By Paul S. Graham, March 31, 2010 A CBC online poll is asking “Should Canadian combat forces remain in Afghanistan past 2011?” At the moment, 74 per cent have answered “No.” While encouraging, this is somewhat higher than what we’ve…
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How the media spins the Afghan war
U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan are committing atrocities, lying, and getting away with it By Jerome Starkey, Nieman Watchdog, March 22, 2010 “Tied up, gagged and killed” was how NATO described the “gruesome discovery” of three women’s bodies during a night…
CBC publishes Afghan detainee documents
Who wants to read some Afghan detainee documents? By Janyce McGregor, CBC News, March 26, 2010 Reading, sorting, and analyzing pages and pages of documents (even though there IS an awful lot of the censor’s black ink) isn’t everyone’s thing.…
Opposing “Project Hero”
Letter from University of Regina professors opposed to Project Hero scholarships Regina Leader Post, March 26, 2010 Faculty of the University of Regina say No to “Project Hero” and Canadian Imperialism: An Open Letter to President Vianne Timmons March 23,…
U.S. to press for Canada to keep troops in Afghanistan
By John Ibbitson, Globe and Mail, March 25, 2010 The U.S. government will ask Canada to keep as many as 500 to 600 troops in Afghanistan after this country’s military deployment in Kandahar ends in 2011. Sources inside and outside…
Iran’s natural gas riches the reason for the wars
Iran’s Natural Gas Riches: US Knife to the Heart of World Future Energy by Finian Cunningham, Global Research, March 18, 2010 The scheduled start of drilling this month by China National Petroleum Company (CNPC) in Iran’s South Pars gas field…
America’s remote-controlled killing fields
Towards America’s Electronic, Troop-less Wars Future U.S Wars will involve Massive Use of Drones A RQ-1 Predator from the 46th Expeditionary Reconnaissance Squadron lands at Tallil Air Base, Iraq on Jan. 20, 2004. (UPI Photo/Suzanne M. Jenkins/AFIE) by Prof. Marc…
No Olympic Truce in Marjah
By the Canadian Peace Alliance, Feb. 19, 2010 While our Prime Minister talks about the the “Olympic Truce”, a symbolic suspension of war during the winter games, the people of Afghanistan are facing a new wave of violence. The official…
6,000+ Canadian Afghanistan vets on disability
Afghanistan veterans on disability now 6,000 Forces, Veterans Affairs reluctant to disclose casualty records after eight years of war By Tim Naumetz, The Hill Times, Feb. 8, 2010 More than 6,000 Canadian Forces members and discharged veterans who are receiving…
Displaced Afghans face harsh winter
Al Jazeera English, Feb. 7, 2010 NATO and Afghan troops are preparing for a major offensive against Taliban strongholds in southern Afghanistan. Ahead of the operation, thousands of civilians have fled their homes near the Marjah area of Helmand province.…