Podcast Transcript: Geographic Photographer Goes Inside Hezbollah

Their name means "party of God" in Arabic. But in the West the name Hezbollah has become synonymous with terror, suicide bombings, and kidnappings.

Hezbollah, a radical militant Islamic group, was formed in the early 1980s in Lebanon under the backing of Iran's Ayatollah Khomeini.

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Website: http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2006/08/060802-hezbollah.html

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