Nearly 100 U.S. congressman urged France s president to add Hezbollah to the European Union s list of terrorist groups.
Ninety-one members of the House of Representatives sent a letter to French President Nicholas Sarkozy explaining the far-reaching impact an E.U. designation would have on the Lebanon-based, Iranian-backed Shi ite militia. They said a ban on the group would thwart Hezbollah s European fund-raising operations and end the ongoing flow of cash from Iran to Hezbollah operatives in Europe.
It is clear that Hezbollah has taken advantage of its operational freedoms in Europe to fundraise and coordinate acts terror, and its designation as a terrorist organization by the European Union is long overdue,” said Rep. Robert Wexler (D-Fla.). “At a time when the United States and the E.U. are working together to thwart Iran’s nuclear development and punish Iran for its brazen defiance of the U.N., we must also work together to confront its proxy organization Hezbollah.
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