Due to the time constraints, a detailed response regarding the Hezbollah ideology is not possible, however, the following documents should provide useful background information on the activities of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

Attached, please find three previous requests on Lebanon: #LBN2908, #LBN3369 and #LBN4120 which refer to Hezbollah and forced recruitment by the South Lebanon Army (SLA). According to most sources, the forced recruitment practices of the SLA are typical of the recruitment practices of the other main militias in Lebanon.
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Amnesty International, Report 1988, London: Amnesty International Publications, 1988;

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Amnesty International, Report 1989, London: Amnesty International Publications, 1989;

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Amnesty International, Report 1987, London: Amnesty International Publications, 1987;

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Yeranaian, Edward Alan, "Iran Clamps Down on Hizbullah", The Christian Science Monitor, 10 October 1989;

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Henry Degenhardt, Revolutionary and Dissident Movements, London: Longman Group UK Ltd., 1988;

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Hijazi, Ihsan, "Iran is Alienating Lebanon's Shiites", The New York Times, 22 May 1988;

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Hijazi, Ihsan, "Christian-Israeli Rift in Lebanon `Security Zone'", The New York Times, 28 May 1989;

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Mackey, Sandra, Lebanon: Death of a Nation, New York: Congdon & Weed, Inc., 1989;

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"Would Trade Hostages for Arabs in Israel, Lebanese Sheik Says", Globe and Mail, 12 August 1989;

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"Suicide Attack on Israeli Convoy Called Payment of Kidnapping", Globe and Mail, 10 August 1989;

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"Hezbollah Leader Fadlallah Offers to Help Solve the Hostage Crisis", BBC Monitoring Service, 14 August 1989;

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Fisk, Robert, "Western Hostages are Long Way from Freedom", The Ottawa Citizen, 3 August 1989.