Hezbollah a 'cancer,' MacKay tells panel

From Freerepublic.com

OTTAWA -- Foreign Affairs Minister Peter MacKay blamed Hezbollah yesterday for starting the current Middle East war, describing the Lebanese group as a "cancer destroying democracy in Lebanon."

The Conservative government believes "it is not a difficult choice between a democratic state [Israel] that was attacked by terrorists and cold-blooded killers," he said.

As the civilian death toll mounted, Mr. MacKay used some of the harshest language against Hezbollah to date by a Tory minister.
"Lebanon's being held hostage by Hezbollah," Mr. MacKay told a House of
Commons foreign-affairs committee special session that was called by the opposition parties to deal with the Middle East crisis.

"They started it," he said, describing Hezbollah's daylight attack across the border into Israel on July 12. He said Hezbollah is a "terrorist army" that "has shown no interest in a ceasefire" and is using civilians as human shields.

Mr. MacKay said Canada is joining the European Union and others in a call for a ceasefire and mobilization of a strong international peacekeeping force to police it. But it is unclear whether Hezbollah would even honour a truce, he said.

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