Illustration: Studio Bendlib A ‘fraud’ bigger than Madoff By Patrick Cockburn in Sulaimaniyah, Northern Iraq The Independent, UK. Feb. 16, 2009 In what could turn out to be the greatest fraud in US history, American authorities have started to investigate…
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Rebranding a war monger
The Mercenaries Previously Known as Blackwater PR Watch, Feb. 17, 2009 Source: Washington Post, February 14, 2009. First it was Blackwater USA. Then it was Blackwater Worldwide. Now, it’s “Xe“ (pronounced “Zee”). The private military company has repeatedly tried to…
Strasbourg to be locked down for NATO’s birthday party
Strasbourg prepares for siege as Anti-NATO forces gather Russia Today, Feb. 15, 2009 From April 3 to 5, 40 heads of state and government leaders, including U.S. President Barack Obama, will come to Strasbourg and Baden-Baden to celebrate the 60th…
Médecins Sans Frontières criticises UN for inaction over LRA attacks in Congo
United Nations peacekeepers in eastern Congo. Photograph: Jerome Delay/AP by Annie Kelly, The Guardian, UK, Monday 16 February 2009 12.52 GMT UN peacekeeping forces are standing by while hundreds of civilians are killed and abducted and scores of villages are…
Sudan, Darfur rebels close to accord: rebel spokesman
by AFP, Feb. 14, 2009 DOHA (AFP) — Sudan and the Darfur rebel group Justice and Equality Movement are close to signing a “trust building and good intentions” draft document, the JEM spokesman said in Qatar on Saturday. “It will…
Former US President Jimmy Carter: “We Can Have Peace in the Holy Land: A Plan that Will Work”
by Amy Goodman, Democracy Now, Feb. 11, 2009 President Carter’s previous book, Palestine: Peace Not Apartheid, generated a great deal of controversy here in the United States. Last year, he was removed from the speakers list at the Democratic National…
Afghanistan war unwinnable – retired Soviet general
Last Russian general warns US on Afghanistan By JIM HEINTZ – Feb. 13, 2009 MOSCOW (AP) — Twenty years after Red Army troops pulled out of Afghanistan, the last general to command them says the Soviets’ devastating experience is a…
Bagram Prison: Obama’s Guantanamo
Next flash point over terror detainees: Bagram prison by Warren Richey, The Christian Science Monitor, February 12, 2009 With Guantanamo set to close, more attention is falling on the US military facility in Afghanistan and those in custody there. At…
Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada calls for Omar Khadr’s release
According to a statement by Lawyers’ Rights Watch Canada, issued Feb. 12, 2009, “Canada and the U.S. are duty bound to act immediately to ensure that Omar Khadr is released and repatriated, his rights are protected and violations of his…
Welcome Obama Dot Ca
WelcomeObama.ca is a project of the Rideau Institute, an independent research, advocacy and consulting group based in Ottawa. This site is all about President Obama’s visit to Canada on February 19th. According to the RI’s Steven Staples, “Canadians are excited…