Lebanon's Hezbollah slams British move, says it shows US "obedience"

The Lebanese group Hezbollah condemned on Friday a British government decision to list it as a terrorist organization, saying the move showed "servile obedience" to the United States.
 
The heavily armed Shi'ite group, which is backed by Iran, said in a statement it was a "resistance movement against Israeli occupation", describing the British move as an "insult to the feelings, sympathies and will of the Lebanese people that consider Hezbollah a major political and popular force".
 
Britain said on Monday it planned to ban all wings of Hezbollah due to its destabilizing influence in the Middle East, classing it as a terrorist organization.