Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God

Wednesday, October 9, 2013

Speaker

Matthew Levitt

Director, Stein Program on Counterterrorism and Intelligence; Senior Fellow, Washington Institute for Near East Policy; and author, Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God

Presider

Ed Husain

Senior Fellow for Middle Eastern Studies, Council on Foreign Relations

Ed Husain hosts author Matt Levitt in a discussion of Hezbollah's terrorist activities, focusing on the group's presence internationally and including not only attempted and successful attacks, but also the group's illegal financial activities.

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