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| Britain bans military wing of Hezbollah |
| 2008-07-16 |
| British lawmakers voted Tuesday to include the military wing of Lebanese-based group Hezbollah to Britain's list of banned terrorist organizations, charging it supported terror activities in Iraq and the Palestinian territories. The action by the House of Commons would make it a crime to join or support the military wing of the radical group, which fought a bloody month-long conflict with Israel two years ago. Britain's minister in charge of fighting terrorism Tony McNulty charged that the movement was linked to insurgent groups in Iraq that had attacked coalition soldiers. "I can say unequivocally that Hezbollah's military wing is providing active support to Shia militant groups in Iraq," he said. The ban passed the chamber unopposed. The measure will take effect with the House of Lords expected approval later this week. Prime Minister Gordon Brown had told lawmakers earlier this month that he wanted to add the military wing of the organization to a list of banned terrorist organizations. Britain lists 45 groups as banned international terrorist organizations, including al-Qaida and the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK. Hezbollah's external security organization has been listed since 2001. McNulty insisted that Hezbollah's social and political work in Britain will be unaffected, but the ban will place tight limits on fundraising. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #7 How can you tell the Hezzie military wing from the non-military wing? Sprocket diameter. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2008-07-16 20:29 |
| #6 Paisley on odd Thursdays. |
| Posted by: .5MT 2008-07-16 20:26 |
| #5 Does Hezbollah make these fine distinctions. Seems like they are out of one pot. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-07-16 15:52 |
| #4 How can you tell the Hezzie military wing from the non-military wing? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2008-07-16 15:50 |
| #3 Recognizing the enemy and those in league with them is a major step!!!! If Lebanese Hezbollah/Palestinians aided Iraqi insurgents, we should have a legitimate coalition of Britain, UK, French, and Israeli troops, beyond the aid requested from Iraq, Afghanistan, and Lebanon. And if the Iranians did Lockerbie, and Pakistan's AQ Khan supplied Libya with tech as well as Iran and North Korea, we have all the justification we need to go after AQ and the Taliban hiding out across the border or anywhere else they have burrowed in. I can't see how even China and Russia could oppose an official UN resolution to go after them all, not that I think we need world approval to defend ourselves, anyway. Time to take the diplomatic gloves off. |
| Posted by: Danielle 2008-07-16 14:28 |
| #2 Well that took political genius to figure out. |
| Posted by: bigjim-ky 2008-07-16 10:55 |
| #1 REDDIT > FORMER IRANIAN PRESIDENT BANI-SADR - TEHRAN RESPONSIBLE FOR LOCKERBIE, NOT LIBYA"! HMMMM, HMMMM, reminds me of what I told the USDOD-Fed long ago back in the late 1980's > "THE IRANIANS WILL CLAIM THEY DIDN'T DO IT". |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2008-07-16 02:04 |