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Canada deports Israeli allies, allows strippers
Lebanese vets likely face prison, torture or death from Hezbollah
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Posted: December 24, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Seven Lebanese are scheduled for deportation from Canada next week into the hands of Hezbollah terrorists likely to imprison, torture or kill them, say activists working on their behalf, while the Canadian government continues a program to grant stay orders and work permits for exotic dancers.
The deportees are former members of the South Lebanese Army, a predominantly Christian militia formed by residents of the area to protect locals and fight against the PLO and Hezbollah.
The SLA was supervised and in part protected by Israel until its withdrawal from Lebanon under Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 2000, forcing many SLA members to flee for fear of retaliation from Hezbollah forces.
One SLA member, whose name is being withheld for his safety, is scheduled for deportation to Lebanon Dec. 29. Six others are scheduled to follow, possibly days later. But activists say Canada may be in violation of the 1984 International Convention Against Torture, and they cite several cases of recently deported SLA members were captured and tormented or killed, as Joseph Farah's G2 bulletin reported (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41988) last week.
In July, an SLA vet who traveled to Lebanon to visit his sick elderly parents was arrested at the Beirut International Airport and was handed over to Hezbollah for detention and torture. He had fled Lebanon in 1992 and obtained Canadian citizenship after 12 years of residency. The vet had traveled with a valid Lebanese visa and a Canadian passport.
More on this Story (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42086)
Lebanese vets likely face prison, torture or death from Hezbollah
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Posted: December 24, 2004
1:00 a.m. Eastern
By Aaron Klein
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
Seven Lebanese are scheduled for deportation from Canada next week into the hands of Hezbollah terrorists likely to imprison, torture or kill them, say activists working on their behalf, while the Canadian government continues a program to grant stay orders and work permits for exotic dancers.
The deportees are former members of the South Lebanese Army, a predominantly Christian militia formed by residents of the area to protect locals and fight against the PLO and Hezbollah.
The SLA was supervised and in part protected by Israel until its withdrawal from Lebanon under Prime Minister Ehud Barak in 2000, forcing many SLA members to flee for fear of retaliation from Hezbollah forces.
One SLA member, whose name is being withheld for his safety, is scheduled for deportation to Lebanon Dec. 29. Six others are scheduled to follow, possibly days later. But activists say Canada may be in violation of the 1984 International Convention Against Torture, and they cite several cases of recently deported SLA members were captured and tormented or killed, as Joseph Farah's G2 bulletin reported (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=41988) last week.
In July, an SLA vet who traveled to Lebanon to visit his sick elderly parents was arrested at the Beirut International Airport and was handed over to Hezbollah for detention and torture. He had fled Lebanon in 1992 and obtained Canadian citizenship after 12 years of residency. The vet had traveled with a valid Lebanese visa and a Canadian passport.
More on this Story (http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=42086)