The Boston Globe   EU adds Hezbollah to terror group list
Targets military; move could hurt group’s funding  BRUSSELS —
The European Union on Monday added the military wing of
Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi’ite militant group, to a list of
terrorist organizations, a policy shift that was welcomed by the
United States and Israel despite questions about its overall
effects.  The accompanying sanctions are expected to include
asset freezes and possible travel bans on some individuals,
which could initially represent little more than political
embarrassment for Hezbollah. But some sanctions experts said the
policy shift set a precedent that could compromise Hezbollah’s
fund-raising operations.  Europe has been an important financial
conduit for Hezbollah, Lebanon’s most powerful political party.
Hezbollah has been implicated in attacks on Israelis abroad, has
an arsenal of rockets trained at Israel, and has come to the aid
of Syria’s government in its effort to crush an uprising now in
its third year.  The shift i