Furthermore, he said that "Israel is not targeting
Hizbollah in Syria, nor is the party attacking Israel.
Shaikh Abdulla said Bahrain is America's oldest ally in the Middle East and the relationship between the two countries has strengthened in the global war on terrorism - "especially against the Iran-backed subversive group
Hizbollah".
That is precisely why
Hizbollah has not responded the way it typically does to Israeli provocations.
"Placing
Hizbollah on the terrorist list would be the next logical step, in light of the terrorist attack on European soil.
Even
Hizbollah's negotiator with the German mediator representing the UN Secretary General, never had information on that score because as Hassan Nasrallah,
Hizbollah's Secretary General said, "One of the valuable lessons we learned from earlier exchanges (referring particularly to the 2004 exchange, AC) is that the news media complicate such operations, creating preset conditions...because the enemy always wages a credibility war applying leverage to fracture
Hizbollah's positions and that is a policy practised in many parts of the world." (2)
Mr Brown said: "We have today laid an order extending proscription to cover
Hizbollah's entire military wing on the sole grounds of new evidence of its involvement in terrorism in Iraq and in the occupied Palestinian territories.
This paper examines the radicalization process of Turkish Islamists, with a specific focus on the terrorist organization
Hizbollah, often referred to as Kurdish
Hizbollah to distinguish it from the Lebanese group using the same name.
NO PEACE UNLESS
HIZBOLLAH DISARMS (The Nation, Bangkok)
HIZBOLLAH was hailed by its jubilant allies Iran and Syria yesterday for "victory" over Israel.
The unrelenting ferocity of Israel's assaults on Lebanon reflects the growing realisation that the operation triggered by
Hizbollah's capture of two Israeli soldiers and the killing of eight others is not running precisely to the high command's satisfaction.
But Iran has since stepped into the vacuum in Lebanon, where it has been able to increase its influence, partly through its ties to the local Shi'ite group
Hizbollah. That has given Tehran a stronger trump to play in its confrontation with the US and Europe over its nuclear programme.