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Hussein al-Musawi

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We are her children. We are seeking to formulate an Islamic society which in the final analysis will produce an Islamic state. ... The Islamic revolution will march to liberate Palestine and Jerusalem, and the Islamic state will then spread its authority over the region of which Lebanon is only a
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says the two groups were "effectively becoming one under the Hizbollah label," by August 1983 when they infiltrate West Beirut's poor Shi'ite suburbs, while "by late 1984" Hezbollah "had absorbed" Islamic Amal along with "all the known major extremist groups."
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Musawi was a strong supporter of Iran. Musawi's pro-Iranian position was in part a reflection of having been trained in Iran and having been one of the elite protégés of
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In 1986 Iranian officials pressured Husayn Al-Musawi to dissolve Islamic Amal. He refused. Others date Islamic Amal being subsumed by Hezbollah much earlier.
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Musawi was a "chemistry teacher turned militia commander" who became the deputy head and official spokesman of the
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to start the Islamic Amal splinter group, operating out of Baalbek, Lebanon. Musawi disapproved of Amal leader
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He is also reported to have been involved in the kidnapping of foreigners in Lebanon during the
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barracks in Baalbeck on November 21, 1982. The barracks were later used by the Iranian Islamic
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by suicide bombers killing over 300 he denied responsibility but expressed his admiration
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Hizb'allah in Lebanon : The Politics of the Western Hostage Crisis
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magazine, Oct. 31, 1983, shortly before the Beirut embassy bombings.
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Beware of Small States. Lebanon, battleground of the Middle East.
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from the article and its talk page, especially if potentially
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V.19 P.45, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL. 1997
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When then French and American MNF peacekeeping force was
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Under his leadership, Islamic Amal captured the Lebanese
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