By Mike Blanchfield, The Canadian Press, Nov. 7, 2010 HALIFAX – The Harper government is considering a proposal that would keep hundreds of Canadian troops in Afghanistan until 2014 in a non-combat, training role, The Canadian Press has learned. The…
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The persecution of Omar Khadr
America and Obama Hit Bottom: Pressuring Child Soldier to Plead Guilty to Murder Violates International Law and Basic Common Decency By Dave Lindorff, Oct. 25, 2010 As the author of The Case for Impeachment (St. Martin’s Press, 2006), I never…
Former British MP George Galloway announces ten-city speaking tour of Canada
Toronto – Former British MP George Galloway will appear in ten cities on a pan-Canadian speaking tour from November 16 to 27, 2010. Organized by local peace coalitions and Palestine solidarity campaigns across Canada, the tour is called “Free Palestine,…
Malalai Joya: “this war is a disaster”
Joya rejects the NATO coalition, Harper and the excuses for war By Malalai Joya, rabble.ca, October 18, 2010 In the United States, many looked to the ballot box and hoped for real change when Barack Obama was elected President in…
Former Guantánamo Prisoner, Tortured by Al-Qaeda and the US, Launches Futile Attempt to Hold America Accountable
By Andy Worthington, October 11, 2010 Last June, in the District Court in Washington D.C., a ruling was delivered on the habeas corpus petition of a Syrian prisoner in Guantánamo, Abdul Rahim al-Janko (also identified as Abdul Rahim al-Ginco), which…
Afghan activist calls for end to NATO ‘occupation’ of her country
Malalai Joya, an outspoken critic of the war in Afghanistan and the youngest woman elected to that country’s parliament speaks at the University of Calgary on Sunday October 10, 2010. Photograph by: Gavin Young, Calgary Herald By Lea Storry, Postmedia…
Malalai Joya pans Obama’s escalation of the war in Afghanistan
Afghan women’s rights leader says Obama no better than Bush By The Canadian Press, Oct. 6, 2010 OTTAWA – Malalai Joya, a rights activist and former Afghan MP, says U.S. President Barack Obama’s policies in Afghanistan are as bad as…
War resisters, vets and gov’t hypocrisy
On Harper’s hatred for the troops, and the medicalization of trauma By Dr. J, Your Heart’s on the Left, Oct. 4, 2010 Despite admitting the Iraq War was “absolutely an error”, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper once again refused to…
Most Canadians say “bring the troops home”
Most Canadians agree it’s time to leave Afghanistan: Global poll By Shirlee Engel, Global News September 29, 2010 OTTAWA — Most Canadians support Ottawa’s plan to pull out of Afghanistan next year, according to an exclusive poll for Global News.…
Toronto rally to bring the troops home
TVACdotCA | September 25, 2010 Canadians rallied in Toronto to end the war in Afghanistan and bring the troops home. Get informed and act now!