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	ISN Security Watch - A Hizbollah primer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Hizbollah was born, with the assistance of revolutionary Iran, as a resistance movement against Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982.
		Hizbollah's power base is in the Bekaa Valley, but its followers are drawn from the Shia communities in south Lebanon and the southern suburbs of Beirut.
		At present, however, Hizbollah's objectives are limited to striking at the Israeli presence in the Golan Heights and Shebaa Farms, securing the release of prisoners held by Israel and cultivating its political status in Lebanon.
	www.isn.ethz.ch /news/sw/details.cfm?ID=16589 (1845 words)

	The Ayatollah, Hizbollah, and Hassan Nasrallah, Ephraim Kam - STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, Vol 9 No 2 - JCSS
		Iran is building Hizbollah's military strength not only to bolster it vis-à-vis Israel and the Lebanese arena, but also to use the organization's military capabilities — primarily the rocket arsenal — in order to strike at Israel for its own reasons, if it sees the need to do so.
		Hizbollah has its own considerations, which are not only related to its status as an important factor in the Lebanese arena, but also subject to Syrian influence.
		Hizbollah is being pushed back from the border, and may not be able to return to it.
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/sa/v9n2p5Kam.html (1226 words)

	Daniel Sobelman: Hizbollah after the Syrian Withdrawal - STRATEGIC ASSESSMENT, Vol 8 No 1 - JCSS
		Hizbollah's history indicates that it is far from an organization that stagnates in the presence of dramatic developments, such as the American campaign in Iraq and widespread international support for the war against terror.
		Muhammad Ra'd, the leader of the Hizbollah faction in the Lebanese parliament, was quoted as proposing to turn the Hizbollah armed force into a reserve unit in the service of the Lebanese army.
		The IDF's confrontation with Hizbollah is described as asymmetrical, because of the basic assumption that the other side is an organization that is not subject to the rationale and considerations that generally guide a country.
	www.tau.ac.il /jcss/sa/v8n1p4Sobelman.html (3524 words)

	Hizbollah (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Hizbollah's ultimate goal is the eradication of Israel and the establishment of Islamic rule in Lebanon.
		Hizbollah goes after the citizens instead of the people directly responsible for the occasional Palestinian deaths; innocent Palestinian deaths that only occur because Hizbollah and Hamas are hiding behind the Palestinian citizens.
		Hizbollah would be a good test of this system, and its death would be a huge blow to the terrorist community.
	manning.blogster.com /hizbollah.html (5166 words)

	FT.com / In depth - Hizbollah seeks to engineer a quick recovery
		Deep in devastated south Beirut, the engineers of Hizbollah, the Shia movement that fought Israel’s army, are rebuilding the fabric of their heartland in the city, and thereby reclaiming their constituency.
		Between pictures of Hizbollah leaders holding children, and the party’s yellow flags, a large map of the area is plastered on the wall, dividing neighbourhoods into small numbered zones.
		Construction Jihad is part of a social network, including schools, hospitals and a banking institution, that was critical to Hizbollah’s ability to fight Israeli troops during the occupation of Lebanon in the 1980s and 1990s.
	www.ft.com /cms/s/5755302c-3611-11db-b249-0000779e2340.html (589 words)

	A Case for Hizbollah?
		The Hizbollah has its own agenda and interests, political and otherwise, and a limited fighting with Israel may well be among them.
		Hizbollah leader Nasrallah said the anti-aircraft fire would cease as soon as the Israeli flights stopped; Israeli army spokesman refused to comment on its operations (Ha'aretz, 26.11.2002).
		Hizbollah's ineffective flak is a totally legitimate and justified act of self-defence.
	www.dissidentvoice.org /Articles7/HaCohen_Hizbollah.htm (1121 words)

	Madrid11.net \| Articles \| Iran and Hizbollah: the cash nexus (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Hizbollah may have shown extreme recklessness in the killing and kidnapping of Israeli soldiers but the sheer brutality of the Israeli response simply beggars belief.
		The basic principle of the philosophy that drives Hizbollah is a belief in the Shi'a doctrine of the vilayat-e-faqih (rule of the jurisprudent).
		The implication is that the roots of the Hizbollah / Iran relationship go far deeper than the rather simplistic view of Iran as a state sponsoring a "terrorist" outfit in Lebanon.
	www.madrid11.net /articles/iran_and_hizbollah_0806 (1151 words)

	Hizbollah's fate to loom large after Lebanon polls - Turkish Daily News May 29, 2005
		Hizbollah won popularity and prestige in Lebanon and the Arab world when its relentless guerrilla attacks helped drive Israel from the south in May 2000 after a 22-year occupation.
		Hizbollah, which emerged after Israel's 1982 invasion of Lebanon, has gradually broadened into a powerful political and social movement, as well as a formidable guerrilla force.
		Hizbollah has shown no public interest in such a package, saying it would not guarantee Lebanon's borders against Israel, but Western diplomats say a creative solution can be found.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=14348 (873 words)

	'Victory rally' for Hizbollah chief \| \| The Australian
		HIZBOLLAH leader Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah emerged in public today for the first time since the war with Israel, waving to a sea of his supporters thronging southern Beirut for a "divine victory" rally.
		Hizbollah has two ministers in the cabinet, but most cabinet members oppose the group's alliances with Syria and Iran.
		Israeli warplanes pounded Hizbollah strongholds during the war and bombarded bridges and roads across the country, forcing almost a million people to flee their homes.
	www.theaustralian.news.com.au /story/0,20867,20462452-1702,00.html (552 words)

	The Epoch Times \| The Polarization of the Israeli-Hizbollah Lebanon Crisis
		Hizbollah, a disciplined, well-trained fighting force with sophisticated weaponry, is backed directly by Syria and Iran.
		Hizbollah is supported financially and politically by Tehran, which has provided it with an enormous supply of weapons and ammunition.
		Unless Hizbollah decides that it has achieved sufficient political progress by demonstrating Israel's vulnerability, it is unlikely to agree to a ceasefire.
	www.theepochtimes.com /news/6-7-26/44284.html (1249 words)

	Hizballah (Party of God)
		Hizbollah began establishing its base in Lebanon in 1982 and has expanded and strengthened ever since, primarily due to its wave of suicide bombings and foreign support by Iran and Syria.
		Hizbollah’s militia is a light force, equipped with small arms, such as automatic rifles, mortars, rocket-propelled grenades, and Katyusha rockets, which it occasionally has fired on towns in northern Israel.
		Hizbollah forces are shown on television conducting military parades in Beirut, which often include tanks and armored personnel carriers that may have been captured from the Lebanese army or purchased from Palestinian guerrillas or other sources.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/para/hizballah.htm (2659 words)

	Hizbollah attack widens cracks in Lebanon - Turkish Daily News Jul 16, 2006
		When Lebanon's government, which includes two Hizbollah ministers, met to discuss the capture of two Israeli soldiers on Wednesday, it was unable to agree whether to condemn or condone the attack and ended up just distancing itself.
		Few are suggesting a return to war is in the offing but Hizbollah's rivals are increasingly complaining that the only Lebanese group which was allowed to keep its weapons after the war had now become more powerful than the fractured state.
		Hizbollah said his group seized the Israeli soldiers to help negotiate the release of Lebanese prisoners held in Israel, a cause many find it hard to argue against.
	www.turkishdailynews.com.tr /article.php?enewsid=48880 (750 words)

	The Gaza/Lebanon Crisis (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Israel was taken off guard by Hizbollah's ability to conduct a cross-border raid and its use of an unmanned drone to attack an Israeli warship (some reports suggest that Hizballah used an anti-shipping missile).
		Similarly, Barnea argued that Hizbollah was surprised by the magnitude of the Israeli response to its actions.
		He has delivered a calculated message to the Arab world, one that states that Hizbollah and Hamas are the answer to the Middle East's history of failed Arab states that have not delivered reforms to their populations.
	www.brookings.edu /comm/events/20060717.htm (1166 words)

	Hizbollah: Better and More Dangerous than Al-Qaeda?
		This group, known as Hizbollah or the "Party of God" has recently been rushed to the forefront of terrorism concerns and may now pose more of a threat to the security of the United States at home than any other terrorist organization.
		Hizbollah came into being in the early 1980's after the Iranian government sent several religious and military personnel into Lebanon to train recruits for a sustained fight against the Israeli occupation there.
		Hizbollah fighters then sent this money to a group in Canada, which purchased the weapons for shipment into Lebanon for use against the Israeli occupation.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/middle_east_current_affairs/100650 (497 words)

	The Hindu : International : Eight killed as Hizbollah rocket barrage hits Haifa
		Hizbollah's Al Manar television said the group had attacked oil refineries in the Haifa bay.
		Hizbollah said it had attacked Haifa, in retaliation to Israeli air raids, which had killed several Lebanese civilians and damaged the country's infrastructure.
		It reiterated its solidarity with Hizbollah and Syria.
	www.hindu.com /2006/07/17/stories/2006071705351400.htm (514 words)

	Israeli forces close in on Hizbollah \| WORLD \| NEWS \| tvnz.co.nz (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Calling Bint Jbeil "one of the major Hizbollah centres", an Israeli military spokesman said tanks and troops had sealed off the town, killed or wounded dozens of guerrillas, and were engaged in sporadic firefights with the hold-outs.
		Hizbollah had no immediate word on its casualties but said in a statement that its men were fighting Israeli forces on Bint Jbeil's outskirts and the surrounding area.
		According to Israeli intelligence estimates, the Hizbollah fighters are holed up in a network of tunnels and trenches around Shi'ite Muslim villages in southern Lebanon.
	tvnz.co.nz /view/page/411366/795989 (294 words)

	News: Lebanon, Israel strikes Hizbollah stronghold - Lebanese sources
		Hizbollah television reported its guerrillas clashed with Israeli commandos near Bodai and forced them to fly out under the cover of air strikes.
		In the drive for the hearts and minds of the Lebanese, Hizbollah began handing out bundles of cash on Friday to people whose homes were wrecked by Israeli bombing, consolidating the Iranian-backed group's support among Shi'ites and embarrassing the Beirut government.
		Hizbollah fighters have melted away as the Lebanese army began deploying in south Lebanon this week, but they have not left the area or given up the rocket launchers they used to bombard Israel during the conflict.
	www.reliefweb.int /rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/EKOI-6ST4BE?OpenDocument (756 words)

	Hizbollah's reconstruction of Lebanon is winning the loyalty of disaffected Shia
		Describing the ceasefire as "very fragile" and "very dangerous", he stated that disarming Hizbollah "is not written in the mandate".
		Most householders in the south have received - or are receiving - a minimum initial compensation payment of $12,000 (£6,300), either for new furniture or to cover their family's rent while Hizbollah construction gangs rebuild their homes.
		Bodies of civilians and Hizbollah fighters were still being unearthed from the wreckage of southern Lebanon this week; four brothers, all members of Hizbollah it turned out, died together under Israeli fire in the eastern town of Khiam.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article14672.htm (1000 words)

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		And a weakened Hizbollah was an organization more vulnerable to attack by the majority of Lebanese (who were not Shia) who resented this autonomous Shia terrorist organization controlling the southern portion of their country.
		While Hizbollah has lots of weapons and money, it apparently believes its greatest power is the hatred and dedication generated by its members.
		The Hizbollah prisoners know that their hero status in Lebanon will be short lived, and that eventually the Lebanese Shia community, the backbone of Hizbollah support, will be called to account.
	www.strategypage.com /htmw/htterr/articles/20060812.aspx (536 words)

	Robert Fisk: Hizbollah's response reveals months of planning
		It now appears clear that the Hizbollah leadership - Nasrallah used to be the organisation's military commander in southern Lebanon - thought carefully through the effects of their border crossing, relying on the cruelty of Israel's response to quell any criticism of their action within Lebanon.
		Hizbollah had presumed the Israelis would cross into Lebanon after the capture of the two soldiers and they blew up the first Israeli Merkava tank when it was only 35 feet inside the country.
		The mountain is surmounted by clusters of antennae which Hizbollah quickly identified as a military tracking centre.
	www.informationclearinghouse.info /article14006.htm (981 words)

	A Case for Hizbollah?, by Ran HaCohen
		Precisely this is the aim of Israeli propaganda: to portray the Hizbollah as a terrorist group that violates the rules of the game.
		Hizbollah's anti-aircraft fire has a clear target: Israeli fighter jets that regularly enter Lebanon's airspace, flying over the entire country from south to north as if it were theirs.
		So if we put aside Hizbollah's problematic position within the Lebanese State, Israel's northern neighbour is in fact clearly playing by the rules.
	www.antiwar.com /hacohen/h081303.html (1142 words)

	A Strategy for Resolving the Conflict in Lebanon (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-10)
		Hizbollah is a subsidiary of the Iranian regime, which funds, arms and trains it.
		Indeed, by burying its infrastructure among civilians, Hizbollah is making the cynical calculation that the international community, unwilling to tolerate the civilian deaths caused by Israel's military actions, will turn against Israel and demand it accept an unconditional ceasefire.
		And if Hizbollah refuses to withdraw and commit to disarm, the US should not be expected to restrain Israel's efforts to eliminate Hizbollah's military capabilities by force.
	www.brookings.edu /views/op-ed/indyk/20060723.htm (866 words)

	The Hindu : International : Hizbollah offers stiff resistance to Israel
		DUBAI: Skirmishes between Israeli land troops and fighters belonging to the Lebanese militant group, Hizbollah, continued for the third consecutive day on Thursday amid heavy Israeli bombardment that was now covering most parts of Lebanon.
		On Wednesday, Hizbollah guerillas killed two Israeli soldiers and wounded nine in clashes at the border town of Naqoura.
		Hizbollah said that one of its members was killed.
	www.hindu.com /2006/07/21/stories/2006072106941600.htm (473 words)

	How Israel's Bombing Turned Hizbollah Leader into a Symbol of Muslim Pride
		Hassan Nasrallah, the leader of Hizbollah, was an important figure in Lebanon but seemed destined to remain on the sidelines of Middle East politics.
		His spokesmen admitted that Hizbollah had miscalculated the ferocity of the Israeli response to the kidnapping, but then few in the world forecast that Israel would play so directly to Hizbollah's strengths as a guerrilla organisation capable of surviving an Israeli military attack.
		Hizbollah, financed by Iran in the 1990s, was increasingly able to raise its own funds after 2000.
	www.commondreams.org /headlines06/0802-04.htm (1044 words)

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