Scandal as Harper Government Delays Medal for Peacekeeper; Widow of Von Kruedener Wants Answers

Hess-von-Kruedener: Murdered by Israel, delayed honours in Canada

Last July Israel decided to try to invade Lebanon in keeping with it’s desires to acquire new territories. The Latani river across the border in Lebanon is especially sought after, because Israel is in need of more water.

So, using the Hezbollah capture of two Israeli soldiers as an excuse, they embarked on a large-scale bombing campaign that devastated much of Lebanon’s infrastructure.

The attacked apartment buildings, schools, bridges, and at least one UN observation post. On July 26, 2006, they killed a Canadian UN peacekeeper, levelling his post and killing 3 other peacekeepers.
For his bravery, he was recommended for the Meritorious Service Cross on Aug 9, 2006.

It appears that a medal for the Canadian Peacekeeper has suspiciously been delayed for over a year.

http://www.embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2007/july/25/peacekeeper/
On Aug. 9, 2006, retired colonel Michel Drapeau sent a letter to Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Rick Hillier recommending the major for the Meritorious Service Cross.

“Despite knowing that he might be severely injured or killed, he remained at his UN post continuing to valiantly and steadfastly perform his duties in an outstandingly professional manner in the service of the UN and humanity,” the letter reads.

“In the process, he brought great honour to the Canadian Forces and the military profession.”

Yet it was not until last week that the Canadian Forces confirmed it had received the recommendation, which Mr. Drapeau, who retired in 1992 as executive secretary at National Defence Headquarters, called unusual.

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Meanwhile the investigation into what happened has also been delayed at both the Israeli and the Canadian side. The Israelis said that there was a ‘map error’, even though they had been repeatedly asked to stop shelling the area. The Canadian investigators are no doubt rewriting the story according to Israel’s script, because they are still ‘at work’ ‘finding out’ ‘what happened’. Canada’s government is heavily biased towards Israel, and no criticism of Zionists is tolerated in Canda.

Widow Wants Answers
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A Canadian military commission of inquiry was established to write a more comprehensive report about what went wrong. It was supposed to release its final report in the spring but is still at work.
“I want answers because I think there are still a lot of questions about what happened,” she said yesterday.

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