Category: International

Fragile ceasefire in Gaza

Palestinians inspect the rubble of buildings in the eastern area of Jebaliya after Israeli troops withdrew from the northern Gaza Strip, Sunday, Jan. 18, 2009. (AP Photo/AP Photo/Hatem Moussa) Olmert announces “unilateral truce” Source: Al Jazeera.net Ehud Olmert, Israel’s prime…

Gaza: First-hand account

A Report From Gaza: Terribly Bloodied, Still Breathing By Caoimhe Butterly, Counterpunch, Jan. 16-18, 2009 The morgues of Gaza’s hospitals are over-flowing. The bodies in their blood-soaked white shrouds cover the entire floor space of the Shifa hospital morgue. Some…

Rights groups urge Obama to stop Khadr trial

by Paul Koring, Globe and Mail, Jan. 13, 2009 WASHINGTON — Right groups challenged president-elect Barack Obama yesterday to stop the war-crimes trial of Canadian Omar Khadr, the first terrorist suspect scheduled to go on trial at Guantanamo only six…

Working for peace at Christmas

Photo and article: Bristol Indymedia (December 19, 2008) Three hardy protesters have spent the last nine days camping on the roof of Raytheon’s Bristol office; they intend to stay on the roof until the New Year! They are braving sub-zero…

Total Defeat for U.S. in Iraq

By Patrick Cockburn, Counterpunch, December 11, 2008 On November 27 the Iraqi parliament voted by a large majority in favor of a security agreement with the US under which the 150,000 American troops in Iraq will withdraw from cities, towns…

Doubt cast on Khadr’s guilt

by Michelle Shephard, Toronto Star, December 13, 2008 GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA–A report provided by a U.S. soldier casts doubt once more on the Pentagon’s assertion that Canadian captive Omar Khadr threw a grenade that killed an American soldier. A military…

Chagos Islanders – the exile continues

Law lords ruling stops return of families to Chagos Islands More than 2,000 islanders were removed forcibly removed from their home between 1965 and 1973 to make way for the US airbase at Diego Garcia. Photo: US Navy/Reuters by David…