Hezbollah has certainly committed terrorist acts, to declare them a "terrorist organization" is probably an oversimplification. For example, unlike Islamic Jihad or even Hamas, they haven't launched suicide attacks inside Israel that I'm aware of, certainly not recently.

They've launched rockets into Israel, Israel has dropped bombs on Lebanon.
They've captured Israeli soldiers, the Israelis have captured Hezbollah guerillas.

They are not a terrorist organization in the sense that Al Quaeda or Islamic Jihad is: the vast bulk of Hezbollah's political organization is not an armed force. They are a political party, a social services organization, a guerilla army, and yes, a terrorist group, all rolled into one. To imagine that they're a single purpose terrorist group, though, is to seriously underestimate them.

Someone doesn't need to launch suicide attacks to be terrorist. There are other ways to do it, those rockets fired on Israel (and not only during this war for those who think it's just defense) are definitely examples of terrorism.

Originally posted by xmotex
Hezbollah has certainly committed terrorist acts, to declare them a "terrorist organization" is probably an oversimplification. For example, unlike Islamic Jihad or even Hamas, they haven't launched suicide attacks inside Israel that I'm aware of, certainly not recently.

They've launched rockets into Israel, Israel has dropped bombs on Lebanon.
They've captured Israeli soldiers, the Israelis have captured Hezbollah guerillas.

They are not a terrorist organization in the sense that Al Quaeda or Islamic Jihad is: the vast bulk of Hezbollah's political organization is not an armed force. They are a political party, a social services organization, a guerilla army, and yes, a terrorist group, all rolled into one. To imagine that they're a single purpose terrorist group, though, is to seriously underestimate them.

I do remember one suicide attack - 243 Marines died...Hizbollah first such terrorist attack 1983...
And maybe we can add the bombing of the jewish cultural center in Buenos Aires as terrorist attack...
The EU need middle eastern oil or are simply invertebrates...