Bahrain declares Hezbollah a terrorist organization

http://www.timesofisrael.com/bahrain-declares-hezbollah-a-terrorist-organization/

created by newsettler on 09/04/2013 at 21:38 UTC

154 upvotes, 9 top-level comments (showing 9)

Comments

Comment by TwoTailedFox at 09/04/2013 at 21:43 UTC

42 upvotes, 3 direct replies

Sunni Muslim royal family declaring a Shi'ite Muslim group outlaws? Who'd have thunk it?

Comment by hymrr at 09/04/2013 at 21:44 UTC

27 upvotes, 0 direct replies

But they continue to support Hamas, all this signals is that they still consider Sunni terrorism to be acceptable but have politically gathered enough Shia enemies (Iran/Syria) to condemn that specific brand.

I'm sure many will welcome it but it's hypocritical coming from them.

Comment by RaphaeI at 10/04/2013 at 01:32 UTC

5 upvotes, 0 direct replies

so unprincipled. you can bet that if it weren't for syria, bahrain and the other arab gulf states would be lavishing praise on hezbollah for being a cudgel against israel.

Comment by Chunkeeboi at 10/04/2013 at 01:27 UTC

8 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Perhaps they'll redeploy to Bahrain's borders instead of Israel's now.

Comment by Megaharrison at 10/04/2013 at 04:04 UTC

6 upvotes, 0 direct replies

This has less to do with EVIL J00Z LOBBY PUPPET STATE and more to do with the domestic interests of the Bahraini monarchy, which is sunni but dominates a Shia-majority country. During the 2011 unrest there, Iran/Hezbollah aided the opposition (not out of some altruism, see them combating the opposition in Syria) and this pissed off the monarchy.

Comment by malcolmflaxworth at 10/04/2013 at 00:13 UTC

6 upvotes, 1 direct replies

I find it odd that whether a group is a terrorist organization or not is left up to a government to decide.

Comment by Zergling_Supermodel at 09/04/2013 at 22:05 UTC

3 upvotes, 1 direct replies

Well rest assured that in a few weeks/months, when the UN investigation into the Rafiq Hariri murder delivers its conclusions, a lot more countries will follow suit and recognise Hizbollah for what it is and has always been - a vile terrorist group. You heard it here first.