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Haiti: The Back Story

Our role in Haiti’s plight If we are serious about assisting this devastated land we must stop trying to control and exploit it By Peter Hallward, guardian.co.uk, Jan. 13, 2010 Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive…

URGENT APPEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI

By Canada Haiti Action Network, Jan. 14, 2010 Two days ago at 5 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti. It was centred near the capital city Port-au-Prince and has caused massive destruction. The Canada Haiti Action…

Flight 253: Anatomy of a Cover-Up

by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Jan. 11, 2010 New revelations about the failed Christmas Day attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 continue to emerge as does evidence of a systematic cover-up. With the White House in crisis mode since the…

Afghan villagers protest ‘Nato killings’

AlJazeeraEnglish, Jan. 12, 2010 Residents in southern Afghanistan are accusing Nato and Afghan troops of killing 13 civilians after opening fire on a group of demonstrators. Nato insists the only person killed was a sniper. The shootings happened in Helmand…

Genocide in Gaza?

When Does It Become Genocide? By Nadia Hijab, Counterpunch, Jan. 5, 2010 During a visit to Ramallah a year ago while the Israeli bombardment of Gaza was underway, I shared my fears with a close Palestinian friend. “It may sound…

War of terror expands

U.S., NATO Expand Afghan War To Horn Of Africa And Indian Ocean by Rick Rozoff, Global Research, Jan. 8, 2010 In parallel with the escalation of the war in South Asia – counterinsurgency operations in Afghanistan and drone missile attacks…

Profiling for a safer Canada

By Paul S. Graham, January 9, 2010 Opponents of profiling are missing the point. Profiling makes a lot of sense. The main problem is that we are profiling the wrong kinds of people. Instead of watching out for people who…

America’s march to war in Yemen

The Yemen Hidden Agenda: Behind the Al-Qaeda Scenarios, A Strategic Oil Transit Chokepoint By F. William Engdahl, Global Research, January 5, 2010 On December 25 US authorities arrested a Nigerian named Abdulmutallab aboard a Northwest Airlines flight from Amsterdam to…