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in light and medium blue, white, yellow and purple for different groups, as well as badges similar to mainstream Scouts. The flag of the Imam al-Mahdi Scouts was shown flown from cars and along the roadside and features their emblem.
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despite the movement's instructing tens of thousands of children and teenagers in military tactics and that they are "indoctrinated with the principles of radical
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on 23 November 2008. In this article, Bilal Naim, Hezbollah's former director for the Mahdi Scouts is cited: "After age 16 the boys mostly go to resistance or military activities".
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956:"LE HEZBOLLAH RECRUTE DES ENFANTS D'A PEINE DIX ANS"
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421:2023 border conflict
411:Spillover in Lebanon
292:Political activities
134:Imam al-Mahdi Scouts
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651:Scout fleur-de-lis
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256:Ideology
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