[Indigsol] Fwd: News Release 21FEB08: Arab and Muslim Canadians support Algonquin opposition to uranium mining

[Ben Powless]

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From: Maria Al-Masani <malmasani at gmail.com>
Date: 21 Feb 2008 12:14
Subject: Fwd: News Release 21FEB08: Arab and Muslim Canadians support
Algonquin opposition to uranium mining
To: Ben Powless <powless at gmail.com>, Kateri <dammwrite at sympatico.ca>



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From: Canadian Arab Federation <info at caf.ca>
Date: Feb 21, 2008 1:45 PM
Subject: News Release 21FEB08: Arab and Muslim Canadians support Algonquin
opposition to uranium mining
To: Canadian Arab Federation <info at caf.ca>

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*Canadian Arab Federation***

*La **Fédération **Canado-Arabe*

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*NEWS RELEASE*

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*FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE*



*February 21, 2008***

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*Arab and Muslim Canadians support Algonquin opposition to uranium mining*

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Toronto - The Canadian Arab Federation (CAF), along with Palestine House,
Parole Arabe and the Canadian Islamic Congress, lends its unwavering support
to the Ardoch Algonquin and Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nations for their
opposition and protest over uranium mining on disputed land, part of a
25-year-old Algonquin land claim.



CAF, Palestine House, Parole Arabe and the Canadian Islamic Congress also
expresses their shock over Ardoch Algonquin First Nation negotiator Bob
Lovelace's jail sentence of 6 months and $25,000 fine for his role in
protesting the exploration. Furthermore, we believe that the government of
Ontario and Frontenac Ventures behaved in a clandestine and underhanded
manner by beginning their exploration without even notifying the First
Nations groups.



We urge the province of Ontario to engage in negotiations with the First
Nations people to end the dispute and hammer out a resolution which is
beneficial for all parties.





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*For more information, please contact:*

Khaled Mouammar

CAF National President

416-879-6766

benwalid at rogers.com



Farid Ayad

President, Palestine House

905-270-3622

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Ehab Lotayef

VP Communications, Parole Arabe

lotayef at hotmail.com



Mohamed Elmasry

President, Canadian Islamic Congress

np at canadianislamiccongress.com



*www.caf.ca*

Established in 1967, the Canadian Arab Federation is a national,
non-partisan, non profit and membership-based organization.  CAF represents
Canadian Arabs on issues relating to public policy.















-- 
Maria Al-Masani

613-614-1916


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"In life we meet extraordinary people who follow us wherever we may go" -
Trisha Nagpal
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