The origins of Hizbullah

If you are wondering where the situation in Lebanon came from, this could be a useful way for you to get up to speed; a history and brief resume of the parties involved. I'm intrigued by this suggestion;

There can be little doubt that Iran, feeling the growing pressures of American encirclement, encouraged the recent Hizbullah attacks against Israel knowingly inviting Israeli reaction in order to divert world attention from its nuclear programme.

but wondering whether that's too easy.
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