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Third World Quarterly. "Shia Movements in Lebanon: Their Formation, Ideology, Social Basis, and Links with Iran and Syria". "ʿAbbās al-Mūsawī: Lebanese Religious Leader." Accessed Jan. 16, 2017.

https://www.britannica.com/biography/Abbas-al-Musawi.

[11] Haberman, Clyde. If yes, age of first marriage

He was married to Siham (date unknown).[11] She was killed in alongside Abbas al-Musawi.

Children

He had a child named Hussein al-Musawi.[12]

Religious identification

He practiced Shi'a Islam.

Elite family background

His family background is unknown.

Political affiliations and intellectual circles; note any relevant social connections made

Prior to rebellion, he was associated with Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.[13] Subsequently, he was affiliated with Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baquir al-Sadir (founder of the Iraqi Hezb ad-Da’wa), and he studied under him in 1974, at a Shi'a hawza in an-Najaf, Iraq.[14]

Physical and mental health

His physical and mental health was unknown.

Pre-militant leader occupation

He ran a hawza in Ba'albek, Lebanon.[15]

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Experience in a state military, and role; any relevant social ties

No, he did not have experience in a state military.

Experience in a nonstate military, and role; any relevant social ties

He had some connections to the Amal.[16][17]​

Combat experience prior to assuming resistance organization leadership?

No; he did not have combat experience.

Held government position prior to assuming leadership?

No; he did not hold a government position prior to assuming leadership.

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Lived in exile?

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No; he did not live in exile.

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Study abroad?

Around 1974, he studied at a Shi'a hawza in an-Najaf, Iraq headed by Grand Ayatollah Sayyid Mohammad Baquir al-Sadir (founder of the Iraqi Hezb ad-Da’wa), and also influenced by the views of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.

Did the leader receive military training abroad?

No; he did not receive military training abroad.

Did the leader have extensive work experience abroad?

No; he did not have extensive work experience abroad.

Serve time in prison?

A new leader was thought to be needed to facilitate the release of the Western hostages held by Hezbollah and more importantly to shift Hezbollah's focus to resistance activity against Israel.

Al Moussawi also promised to "intensify [Hezbollah] military, political and popular action in order to undermine the peace-talks." He did not support entering mainstream politics.

Later it was revealed by Dieter Bednarz and Ronen Bergman that the original plan of Israel had been just to abduct al Musawi to realize the release of Israeli prisoners. Al-Mūsawī was appointed Secretary-General of Hezbollah in 1991. “Hezbollah, Part 1: Origins and Challenges.” Al-Monitor, July 11, 2013. “Hezbollah, Part 1: Origins and Challenges.” Al-Monitor, July 11, 2013.

The two collaborated in laying the groundwork for what would later become the Hezbollah resistance movement towards the end of that year.^[7]

In 1982, after the Zionist regime's occupation of Lebanon, he and several Lebanese youths gathered in the Beqaa Valley. “Lebanon: The Hizb Allah.” https://www.cia.gov/library/readingroom/document/cia-rdp85t00287r001302140001-2

[17] Declassified CIA memorandum (November, 18, 1985).

On February 16, 1992, he was assassinated by an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon. 1952 – d. Rockets blew apart the Mercedes-Benz limousine carrying the sheik and two Range-Rovers carrying bodyguards. Hezbollah: The Global Footprint of Lebanon's Party of God. Georgetown University Press, 2015: 98.

[13] Deeb, Marius (April 1988).

Social connections during that time?

No; he did not serve time in prison.

Was there an assassination attempt on the leader by the state?

There was no attempt by Lebanon. This was the precursor to Hezbollah’s Shura Council in which al-Musawi held a seat.

After the attack, the Islamic Jihad Organization declared that it was carried out for the revenge of the martyr infant Hussein, al Musawi's five-year-old son, who had been killed with his father. 10 (2): 683–698. doi:10.1080/01436598808420077. JSTOR 3992662.

[4] Haberman, Clyde. “Israelis Kill Chief of Pro-Iran Shiites in South Lebanon,” New York Times, Feb.

17, 1992, Accessed Jan. 16, 2017, http://www.nytimes.com/1992/02/17/world/israelis-kill-chief-of-pro-iran-shiites-in-south-lebanon.html

[21] Augustus Richard Norton, Hezbollah (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 2007).