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Nasrallah said it was "natural" and expected that the U.S. lists Hezbollah as a terrorist organization "along (with) other struggling and resistance movements," which are being faced "with this violence and harshness exercised by Israel."

He said it was logical that Hezbollah be included on the list because after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks in New York and Washington, it refused to abandon resistance against Israel and provide support for the Palestinian people in their struggle to liberate their occupied land.

"It is our pride that the Great Satan (U.S.) and the head of despotism, corruption and arrogance in modern times considers us as an enemy that should be listed on the terrorism list," Nasrallah said. "I say to every member of Hezbollah (should) be happy and proud that your party has been placed on the list of terrorist organizations as the U.S. views it."

He said both Arabs and Muslims viewed Hezbollah as "the title for an honest, struggling and humanitarian resistance."

He blasted the United States for responding to Israel's wishes and including Hezbollah and the Palestinian groups of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine in its new list of groups whose assets are to be frozen and thus accusing the Palestinians, who were "defending their existence and security" as being terrorists.

Nasrallah said the U.S. "is lying when it says that its war is not against Islam and the Muslims" while "it is engaged in a war against every Muslim who refuses to bow and kneel to the U.S."

He warned against providing any kind of assistance to the international coalition against terrorism and "those tyrants."

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