AL-Manar TV

"Al-Manar is a Lebanese TV station, it beamed its first terrestrial signal in the 1991 and it began broadcasting via satellite in the year 2000. The Channel approaches Arabs and Muslims all over the world with an open unifying speech."

"It assumes objective policy motivated by the ambitions of participation in building better future for the Arab and Muslim generations by focusing on the tolerant values of Islam and promoting the culture of dialogue and cooperation among the followers of the Heavenly religions and human civilizations. It focuses on highlighting the value of the human being as the center of the Godly messages which endeavor to save his dignity and freedom and develop the spiritual and moral dimensions of his personality."

Yeah, well, that's what they say about themselves, but what others say, is something totally different. Here's a couple of articles from 2004:

U.S. Bans Al-Manar, Says TV Network Backs Terror

"Al-Manar, one of the most popular television networks in the Arabic-speaking world, has been removed from U.S. airwaves after the State Department designated it a supporter of terrorism."

"State Department officials placed the satellite television network, run by the Lebanese militant group Hezbollah, on its Terrorist Exclusion List on Friday because of what they described as its incitement of terrorist activity. The designation means foreign nationals who work for the network or provide it any support can be barred from the United States, officials said."

Al-Manar and 'TV terrorism'

"The US decision to list the Lebanese television station Al-Manar as a terrorist organisation, days after a French ban on the channel, is a mistake that sets a dangerous precedent, according to media watchdogs."

"Criticising the move to blacklist a media organisation, Reporters sans frontières, or Reporters Without Borders (RSF), has urged Washington and Paris not to confuse anti-Israeli broadcasts with the fight against terrorism."

Yes, it's Hezbollahs' own media outlet. Since they've stepped up in the world, winning the Palestinian parliament in, ironically, a democratic election that seems to show that simply being "democratic" isn't good enough for us, I thought I'd give you a chance to see their side. It doesn't really matter that you'll get propaganda, you get that from all other media outlets, but what's important is that you hear their words from them, not just soundbites and interpretations of what they say, from your own media. Go directly to the source.