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Ignatieff's 'war crime' remarks cost him key supporter
Last Updated: Wednesday, October 11, 2006 | 10:04 PM ET
CBC News
Federal Liberal leadership hopeful Michael Ignatieff's latest comments on the Israeli air strike in Qana have cost him a key campaign member.

Susan Kadis, a Thornhill MP and his Toronto campaign co-chair, withdrew her support Wednesday after Ignatieff accused Israel in a televised interview on Sunday of committing a "war crime" in the July 30 bombing in Lebanon.

"Michael is an intelligent person and I would think that he would have a better handle on the Middle East given his years of experience on human rights and international law," Kadis said in a written statement.

Ignatieff was trying to clarify previous controversial remarks about Qana on Radio-Canada program Tout le monde en parle on Sunday.

After the air strike that killed more than two dozen people, Ignatieff told the Toronto Star in August that civilian deaths were inevitable in the conflict between Israel and Hezbollah.

"This is the kind of dirty war you're in when you have to do this and I'm not losing sleep about that," he said.

[If she was serving the Brampton riding which is full of Lebanese, she would have resigned, but Thornhill has a significant Jewish community.
I think Ignatieff was trying to back-track from his insensitive words and then dug himself into another hole and Kadis does not want to lose constituency support.]