at the 1996 election and 5 at the 1992 election. According to Amal officials, the party's militants "have been involved in every major battle since fighting began" during the 2006 Lebanon War, and at least 8 members were reported to have been killed. General election summary See also Lebanese Civil War Lebanese Forces South Lebanon Army People's Liberation Army (Lebanon) War of the Camps Weapons of the Lebanese Civil War Notes References Augustus R. Norton, Amal and the Shi'a: Struggle for the Soul of Lebanon, Austin and London: University of Texas Press, 1987. Afaf Sabeh McGowan, John Roberts, As’ad Abu Khalil, and Robert Scott Mason, Lebanon: A Country Study, area handbook series, Headquarters, Department of the Army (DA Pam 550-24), Washington D.C. 1989. - Byman, D., Deadly Connections: States that Sponsor Terrorism, Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2005. Edgar O'Ballance, Civil War in Lebanon, 1975–92, Palgrave Macmillan, London 1998. Fawwaz Traboulsi, Identités et solidarités croisées dans les conflits du Liban contemporain; Chapitre 12: L'économie politique des milices: le phénomène mafieux, Thèse de Doctorat d'Histoire – 1993, Université de Paris VIII, 2007. (in French) – Nasr, Vali, The Shia Revival, New York, W.W. Norton & Company, 2006. Palmer-Harik, J., Hezbollah: The Changing Face of Terrorism, London, I.B. Tauris & Co Ltd, 2004. Magnus Ranstorp, Hizb'allah in Lebanon: The Politics of the Western Hostage Crisis,New York, St. Martins Press, 1997. Seyyed Ali Haghshenas, "Social and political structure of Lebanon and its influence on appearance of Amal Movement, " Iran, Tehran 2009. Robin Wright, Sacred Rage, Simon and Schuster, 2001. Fouad Ajami, "Gadhafi and the Vanished Imam", Wall Street Journal, May 17, 2011. External links https://web.archive.org/web/20110707122235/http://www.amal-movement.com// (Arabic) https://web.archive.org/web/20090311082332/http://afwajamal.com/ Axis of Resistance Political parties in Lebanon