Hussein al-Musawi

Husayn Al-Musawi (also Hussein Musawi; Arabic: حسين الموسوي; died in 1990) was a Lebanese radical Shia Jihadist militant founder and leader of Islamic Amal, a pro-Iran Islamist militia.

[1] he was well-known for his pro-Khomeinism views and for his activities against the Israel is also seen as notable founding member of Hezbollah in Lebanon.

[2] Musawi was a "chemistry teacher turned militia commander" who became the deputy head and official spokesman of the Amal movement/party/militia, Lebanon's largest Shi'ite movement.

Musawi's pro-Iranian position was in part a reflection of having been trained in Iran and having been one of the elite protégés of Mostafa Chamran, the Iranian Defense Minister who had worked in Lebanon with Amal before the Shah's overthrow.

When then French and American MNF peacekeeping force was attacked by suicide bombers killing over 300 he denied responsibility but expressed his admiration "I salute this good act, and I consider it a good deed and a legitimate right, and I bow to the spirits of the martyrs who carried out this operation" [9]He is also reported to have been involved in the kidnapping of foreigners in Lebanon during the Lebanon Hostage Crisis, holding the victims in the village of Ras al-Ein, in the Beqaa Valley of East Lebanon.