Hezbollah is fighting to the death, but who is it?

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The Times July 21, 2006

By Bronwen Maddox, Nicholas Blanford, Stephen Farrell, and Ned Parker

FOR TEN days, Israel’s F16 warplanes have pounded Hezbollah with hundreds of tonnes of bombs, yet the guerrilla group shows few signs of cracking.

That will boost Hezbollah’s reputation as one of the most sophisticated and disciplined guerrilla forces in the world. It will add to its mystique in Arab and Muslim countries, where its leader, Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, is emerging as a powerfully charismatic figurehead, widely seen as the lone champion who will stand up to Israel.

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With the end of Lebanon’s civil war in 1990, Hezbollah was forced to make a fundamental choice: to abide by its uncompromising goals, or to work within the new political system. The pragmatists triumphed, and Hezbollah fielded candidates for the first time in the 1992 parliamentary elections, securing influence in parliament and pushing pro-Western countries into shocked acknowledgement of its appeal.

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When Israel abandoned its occupation zone in May 2000, Hezbollah claimed the move as its triumph, portraying the withdrawal as the first time that Israel had been forced to yield occupied territory by Arab force. Hezbollah’s prestige soared in the Muslim world. Palestinians emulated its “model of resistance” in the intifada four months later.

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[Lefty48197]

1. Hezbollah has lost half their rockets SO FAR.

If they don't lose every bullet, gun, rocket, shoulder fired missile, AK 47, machete and soldier they have, then they should consider this military event a victory.