The Hezbollah Movement in Iraq ( ar, حركة حزب الله في العراق) is a

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Islamist,

Iraq Iraq,; ku, عێراق, translit=Êraq officially the Republic of Iraq, '; ku, کۆماری عێراق, translit=Komarî Êraq is a country in Western Asia. It is bordered by Turkey to Iraq–Turkey border, the north, Iran to Iran–Iraq ...

political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular country's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology ...

that is part of the

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coalition. It is not affiliated with the Lebanese group

Hezbollah Hezbollah (; ar, حزب الله ', , also transliterated Hizbullah or Hizballah, among others) is a Lebanese Shia Islamist political party and militant group, led by its Secretary-General Hassan Nasrallah since 1992. Hezbollah's parami ...

or other groups using the name. ''Hezbollah'', or more literally ''Hizb Allah'' (حزب الله), meaning "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-

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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

Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq The Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq (ISCI or SIIC; ar, المجلس الأعلى الإسلامي العراقي ''Al-Majlis Al-A'ala Al-Islami Al-'Iraqi''; previously the party was known as the Supreme Council for the Islamic Revolution in Iraq ...

, previously known as the Supreme Council for Islamic Revolution in Iraq.

History

Post-Invasion

Following the

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

Baghdad Baghdad (; ar, بَغْدَاد , ) is the capital of Iraq and the second-largest city in the Arab world after Cairo. It is located on the Tigris near the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon and the Sassanid Persian capital of Ctesiphon ...

. On 16 August 2004,

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& Major Crimes Directorate personnel raided the building with support from forces wearing US clothing, conflicting reports identified the forces as either the

Iraqi National Guard The Iraqi National Guard (NG; ar, الحرس الوطني, al-Ḥaras al-Waṭanī) was an armed force originally established by the United States Coalition Provisional Authority. Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, CPA Administrator Paul Bremer ...

or US 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 {{Iraq-party-stub