France Seeking to Add Hizbullah Military Wing to EU Terror List
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
France is to call for the military arm of Hizbullah to be added to an EU terror blacklist due to its backing of the Syrian regime, French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius said Wednesday.
"Because of the decisions that have been taken by Hizbullah and the fact that they are fighting very harshly the Syrian population, we have decided to ask that the military branch of the Hizbullah would be considered as a terrorist organization," Fabius told reporters in English.
The United States has long designated the group, which is backed by Iran, as a terrorist organization and has been pressing its European allies to follow suit.
"Many of us European countries are on this line and my guess is that it will be a decision that will be taken by Europe," Fabius said, leaving a meeting of the Friends of Syria in Amman.
Hizbullah fighters have been pouring across the border from Lebanon to bolster regime forces battling to retake the rebel stronghold of Qusayr.
A source close to Hizbullah told Agence France Presse it "has sent new elite troops to Qusayr".
And Hizbullah's al-Manar television channel broadcast images of funerals for five fighters it said had been killed carrying out their "jihadist duty.”
23 May 2013, 07:36
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Civilized nations define terrorism as violent acts which are intended to create fear (terror); are perpetrated for a religious, political or, ideological goal; and deliberately target or disregard the safety of non-combatants (civilians). Some definitions now include acts of unlawful violence and war. If one looks at HA ideology, its past and present, and its justification for the massacres in Syria, it clearly falls within this definition. So, list these terrorists and call them what they really are!
23 May 2013, 07:59
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Can France possibly wait until the tourism season in Europe ends before adding the wing to the list? Please?
23 May 2013, 08:39
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Stop talking about it , do it!! By the same token , you should classify Iran as a terrorist state, they're behing all of this since the early 80's !
23 May 2013, 09:46
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dat depends on how you define terrorism!? if after all the yrs of bloodshed in israel killing of innocent women n children do not comply the meaning well somethings wrong..
23 May 2013, 09:51
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FSA should be on a terrorist list after what we witnessed eating a human heart & liver as well as hacking an innocent soldier in a public London street !!!!
23 May 2013, 11:30
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At the rate Wahabist terrorist ideology is growing in its country, France will also need to add itself to the EU terror list.
