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Hezbollah: Party of Fraud

2011; Council on Foreign Relations; Linguagem: Inglês

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Matthew Levitt,

Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and Political Violence

In June, Lebanon's new prime minister, Najib Mikati, announced the formation of a government dominated by members and allies of the Shiite terrorist organization Hezbollah. The creation of the new government has made Hezbollah the most dominant political force in Lebanon just six years after the Cedar Revolution, which placed the group on the defensive and forced its Syrian patrons to leave the country. With control of the Lebanese government, a vast social-service network, an army of soldiers and operatives, and an arsenal of more than 40,000 rockets, Hezbollah has arguably never been more powerful.