates back.

In each of these instances, people on one side claim that they are merely responding to provocation and dismiss the other side's identical claim as disingenuous spin. But psychology research suggests that these claims reflect genuinely different perceptions of the same reality.

This article, by Daniel Gilbert professor of psychology at Harvard, gives an understanding to why the conflict in the Middle East can escalate into madness without the parties themselves being aware of their own role.

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Al Manar (المنار) is the TV station of the controversial Lebanese organization Hezbollah (sometimes spelled Hizbullah). Both Hezbollah and Al-Manar are listed as terrorist organization by the United States State Department. Al-Manar - Content. Al-Manar is a TV channel, dedicated to promoting Hezbollah's views and interests. It serves to convey official statements by Hezbollah and broadcasts Hassan Nasrallah's speeches. In addition to news, speeches and religion-shows, Al-Manar be ...

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United Nations Security Council Resolution 1559 was a resolution adopted by the United Nations Security Council on September 2, 2004. It called upon Syria to end its military presence in Lebanon by withdrawing its forces and to cease intervening in internal Lebanese politics. The resolution also called on all Lebanese militias (including Hezbollah) to disband. Nine countries voted in favor: Angola, Benin, Chile, France, Germany, Romania, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Six countries abstained: Algeria, Bra ...

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Conseil Représentatif des Institutions juives de France (English: Representative Council of French Jewish Institutions) is an umbrella organization of French Jewish organizations. CRIF opposes anti-Semitism and policies that they perceive to be anti-Semitic. CRIF generally supports Zionist goals and the state of Israel, although CRIF denounced Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's 2004 characterization of anti-Semitism in France and his calls for all French Jews to emigrate to Israel. On 20 November 2004, CRIF accused the French gove ...

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The April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing was the April 18, 1983, suicide bombing of the United States Embassy in Beirut, Lebanon. It was the deadliest attack on a US diplomatic mission up to that time, and is seen by some as marking the beginning of anti-US attacks by Islamist groups. The bomb was detonated in a delivery van driven by a suicide bomber, carrying about 400 pounds (181 kg). The van, believed stolen from the embassy a year before, gained access to the embassy compound and parked under the portico at the very front of th ...

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The 1983 Beirut barracks bombing was a major incident during the Lebanese Civil War. It occurred on October 23, 1983, in Beirut, Lebanon, where an international peacekeeping force had been set up after the Israeli invasion in 1982. 1983 Beirut barracks bombing - The bombing. On October 23, around 6:20 AM, a yellow Mercedes delivery truck drove to Beirut International Airport, where the United States Marines had their local headquarters. It turned onto an access road leading to the compound and circled a par ...

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Darrell E. Issa (pronounced Eye-suh) (born November 1, 1953), American politician, has been a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives since 2001, representing the 49th District of California ([1]). The district, which was numbered the 48th during his first term, consists of portions of southern Riverside County and northern San Diego County. He was born in Cleveland to Lebanese immigrants and enlisted in the Army during his senior year of high school, retiring in 1980 with the rank of captain. He attended Siena Heights College on an ROTC scholarship. He later moved to Vista, Cal ...

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Communications in Lebanon - Telephones in Lebanon. Telephones - main lines in use: 700,000 (2003) Telephones - mobile cellular: 600,000 (2003) Telephone system: telecommunications system severely damaged by civil war; rebuilding well underway domestic: primarily microwave radio relay and cable international: satellite earth stations - 2 Intelsat (1 Indian Ocean and 1 Atlantic Ocean) (erratic operations); coaxial cable to Syria; microwave radio rel ...

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A car bomb is an improvised explosive device that is placed in a car or other vehicle and then exploded. It is commonly used as a weapon of assassination, terrorism, or guerrilla warfare, to kill the occupant(s) of the vehicle or people near the blast site or to cause damage to buildings or other property. Car bombs act as their own delivery mechanisms and can carry a relatively large amount of explosive without attracting suspicion. Automobiles or trucks are most commonly used, although motorcycles and ev ...

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Hezbollah has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States [2] the United Kingdom [3], the Netherlands[4], Canada [5][6] and Australia [7]; the U.S. Department of State notes that Hezbollah has killed more than 300 American citizens (over 200 of whom were U.S Marines in Lebanon - though accountability for the Marine barracks bombing has never been thoroughly established). Russia has only recently begun to draw up a list of organizations it classifies as terrorist, which may reflect that of the EU [8]. The European Union has designated Hezbollah's External Security Organiza ...

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The organization views an Islamic republic, on the Iranian model, as the ideal and eventual form of state. However, as their conception of an Islamic republic requires the consent of the people, and Lebanon remains a religiously and ideologically heterogeneous society, their political platform revolves around more mundane issues. According to their published political platform in 2003, Hezbollah claims to favor the introduction of an Islamic government in Lebanon by peaceful democratic means. According to the United States Department of Stat ...

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The organization views an Islamic republic, on the Iranian model, as the ideal and eventual form of state. However, as their conception of an Islamic republic requires the consent of the people, and Lebanon remains a religiously and ideologically heterogeneous society, their political platform revolves around more mundane issues. According to their published political platform in 2003, Hezbollah claims to favor the introduction of an Islamic government in Lebanon by peaceful democratic means. According to the United States Department of Stat ...

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Hezbollah - Origins. Hezbollah was formed from numerous other Lebanese Shia groups shortly after Israel's 1982 invasion, largely fought in mainly Shia southern Lebanon. The group was conceived by Iran, or at least was aided in its inception by the arrival in Lebanon of 1,500 Islamic revolutionary guards from Iran, three years after that country's own Islamic Revolution in 1979. Iran, as an Islamic republic — a Shia one — remains a close ally, financial backer, arms supplier and model for Hezbollah. Syria back ...

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Hezbollah has been designated as a terrorist organization by the United States [2] the United Kingdom [3], the Netherlands[4], Canada [5][6] and Australia [7]; the U.S. Department of State notes that Hezbollah has killed more than 300 American citizens (over 200 of whom were U.S Marines in Lebanon.) Russia has only recently begun to draw up a list of organizations it classifies as terrorist, which may reflect that of the EU [8]. The European Union has designated Hezbollah's External Security Organiza ...

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Hezbollah claims that it forbids its fighters entry into Iraq for any reason, and that no Hezbollah units or individual fighters have entered Iraq to support any Iraqi faction fighting America. However, on April 2, 2004, Muqtada al-Sadr announced his intention to form chapters of Hezbollah and Hamas in Iraq [47]. He is not known to have consulted Hezbollah or Hamas before making this statement. Hezbollah has been accused of having links to Al-Qaida. Though Hezbollah has a Shi'ite ideology, this does not exclude it from co-operation wi ...

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Hezbollah operates a satellite television station from Lebanon, Al-Manar TV ("the Lighthouse") as well as a radio station, al-Nour ("the light"). Qubth Ut Alla ("The Fist of God") is the monthly magazine of Hezbollah's paramilitary wing. Al Manar broadcasts news in Arabic, English, French and Hebrew and is widely watched both in Lebanon and in other Arab countries. Its transmission in France (even via satellite, not by any station based on French territory) is controversial. It has been accused of promoting religi ...

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Hezbollah claims that it forbids its fighters entry into Iraq for any reason, and that no Hezbollah units or individual fighters have entered Iraq to support any Iraqi faction fighting America. However, on April 2, 2004, Muqtada al-Sadr announced his intention to form chapters of Hezbollah and Hamas in Iraq [45]. He is not known to have consulted Hezbollah or Hamas before making this statement. Hezbollah has been accused of having links to Al-Qaida. Though Hezbollah has a Shi'ite ideology, this does not exclude it from co-operation wi ...

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