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NOTES <strong>AND</strong> SOURCES n 73<br />
205. Michael Knights, “The Evolution of Iran’s Special Groups in Iraq,” CTC Sentinel<br />
3, no. 11/12 (November 2010), https://www.ctc.usma.edu/posts/the-evolution-ofiran%E2%80%99s-special-groups-in-iraq.<br />
206. In an official statement released by Kataib Hezbollah on January 22, 2012, the<br />
group suggested Battat needed help for a mental condition. See https://www.<br />
washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Images/Books/Smyth/T-206.jpg for image.<br />
207. Hamza Mustafa, “Wathiq al-Battat: Khamenei’s Militiaman?” al-Sharq al-<br />
Awsat, March 2, 2013, http://www.aawsat.net/2013/03/article55294467; and<br />
Reuters, “Iraq Arrests Shiite Militia Commander,” January 2, 2014, http://www.<br />
voanews.com/content/reu-iraq-arrests-shiite-militia-commander-police-sourcesays/1821993.html.<br />
208. Hamza Mustafa, “Wathiq al-Battat: Khamenei’s Militiaman?” al-Sharq al-Awsat,<br />
March 2, 2013, http://www.aawsat.net/2013/03/article55294467.<br />
209. Omar al-Jaffal, “Iraqi Shiites Join Syria War,” Al-Monitor, October 29, 2013, http://<br />
www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2013/10/iraqi-shiites-join-syrian-war.html#.<br />
210. See https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Images/Books/Smyth/T-210.<br />
jpg for photo showing Abu Ithnan al-Budairi, an operational commander for<br />
Liwa Dhulfiqar.<br />
211. Associated Press, “Dearborn Man Accused of Supporting Terrorist Group<br />
Hizballah,” March 17, 2014, http://detroit.cbslocal.com/2014/03/17/dearbornman-accused-of-supporting-hezbollah/.<br />
212. Anne Barnard, “Major Hezbollah Figure, Tied to Syrian War, Is Assassinated<br />
Near Beirut,” New York Times, December 4, 2013, http://www.nytimes.com/<br />
2013/12/05/world/middleeast/hezbollah-leader-is-assassinated-in-beirut.<br />
html?pagewanted=all.<br />
213. Associated Press, “FBI: Awaiting Confirmation of Death of Hezbollah Commander<br />
Tied to Metro Detroit,” June 10, 2014, http://www.mlive.com/news/detroit/index.<br />
ssf/2014/06/fbi_awaiting_confirmation_of_d.html.<br />
214. Nawaf al-Qathami, “Haza hu Hizballah al-Saudi,” Al-Arabiya, March 7, 2014,<br />
http://washin.st/189Bc0T.<br />
215. Arif Rafiq, “Pakistan’s Resurgent Sectarian War,” Peace Brief 180 (U.S. Institute of<br />
Peace, November 2014), http://www.usip.org/sites/default/files/PB180-Pakistan-<br />
Resurgent-Sectarian-War.pdf.<br />
216. See https://www.washingtoninstitute.org/uploads/Images/Books/Smyth/T-21<br />
6.jpg for image. Additionally, LAFA promoted these same reported “Somali<br />
holy warriors” in a video it released. See “The Original LAFA Operating in<br />
Damascus—2013,” 5:12, http://videos.videopress.com/3A6SuMrq/the-original<br />
-lafa-operating-in-damascus-e28093-fall-2013_std.mp4: in Phillip Smyth,<br />
“From Najaf to Damascus and onto Baghdad: Iraq’s Liwa Abu Fadl al-<br />
Abbas,” Jihadology, June 18, 2013, http://jihadology.net/2014/06/18/hizballahcavalcade-from-najaf-to-damascus-and-onto-baghdad-iraqs-liwa-abu-fadlal-abbas/.<br />
In the video, the two fighters are shown dressed in military fatigues<br />
and assembling with other Shiite militiamen.
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