Islamic Jihad Organization

E588566

clandestine organization militant organization

The Islamic Jihad Organization was a clandestine Shiite militant group active in Lebanon during the 1980s, widely believed to have been linked to Hezbollah and responsible for several high-profile attacks against Western targets.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	clandestine organization ⓘ militant organization ⓘ
activeInDecade	1980s ⓘ
allegedBacker	Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps NERFINISHED ⓘ Islamic Republic of Iran NERFINISHED ⓘ
associatedWith	Islamic Resistance in Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
characterizedAs	clandestine ⓘ
claimedMotive	expulsion of Western forces from Lebanon ⓘ resistance to Israeli presence in Lebanon ⓘ
claimedResponsibilityFor	1983 Beirut barracks bombings NERFINISHED ⓘ 1983 United States Embassy bombing in Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ 1984 United States Embassy annex bombing in Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ kidnappings of Western hostages in Lebanon ⓘ
claimedToRepresent	Islamic revolution in Lebanon ⓘ
classification	terrorist organization (by Western governments) ⓘ
commandAndControl	allegedly directed by Hezbollah leadership ⓘ
conflictInvolvedIn	Lebanese Civil War NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryOfOperation	Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ
describedAs	cover name for Hezbollah operations ⓘ front organization for Hezbollah ⓘ
ideology	Shia Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ
issuedThreatsAgainst	France NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Western hostages in Lebanon ⓘ
languageOfCommuniques	Arabic ⓘ
linkedTo	Hezbollah NERFINISHED ⓘ Iran-backed Shia militant networks in Lebanon ⓘ
mediaPresence	anonymous phone calls to news agencies ⓘ
notableFor	attacks on Western targets in Lebanon ⓘ hostage-taking operations ⓘ suicide bombings ⓘ
operatedInCity	Beirut NERFINISHED ⓘ
operationalStyle	clandestine cells ⓘ
opposedTo	Israel NERFINISHED ⓘ United States NERFINISHED ⓘ Western countries ⓘ
periodOfActivityEnd	late 1980s ⓘ
periodOfActivityStart	early 1980s ⓘ
regionOfActivity	Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ Middle East NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousOrientation	Shiite ⓘ
status	defunct ⓘ
targeted	French military forces in Lebanon ⓘ Multinational Force in Lebanon NERFINISHED ⓘ United States diplomatic facilities ⓘ
usedTactic	assassination ⓘ car bombing ⓘ hostage-taking ⓘ suicide truck bombing ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

1983 United States Embassy bombing in Beirut → perpetrator → Islamic Jihad Organization ⓘ

1983 United States Embassy bombing in Beirut → perpetratorClaimOfResponsibility → Islamic Jihad Organization ⓘ

1983 Beirut barracks bombings → perpetratorClaimedBy → Islamic Jihad Organization ⓘ