Daily Star Political News: UK envoy finesses 'terrorist' label on Hizbullah's armed wing

                   
beiruter.com     04-Jul-2008            

Daily Star staff Saturday, July 05, 2008 BEIRUT: The British ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Mary Guy, clarified her government's recent move to classify the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist organization in an interview published in the Lebanese daily As-Safir Friday. Guy denied implications that the announcement's timing was suspicious after wide-spread speculation that it was intended to coincide with the prisoner exchange deal between Hizbullah and Israel. "This decision has been studied for a long time and it became necessary to announce it quickly due to the legislative process of the United Kingdom," she said. "The Ministry of the Interior presented its request to Parliament on July 2 so that it could be researched before its session on the 22nd of this month." Guy also emphasized that the ban did not apply to... [read full story]                    

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British Government To ALLOW Hizbullah Fund Raising

yidwithlid.blogspot.com     03-Jul-2008          

If you listen to the media or read papers today, you will see the heralding of a new era in Great Britain. British gov't to ban military wing of Hizbullah, that means that Britain is ALLOWING the "political" wing of Hizbuallah....                    

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Britain Proposes Wider Sanctions against Hizbullah

israelnationalnews.com     04-Jul-2008          

The British government, in a move that requires approval by the Parliament, wants to slap sanctions against raising funds or encouraging support for the military wing of the Hizbullah terrorist organization. Hizbullah's...                    

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Hizbullah's British wing and that swap deal

agoravox.com     04-Jul-2008          

With nearly everyone in Lebanon thrilled (or pretending to be) about Hizbullah's "victory" (to quote Siniora) in securing the release of Lebanese prisoners in Israel, it was no wonder that the same duplicitous and insincere...                    

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UK envoy finesses 'terrorist' label on Hizbullah's armed wing

dailystar.com.lb     04-Jul-2008          

he British ambassador to Lebanon, Frances Mary Guy, clarified her government's recent move to classify the military wing of Hizbullah as a terrorist organization in an interview published in the Lebanese daily As-Safir Friday....                    

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Middle East: Britain Bans Military Wing of Hizbullah

buzzle.com     02-Jul-2008          

Revised ban identifies Lebanese organization's role in aiding 'militants' fighting in Iraq Britain has outlawed the military wing of the Lebanese organization Hizbullah, accusing it of supporting attacks on coalition forces in...                    

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