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Defining Hezbollah

13/10/2011

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The challenges of defining the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah.

Owen Bennett Jones reports from southern Lebanon on the nature and structure of the Lebanese Shia movement Hezbollah.

In Lebanon many people fear that another war between Hezbollah and Israel is just over the horizon.  

But what exactly is Hezbollah and why do people support it?  

For Assignment Owen Bennett Jones reports from southern Lebanon on the nature and structure of the Shia movement that is so difficult to define.

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