Nadene Goldfoot
Hezbollah was founded in 1982 by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards and their spiritual father, Sheik Muhammed Hussein Fadlallah; the General Secretary Sheik Abbas al-Musawi (1991-1992); and Sheik Hassan Nasrallah (1992 to the present time). It's official manifesto was released on February 16, 1985.
It was established in southern Lebanon by Iran. This is a Shia Islamic fundamentalist terrorist group also acting as a Lebanese political party. It's goals are (1)to establish an Islamic state across the Arab world, (2) eliminate Israel and (3) fight "Western Imperialism."
They are not Palestinian-based but extensively supports Palestinian terrorist groups. They set up cells in Judea/Samaria (West Bank) and Gaza. They continuously attacked across the Israel/Lebanon border. Operatives have been in the Caribbean and Central, North and South America. They are listed as a terrorist organization by the US State Department.
Hezbollah Acts of Terrorism
The actions they carry out involve shootings, rocket attacks, bombings, kidnappings, and suicide bombings.
1. 241 US Marines were killed by suicide bombers driving a truck. Bombing of US Marine barracks and embassy in Beirut, 1983. On October 23, 1983, an Iranian national drove a truck bomb into the U.S. Marine Barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The devastating bombing killed 220 Marines and dozens of other personnel. The attack was perpetrated by Hezbollah, a terror group founded, trained, and financially supported by the Iranian regime.
2. Beheaded US CIA Chief, William Buckley, Beirut, 1985 (1). William Francis Buckley was a United States Army officer and a CIA station chief in Beirut from 1984 until 1985. His cover was as a political officer at the U.S. Embassy. He was kidnapped by the group Hezbollah in March 1984. He was held hostage and tortured by psychiatrist Aziz al-Abub. Hezbollah later claimed they executed him in October 1985, but another American hostage disputed that, believing that he died five months prior, in June. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery and is commemorated with a star on the Memorial Wall at the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) headquarters in Langley, Virginia.
813 terrorist attacks, 1990-1995.
3. 29 killed in bombing of Israeli Embassy, Buenos Aires, 1992.The attack on the Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires was a suicide bombing attack on the building of the Israeli embassy of Argentina, located in Buenos Aires, which was carried out on 17 March 1992. 29 civilians were killed in the attack and 242 additional civilians were injured.
4. 96 killed in bombing of Israeli Cultural Center in Buenos Aires, 1994.
183 terrorist attacks, May 2000-May 2004
5. 3 Israeli border guards kidnapped and murdered in 2000.
"They initiated a war across internationally recognized border of Israel by kidnapping 2 Israeli soldiers and killing 8 and shelling northern Israeli towns in 2006.
February 14, 2005: In 2011, the UN Special Tribunal for Lebanon indicted four members of Hezbollah for the February 2005 car bomb assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafiq al-Hariri. The attack also killed 20 others (21 killed, unknown wounded).[11]
July 12, 2006: Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers and killed eight more, sparking a month-long war with Israel (8 killed, unknown wounded)[12]
January 2007: In January 2007, a Shia militant group attacked the Karbala Provincial Joint Coordination Center in Iraq, killing five American soldiers. The United States claims that Hezbollah helped plan and provide resources for the attack. (5 killed, unknown wounded).[13]
May 2008: Hezbollah took over parts of Beirut after the government called for the group to disarm, giving rise to street violence and causing over 60 deaths.[14]The government then entered negotiations with Hezbollah, and the resulting agreement gave Hezbollah veto power in the national cabinet (60 killed, unknown wounded).[15]
May 2011: Hezbollah carried out two attacks against UN Interim Forces in Lebanon in late May 2011 (0 killed, 11 wounded).[16]
July 18, 2012: Hezbollah’s international wing bombed an Israeli tour bus in Bulgaria, killing five Israelis and the Bulgarian bus driver. This was the first successful attack in a campaign to increase global operations beginning around 2008. Hezbollah denies responsibility for the bombing (6 killed, unknown wounded).[17]
May 29, 2013: Hezbollah collaborated with and led the Syrian Army in their attack on al-Qusayr, a rebel stronghold. This was the group’s first major activity in the Syrian Civil War after months of rumored involvement. Hezbollah and the Syrian Army were victorious, marking a turning point in the war in which Assad began to regain control of key strategic territory (casualties unknown).[18]
January 28, 2015: Hezbollah fired anti-tank missiles at Israeli soldiers in the disputed Har Dov area between Lebanon and Syria, killing two. In a separate border incident on the same day between Israel and Hezbollah, a UN Interim Force member was killed (3 killed, 7+ wounded).[19]
May 2015: During the final two weeks of May 2015, Hezbollah forces were engaged in heavy fighting against Jabhat al-Nusra and Islamic State forces across the Qalamoun mountain range in western Syria. By early June, Hezbollah had recaptured much of the mountain range and reopened a path from Lebanon into Syria (casualties unknown).[20]
April 2, 2016: Hezbollah and Syrian government forces clashed with Syrian rebel troops belonging to Jabhat al-Nusra, Ahrar al-Sham, and the Free Syrian Army near the village of Tal al-Ais outside of Aleppo. Eight Hezbollah troops were killed in addition to 25 pro-Assad forces and 18 rebels (51 killed, unknown wounded).[21]
November 2017: Hezbollah led an offensive against the Islamic State in Syria’s Deir Ezzor province, inflicting heavy civilian casualties. Hezbollah fought alongside Iran-sponsored Iraqi Shia militias supported by Russian airstrikes (50+ killed, unknown wounded).[22]
February-April 2018: Hezbollah and Syrian forces launched an assault on Ghouta, Syria. Hezbollah reportedly sent at least 3,000 troops to fight, at least 100 of which were killed. As of March 2018, 1,100 civilians have been killed in the fighting (1,200+ killed, unknown wounded).[23]
June 2018: A senior Hezbollah field officer executed 23 Syrian soldiers near the town of Hirbat Ghazala. The soldiers had refused to cross “Death Bridge” where they would have been vulnerable to rebel fire (23 killed, 0 wounded).[24]"
Syria Hezbollah has a long-standing relationship with the Asad government in Syria, which facilitates the transit of weapons through its territory from Iran to Hezbollah. In 2013, Nasrallah acknowledged that Hezbollah fighters were operating inside Syria and pledged that the group would “do everything in [its] power” to ensure the Asad government’s survival. The Asad government has relied on Hezbollah, as well as Iran, to fight opponents and secure territory.
Yemen Hezbollah, along with Iran, also provides weapons and training to Houthi militants in Yemen, according to the State Department’s 2019 Country Reports on Terrorism, published in 2020. The Houthis have conducted persistent ballistic missile and unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks against Saudi Arabia, Iran’s primary regional rival.
Listed As Terrorists
- U.S. State Department: October 8, 1997 to present[1]
- Government of Canada: December 10, 2002 to present[2]
- Australian National Security designated Hezbollah’s External Security Organization (ESO)as a terrorist entity: June 5, 2003 to present[3]
- Dutch Foreign Minister Frans Timmermans stated that the Government of the Netherlands considered Hezbollah a terrorist organization on June 2, 2013[4]
- New Zealand Police designated the “military wing” of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization: October 11, 2010 to present[5]
- Government of Bahrain: April 9, 2013 to present[6]
- The European Union designated the “military wing” of Hezbollah as a terrorist organization: July 22, 2013 to present[7]
- The Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC): March 2, 2013 to present[8]
- Members of the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC), including Saudi Arabia, placed 10 Hezbollah leaders on their government terrorism lists: May 17, 2018 to present[9]
- Arab League: March 11, 2016 to present[10]
- The Government of the United Kingdom designated Hezbollah’s External Security Organization as a terrorist group: 2001 to present[11]
- The Government of the United Kingdom designated “the whole of Hizballah’s military apparatus, namely the Jihad Council and all the units reporting to it” as a terrorist group: 2008 to present[12]
- The Government of the United Kingdom designated the entirety of Hezbollah as a terrorist group: March 2019[13]
- Government of Argentina: July 18, 2019 to present[14]
- Lebanon does not consider Hezbollah to be a terrorist organization: BUT is under their control.
Resource:
Magazine: Israel 101, StandWithUs, 2010, page 26
https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/mappingmilitants/profiles/hezbollah#text_block_12519
https://crsreports.congress.gov/product/pdf/IF/IF10703
https://abcnews.go.com/International/back-deadly-1983-marine-barracks-bombing-beirut/story?id=50663026
.Edit 10/20/2021, 6am
Resource:
https://jewishbubba.blogspot.com/2020/08/lebanons-hezbollah-that-tiny-nation.html
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