1. Hizballah (Party of God)
... ), Sadr developed military and political organs, heading Amal ("Hope") until mysteriously disappearing in 1978 in Libya. Amal then split into a secular faction, headed by Nabih Beri (now speaker of Lebanon's parliament), and an increasingly radical religious branch, led by Hussein al-Musawi and named Hizballah. Hizballah emerged as a force in 1982 after Israel launched "Operation Peace for Galilee ... to end PLO incursions into Israel), and received early help from Iranian Revolutionary Guards sent to Lebanon as part of Iran's attempt to export the Islamic revolution . Hizballah in effect...
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