Canada Bars British Lawmaker over Hamas Support

[AFP] British lawmaker George Galloway has been blocked from visiting Canada because of his support of Hamas, which is banned there, the Canadian immigration minister's office said. "We're going to uphold the law, not give special treatment to a street-corner Cromwell who brags about giving 'financial support' to Hamas, a terrorist organization banned in Canada," said Alykhan Velshi, spokesman for Canadian Immigration Minister Jason Kenney.


2009-03-24 06:00:00

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