Treasury targets Hezbollah construction arm

[Scurrilous]

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"The U.S.Treasury Department on Tuesday designated a Lebanon-based construction company operated by Hezbollah as a terrorist organization, accusing it of bolstering the militant group's public standing by rebuilding war-torn areas.

The action by the Treasury bans Americans from doing business with Jihad al-Bina and freezes any assets the construction firm may have under U.S. jurisdiction.

The Treasury said Jihad al-Bina receives direct funding from Iran, is run by Hezbollah members and is overseen by Hezbollah's governing Shura Council.

"Hezbollah operates Jihad al-Bina for its own construction needs as well as to attract popular support through the provision of civilian construction services," Stuart Levey, Treasury's under secretary for terrorism and financial intelligence, said in a statement. "We will take action against all facets of this deadly terror group."

Jihad al-Bina, whose name translates as "construction for the sake of the holy struggle," has been involved in debris clearance and reconstruction efforts in southern Lebanon following Hezbollah's month-long conflict with Israel in the summer of 2006."

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070220/us_nm/usa_lebanon_hezbollah_dc_1

[PLF]

1. Building houses for people, how evil!

[Robson]

2. It depends.

What I really can't stomach anymore with politics and politicians is how we can subvert the real core humanity issue to make a point. The issue is that many innocent Lebanese had their houses destroyed last summer by Israel. I could be wrong here but when houses are bombed and destroyed, someone has to rebuild them. It costs money.

It seems our policies should be more inclusive of all innocent peoples instead they are exclusive.

Instead it depends on where said houses are being built. If they are in the right area as designated by those that have political influence, ALL the US taxpayers will even pay the tab.

http://www.commondreams.org/views01/0624-03.htm