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Hezbollah (Arabic for "Party of God") is an umbrella organization of various radical Islamic Shi'ite groups and organizations which receives substantial financial and philosophical support from Iran. Hezbollah's formation was a direct response to Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon designed to eliminate the Palestinian Liberation Organization's base of operations. Hezbollah's stated objectives include the establishment of a Shiite theocracy in Lebanon, the destruction of Israel, and the elimination of Western influences from the Middle East.
The Hezbollah terrorist group can be described as a loosely coupled, highly adaptive networked organization. The ability of the Hezbollah and its affiliates to conduct increasingly larger
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The Hezbollah (Party of God) is a group formed of Muslims, mostly Lebanon Shiite clerics, is one of the most dangerous. Hezbollah refers to itself with multiple titles including the “Organization of the Oppressed on Earth” and the “Revolutionary Justice Organization.” Its main goal is the establishment of an Islamic government across the Arab world that will “liberate Jerusalem and the entire area of the present-day State of Israel.(jewishvirtuallibrary.org) The group formed reportedly in the 1980’s and grew as a result of Lebanese and regional factors. Hezbollah serves as a strategic tool for Iran and Syria while serving as an integral part of Lebanon’s political and social make up. Hezbollah is a major supporter of social services, operating schools, hospitals, and agricultural services for the Shiite citizens of Lebanon. (CFR.org) The group is headquartered in Beirut, with ties in North and South America, Asia, Europe and Africa. It controls the southern part of Lebanon where the concentration of Shi’a is greatest. The political relationship formed between the Palestinians, Israel and Lebanon helped to expand the group. It’s political strengths have grown since 2008, when the organization took over West Beirut. Hezbollah has consistently tried to paint itself as a moderate national liberation organization aimed
A group seen by many as promoting terror and intimidating others. They use the power they have to make people feel less and for them to feel above the rest. But how, why and when did they start? Did the United States already know about them way before they even made their way up to power? Many questions are asked as to whom they really are. They
Lebanese Army. Hezbollah receives military training, weapons, and financial support from Iran, and political support from Syria. This is another terrorist group that are well trained and ready to kill without any remorse. Do you think that some day we will be able to live without fear these
These two organization were not confined to the Lebanese only, as they were joined by Iranians including Mustafa Chamran living in Lebanon before the Iranian revolution, and it was Musa al-Sadr's top aides and the supervisor military branches of the Amal movement, before the outbreak of the Iranian revolution. After the success of the Khomeini revolution Chamran was appointed first secretary of defence in the Iranian government.
In nearly 100 countries throughout the world al-Qaeda had followers in which would carry out attacks, without question, when told to do so. In addition, locals within these countries, alongside professional
To most of the world, Hezbollah is known as a Lebanese Shiite militia that takes an anti-western stance, and despises Israel and the United States. To the Arabs, Hezbollah is known as a resistance group that provides socioeconomic and social services to Shiite communities is southern Lebanon.# The group as been held accountable for several attacks against Israel and Western targets, but yet provides social services in Lebanon by running hospitals, schools, orphanages, and media outlets. It has adopted the strategy of constantly altering public opinion by using a mixture of political and ideological agendas.# The group has adopted the strategy it has in order to continue growing and to remain relevant in both Lebanon and the global sphere,
To effectively analyze programs, intentions and ideological motives of Hezbollah several collection programs of the five types could be utilized to gather intelligence on Hezbollah. Collected information must undergo further conversion before it reaches the analysis phase to be used against Hezbollah (Gay, 2005) First, Open Source Intelligence (OSINT) could be used to gather intelligence information from open sources such as websites, social media sources, publishing’s and news outlets in the Middle East and even other countries where Hezbollah has an influence or followers. OSINT can be gathered in Palestinian enclaves in other countries as well.
The use of the Hezbollah has greatly added to the continuation of the Arab-Israeli conflict and has limited cooperation in all regions. The Hezbollah also attracted U.S. attention after a suicide bomber killed over two hundred Marines in Beirut.
Hezbollah was formed in 1982 by radical Lebanese Shiites who wanted to create an Islamic state in Lebanon and to free their land of Israeli domination (Byers, 2003). These extremists called their group Hezbollah, in English this translates to Party
Hezbollah, a Lebanese-based political organization, has tried to increase its influence in the country of Lebanon, but they have continued military and terrorist operations against Israel and the West. It is estimated by the United States government "estimates that Hezbollah's weapons arsenal includes 40,000 to 80,000 short and long range rockets, as well as anti-aircraft, anti-tank, and anti-ship weapons" (CFR.org Staff, 2010). The fact that a supposed political organization has access to this
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and trade for thousands of years. It has also been on the route of numerous
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