[pointsal]

Did Jackie Chirac know about this?

Hezbollah does not control any oil revenue...Ergo, their opinion on things probably don't count on the French yardstick.

[JohnathanRGalt]

The French may have banned Al-Manar however the U.S.A. keeps Hezbullah online and broadcasting to the world.

California-based Telestar, the world’s largest global satellite corporation, facilitates the broadcasting of Al-Manar into North America and Canada.The Patriot Act defines the facilitation of communication for terrorist purposes as a terrorist act.  Providing satellite broadcasting and internet services to terrorist groups meets that criterion.

http://www.manartv.com/

Whois Information from "whois.arin.net" about 64.106.143.226

OrgName:    DataPipe
OrgID:      DATAPI-2
Address:    80 River Street, 5th Floor
City:       Hoboken
StateProv:  NJ
PostalCode: 07030
Country:    US

OrgAbuseHandle: DATAP-ARIN
OrgAbuseName:   DataPipe Abuse
OrgAbusePhone:  +1-201-792-1918
OrgAbuseEmail:  abuse@datapipe.com