this was an article printed on CNN, PRIOR TO THIS SKIRMISH....????
what provoked them to print this? it was prior right?
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Hezbollah: Violence mixed with social mission
Monday, July 17, 2006 Posted: 0748 GMT (1548 HKT)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks to reporters in Beirut on Wednesday.RELATED
• Israel bombards Beirut as fighting escalates
(CNN) -- The group called Hezbollah is on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations, but also participates in the Lebanese government. A few facts on the organization:
Hezbollah is a Shiite militant group in Lebanon.
The group was founded in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
It opposes Israel and the West, and supports a fundamentalist Muslim government.
Hezbollah is regarded by the U.S. and Israel as a terrorist organization. It is dedicated to eliminating Israel and has formally advocated ultimate establishment of Islamic rule in Lebanon, according to the U.S. State Department.
It garners popular support among Lebanese by setting up schools, hospitals and other social services.
It has become a social/political movement, holding 14 seats in the 128-member Lebanese parliament, according to the parliament's Web site.
The word "hezbollah" means "party of God" in Arabic.
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is the head of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah fighters operate with almost total autonomy in southern Lebanon, and the government has no control over their actions, according to The Associated Press. But Lebanon has long resisted international pressure to disarm the group.
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Hezbollah is known or suspected to have been involved in numerous terror attacks against the U.S., Israel or other Western targets, including the 1983 suicide truck bombings in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. Marines at the Marine barracks and 58 at the French military barracks.
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The 1996 suicide bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, in which 19 are killed, was attributed to Hezbollah.
Hezbollah was blamed for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina, in which 85 were killed.
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Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
what provoked them to print this? it was prior right?
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Hezbollah: Violence mixed with social mission
Monday, July 17, 2006 Posted: 0748 GMT (1548 HKT)
Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah speaks to reporters in Beirut on Wednesday.RELATED
• Israel bombards Beirut as fighting escalates
(CNN) -- The group called Hezbollah is on the U.S. State Department's list of terrorist organizations, but also participates in the Lebanese government. A few facts on the organization:
Hezbollah is a Shiite militant group in Lebanon.
The group was founded in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon.
It opposes Israel and the West, and supports a fundamentalist Muslim government.
Hezbollah is regarded by the U.S. and Israel as a terrorist organization. It is dedicated to eliminating Israel and has formally advocated ultimate establishment of Islamic rule in Lebanon, according to the U.S. State Department.
It garners popular support among Lebanese by setting up schools, hospitals and other social services.
It has become a social/political movement, holding 14 seats in the 128-member Lebanese parliament, according to the parliament's Web site.
The word "hezbollah" means "party of God" in Arabic.
Sheik Hassan Nasrallah is the head of Hezbollah.
Hezbollah fighters operate with almost total autonomy in southern Lebanon, and the government has no control over their actions, according to The Associated Press. But Lebanon has long resisted international pressure to disarm the group.
....
Hezbollah is known or suspected to have been involved in numerous terror attacks against the U.S., Israel or other Western targets, including the 1983 suicide truck bombings in Beirut that killed 241 U.S. Marines at the Marine barracks and 58 at the French military barracks.
....
The 1996 suicide bombing of the Khobar Towers in Saudi Arabia, in which 19 are killed, was attributed to Hezbollah.
Hezbollah was blamed for the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center in Argentina, in which 85 were killed.
...
Copyright 2006 CNN. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Associated Press contributed to this report.
