Here’s a news release from our friends at the Canadian Coalition for Democracies which you won’t find in Canada’s liberal-left media (so, you won’t likely find it period. If anybody does, please let me know.) :
UN names Assad accessory to murder. Will Canada’s support for Syrian dictator change?
For Immediate Release
Toronto, Canada — Tuesday, 25 October, 2005 — A report prepared by Detlev Mehlis, a German prosecutor for the UN Security Council, suggests that Bashar al-Assad, President of Syria, and members of his inner circle were responsible for the murder of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
“The report is particularly damaging to Prime Minister Paul Martin and Foreign Affairs Minister Pierre Pettigrew who have supported Assad and his puppet regime,” said Francois Hachem, Director, Canadian Coalition for Democracies.
A few days before Hariri’s murder in February 2005, Foreign Affairs Minister Pettigrew visited Lebanon and Syria, bestowing official recognition on the Assad regime and their Lebanese puppets, while ignoring the Lebanese opposition. Prime Minister Paul Martin went further, publicly declaring that the Syrians were in Lebanon “to keep the peace”.
At that time, CCD urged the Minister to avoid lending “credibility to the Syrian regime.” CCD stressed “Syria has been listed many times over as state promoter of terrorism in Israel, Lebanon, Iraq and across the Middle East” and urged that “Minister Pettigrew must send a strong message that Canada does not support Syria’s promotion of terrorism and its occupation of Lebanon.” The Minister ignored the warning and chose to befriend the Syrian dictator and delegitimize former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri and the democratic Lebanese opposition. For his support of the Syrian regime, Prime Minister Martin was praised by Mohamed Elmasry, President of the Canadian Islamic Congress.
Lebanese Canadians, disappointed by Canada’s description of Assad and his puppet regime in Lebanon as “peacekeepers” are now demanding that our government take concrete steps to make amends for their support of Assad.
“Now that the report is in, Canada must take action against the Assad regime,” said Francois Hachem, CCD director. “The Prime Minister must start by recalling Canada’s Ambassador from Damascus; ending all political, military and strategic support for the Assad regime; and leading the international effort to ensure that Assad and his advisors are charged by the International Criminal Court for the murder of Prime Minister Hariri.
“The time is now for Canada to show leadership in Middle East affairs.”
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For more information, contact
Francois Hachem
Director
Canadian Coalition for Democracies
PO Box 72602
345 Bloor Street East
Toronto, ON M4W 3J0 CanadaWeb: http://CanadianCoalition.com
Tel: 416-963-8998
Fax: 425-944-3546
Email: [email protected]Public Discussion on this Press Release http://canadiancoalition.com/forum/ccd-forum.shtml#currentMessages
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