METHOD TACTICS TIMELINE TERRORIST HIZBALLAH BACKGROUND IN RESPONSE THE ISRAELI INVASION OF SHIA ADVOCATES EMPOWERMENT INVOLVED THE SUICIDE TRUCK BOMBINGS THE US EMBASSY BEIRUT MARINE BARRACKS ANNEX IN SEPTEMBER TWA 847 KHOBAR TOWERS ATTACK SAUDI ARABIA LEBANESE GOVERNMENT PASSAGE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION DISARMAMENT ARMED MILITIAS FOCUSED RETENTION ARMS CASTING ITSELF THE DEFENDER LEBANON ISRAELI KIDNAPPED ISRAELI SOLDIERS SPARKING WAR CLAIMED VICTORY VIRTUE CONFLICT JUSTIFY NEED TO RETAIN LEBANESE RESISTANCE FORCE MILITANTS SEIZED PARTS THE GOVERNMENT SECURE COMMUNICATIONS NEGOTIATIONS VETO POWER RETAINED THE UN SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON SENIOR ASSASSINATION OF PRIME MINISTER RAFIQ LEADER HASAN NASRALLAH PUBLICLY PAINT PROXY ISRAEL THE UNITED MILITARY CHIEF VEHICLE BOMB NASRALLAH BLAMED PROMISE RETALIATION HASAN SHOT OUTSIDE ACCUSED RESPONSIBILITY FOR TEL AVIV DENIED UNKNOWN EXTREMIST FACTIONS STATEMENTS FLAG THE GROUP ENGAGED AGGRESSIVE CAMPAIGN TARGETING THE MIDDLE EAST DETONATED BUS KILLING TOURISTS ARRESTS OPERATIVES PERU THAILAND DISCOVERY EXPLOSIVES CACHE IDENTIFICATION OF IN CYPRUS BASHAR REGIME IRAQI SHIA PALESTINIAN REJECTIONIST TRAINING WESTERN THE EUROPEAN UNION DESIGNATED WING ORGANIZATION THE MARCH CONVICTION YEAR OF MEMBER BOMBING INTERVENTION NATIONAL COUNTERTERRORISM DOCUMENTS PORTABLE DOCUMENT FORMAT ADOBE ACROBAT READER HIGHER VIEW PRIVACY POLICY CONTENT NOTES ADOBE READER SPELLING ARABIC NAMES TERMS ACCEPTED TRANSLITERATION OF ARABIC NAMES EDITION CALENDAR TRANSLITERATION SYSTEM GENERALLY THE LETTERS NAME DETAINED KHALID SHAYKH MUHAMMAD KHALID SHEIKH MOHAMMED ASSOCIATE USAMA BIN LADIN OSAMA THE REWARDS FOR JUSTICE FBI TERRORISM EASY LEGAL DOCUMENTS THEREFORE DO NOT ALWAYS CONFORM ISLAMIC THE MOVEMENT OBSERVATION ISLAMIC YEAR NONE EXCEED MONTH LUNAR CRESCENT SEEN LUNAR MONTHS DAYS ALWAYS BE SHORTER THE WESTERN FIRST DAY IN THE WEST LATIN TERM ANNO HEGIRAE FELL 14 OCTOBER LUNAR OBSERVATION DIFFERENCES IN TIME OBSERVANCE ISLAMIC HOLIDAYS DATES REGION HOLIDAYS DETERMINED LOCAL JEWISH HOLIDAYS BEGIN EVENING DATE UNLESS BOUNDARIES BOUNDARY REPRESENTATION AUTHORITATIVE THE INFORMATION WEBSITE VALID AS OF 29 AUGUST INFORMATION THE PUBLIC DOMAIN VERIFIED DISSEMINATED US GOVERNMENT CLOSE