| − | [[Hezbollah]], a Lebanon-based terrorist organization formed in approximately 1982, is responsible for some of the deadliest terrorist attacks against the United States in history. Hezbollah is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a Specially Designated Terrorist and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. As a result, pursuant to IEEPA, all assets in the United States in which Hezbollah has an interest are blocked, and any transaction or dealing with such property, or providing goods or services to Hezbollah, is prohibited in the United States. | + | [[Hezbollah]], a Lebanon-based terrorist organization formed by Iran in 1981, is responsible for some of the deadliest terrorist attacks against the United States in history. Hezbollah is designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization, a Specially Designated Terrorist and a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. As a result, pursuant to IEEPA, all assets in the United States in which Hezbollah has an interest are blocked, and any transaction or dealing with such property, or providing goods or services to Hezbollah, is prohibited in the United States. |
| | DEA investigators believed Hezbollah is collecting $1 billion a year from [[narcotic]]s and weapons trafficking, [[money laundering]] and other criminal activities. Hezbollah — in league with Iran — continues to undermine U.S. interests in Iraq, Syria and throughout wide swaths of Latin America and Africa, including providing weapons and training to anti-American [[Shiite]] and [[Sunni]] militias. | | DEA investigators believed Hezbollah is collecting $1 billion a year from [[narcotic]]s and weapons trafficking, [[money laundering]] and other criminal activities. Hezbollah — in league with Iran — continues to undermine U.S. interests in Iraq, Syria and throughout wide swaths of Latin America and Africa, including providing weapons and training to anti-American [[Shiite]] and [[Sunni]] militias. |