hezbollah (jock and owen)
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Hezbollah
By Jock Perkins and Owen McCarthy
Terrorism
• The definition of terrorism is the use of violence to achieve a political or ideological goal.
Hezbollah
• Name means “Party of God”
• Considered a terrorist organisation by USA, UK, Israel, Canada, the Netherlands and Australia.
What is it?
• Comprised of Muslim Shiite extremists
• Opposes Israel and the West
• Founded in 1982
Leaders
• Hassan Nasrallah
• Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah
Sheikh Mohammed Hussein Fadlallah.
• "What martyrdom is greater than making yourself a human bomb detonating it among the enemy? What spiritualism is greater than this spiritualism in which a person loses all feeling of his body and life for the sake of his cause and mission?"
Politics
• Holds 2 seats in the cabinet
• Holds 14 parliamentary seats
• Provides social services for Shiites eg. Schools and Hospitals
Major attacks
• 1983 - US Embassy bombing in Beirut
1983 - US Marine barracks bombing in Beirut
1984 - US Embassy annex bombing in Beirut
1992 - Israeli embassy bombing in Buenos Aires
1994 - Jewish community centre bombing in Buenos
Aires
1997 - 2000 attacks on Israel
2006 - Hezbollah rocket attacks
Hezbollah