Lawyers: Israel uses uranium in Gaza offensive GAZA, June 11 (Xinhua) — Lawyers investigating possible war crimes by Israel in the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Thursday said the Jewish state used uranium in recent offensive on the blockaded territory. Findings indicated…
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Amnesty International calls for human rights abuse probe in Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka urged to allow international probe of human rights abuses By CBC, June 11, 2009 The Sri Lankan government’s failure to seriously address reports of human rights abuses during 25 years of civil war is even more glaring in…
US staging area for Afghanistan war to close
Kyrgyzstan Insists U.S. Base to Close By MICHAEL SCHWIRTZ, New York Times, June 11, 2009 MOSCOW — Kyrgyzstan appeared Thursday to rebuff an appeal by President Obama for closer cooperation as Washington sought to retain an American air base that…
China now world’s No. 2 arms spender
Swedish research group says China now world’s No. 2 arms spender behind U.S. By Malin Rising, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, June 6, 2009 STOCKHOLM – China has become the world’s second biggest military spender behind the United States, a Swedish peace…
Some good news, for a change
STOCKPILE DESTRUCTION SIGNALS END FOR CLUSTER MUNITIONS New report looks at government engagement on ban treaty © LAUK, 2007, Cluster munition containers and submunitions in Western Sahara. Source: ICBL Picassa Web Album GENEVA, Switzerland – 29 May 2009 – Several…
Obama’s Animal Farm: Bigger, Bloodier Wars Equal Peace and Justice
By Professor James Petras, Global Research, May 17, 2009 “The Deltas are psychos…You have to be a certified psychopath to join the Delta Force…”, a US Army colonel from Fort Bragg once told me back in the 1980’s. Now President…
Haiti’s Great White Hope?
March 10, 2009: Former U.S. President Bill Clinton greets United Nations workers in Port-au-Prince. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File) By JOHN MAXWELL, Sunday, Jamaica Observer, May 24, 2009 History is littered with treachery. In the noisome Slough of Dishonour are mired…
Dark side of Canada’s foreign policy exposed
Author critical of government, defence, mining industries, banks By TAMARA LORINCZ, Halifax Chronicle Herald, May 31, 2009 The Canadian government supplied the uranium for the atomic bombs dropped on Japan in the Second World War. Ottawa supported South African apartheid…
Recession won’t slow military spending: MacKay
By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service, May 27, 2009 OTTAWA — The global economic downturn won’t prevent the Canadian Forces from spending $60 billion on new equipment, Defence Minister Peter MacKay told the defence industry elite on Wednesday. As he…
Canada to be asked for more troops in Afghanistan
By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service, May 25, 2009 Canada and its allies are expected to face renewed pressure from the Obama administration, keen to show progress in Afghanistan, to maintain or add additional troops to the NATO-led military mission,…