Hezbollah
Events (53)
- After June 16, 1982: Arrest of ‘Rogue’ Agent Leads US to Divert Blame for Terrorist Acts from Iran to Libya 1982-06-16
- April 18-October 23, 1983: Beirut Bombings Begin Era of Suicide Attacks 1983-10-23
- March 3, 1984: CIA Station Chief in Beirut Kidnapped; Will Die in Captivity 1984-03-03
- May 8, 1984: American Pastor Kidnapped by Hezbollah 1984-05-08
- December 3, 1984: US Professor Kidnapped in Beirut 1984-12-03
- January 8, 1985: Second American Pastor Kidnapped in Beirut 1985-01-08
- March 16, 1985: Associated Press Reporter Captured by Hezbollah, Held for Seven Years 1985-03-16
- May 28, 1985: American Hospital Administrator Kidnapped 1985-05-28
- June 9, 1985: Another American University Staffer Kidnapped 1985-06-09
- June 14-30, 1985: TWA Flight 847 Hijacked; US Naval Diver Murdered 1985-06-14
- July 3, 1985: Israel Offers to Facilitate Hostage Release; Arms-for-Hostage Deal In Place 1985-07-03
- July 8, 1985: Reagan Compares Iran to ‘Murder Incorporated’ While White House Prepares to Sell Arms to Iran 1985-07-08
- December 12, 1985: Plane Crash in Canada Kills 256; Evidence Suggests Links to Iran-Contra and BCCI Covert Operations 1985-12-12
- September 9-12, 1986: Two More Americans Taken Hostage by Hezbollah 1986-09-09
- November 3, 1986: Lebanese Newspaper Reveals US Arms Sales to Iran, Beginning Iran/Contra Affair Scandal 1986-11-03
- November 13, 1986: Reagan Denies Iran Arms Deals in Address to Nation 1986-11-13
- January 24, 1987: Three Americans, One Indian Kidnapped by Hezbollah 1987-01-24
- July 7-10, 1987: North Testifies before Iran-Contra Committee 1987-07-07
- September 14, 1987-March 2005: Arrested Militant Not Asked by US about Various Crimes 1987-09-14
- March 17, 1992: Israeli Embassy in Buenos Aires Is Bombed, Hezbollah and Iran Accused Despite Lack of Evidence 1992-03-17
- July 18, 1994: Anti-Jewish Bombing in Buenos Aires Is Blamed on Hezbollah and Iran Despite Lack of Proof 1994-07-18
- June 25, 1996: Khobar Towers Are Bombed; Unclear Who Culprit Is 1996-06-25
- After 9:03 a.m. September 11, 2001: CIA Analysts Initially Think Hezbollah Is behind the Terrorist Attacks 2001-09-11
- September 14-26, 2001: Bush Makes Public Appearances with Suspected Terrorism Supporters 2001-09-14
- November 8, 2001: Bush Foreign Policy Adviser Says Al-Qaeda Far More Imminent Problem than Iraq 2001-11-08
- January 3, 2002 and After: Israelis Claim Cargo of Seized Weapons Sent to Palestinians by Iran 2002-01-03
- May 4, 2003: US Immediately Rejects Comprehensive Peace Proposal by Iran’s Top Leadership 2003-05-04
- July 9, 2003: Mylroie Testifies Before 9/11 Commission, Airs Theories of Connections between Iraq and al-Qaeda 2003-07-09
- October 5, 2005: Britain Accuses Iran of Helping Transfer Technology to Iraq’s Mahdi Army 2005-10-05
- May 20, 2006: Permanent Iraq Government Takes Power 2006-05-20
- August 23, 2006: Republican Intelligence Report on Iran’s Nuclear Program Is Fundamentally False 2006-08-23
- January 11, 2007: US Troops Capture Iranian Officials in Kurdish Iraq 2007-01-11
- January-June 2004: 9/11 Commission Staffer Discovers Material Possibly Linking Iran to 9/11 Figures Unnoticed in NSA Archives
- April 1980: New Leader of Lebanese Militia Forms Alliances with Hezbollah, US Agencies, and Others
- July 2000: Candidate Bush Meets with Suspected Terrorism Supporters
- July 2006: Western Intelligence Agencies Learn Victor Bout Is Supplying Weapons to Hezbollah
- (Between Late August and Early September 2001): Article Written by CIA Analysts Says Hezbollah Is a Bigger Threat than Al-Qaeda
- 1996: Saudi Government Refuses to Help CIA Capture High-Ranking Hezbollah Figure
- 2000: Belgian Government Hires Informant with Islamic Militant Links and Murderous Background
- 1984: Ali Mohamed Works Briefly with CIA; Then Let Go Because of Connections to Islamic Fundamentalist Groups
- (1985): CIA Agent Proposes False Flag Attacks in Europe in Name of Hezbollah; Modified Proposal Is Implemented
- Shortly After February 1994: Ali Mohamed Sets up Meeting between Bin Laden and Hezbollah
- Early 2002-January 2003: Syrian Government Helps US with Al-Qaeda Intelligence until US Cuts Off Relationship Because of Iraq War Priority
- Late January 2001: Islamic Militants Converge at Beirut Conference
- Late December, 2006: Rumsfeld Derides Iraqi Prime Minister and US Ambassador; Misrepresents His Resistance to Sending More Troops
- Mid-July 2004: 9/11 Commission Staffers Worried about Impact of Newly Discovered Information about Iran on Political Situation
- Late August 2002: Israeli Knesset Member: US Overthrow of Iraq Would Change Middle East
- September 2007: Guantanamo File Shows US Secretly Considers ISI to Be Terrorist Organization
- March 2007: Journalist Calls Neocon Policy Paper ‘A Playbook for US-Israel Foreign Policy During Bush-Cheney Era’
- May 1985: ’Fuller Memo’ Codifies US Policy Towards Arming Iran