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  • Lebanese official regrets disparaging Canada (still says that media controlled by 'Zionist Party')

    01/16/2003 4:13:05 PM PST · by knighthawk · 4 replies · 224+ views
    The Toronto Star ^ | January 16 2003
    But ambassador still holds that media controlled by 'Zionist Party' OTTAWA (CP) - Foreign Affairs Minister Bill Graham says he has accepted an apology from the Lebanese ambassador for controversial comments about Canada's decision to ban Hezbollah. But the Canadian Jewish Congress said Ambassador Raymond Baaklini didn't go far enough to withdraw his "ugly remarks." Baaklini met with Graham on Thursday and apologized for some of his comments to the the Montreal Arab-language newspaper Sada al-Machrek. He told the paper that Canada outlawed Hezbollah - a terrorist group based in Lebanon which also has a charitable arm - under pressure...