Maybe you forgot that Hezbollah themselves are designated as a terrorist organization by the US and EU. So now, even though Assad and the Russians have killed over 300,000 Syrians so far, they've invited an Islamic terrorist group to come in and help them kill some more. A terrorist genocidal terrorist dictator working openly with an official terrorist group for the goal of killing Syrians. It doesn't get any better than this. You must be proud of your idol.
That US and EU (partly) label them terrorist group does not make them an official terrorist group. A terrorist becomes a terrorist because of his deeds, not because of labeling.
You dumbass, a group is designated as "terrorist" EXACTLY because of their deeds. There is a multi-faceted criteria before the US govt. can legally, objectively, and fairly designate a group as terrorist, and Hezbollah without a doubt fits the criteria.
What did you think? They toss a coin? How old are you?
The U.S. calls anyone they don't like terrorists. Muhajedin and Contras were called freedom fighters when it served U.S. interests. You are such a moron.
Let's review what the mentally ill Sasquatch just brayed: "The U.S. calls anyone they don't like terrorists."
No, you ignoramus, there's a legal process and ciriteria by which a group gets designated.
United States State Department list of Foreign Terrorist Organizations
"
Foreign Terrorist Organization" is a designation for non-United States-based organizations deemed by the
United States Secretary of State, in accordance with section 219 of the
Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965 (INA), to be involved in what US authorities define as
terrorist activities. Most of the organizations on the list are
Islamist extremist groups,
nationalist/separatist groups or
Marxist militant groups.
The Department of State, along with the
Treasury Department, also has the authority to designate individuals and entities as subject to counter-terrorism sanctions according to
Executive Order 13224. The Treasury's
Office of Foreign Assets Controlmaintains a separate list of such individuals and entities.
Identification of candidates
The
Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism (S/CT) in the
US State Department continually monitors the activities of groups it does not support active around the world considered potentially "terrorist" to identify targets for designation. When reviewing potential targets, S/CT looks not only at the actual attacks that a group has carried out, but also at whether the group has engaged in planning and preparations for possible future acts of violence or retains the capability and intent to carry out such acts.
Designation process
Once a target is identified, the Office of the Coordinator for Counterterrorism prepares a detailed "administrative record," which is a compilation of information, typically including both classified and open sources information, demonstrating that the statutory criteria for designation have been satisfied. If the Secretary of State, in consultation with the
Attorney Generaland the
Secretary of the Treasury, decides to make the designation, the
United States Congress is notified of the Secretary's intent to designate the organization and given seven days to review the designation, as the INA requires. Upon the expiration of the seven-day waiting period, notice of the designation is published in the
Federal Register, at which point the designation takes effect. An organization designated as an FTO may seek judicial review of the designation in the
United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit not later than 30 days after the designation is published in the Federal Register.
Under the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004, the FTO may file a petition for revocation two years after the designation date (or in the case of redesignated FTOs, its most recent redesignation date) or two years after the determination date on its most recent petition for revocation. In order to provide a basis for revocation, the petitioning FTO must provide evidence that the circumstances forming the basis for the designation are sufficiently different as to warrant revocation. If no such review has been conducted during a five-year period with respect to a designation, then the Secretary of State is required to review the designation to determine whether revocation would be appropriate.
The procedural requirements for designating an organization as an FTO also apply to any redesignation of that organization. The Secretary of State may revoke a designation or redesignation at any time upon a finding that the circumstances that were the basis for the designation or redesignation have changed in such a manner as to warrant revocation, or that the national security of the United States warrants a revocation. The same procedural requirements apply to revocations made by the Secretary of State as apply to designations or redesignations. A designation may also be revoked by an Act of Congress, or set aside by a Court order.
Legal criteria for designation
(Reflecting Amendments to Section 219 of the INA in the 2001
Patriot Act)
- It must be a foreign organization.
- The organization must engage in terrorist activity, as defined in section 212 (a)(3)(B) of the INA (8 U.S.C. § 1182(a) (3)(B)),* or terrorism, as defined in section 140(d)(2) of the Foreign Relations Authorization Act, Fiscal Years 1988 and 1989 (22 U.S.C. § 2656f(d) (2)),** or retain the capability and intent to engage in terrorist activity or terrorism.
- The organization’s terrorist activity or terrorism must threaten the security of U.S. nationals or the national security (national defense, foreign relations, or the economic interests) of the United States.
