International Reporting Project

Photo Essay IV: Evolution of terror

by Julie Goodman, Fall 2004 IRP Fellow
Reprinted with permission of The Clarion-Ledger, Jackson, MS

Hezbollah's sheikh Hassan Nasrallah addresses thousands of spectators at a military parade for the party. Nasrallah won immense respect in Lebanon after he sent his own son to fight against Israel, losing him at age 18. Photos in this four-part series llustrate the day-to-day lives of Lebanon's citizens.

Young fighters participate in Hezbollah's military parade, held in Baalbek, a city in eastern Lebanon.

The parade continues with more fighters, who are marching past Hezbollah's sheikh Hassan Nasrallah and thousands of supporters. .

Some fighters carry the Hezbollah flag, which features a Kalashnikov rifle propped up on a globe.

The fighters in the Hezbollah military parade, like these men, march without weapons. The party says that carrying weapons for parades has caused friction in the past, so leaders decided to set them aside.

A young fighter gives a salute while gripping the Hezbollah flag.

This image covers the wall of a building in a Hezbollah-dominated southern suburb of Beirut. A Kalashnikov bursts through a Star of David with a flag, in Hezbollah colors, emblazoned with the words �We're coming.�

Residents of this Hezbollah-dominated southern suburb of Beirut complain that the government neglects them. Hezbollah, however, has provided them a range of services, they say.

Young students attend class at a school that closely follows the principles of Hezbollah.

The family of Zaki Haidar, a soldier who died 15 years ago while fighting Israel, pose beneath his picture. They say Hezbollah stepped in after their loss to offer help, including covering the private education of both children. Zaki Haidar, who was 40 when he died, is known in Lebanon as a martyr for his sacrifice. In the image with him are his two children.