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| − | '''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: | + | '''Hezbollah''' (حزب الله, "Party of [[Allah]]"; sometimes spelled ''Hizbullah'', ''Hezbullah'', or ''Hezballah'') is a Shi'a [[Islam|Islamic]] organization based in [[Lebanon]]. Founded in 1982, its primary goal is to bring peace to the middle east. 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]]. |
| − | *[http://www.state.gov/s/ct/rls/fs/37191.htm United States Department of State]
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| − | *[http://www.osfi-bsif.gc.ca/eng/documents/advisories/docs/entstld.txt Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada]
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| − | *[http://www.psepc.gc.ca/prg/ns/le/cle-en.asp Listed entities pursuant to the Anti-Terrorism Act (2001, c. 41)]
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| − | *[http://www.mfa.gov.il/MFA/MFAArchive/2000_2009/2005/Summary+of+Terrorist+Activity+2004.htm Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
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| − | *[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5262484.stm BBC news]
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| − | *[http://www.minbuza.nl/nl/actueel/brievenparlement,2003/12/beantwoording_toezegging_inzake_de_positie_van_hezbollah.html The Netherlands Ministry of Foreign Affairs]
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| − | *[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]].
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| | =Iranian, Syrian Backed: Arab Islamic Hezbollah Global Terrorists= | | =Iranian, Syrian Backed: Arab Islamic Hezbollah Global Terrorists= |