When Israel invaded Lebanon in 1982, the PLO was driven out, and Mugniyah joined a small Shīʿite Muslim-based militia that eventually became one of the founding elements of Hezbollah.
How did Shakur become a woman considered so dangerous by the US government that her name is ranked alongside members of Hezbollah?
Facebook Twitter Google plus Share Share this post Facebook Twitter Google plus close 5.46pm BST17:46 FSA threatens to attack Hezbollah in Beirut Syrian rebels are threatening to attack Hezbollah's stronghold in the southern suburbs of Beirut if the Lebanese Shia organisation does not stop supporting the Assad regime, according to a Saudi-owned newspaper.
"I can definitely say Hezbollah bans fighting in Syria because it could never approve hostility against Muslims," he said.
Morsi is accused of conspiring with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas as well as with Hezbollah and Iran's Revolutionary Guards.
"A Palestinian state today would be a Palestinian terror state," he said, comparing Hamas to Iran-backed Hezbollah in Iran.
Mujtaba is a good example of the new breed of Shia fighter, hellbent on confronting what they see as an existential threat against them, battle-hardened by more than a decade of conflict in Iraq and Syria and, in some cases, trained in Iran and Lebanon under the unrelenting attention of Hezbollah.
He was so impressed by his experiences that he named his first son after Imad Mughniya, the legendary Hezbollah military commander.
Further afield we find Iran and Turkey Iranan definitely as a supporter of Hezbollah, while Turkey is more difficult to define as part of a hostile ring... [as despite diplomatic strains its] trade [with Israel] is booming.
"In fact if you have to attach urgency to the task of dealing with one or the other, the more urgent task would be Hezbollah and Iran - Assad has almost become a passive player here.
States may use guerrilla or terrorist groups as proxies, as Iran and Syria have used Hamas and Hezbollah.
