As you may have heard, Liberal leader Stéphane Dion will be visiting Winnipeg next week. Among other things, he will be speaking at a town hall meeting on Sept. 2. According to information on MP Anita Neville’s web site, he…
Tag: Afghanistan war
Canada wastes lives in Afghanistan
Corpses wrapped in bloody lies and tired platitudes by Paul S. Graham, August 24, 2008 Sgt. Shawn Eades, Cpl. Dustin Roy Robert Joseph Wasden and Sapper Stephan John Stock were killed by an IED on Thursday, August 21, 2008. Their…
Afghan civilian death toll rises
Coalition air strikes kill 76 Afghan civilians: interior ministry KABUL (AFP) — A US-led coalition military operation in western Afghanistan on Friday killed 76 civilians, including 50 children and 19 women, the Afghan interior ministry said. The coalition confirmed it…
Taliban vow to boost attacks against Canadians unless they leave Afghanistan
The Canadian Press August 17, 2008 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan — The Taliban say Canada must pull out of Afghanistan or face more attacks like the one that killed two Canadian aid workers. In an open letter addressed to “the Canadian people,”…
Canadians demand 9/11 Truth Investigation
The Vancouver 9/11 Truth Society has announced a “2008 Truth Tour,” set for August 29th – September 15th, 2008. Calls for domestic probe into 9/11 By Carlito Pablo Straight.com On August 29, Drew Noftle and about a dozen other Vancouver-based…
Debating Doer’s support for Red Shirts and Yellow Ribbons
In response to Peace Alliance Winnipeg’s Open Letter to Gary Doer on Afghanistan, CBC’s Radio Noon, just moments ago, interviewed PAW’s Chair, Glen Michalchuk after having interviewed an organizer of the Red Shirt Rally at the Manitoba Legislature, Mike Legace.…
Canadian antiwar sentiment grows
Hypocritic Oafs Reposted from Paul S. Graham August 15, 2008 Today, Stephen Harper gave Vladimir Putin some advice that he, himself, ought to follow. Said Harper: “We do call on Russia to respect the territorial integrity of Georgia. I am…
Open Letter to Gary Doer: Stop supporting the war in Afghanistan
Dear Premier Doer, We write to ask you to remove the “Yellow Ribbon Garden” from the grounds of the Manitoba Legislature and to refrain from lending provincial support to the “Red Shirt Rally” planned for August 15, 2008 on the…
U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases
By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers June 16, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan — American soldiers herded the detainees into holding pens of razor-sharp concertina wire, as if they were corralling livestock. The guards kicked, kneed and punched many of the men…
Omar Khadr’s interrogators at Guantanamo broke human rights laws
Omar Khadr at age 14 by The Canadian Press Winnipeg Free Press, June 26, 2008 EDMONTON — The U.S. military’s treatment of a Canadian teen detained at Guantanamo Bay violated international laws against torture, the Federal Court has ruled. Judge…