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Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt hails deceased Ariel Sharon as a 'great leader', 'brilliant military commander' and 'wise statesman'
• Mosque spokesman spreads antisemitic myth about Ariel Sharon
Sweden's Foreign Minister Carl Bildt is being criticized by opposition politicians for a Twitter massage hailing deceased Israeli leader Ariel Sharon as a "wise statesman".
"Ariel Sharon was a great leader of Israel. A brilliant military commander, but also a wise statesman seeing the necessity of peace", the minister wrote January 11.
His comment met critic from Green Party MP Mehmet Kaplan, who poitned out Sharon's indirect involvement in the killing of Palestinians in the refugee camps of Sabra and Shatila in Lebanon in 1982, according to the TT news agency.
Israel was on Monday set to bury former prime minister Ariel Sharon, celebrated as a military hero at home but loathed by Palestinians as a bloodthirsty criminal, AFP said. The white-haired former general had been in coma since January 4, 2006, following a massive stroke which felled him at the height of his political career. He was 85.
Last Updated (Monday, 13 January 2014 07:26)
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