Hizballah CALLS Itself “The Army OF God!”
It is indeed the army of the false god Allah.
It has spread its Tentacles around the Earth.
When the final War of the Age of the Gentiles
Begins in the Middle East twixt Jews and Arabs
The Hizballah Tentacles will Activate Worldwide
To strike terror across the surface of the Planet
July 20, 2011
http://www.tribulationperiod.com/
There are several acceptable spellings for the terrorist organization Hizbullah. It is referred to as the Party or Army of God.
The following are excerpt paragraphs from U.S. Security Sources
Hizballah / Hizbollah / Hizbullah / Hezbollah (Party of God)
Islamic Jihad
Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Palestine
Organization of the Oppressed on Earth
Revolutionary Justice Organization
Hizballah is an Islamic movement founded after the Israeli military seizure of Lebanon in 1982, which resulted in the formation of Islamic resistance units committed to the liberation of the occupied territories and the ejection of Israeli forces. Hizbollah was established in 1982 during the Lebanon War when a group of Lebanese Shi’ite Muslims declared themselves to be the “Party of God” (Hizb Allah, which is clear in Hizbollah but progressively less so in Hizbollah / Hizbullah / Hezbollah). Upon the realization that the IDF was entrenching itself in south Lebanon, and influenced and assisted by 1,500 Iranian Revolutionary Guards in Lebanon, Hizballah cells began developing with the immediate desire to resist the Israeli invasion. Hizbollah began establishing its base in Lebanon in 1982 and has expanded and strengthened ever since, primarily due to its wave of suicide bombings and foreign support by Iran and Syria.
Description
Formed in 1982 in response to the Israeli invasion of Lebanon, this Lebanon-based radical Shia group takes its ideological inspiration from the Iranian revolution and the teachings of the late Ayatollah Khomeini.
The Majlis al-Shura, or Consultative Council, is the group’s highest governing body and is led by Secretary General Hasan Nasrallah. Hizballah is dedicated to liberating Jerusalem and eliminating Israel, and has formally advocated ultimate establishment of Islamic rule in Lebanon. Nonetheless, Hizballah has actively participated in Lebanon’s political system since 1992.
This radical Shia is dedicated to creation of Iranian-style Islamic republic in Lebanon and removal of all non-Islamic influences from area. It is strongly anti-Western and anti-Israeli.
A very important factor that developed Hizballah was the establishment of the Islamic Revolution in Iran that was led by the Imam Khomeini. This revolution consolidated new concepts in the field of Islamic thought mainly the concept of Willayat Al-Faqih.
The revolution also generalized Islamic expressions against the west such as arrogance, the great Satan, hypocrites and the oppressed. Due to that it was only normal for the ideological doctrine in Iran to take root in Lebanon. This tie was very quickly translated on the ground by direct support from the Islamic Republic of Iran through its revolutionary guards and then to Hizballah that was resisting the Israeli occupation. This religious and ideological tie between Hizballah and Iran following the revolution with its stance towards the Zionist entity had a great effect on releasing vital material and moral support to Hizballah. Hizballah’s ideological ideals sees no legitimacy for the existence of Israel, a matter that elevates the contradictions to the level of existence. And the conflict becomes one of legitimacy that is based on religious ideals.
The seed of resistance is also deep in the ideological beliefs of Hizballah, a belief that found its way for expression against the occupation of Lebanon.
Activities
Once established as a militia, Hizbollah received acclaim and legitimacy in Lebanon and throughout the Muslim world by fighting against IDF and SLA troops. In fact, since 1988 Hizbollah replaced Amal (the other prominent Shi’ite organization in Lebanon) as the predominant force due to its activity against Israel.
Over the years Hizbollah military operations have grown to include attacking IDF and SLA outposts, ambushing convoys, laying explosive devices booby-trapping cars, and launching long range mortar shells and Katyusha rockets at IDF outposts and into Israel proper.
Between the spring of 1983 to the summer of 1985 the Hizballah launched an unprecedented wave of suicide bombings which included an attack on the US embassy and at a US Marine base in Beirut. Known or suspected to have been involved in numerous anti-US terrorist attacks, including the suicide truck bombing of the US Embassy and US Marine barracks in Beirut in October 1983 and the US Embassy Annex in Beirut in September 1984. Elements of the group were responsible for the kidnapping and detention of US and other Western hostages in Lebanon. The group also attacked the Israeli Embassy in Argent
ina in 1992.
Location/Area of Operation
Operates in the Al Biqa’ (Bekaa Valley), the southern suburbs of Beirut, and
southern Lebanon. Has established cells in Europe, Africa, South America, North America, and elsewhere. Its training bases are mostly in the previously Syrian-controlled Biqa Valley, and its headquarters and offices are in southern Beirut and in Ba’albek.
External Aid
Hizballah was established by the Iranian Revolutionary Guards who came to Lebanon during the 1982 “Peace for Galilee” war, as part of the policy of exporting the Islamic revolution.
It receives substantial amounts of financial, training, weapons, explosives, political, diplomatic, and organizational aid from Iran and Syria. Published reports that Iran provides hundreds million dollars of aid annually are probably exaggerated. Iran probably provides financial assistance and military assistance worth about $25-50 million.
Hizballah is closely allied with, and often directed by, Iran but has the capability and willingness to act independently. Closely allied with, and often directed by Iran, it may have conducted operations that were not approved by Tehran. Though Hizballah does not share the Syrian regime’s secular orientation, the group has been a strong ally in helping Syria advance its political objectives in the region.
Begin Excerpt from DEBKAfile
Hizballah rides high in Lebanon, installs member as security chief
DEBKAfile Exclusive Report
July 16, 2011, 1:00 PM (GMT+02:00)
On the fifth anniversary of Israel’s second Lebanon war this week, as former IDF generals and military experts hailed its outcome as the winning deterrent keeping the Shiite terrorist Hizballah at bay every since, Hassan Nasrallah quietly completed the organization’s takeover of Lebanon’s security and intelligence agencies and took delivery of advanced ballistic missiles from Syria.
DEBKAfile’s counter-terror sources report that the Lebanese cabinet will Monday, July 18, go through the motions of endorsing the key appointment dictated by Hizballah promoting Brig. Gen. Abbas Ibrahim’s from Deputy Director of Lebanese Military Intelligence to General Security Director.
This a sensitive all-powerful post never before been held by a member of the Shiite community. It puts him – and Hizballah – in charge domestic surveillance, espionage, counterintelligence and all of Lebanon’s clandestine branches.
The post was formerly held by a Maronite Christian and passed to a Sunni Muslim in 1998.
The Christian president Michel Suleiman tried hard to prevent this appointment because it jeopardizes the delicate inter-communal power-sharing balance which has guarded Lebanon against civil strife in recent years. He even asked rivals in the opposition – former prime minister and Sunni leader Saad Hariri and the head of the Christian Phalangist Samir Geagea to back him up.
But they turned him down, reminding him how as president he helped Hizballah install the puppet government headed by Najib Miqati. Now, they said, Suleiman must bear responsibility for the Shiite organization’s expanding control of the country’s military and security agencies.
After that rebuff, President Suleiman went back to Hizballah and extracted for his relative Brig. Gen. Walid Suleiman the job of Army Chief of Staff, a position comparable to Head of Operations in most Middle East armies.
DEBKAfile’s Middle East sources note that this step opened the door for Hizballah to take a hand for the first time in making top military appointments. Its oversight of domestic security will now spill over to the armed forces and military control of Lebanon’s borders with Israel and Syria.
Also on the agenda of the Lebanese cabinet meeting Monday, barring last-minute changes, are the extension of Said Mirza’s term as Prosecutor General as well as the appointments of Maj. Gen. Ashraf Rifi as Internal Security Forces chief; and Col. Wissam Hassan, as head of the Intelligence Bureau.
All three are pro-Syrian and pro-Hizballah figures from northern Lebanon and personal loyalists of Prime Minister Miqati.
They have been put in place as a roadblock against the warrants the International Lebanese Tribunal is due to issue this month for the arrest and extradition of four Hizballah leaders on suspicion of complicity in the assassination of former prime minister Rafiq Hariri in 2005.
Saturday, July 16, The Times of London confirmed from intelligence sources that Syria had accelerated its deliveries to Hizballah of high-tech weapons, including M600 – the Syrian version of the Scud D ballistic missile – whose 700-kilometer range puts much of Israel, Jordan and parts of Turkey within Hizballah’s reach.
These developments show how far from reality were the self-congratulatory comments broadcast this week by Israeli generals and pundits and their view that the uprising threatening Syrian President Bashar Assad had weakened his ally Hizballah. Just the reverse: Even with his back to the wall, the Syrian ruler has clearly assigned top priority to continuing to upgrade Hizballah’s war arsenal.
And in Beirut, its leader Hassan Nasrallah, though still sheltering in his bunker, has never had it so good.
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