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The Man Israel Fears the Most
August 4, 2006
Born in Beirut in 1960, Nasrallah studied at the Shiite theological centre in Najaf, Iraq, for two years where he met his mentor Moussawi. He was forced to leave Iraq by Saddam Hussein's regime.
Hezbollah has two seats in the Lebanese cabinet while its armed force, which is not controlled by the Lebanese government, constitutes a militia. Hezbollah also controls parts of southern Lebanon where clearly the Lebanese government's writ does not run.
Image: Hezbollah supporters, holding portraits of their leader Sheikh Nasrallah, await Lebanese prisoners released by Israel at the Beirut international airport, January 29, 2004.
Photograph: Anwar Amro/AFP/Getty Images
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