Lebanese PM protests Canada's position on conflict

By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
Lebanon's prime minister criticized his Canadian counterpart's support for Israel during the conflict with Hizbullah guerillas, and stressed Canada could do a better job of supporting Lebanon. Fuad Siniora said he was particularly upset with Prime Minister Stephen Harper's declaration that Israel's bombardment of southern Lebanon was a "measured response" to the kidnapping of Israeli soldiers by Hizbullah. "They could see what a crime the Israelis have made against Lebanon and against humanity," Siniora told Radio Canada after a Monday meeting with three Canadian opposition parliamentarians touring Lebanon. "This is what you call a measured response?" Siniora said the rest of the world found the action disproportionate and he said Canada could do a better job of supporting Lebanon, both politically and in terms of humanitarian aid.