02/05/2008 Hezbollah issued the following statement:
With regard to the release of a report by the US administration through which it gave itself the right to categorize peoples, states and movements, between those it calls moderates who are in harmony with its policies and schemes and those opposing it to preserve their rights and therefore categorized as terrorists, the following points must be highlighted:
 
First, the US administration is the major sponsor of international terrorism, the murderer of the largest number of innocent people yet and the biggest seller of military killing and torture tools; therefore, this administration has no right to give others certificates of patriotism or terrorism, while it is forcing the peoples of the world including the American people to pay the tax of its mobile wars and the price of its blood thirsty policies. Hence, when the US administration enlists certain groups on its terrorism list, it is in fact granting them a medal of honor, in the eyes of their peers. It is also categorizing itself and its allies as enemies of the forces of national liberation, who constitute the majority of the people worldwide, thus rendering itself unable to alter its ugly and barbaric picture.
 
Second, releasing this report is, in itself, a blatant provocation and aggression against the targeted peoples and forces. It also constitutes a cover up for direct US massacres from Afghanistan, Iraq, and Somalia to the rest of the world. It is a hush up for the US administration's indirect massacres perpetrated daily by Israeli occupation forces against the Palestinian people that has been blockaded with US arms, support and of course a US decision that has always been against the peoples of the Arab and Islamic worlds, as if these people have no human rights to defend their interests, determine their fates and live with pride and dignity.
 
Third, the policy of sedition and internal strife has been exposed through the US administration's instigation of its allies in Lebanon against their own people in the resistance and the opposition, knowing that they constitute the majority of the Lebanese people. This makes the US administration a godfather of the scheme of seditions and uncovers its real agenda. Yet, instigation and scolding its tools for failing to fulfill their commitments will prove futile. However, this illustrates why the July 2006 war had taken place and explains the US administration's foiled endeavors due to the Lebanese people's triumphs over their plot and the Zionist scheme in Lebanon.
 
Fourth, this flagrant US position confirms the soundness of the political choice by the opponents of the US scheme for hegemony and prompts them to adhere more to their elements of force, impregnability and defense. It also makes the peoples of the world more determined to face Washington's despotic policy, given that it’s the number one danger and the most pressing threat on international peace and stability.
 
On Wednesday the US State Department issued its annual report on so called world terrorism and categorized Hezbollah in Lebanon as the most capable and technical terror groups in the world.