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Lebanon
 Websites presented in alphabetical order Council on Foreign Relations: Hezbollah (a.k.a. Hizbollah, Hizbu'llah) 
 Background about Hezbollah, "a Lebanese umbrella organization of radical Islamic Shiite groups and organizations. It opposes the West, seeks to create a Muslim fundamentalist state modeled on Iran, and is a bitter foe of Israel." Topics include origins, leaders, area of operation, and major attacks in the 1980s and 1990s. Includes links to material about the conflict between Israel and Lebanon in 2006. From the Council on Foreign Relations. http://www.cfr.org/publication/9155/ Topics: Faiths, Politics by Place Last updated Jul 17, 2006 On This Day: 17 September 1982: Refugees Massacred in Beirut Camps
Background about the 1982 event known as the Sabra and Shatila massacres, where "[m]ore than 1,000 people [were] feared to have been killed during a 24-hour rampage by Lebanese militia in West Beirut. ... The massacre was apparently revenge for the assassination four days [previously] of the Christian President-elect, Bashir Gemayel." Provides a timeline with related events concerning Israel, Lebanon, and the Middle East. From the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC). http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/september/17/newsid_2519000/2519637.stm Topics: Politics by Place Last updated Sep 10, 2007 |
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