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December 17, 2004
US labels Hezbollah TV station as "terrorist organization"
Topics: War on Terror - the issues.WASHINGTON, Dec. 17 (Xinhuanet-China) -- The United States on Friday putthe Hezbollah television station al-Manar on its list of terrorist organizations.
The State Department announced that the Lebanon-based television station, which has been banned from broadcasting in France, had been added to its Terrorist Exclusion List.
"The fact is that Hezbollah is an active terrorist organization," State Department spokesman Richard Boucher told a regular news briefing.
The United States has already designated Hizbollah as a foreign terrorist
organization, and the State Department has been open in its criticism of
al-Manar's satellite television programs.
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Hyscience reported on France's action on thursday in "closed down al-Manor on Thursday."
Posted by Hyscience at December 17, 2004 6:04 PM
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