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Article: Veiled impunity: Iran's use of non-state armed groups.
- Article from:
- Denver Journal of International Law and Policy
- Article date:
- March 22, 2008
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The only strength of Iran is the weakness of the international community vis-a-vis Iran.
--Shimon Peres (1)
I. INTRODUCTION
In December of 2006, thousands of Hezbollah supporters crowded the streets of Beirut, angrily demanding that Prime Minister Siniora's government step down. This followed several months after armed members of Hezbollah crossed the Lebanese border into Israel and murdered three Israeli soldiers and kidnapped two others, precipitating the July War of 2006. In Iraq, Shi'a death squads--including members of Muqtada al-Sadr's militia--roam the streets of Baghdad, murdering Sunni Arabs and suspected collaborators of the U.S. led ...