Hezbollah
Armenian Revolutionary Federation in Lebanon was created in 1890.
1982 and 2006
Some of Thomas Friedman's most influential columns include his coverage on the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon and his coverage on the Sabra and Shatila massacre.
Due rocket attacks from terrorist groups in Lebanon, the Israeli army invaded Lebanon. Because so many terrorist groups had offices in Beirut , this city suffered from Israeli air force bombings. This was very damaging to Lebanon.
2006 Israeli War with Hezbollah was not a mere dispute. There was an incredible amount of violence and death in southern Lebanon. The country involved was Lebanon.
The Israeli-Hezbollah War of 2006 began from Hezbollah's gross misinterpretation of how strongly Israel would respond to its illicit activities. The War had a number of causes that included, but were not limited to:Hezbollah kidnapped two Israeli soldiers on the Lebanese border: Regev and Goldwasser, violating the strong Israeli sense that no soldier can be ever left behind. This prompted an Israeli incursion into Lebanon to retrieve the soldiers.Hezbollah, upon seeing the Israeli soldiers, launched Soviet Katyusha Missiles into Israel, causing the Israelis to amp up their incursion to a proper invasion and airstrike.
U.S. troops have never fought in any Israeli war, except during the first Israeli withdrawal from Lebanon when they "escorted" Israeli troops out of Lebanon The U.S. only began selling weapons to Israel after there victory in the Yom Kippur war. That war was fought with, mostly out of date, Russian or makeshift Israeli weapons.
Lebanon
No, and that is true for both the first Lebanon war in 1982 as well as the more recent war in the summer of 2006. The issue of captured Israeli soldiers is always presented when negotiations are discussed.
There were dozens of wars that took place in the 1980's. A few of these international wars that occurred in the 1980's are: The Cold War, Invasion of Grenada, Arab-Israeli Conflict, 1982 Lebanon War, The Iran-Iraq War, Falklands War.
From their point of view, to defend their lands against the previous Israeli occupation of south Lebanon.
Up until they were exiled by King Hussein in September 1970 or "Black September" they were based in Jordan. They then moved to southern Lebanon until the Israeli invasion in 1982 drove them out. The organization then moved to Tunis, Tunisia until 1993 when they returned to modern Palestine.