BOOKS Deconstructing Hezbollah WHEN GEORGE W. Bush issued Executive Order 13224 on Sept. 23, 2001, presenting a protocol to combat al-Qaeda and other terrorist organizations of "global reach," Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shia organization, was not on the list, despite the fact that...

The Jewish Week 12-02-2005 The actions in Lebanon last week of Hezbollah, the Party of God, offer a cautionary note for the United States and Israel on whether a militant faction can be convinced to put down its arms on joining the political...

Homeland Security: Duncan Hunter got the number wrong but the problem right in Tuesday's GOP presidential debate. We need to worry about al-Qaida in Iraq but also about al-Qaida and Hezbollah in the Americas.The long-shot congressman from San Diego tried to make the point 20hat...

After this week's deadly violence in Lebanon, the pro-Iranian Hezbollah finds itself in a corner. It remains determined to unseat the U.S.-backed government, but if it pushes too hard, it could be blamed for throwing the country into civil war.It now faces the question of...

Hezbollah was formed in 1982 by radical Lebanese Shiites who wanted to create an Islamic state in Lebanon and to free their land of Israeli domination. In English this translates to Party of God, because it combined political ambition with religious fervor. At this time Hezbollah was small and poorly armed, but soon they came to the attention of Iran, which was interested in exporting its brand of Islamic revolution to other Arab countries and in gaining greater influence in the region. Iran sent Hezbollah