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Marching to war with Iran

December 9, 2011
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Marching to war with Iran

A satellite image has captured extensive damage from an explosion at a military base near Tehran in November. THE CLOCK IS TICKING: “Shadow War” Heating Up. War With Iran: A Provocation Away? by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Dec. 5, 2011 Amid conflicting reports that a huge explosion at Iran’s uranium conversion facility in Isfahan occurred

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Video: Violence is not child’s play

December 8, 2011
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Video: Violence is not child’s play

By Paul S. Graham Making war has been a human pursuit for thousands of years. Playing at war, it would seem, is at least as old. This ancient Greek toy, a model of a war chariot, fashioned from clay, has survived the millennia to bear witness to our enduring attachment to violence and domination. War

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Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa

November 29, 2011
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Libyan slaughter – a warning to Africa

If the Libyan war was about saving lives, it was a catastrophic failure NATO claimed it would protect civilians in Libya, but delivered far more killing. It’s a warning to the Arab world and Africa Anti-Gaddafi fighters gesture to the crowds in front of a Kingdom of Libya flag during celebrations in Benghazi on 23 October. Photograph:

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Canadian vets Occupy on Remembrance Day

November 20, 2011
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Canadian vets Occupy on Remembrance Day

Photo: Elizabeth Littlejohn, rabble.ca By Elizabeth Littlejohn, rabble.ca, Nov. 17, 2011   I have seen the best and worst of humanity. I’ve seen countries that no longer exist. I have seen war, ethnic cleansing, and real revolution. I have seen the death and destruction that it brings. I have seen children left behind to live

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They are fanning the flames of the Iran war option

November 14, 2011
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They are fanning the flames of the Iran war option

By Richard Falk, rabble.ca, November 12, 2011 How many times have we heard in recent weeks either outright threats to attack Iran mainly emanating from Israel or the more muted posture adopted by the United States that leaves ‘all options’ on the table including ‘the military option’? What has Iran done to justify this frantic war-mongering

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Reframing Remembrance Day

November 14, 2011
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Reframing Remembrance Day

By Jason Kunin, rabble.ca, November 11, 2011 As we honour today the men and women who have fought and died in uniform, it is important that our remembrance of them not be taken as an endorsement of war or a celebration of all things military. For many people, soldiers in uniform do not inspire feelings of

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Afghanistan: the “training” mission is a combat mission

October 31, 2011
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Afghanistan: the “training” mission is a combat mission

Bring the Troops Home Now Master Corporal Byron Greff from the 3rd Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, Alberta, is shown this undated handout photo. Photo: Canadian Press by the Canadian Peace Alliance, Oct. 31, 2011 The attack on a NATO convoy which resulted in the death of Canadian Master Corporal Byron Greff highlights, once

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Washington’s black ops against Iran

October 31, 2011
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Washington’s black ops against Iran

Extensive range of covert operations envisaged by US Congress by Dr. Ismail Salami, Global Research, Oct. 30, 2011 The US secret agenda for tightening its vice-like grip on the Islamic Republic of Iran has taken on an apparently new form after the anti-Iran alleged assassination plot against the Saudi ambassador to the United States, Adel al-Jubeir, raised

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Obama, the Son of Africa, claims a continent’s crown jewels

October 20, 2011
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Obama, the Son of Africa, claims a continent’s crown jewels

by John Pilger, Global Research On 14 October, President Barack Obama announced he was sending United States special forces troops to Uganda to join the civil war there. In the next few months, US combat troops will be sent to South Sudan, Congo and Central African Republic. They will only “engage” for “self-defence”, says Obama, satirically.

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Israeli privilege is unsustainable – Amira Hass

October 10, 2011
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Israeli privilege is unsustainable – Amira Hass

Sept. 30, 2011 - Award-winning Israeli journalist Amira Hass speaking at the University of Winnipeg on the need to end the Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories. Photo: Paul S. Graham by Paul S. Graham “Inhuman, immoral and unsustainable” are the words used by Amira Hass to describe what she terms “the State of Israel and the privileges

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