The Hezbollah Movement in Iraq (), also known as the Jihad and Construction Movement (), is a

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Islamist

Iraq Iraq, officially the Republic of Iraq, is a country in West Asia. It is bordered by Saudi Arabia to Iraq–Saudi Arabia border, the south, Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq border, the east, the Persian Gulf and ...

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that is part of the

United Iraqi Alliance The National Iraqi Alliance (NIA or INA; ), also known as the Watani List, was an Iraqi electoral coalition that contested the 2010 Iraqi legislative election. The Alliance was mainly composed of Shi'a Islamist parties. The alliance was creat ...

coalition. It is not affiliated with the Lebanese group

Hezbollah Hezbollah ( ; , , ) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and paramilitary group. Hezbollah's paramilitary wing is the Jihad Council, and its political wing is the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc party in the Lebanese Parliament. I ...

or other groups using the name. ''Hezbollah'' or ''Hizb Allah'' () means "Party of God" in

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. The party publishes the '' Al-Bayyna'' newspaper and is led by

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. Hezbollah originated as an underground anti-Saddam network. Unlike other anti-

Saddam Saddam Hussein (28 April 1937 – 30 December 2006) was an Iraqi politician and revolutionary who served as the fifth president of Iraq from 1979 until his overthrow in 2003 during the U.S. invasion of Iraq. He previously served as the vi ...

groups it remained based in Iraq, not setting up shop in

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or the

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. The party is closely aligned to the

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History

Post-invasion

Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Hezbollah Movement seized buildings formerly used by the Iraqi General Intelligence Service in the al-Alwiya neighborhood of

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. On 16 August 2004,

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& Major Crimes Directorate personnel raided the building with support from forces wearing American clothing. Conflicting reports identified the forces as either the

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or U.S. forces. Present Hezbollah staff and officials, including Secretary-General

, were arrested and detained for periods ranging from 10 days to 2 months. During this time they were interrogated over the group's links to Iran.p.36-39
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References

*https://www.alsumaria.tv/news/216789/حركة-الجهاد-والبناء-تعلن-انفصالها-عن-تيار-الحكمة-و/ar *http://www.wataniq.com/news?ID=19801 *https://www.knoozmedia.com/261336/http://قيادات-في-حركة-الجهاد-والبناء-تعلن-تمس/ *http://www.alliraqnews.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=66426 *http://www.irna.ir/ar/News/82947973 *https://www.iraqakhbar.com/639652 *http://afaq.tv/contents/view/details?id=8373 *http://www.irna.ir/ar/News/82934119 *https://web.archive.org/web/20131204130346/http://almadapress.com/ar/news/22071/%D8%AD%D8%B1%D9%83%D8%A9-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AC%D9%87%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%86%D8%A7%D8%A1-%D8%AD%D8%B1%D8%B1%D9%86%D8%A7-%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%A8%D9%84%D8%A7%D8%AF-%D9%85%D9%86 Factions in the Iraq War Islamic political parties in Iraq Shia Islamic political parties Rebel groups in Iraq Political parties established in 2008 2008 establishments in Iraq Axis of Resistance Shia Islam in Iraq {{Iraq-party-stub

History

Post-invasion

See also

References