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EU countries block blacklisting of Hezbollah
EU Observer ^ | 20.06.13 @ 09:28 | Andrew Rettman

Posted on 06/20/2013 6:52:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai

A small group of EU countries has again blocked Britain’s bid to blacklist Lebanese group Hezbollah.

Diplomatic sources said Austria and the Czech republic led opposition at a meeting of EU countries’ counterterrorism specialists in Brussels on Wednesday (19 June).

Ireland, Italy and Poland also voiced concerns.

Objections center around shaky evidence that Hezbollah bombed a bus containing Jewish tourists in Bulgaria last year. …

(Excerpt) Read more at euobserver.com ...


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; Israel; News/Current Events; United Kingdom; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antisemitism; antizionism; austria; blacklist; bulgaria; bulgariabombing; czechrepublic; europeanunion; eussr; hezbollah; ireland; israel; italy; jihad; lebanon; poland; rop; unitedkingdom; waronterror

1 posted on 06/20/2013 6:52:41 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

But by all means let’s have the EU boycott products
made in Israel (if they had anything at all to do
with the settlements).

And let’s ban kosher food and circumcision.

(sarc/off)


2 posted on 06/20/2013 6:55:36 AM PDT by CondorFlight (I)
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To: CondorFlight

No need for sarcasm. The EU tried/is trying all of that.


3 posted on 06/20/2013 6:56:39 AM PDT by Olog-hai
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To: Olog-hai

No surprises here from the nazi eurabians.


4 posted on 06/20/2013 7:23:07 AM PDT by Hardraade (http://junipersec.wordpress.com (Obama equals Osama))
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To: Olog-hai

Please notice that the source refers to Hezbollah as a “group”, not as a “crazy band of terrorists”.


5 posted on 06/20/2013 8:03:15 AM PDT by Pecos (If more sane people carried guns, fewer crazies would get off a second shot.)
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To: dennisw; Cachelot; Nix 2; veronica; Catspaw; knighthawk; Alouette; Optimist; weikel; Lent; GregB; ..
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6 posted on 06/20/2013 8:27:01 AM PDT by SJackson (The Pilgrims—Doing the jobs Native Americans wouldn’t do !)
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To: AdmSmith; AnonymousConservative; Berosus; bigheadfred; Bockscar; ColdOne; Convert from ECUSA; ...

Thanks Olog-hai. Additional:

EU Fails to Blacklist Hezbollah as Terrorist Group
Al Arabiya | Friday, 21 June 2013
Posted on 06/20/2013 5:10:44 PM PDT by nickcarraway
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/3033792/posts


7 posted on 06/20/2013 9:24:26 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (McCain or Romney would have been worse, if you're a dumb ass.)
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