By Rick Salutin, rabble.ca, September 3, 2010 I met Abdullah, the seven-year-old terror suspect, at a dinner near Toronto on Canada Day. He came last year from Gaza with his dad, Izzeldin Abuelaish, who’s here teaching global health at the…
Afghan Financial Panic
AlJazeeraEnglish | September 05, 2010 Nervous customers withdraw their savings amid fears of possible bank collapse. Banksters, Afghan style by Creekside, Sept. 2, 2010 Der Spiegel in July: “Billions of dollars are being secreted out of Kabul to help well-connected…
Iraq war is far from over
The Iraq Debacle: The Legacy of Seven Years of War Source: Iraq Veterans Against the War We, the undersigned organizations and individuals, mark the August 31st partial withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq with the following evaluation and recommendations: The…
Stereotyping “the enemy”
Battlefield stereotypes that were fed to young minds By Robert Fisk, The Independent, Aug. 28, 2010 In the late 1950s, my father would drop by Reynolds paper shop in Maidstone High Street to buy pipe tobacco for himself and comics…
Kabul’s nightlife
Getting drunk in Kabul bars? Pass the sick bag by Sima Jilani, The Guardian, Aug. 31, 2010 “Kabul is the new Beirut.” This frivolous drivel fell from the mouth of a journalist in Afghanistan. She was effervescent with excitement about…
Eyes on Sudan Conference Report available
The June 19, 2010 Eyes on Sudan Conference: Working for Peace was an initiative of the Sudanese-Canadian students, community members and academics at the University of Winnipeg. Many participants in the annual Winnipeg Walk for Peace attended this informative conference. …