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Lebanese PM says Canadian position on Mid-East conflict not helpful MONTREAL -- Lebanese Prime Minister Fuad Saniora criticized Canada on Monday for its support of Israel during the recent conflict in the Middle East. After meeting with three Canadian opposition MPs touring Lebanon, Saniora told Radio-Canada that he was particularly upset at Prime Minister Stephen Harper's declaration that Israel's bombardment was a "measured response" to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah. "They could see what a crime the Israelis have made against Lebanon and against humanity," Saniora said. "This is what you call a measured response?" Saniora said the rest of the world found the action disproportionate and he said Canada could do a better job of supporting Lebanon, both politically and in terms of humanitarian aid. His comments come in the midst of a controversy over comments by the Canadian MPs touring his country. Liberal MP Borys Wrzesnewskyj, Bloc Quebecois MP Maria Mourani et New Democrat MP Peggy Nash arrived in Lebanon last Friday on the trip organized by National Council on Canada-Arab Relations. The group came under fire after Wrzesnewskyj was quoted in some newspaper reports Monday saying Hezbollah should be removed from Ottawa's official list of terrorist organizations. Wrzesnewskyj denied the reports. The Ontario MP said he favours changing Canadian laws that forbid contact with known terrorist groups. He said the law undermines efforts to seek lasting peace between Israel and Hezbollah guerrillas after a brutal 33-day war. But Hezbollah's terrorist status should not change, he said in an interview from Lebanon. Saniora said he opposes the inclusion of Hezbollah on the Canadian list of terrorist organizations. "These terms are not helpful," the Lebanese prime minister said. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: osint@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
