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Line 1: − [[Image:800px-Flag of Hezbollah svg.png|right|thumb|200px|Flag of Hezbollah.]]+ − '''Hezbollah''' (حزب الله, "Party of [[Allah]]"; sometimes spelled ''Hizbullah'', ''Hezbullah'', or ''Hezballah'') is a Shi'a [[Islam|Islamic]] [[terrorist]] organization based in [[Lebanon]].<ref>It has been declared a terrorist organization by the United States, Canada, Israel, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands and Australia. See:+ − *[http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/37191.htm United States Department of State] − *[http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/eng/documents/advisories/docs/entstld.txt Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada] − *[http://www.psepc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp Listed entities pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism Act (2001, c. 41)] − *[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Summary+of+Terrorist+Activity+2004.htm Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs] − *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5262484.stm BBC news] − *[http://www.minbuza.nl/nl/actueel/brievenparlement,2003/12/beantwoording_toezegging_inzake_de_positie_van_hezbollah.html The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs] − *[http://www.nationalsecurity.gov.au/agd/www/nationalsecurity.nsf/AllDocs/7986D1536C0FFD5FCA256FCD001BE859?OpenDocument Australian National Security]</ref> Founded in 1982, its primary goal is the elimination of the state of Israel. Its current Secretary General, Hassan Nasrallah, has publicly stated: "''if Jews all gather in Israel, it will save us the trouble of going after them worldwide.''"<ref>[http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/774649/posts ''The Daily Star'' (Beirut) October 23, 2002]</ref> In 2004, the organization's privately controlled TV broadcast station ''Al-Manar'' was banned in [[France]] for inciting racial hatred and [[Holocaust denial]]. − Funded and armed by the [[Islamic Republic of Iran]], the groups first major terrorist attacks were the April 1983 U.S. Embassy bombing in which 63 people were killed and the 1983 [[Beirut]] barracks bombing in which 241 American military personnel were killed. While Iran is still the major source of their funding, they also receive financial backing from [[South America]] and U.S. law enforcement officials estimate that smugglers of illegal cigarettes in the United States provide millions of dollars to the group.+ + − Armed with rockets with ranges varying from 13 to 100 kilometers, the group subjects Israel to constant cross-border bombardment; this led to the 2006 [[2006 Israel-Lebanon conflict|Lebanon War]]. Hezbollah claims that its attacks are aimed at military bases inside Israel, but most of the attacks are actually directed at civilian areas and have hit pedestrians, hospitals, schools and private homes. − ==External links==+ − *[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/17874369/ Hezbollah builds a Western base], From inside South America’s Tri-border area, Iran-linked militia targets U.S. By Pablo Gato and Robert Windrem, ''NBC News'', May 9, 2007. Retrieved from MSNBC.com June 4 2007.+ + + − ==References==+ + + − <references/>+ − + − + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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