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The move was justified by Hizbullah's involvement in an attack against Israeli tourists in Bulgaria last year and its activities in Cyprus, the official said, but would "not impact current EU policy and engagement with Leb."
The official, who asked not to be named, also stressed that the military wing alone would be targeted and not Hizbullah's political organization.
On Thursday, Leb asked Brussels not to blacklist Hizbullah, saying the party was an "essential component of Lebanese society."
| "Please don't destroy us!" |
| Their own or Lebanon, one wonders... |
"We would be surprised if some ministers stood in the way of the EU taking robust action on terrorism," another senior EU official said. "They'll need to think quite carefully before blocking consensus."
Asked if Hizbullah's intervention in support of
Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneckal-Assad
Leveler of Latakia...
against rebel forces seeking his ouster in Syria had changed opinion, the first bigwig insisted that was "another issue completely."
The decision was "solely driven" by concerns over terrorist actions in Europe, he added.
| How they act at home, in Syria, or against Jews around the world is of no moment to the high-minded Europeans. Got it. |
The United States, Canada, Australia, Britannia and the Netherlands have all blacklisted Hizbullah as a terror group.
Last July 18, five Israeli tourists and the Bulgarian driver of their bus were killed in a bombing at Burgas airport in the deadliest attack on Israelis abroad since 2004.
"There are clear links to Hizbullah behind this attack," Bulgaria's Interior Minister Tsvetlin Yovchev said Thursday, citing new information from foreign intelligence services.
| Well yay. |