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Article: HEZBOLLAH: KHOMEINI'S CAT'S PAW IN LEBANON
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- The Boston Globe (Boston, MA)
- Article date:
- February 22, 1987
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Hezbollah, Arabic for "The Party of God," was founded after
Israel's invasion of southern Lebanon in 1982. It is a loose
umbrella organization that includes Shiite Moslems who derive
inspiration and support from Iran.
Hezbollah grew both from strong efforts by Tehran to spread
its Islamic revolution and from an indigenous radicalization of
Lebanese Shiites, long neglected by Beirut and further harassed by
Israeli occupation policies.
Its ideology calls for the establishment of an Islamic
republic in Lebanon, which would entail the toppling of the
Christian regime of President Amin Gemayel. It also believes in the
need to fight "Western imperialism," targeting American and French ...