...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...'s Hezbollah, saying they were operated by sanctioned individuals and groups but using US internet registries.
The domains blocked included the personal site of Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Naim Qassem
... the Grand Vizier of the Hezbullies...
, the main site of the Islamic Resistance® Support Association, Hezbollah's fundraising arm, and sites controlled by Hezbollah's al-Manar TV.
Visitors to the domains now see a large one-page statement in English and Arabic that reads, "This website has been seized," with the logos of the US FBI and Department of Commerce.
The Justice Department said the sites were registered with two US-based groups, Public Internet Registry and Verisign Inc.
"Today's web domain seizures deny terrorist organizations and affiliates significant sources of support and makes clear we will not allow these groups to use US infrastructure to threaten the American people," Assistant Attorney General Matthew Olsen said in a statement.
The US designated Hezbollah, a major political and paramilitary group in Lebanon, a "foreign terrorist organization" in 1997.