UNDATED INFO ON HIZBALLAH IN LEBANON

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• Document Creation Date: December 22, 2016
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• Sequence Number: 9
• Publication Date: February 23, 1989
• Content Type: CABLE

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2. FOLLOWING IS BIOGRAPHIC INFORMATION ON SOME
OF THE HIZBALLAH MEMBERSHIP ACCORDING TO AN
UNDATED, UNIDENTIFIED ARABIC-LANGUAGE DOCUMENT
FOUND TN POLITICAL SECTION FILES. WE BELIEVE AN
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AS A RESULT OF THEIR INv'ESTI[;ATIO'JS I'?,!TO GFRMAN
c10ST AGES I'V LFf+ANON.
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B) (IBRAHIM AL-AMIN OFFICIAL SPOKESMAN
C) cSUBHI AL-TUFA LI RESPONSIBLE FOR THE PARTY
IN THE BIQA'
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4. THE LEBANESE ARENA IS DIVIDED INTO THREE
REGIONS:
A) BEIRUT-REG-ION-A-ND THE SOUTHERN SUBURBS, HASSAN
- SHAHADIS THE SECURITY OFFICIAL.
B) WESTERN BIQA' WHERE (MUHAMMAD RAJIJI'IS THE
SECURITY OFFICIAL. ".? `-;
C) SOUTHERN REGION (NFI).
5, EACH OF THESE REGIONS HAS A BRANCH MAJLIS AL-
SHURA, LINKED TO THE HIGHER MAJLIS AL-SHURA THROUGH
ONE OF ITS MEMBERS. THE HIGHER 4,1AJLIS AL-SHUPA
INCLUDES SEVEN COMMITTEES AS FOLLOWS:
-- I dTLLLIGE JCE COMMITTEE=
-- POLITICAL COMMITTEE
-- INFORMATION COMMITTEE
-- !,ILITA,:t( COt',-iITTLC
-- SOCIAL CO^'?M I T T E E
LCOr1O'M1TC C1-1''MT.TTEE
TtIF_L.R[. ARE ()THEE: RELATEI` CO't^lTTTEES IN Ttfl I`AJI.I
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AND HISTORICAL EVENTS AND POLITICAL ANALYSIS IN
4 ADDITION TO THE WEEKLY PUBLICATION "AL-AHAD."
FOLLONING ARE THE NAMES OF MEMBERS OF HIZBALLAH
FROM INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO US (NFI).
MUHAMMAD HUSSEIN FADLALLAH
- SPIRITUAL FATHER OF HIZBALLAH. BORN IN
NAJAF (IRAQ), 1936.
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REGION OF SOUTHERN.IRAG1.
-- ARRIVED IN LEBANON IN 1966 AND TOOK UP RESIDENCE
IN THE NABA.'H REGION FOR TEN YEARS DURING WHICH
HE %'AS ACTIVE IN THE COMMUNAL LIFE AND TEACHING
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TAGS: PEEL, PTER, LE, Sy
SUBJECT . UNDATED INFO ON HIZBALLAH IN LEBANON
WHERE HE ESTABLISHFn AN INSTITUTE FOR TRAINING
JLL-1~'.
-- AF1Lr: 'TL'f- f:41-1- UF AL.-NA,~IA'Ii, HF MOVED TO THE
SOI!THEr:" S'!r'W" ?S
-- iF HAS -.-i+?'IITF!' t lT uC i-r??F.:;r 'OST OF wHIC.H
WEPF PI'r1L .T'Hfl .
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-- THEY HAD 12 CHILDREN -- 7 BOYS AND 4 GIRLS;
ONE DIED,
-- HIS MOTHER IS THE DAUGHTER OF HUSN AL-BAZI,
AND SISTER OF THE DECEASED MINISTER ALI AL?BAZI
FROM THE "JUBAIL FAMILY" ("BAYT JUBAYL").
IBRAHIM AL-AMIN
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-? SPOKESMAN OF HIZBALLAH.
(LEBANON) IN 1953.
-- MARRIED DAUGHTER OF THE DECEASED RELIGIOUS
LEADER SHAYKH HABIB AL IBBRAHIM FROM THE VILLAGE
OF HANA"IYA NEAR TYRE.
-- 6 CHILDREN -- 7, GIRLS AND 4 BOYS.
-? STUDIED IN NAJAF AND QUM, COMPLETED "AL-
MUOADDIMAT" AND "AL-SATUH" AND RECEIVED OUTSIDE
STUDIES.
-- PARTICIPATED IN ESTABLISHING HIZ5ALLAH IN
LEBANON IN
-- viAS REPRESENTATIVE OF AMAL IN TEHRAN FROM
1gfi0-14q?,
-- BORN'! 1w TOE VILLAGE CIF AL-i34ZLJ JYYA NEAR
TYii F: I1' la'> ;t
-- '1AI-P1F.D 1 RR P.L7 U1
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-- STUDIED IN NAJAF AND QUM, HAS NOT YET
COMPLETED THE STUDY OF "AL?SATUH."
BORN IN THE VILLAGE OF BRITAL NEAR BAALBAK
STUDIED "RELIGIOUS SCIENCES" IN_NAJAF ;AND OUM_.
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BRITAL; 5 CHILDREN= 2:;.G{RL'ti3AND3B0~Y=S,.
-- MARRIED TO SOMEONE _FROM T.HE==MAZHUM-"FAMILY ER.OM.
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AL-SAID ABBAS AL?MUSAWj:"
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WBORN IN 1952 IN THE VILLAGE-OFTSHAIT2NEAR
BAAL13AK.
-- MARRIED HIS COUSIN (FATHER'S. BROTHER'S DAUGHTER);
5 CHILDREN -- 3 BOYS AND 2 GIRLS.
- RECEIVED HIS RELIGIOUS STUDY IN AL-BADAIYA AT
THE INSTITUTE OF ISLAMIC STUDIES IN TYRE 1969-1970,
AFTER LiHICH HE WENT TO N.AJAF F10M 1970-78.
-? HE STUDIED UNDER MUHAMMAD BAOR AL-SADR; OBTAINED
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SUU!?JCT: ?.i ~tIFD INFU UIN HI7t3ALLAH IN LEBANON
OF "OUTSIDE. STti )Y" CU iPLETING STUDIES IN
"AL-SAT1JH."
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IN ESTABLISHING "AL-HAWZA" IN BAALBAK AND GENERAL
ISLAMIC WORK IN ADDITION TO POLITICAL WORK.
SECURITY OFFICIAL FOR THE PARTY.
LEBANESE SHI'A BORN IN THE SOUTH IN 1963.
UNDERTOOK NEGOTIATIONS-IN--THE NAME-OF--THE PARTY
REGARDING FRENCH HOSTAGES.
-- FLED LEBANON IN 1985 TO-FRANCE AF--TER-PROSE-
CUTIm' Hy SYRIAN INTELLIGENCE AFTER THE KID-
NAPPING OF SOVIET Q--PLOM-ATS. -HE-RETURNED=TO
LEBANON AFTER THEIR RELEASE. U.S. TRIED TO PRESSURE
FRANCE TO ARREST HIM, BUT FRANCE DIDN'T RESPOND.
-- A DEPUTY TO THE LEADER OF THE AMAL MOVEMENT
UNTIL 1.982.
-- JN 1982, AFTER NABIH BARRI JOINED THE
"LEBANESE ORGANIZATION FOR SALVATION," HE MOVED
TO THE DAA1_RFGIU'i AND FROM 1 HFRE CONDEMNED
THE PAR1NEI SHIP OF BARRI IN THE SALVATION ORGAN-
IZATION AND ANNOUNCED THE BIRTH OF THE "ISLAMIC
AMAL MOVE'': OF
HTZBALLAH AND F(IPCEI AMAL'S SEPARATION FROM IT.
-- 111" PART] r. rP'ATF:D I`j KI-NDAPPJNr, SEVERAL
FORLJG+;'F.RS.
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?? REPRESENTATIVE OF GRAND AYATOLLAH HUSSEIN MONTAZARI
IN LEBANON WITH KNOWLEDGE THAT AYATOLLAH MONTAZARI
IS THE DIRECT OVERSEER FOR THE PARTY, MATERIALLY AND
ORGANIZATIONALLY. HIS INSTRUCTIONS ARE SENT DIRECTLY
TO PARTY OFFICIALS.
MUHAMMAD ABBAS SAMAHA
?? HIS BROTHER ABBAS SAMAHA IS THE HIZBALLAH MEMBER
WHO WAS KILLED -IN--THE-MIDDLE --OF-1-986.-------- -- -
SHAYKH KHALIL SHAQIR
-MUFTI OF BA-AL$AK.___
SHAYKH AH;'!Au FAHuJ, Kr1OVC1NI'S 4'CPRFSENTAT]VE IN
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AFIF AL-NAB!1LSI
SHAYKNi !!A 5!;A'1 C 1A 3R1 3
SHAYKH MUHAMMMAD HAMAUAH
SHAYKH KHODR TLIS
SHAYKH AL- Ir?tiNI - REV
S!?1AYK!i ?A0l4A"4;'',A(7 Al_-K:_'Tiir?i Ni
w- NFI.
NABIL MUGHNIYYA - SECURITY OFFICIAL
FAWAZ ALA+Mf - POLITICAL OFFICIAL
ALI NAHLA - CONSCRIPTION/ORGANIZATION OFFICIAL
MUHAMMAD AL-AHMAR - TRAINING OFFICIAL
NAIF MAZLUM - MILITARY OFFICIAL IN FOREIGN OPERATIONS
SHA'LAN AL-nrRUaT - FINANCE AND Ai)l'-'I?J OFFICIAL
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SHAYKH SALMAN AL-KHALIL
SHAYKH MUSTAFA AL-UIMATI
SHAYKH NAIM QASIM
SHAYKH MUHAMMAD AL-MIDDAD
SHAYKH HASSAN TARAU
SHAYKH ASD AL-MUSHIN FADLALLAH
SHAYKY ZUHEIR KANJ
SHAYKH RIDHA MEDHI
SHAYKH ALI DIA
SHAYKH HASSAN SHIHADA, RESPONSIBLE FOR HIZgALLAH
SECURITY IN BEIRUT AND FOR THE TEAM (FIROA) 17
BETWEEN NUINEIR REGION AND HUR,1 HAIDAR UNTIL 1982
SHAYKH HASSAN HATFFT
-.MAHMUD ABDALLAH
HAJ AHD AL-HADI HAMIDA
1:T1 SHAYKH YUSEF DA'MOUSH
SHAYKH ABD AL-WAHHAB AL-KASHI
MUHAMMAD BAJIJI - PARTY OFFICIAL IN ~:ESTERN RIGA'
MUSTAFA SHIHADA
HA L AL-S IFI
ALI 4AD POLITICAL ADVISER-TO SHAYKH FADLALLA.H
TH SYR AN DIPLOMATIC PASSPORT
AL-HAJJ ALI MAZLUM. - TRAINING OFFICER IN HIZBALLAH
YUSUF NAf) BAZI - "ABU HILAL," SENIOR !,:ILITARY
- OFFICIAL IN FOREIGN OPERATIONS
ADNAN NASIR "ABU HUSSEIN," OFFICIAL. FOR ADMJN-
- I.STRATI0' ANl FINANCE
("C; :>,' 1PTI~^,i nr?r
,.4i An AL-Q,115, ()rc.?T(-iAI FOR
- ORGANIZATION
MUHAMMAD SULAIMAN, "ABU SHIJQI," 1NFORmATIr1N OFFICIAL
7. THERE IS A MI.LITARv iFt ICER FOR GENERAL
TRAINII,4G OF F4I7Q4LLAH T ; 41,
TRANJ4!'i i)FFIf FP ?c c), rJ;'; i'r-
C 1. _ :i L
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SHAYKH SAID S~HAQAf4) HEAD OF THE ISLAMIC UNITY
(TA-I1ID) MOVEMENT IN TRABLUS
~MALIK ALtUSH~ - POLITICAL OFFICER IN THE ISLAMIC
? UNIT/ MOVEMENT (JAWHID)
SHAYKH MAHER 'L Mr s - FROM SIDON `~
cc~
SHAYKH ~KAMIL IiAM~~? - FROM BEIRUT
9. HIZDALLAH BEGAN TO ATTRACT EXTREMISTS FROM
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD, AND ISLAMIC PARTY OF
FREEDOM" IN JORDAN, WEST bANk, TUNIS AND LEBANON.
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10. VIIRING DIAGRAM AND FULL TEXT IS BEING POUCHED
TO NEA/ARN.
ENO OF MESSAGE CONFIDENTIAL
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