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| Canuck MPs blast Harper during tour of Lebanon | ||
| 2006-08-21 | ||
| A group of Canadian parliamentarians toured devastated south Lebanon Sunday, and came away fuming at Prime Minister Stephen Harper and his acceptance of what they referred to as Israeli's "crimes against humanity." "We could have been a voice of peace calling for a ceasefire and a negotiated agreement," said Peggy Nash, a Toronto MP and New Democrat as she toured Qana, the town where 29 civilians died as they hid from the Israeli bombs. "That's what should have happened here, and these people might have been still alive." Nash was one of three Canadian parliamentarians who toured the Lebanese war zones with the National Council on Canada-Arab relations. She was joined on the trip by Etobicoke Liberal Borys Wrzesnewskyj and Bloc Québécois member Maria Mourani on a fact-finding mission to the war-ravaged towns of Qana, Bint Jbeil and Aytaroun. The trip would have been an all-party affair, but Conservative MP Dean del Mastro pulled out at the last moment.
They met residents who had lost their family in the Israeli airstrikes last month, and offered their condolences to the Shalhoub family, which included most of the 29 Qana victims. They went to Aytaroun, where the Canadian al-Akhras family was caught in the conflict and eight people died. "I'm ashamed to be a Canadian," said Wrzesnewskyj, saying Harper favoured the Israeli position too much.
Both Mourani and Wrzesnewskyj referred to Israel's "crimes against humanity," and criticized Harper for "condoning human massacres." Support Harper in every way possible - the Looney Tranzi *bats are still there, still spewing, still symping, still seething, still scheming for a return to power. | ||
| Posted by:Shung Phinetle2153 |
| #7 Miriam is dual religion enough not to change it to fit into Canada. It's not like Mohammedisha. ELECTION 2006: A SURVEY FOR CANADA'S ARAB-MUSLIM VOTERS Maria Mourani, a Lebanese Christian, was elected in Quebec’s Ahuntsic riding, representing the Bloc, beating Liberal Eleni Bakopanos by 662 votes; the riding had 5,725 Muslims and 6,550 Arabs. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-21 19:13 |
| #6 ed:Maria = Christian Leb. Not necessarily true. Mary is a traditional Arab name - its Arabic equivalent is Mariam. Many Arab Muslims anglicize their Arab first names to blend. Yusuf is Joseph. Yakub is Jacob. Musa is Moses. |
| Posted by: Zhang Fei 2006-08-21 18:30 |
| #5 Maria = Christian Leb. |
| Posted by: ed 2006-08-21 11:49 |
| #4 Nash was one of three Canadian parliamentarians who toured the Lebanese war zones with the National Council on Canada-Arab relations. The NCC-A has been lobbying to have Hezbollah removed from the terrorist designation. These clowns are on what we used to call the "cook's tour". Lebanon and Syria. they are not going to Israel to see what Hebollah rockets do when they land. What they also do not say is that MP Maria Mourani is of Lebanese origin. Shiite? |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-21 11:17 |
| #3 What garbage. New Democrat = Full Traitor. With scum like these as MP's , it is a wonder that someone like Mr. Harper is Prime Minister. Now that these traitors are out of country, I recommend delaying their return by 10 years. |
| Posted by: SOP35/Rat 2006-08-21 11:15 |
| #2 "I'm ashamed to be a Canadian" “Your Country…Love it or Leave it” truly is Bumper sticker logic. However, if someone is compelled to publicly declare their shame of citizenship while in a foreign country they need to seriously consider moving. |
| Posted by: DepotGuy 2006-08-21 11:14 |
| #1 Hezbollah giving them a guided tour? One of the reasons the conservative dropped out. |
| Posted by: john 2006-08-21 10:27 |