Iraqi Children Emergency: A Campaign to Document the Kidnapping and/or Selling of Iraqi Children By Wafaa’ Al-Natheema, Institute of Near Eastern and African Studies The trauma of Iraqi children and extreme suffering have not been only due to the killing…
What is Hijab? Why Niqab?
Are you wondering about what Muslim women wear and why? Come to a Public Teach-in Café and listen to Muslim women tell their stories in their own words. Ask questions so we can understand each other in the spirit of…
Afghan torture allegations erupt in U.K.
Detainees tell of ‘electrocution, beating, whipping, stress positions’ By CBC News, April 21, 2010 Afghan detainees handed over by British troops to Afghan secret police were regularly beaten with weapons, hung from the ceiling and electrocuted, according to detailed allegations…
Cuba Fundraiser Gala
Manitoba Indian Education Association Cuba Fundraiser Gala Date: Friday, April 23, 2010 Time: 7 p.m. – 1 a.m. Place: Marlborough Hotel, 331 Smith Street, Malo Studio (former Press Club), Lower Level Tickets: $10.00 in advance. Email or call 783-9380 to…
U.S. Troops Apologize For Wikileaks Massacre Video
by Paul Joesph Watson, Infowars, April 20, 2010 Two soldiers who were in the same company as the culprits featured in the infamous Wikileaks “Collateral Murder” video, which showed troops in Apache helicopters slaughtering Reuters cameramen and children while laughing…
In Kandahar: “Yankees, go home!”
94 Percent of Kandaharis Support Negotiations With the Taliban – Kandahar Campaign Doomed Before It Begins? By Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, April 19, 2010 An opinion survey of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province funded by the U.S. Army has revealed that 94 percent…