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LOL. What about foreign occupation?

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by DoDo on Tue Jul 24th, 2007 at 06:01:24 AM EST
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True but that was part of the civil war. The sectarians were supported by outside countries and so was Hezbollah. The focus of Hezbollah was on controlling Lebanon which included ridding the country of intruding countries.
by BJ Lange (langebj@gmail.com) on Tue Jul 24th, 2007 at 06:10:17 AM EST
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You can spin this many ways. But "the goal of Hezbollah was to liberate Shi-ites, starting with foreign occupiers and then progressing with the Maronites, with the ultimate ideal of establishing Lebanon as a Khomeinist state, which was later abandoned as the leadership recognised the realities within the country and the Shi'a community itself" comes closer to the truth. At any rate, during the Israeli invasion, the Civil War was long on-going but Hezbollah didn't yet exist, what's more, the Shi'a initially supported the Israelis for going after the bothersome Palestinian groups.

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by DoDo on Tue Jul 24th, 2007 at 06:37:24 AM EST
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