September 25, 2010 — More than 250 Winnipeggers signed a petition this afternoon calling on the Canadian Parliament to withdraw all Canadian troops from Afghanistan and to “not extend the military mission in any way, shape or form including training…
Tag: Afghanistan war
Punishing the WikiLeaker misses the point
By Eric Margolis, Toronto Sun, Aug. 15, 2010 George Orwell wrote: “If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear.” A true journalist’s job is to expose government wrongdoing…
Afghanistan: Tell Parliament – Don’t Extend It. End It.
Date: Saturday, September 25, 2010 Time: 2:00 – 4:00 p.m. Location: River Avenue and Osborne Street, Winnipeg Sponsor: Peace Alliance Winnipeg Join Peace Alliance Winnipeg, and thousands of Canadians across the country in urging Parliament to end Canada’s role in…
Kabul Bank Corruption
Afghanistan’s troubled bank House of Karzai A bank run exposes more murky financial and political dealings By The Economist, Sept. 9, 2010 PALM JUMEIRAH, the giant palm-shaped peninsula in the Persian Gulf, is famous for its luxury homes. In Kabul…
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…
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…
U.S., Canada and NATO Threaten to Extend Afghan War
by Tim Kennelly, The Bullet, Aug. 25, 2010 On March 13, 2008, Canada’s Parliament voted to extend the country’s military “mission” in Afghanistan to July 2011. The motion by the minority Conservative government was supported by the opposition Liberals. The…
The Afghanistan War Logs
Afghanistan war logs: Massive leak of secret files exposes truth of occupation By Nick Davies and David Leigh, guardian.co.uk, July 25, 2010 A huge cache of secret US military files today provides a devastating portrait of the failing war in…
The article that ended McChrystral’s war
The Runaway General By Michael Hastings, Rolling Stone, June 22, 2010 ‘How’d I get screwed into going to this dinner?” demands Gen. Stanley McChrystal. It’s a Thursday night in mid-April, and the commander of all U.S. and NATO forces in…
Canada’s disabled warriors feel betrayed
The wounds of war: physical, psychological injuries legacy of Afghan battle By Dene Moore, The Canadian Press, July 3, 2010 Master Cpl. Jody Mitic VANCOUVER – Master Cpl. Jody Mitic was a sniper on patrol with his unit in Kandahar…