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About Hezbollah (founded by Iran's in 1981 (BEFORE Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, after PLO attacks from there)
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Posted on 10/21/2024 4:07:36 PM PDT by Words Matter

About Hezbollah. Lebanon-based Hezbollah is a transnational Shiite Islamist group founded by Iran and following the ideology of absolute Wilayat al-Faqih

Lebanon-based Hezbollah is a transnational Shiite Islamist group founded by Iran in 1981, following the ideology of absolute Wilayat al-Faqih, as expounded by Tehran’s late Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ruhollah Musavi Khomeini. Since its inception, Hezbollah has engaged in terrorist activities, targeting its own and Iran’s enemies, both in Lebanon and abroad. Its activities have earned the organization and many of its members terror designations by the United States Departments of State and Treasury, as well as by other countries.

Contrary to the narrative purported by the Islamic Republic of Iran and Hezbollah, the group was founded prior to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon in 1982. The decision to establish Hezbollah was made in Tehran three years prior to the Israeli invasion. Khomeini appointed Ayatollah Ali Akhbar Montazeri to establish Hezbollah, dispatching him to Damascus, Syria, where the group was founded in 1981.

The group runs a vast social services network – including hospitals, schools, vocational institutions, and charities -- in predominantly Shiite areas of Lebanon, which has earned it the gratitude and support of a community traditionally neglected by the Lebanese state. Through its “Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc,” Hezbollah also holds parliamentary and ministerial representation in Lebanon’s government.


TOPICS: History; Politics
KEYWORDS: 1981; hexbollah; hezbollah; jihad; lebanon; plo; rop; worldwar3
The Birth of Hezbollah Jan 19, 2023 — Arriving in Damascus in 1981, barely a year before Israel invaded Lebanon, Mohtashami began forming the new Shi'ite movement, Hezbollah. https://www.terrorism-info.org.il/en/the-birth-of-hezbollah/
1 posted on 10/21/2024 4:07:36 PM PDT by Words Matter
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What happened to the https://www.unitedagainstnucleariran.com/ link on https://hezbollah.org/about-hezbollah? It got x'ed out.
2 posted on 10/21/2024 6:00:24 PM PDT by MurrietaMadman (The Gates of hell shall not prevail against you)
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Most sources say the group was founded in 1982. Mohtashami may have been doing preparatory work before that, but when it started and who started and just what constitutes its founding is something people are going to disagree about.


3 posted on 10/21/2024 6:18:23 PM PDT by x
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I know that Wikipedia and most sources say that ...


4 posted on 10/21/2024 9:43:01 PM PDT by Words Matter
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