Victory at Last! Monty Python in Afghanistan By Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, December 3, 2009 Let others deal with the details of President Obama’s Afghan speech, with the on-ramps and off-ramps, those 30,000 U.S. troops going in and just where they…
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Canada must withdraw troops from Afghanistan immediately
Malalai Joya, addressing an audience of 300 in Winnipeg, Nov. 16, 2009. You can watch video of her Winnipeg speech here. Photo: Glenn Michalchuk by Malalai Joya I have just completed a two-week speaking tour across Canada, bringing a message…
Muddying the waters over torture
by Brian Stewart, CBC News, November 25, 2009 Torture in a far off, turbulent land such as Afghanistan seems grimly foreign to us. Yet parts of the allegations raised by diplomat Richard Colvin have an utterly familiar Canadian air about…
Ceasefire.ca campaigns for a torture inquiry
The news from Ottawa is shocking. Senior intelligence officer Richard Colvin repeatedly warned the government about the routine use of torture in Afghan prisons, yet the Canadian Forces continued to hand over their prisoners to brutal Afghan authorities. Stephen Harper’s…
Video: Malalai Joya’s Nov. 2009 Winnipeg visit
Malalai Joya visited Winnipeg on November 16 and 17 as part of her 2009 cross-country tour to convince Canadians to press for the withdrawal of their troops from Afghanistan. This feisty woman packed the house at the University of Winnipeg…
The CIA’s Afghan Payroll
Security By Warlords By Gareth Porter, Counterpunch, Weekend Edition: Oct. 30-Nov. 1, 2009 The revelation by the New York Times Wednesday that Ahmed Wali Karzai, the brother of Afghan President Hamid Karzai, has long been on the payroll of the…
War next door creates havoc in Pakistan
by Eric Morgolis, Toronto Sun, Oct. 18, 2009 Pakistan, increasingly destabilized by the U.S.-led war in neighbouring Afghanistan, is getting closer to blowing apart. Bombings and shootings have rocked this nation of 167 million, including a brazen attack on army…
Canada’s “Sacrifice Medal”
Afghanistan, Canada and resisting the cult of human sacrifice by Paul S. Graham, October 20, 2009 Families of Canadian soldiers fighting in Afghanistan can now take comfort in knowing that even if their sons or daughters commit suicide they will…
Malalai Joya to speak in Winnipeg
Date: Monday, November 16, 2009 Time: 7:00 p.m. Location: Convocation Hall (located in Wesley Hall, see map), University of Winnipeg Hosted by: Peace Alliance Winnipeg Sponsors (to date) The Uniter Public Service Alliance of Canada (Prairie Region) University of Manitoba…
Oppose plans to keep Canadian troops in Afghanistan
Troops may stay in Afghanistan after 2011: MacKay by CBC News, Oct. 8, 2009 The Conservative government will let Parliament decide what Canada’s future role in Afghanistan will be beyond 2011, two cabinet ministers say. The country’s troops may stay…