What Hezbollah really wants

Nice to see the BBC report the truth for once.

"Hezbollah will become a purely political party only when Israel ceases to exist," he said.

Ditto the Palestinians.

And here's a sorely needed wake up call for Britain.

"But more recently, the United Kingdom government decided to distinguish between the two faces of Hezbollah - by talking to its politicians while keeping the military wing on the terrorist list.

But Mahmoud, the fighter, says the UK is fooling itself by making this distinction.

"We have two arms, but we belong to one body. There is no such things as the military wing or the political wing of Hezbollah - we are all part of one resistance," he said. "

Are you listening Gordon?

US - American Professor Declares Support for Hezbollah

Thankfully he no longer poisons young minds, but sadly many more still do.

Lebanon - Hezbollah targeted civilians

That's what Human Rights Watch says.

"Human Rights Watch's report said it found numerous rockets fired by Hezbollah in which there was no apparent legitimate military target, indicating civilians were deliberately attacked.

The report also said Hezbollah's justifications that the rocket attacks were a response to Israeli fire into southern Lebanon and aimed at drawing Israel into a ground war had no legal basis under the rules of war.

"Hezbollah's explanations for why it fired rockets at Israel's civilian population utterly fail to justify these unlawful attacks," said Sarah Leah Whitson, director of Human Rights Watch's Middle East and North Africa division. "Hezbollah, like Israel, must respect the laws of war."

You can find the BBC's report on this but you have to hunt for it. It's in the Middle East section, right hand side, second section, second item under "Other Top Stories". If HRW were reporting on Israel, this would be on the front page.

US Treasury bans another Muslim charity

The govenment should be moving faster to shut down these terror fund raisers.

"WASHINGTON, July 24 (Reuters) - The U.S. Treasury Department said on Tuesday it has moved to block financing to Lebanese guerrilla group Hezbollah by banning U.S. transactions with a foundation in Iran and a finance company in Lebanon.

The Treasury said in a statement it was designating the Tehran-based Martyrs Foundation and the Al-Qard al-Hassan finance firm in Beirut as providing financial support to terrorist organizations."

A "guerrilla group"? Leave it to al Reuters to fail to mention Hezbollah is a terrorist organization.