| Ranstorp, Magnus, Hizb'allah in Lebanon : The Politics of the Western Hostage Crisis, New York, St | References and notes [ ]• In Hezbollah [ ] Al-Tufayli was the first from 1983 until 1984 |
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| al-Tufayli claims that Hezbollah today is acting as border guards for Israel and mercenaries for Iran and the West | He also berated the Lebanese Army for not stopping Lebanese citizens crossing the border to fight in Syria |
Hezbollah's had wound down since the "Kuwait 17" bombers of the who were linked to leading Hezbollah members were now free, and the had essentially ended the Civil War in Lebanon.
12| Post-Hezbollah [ ] In 1984, al-Tufayli was replaced by as head of Hezbollah | Beqaa is one of Hezbollah's three main regions of support in Lebanon |
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| Views [ ] More recently, al-Tufayli has stated that is implementing the agenda of the of the , , that the Islamic Republic's doctrine of "" Wilayat al-Faqih is un-Islamic and its government tyrannical | al-Tufayli himself however stated that the internal split in Hezbollah was caused by Iran's take over of Hezbollah from the original Lebanese leadership, and Iran's opposition to tactics under his leadership of violence against Israel and a demand to the end of the state of Israel; al Tufayli stated explicitly that Iran wanted to use Hezbollah as a "border guard" for Israel |
In July 1997, he organized protests, against the Lebanese government.
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