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…
Category: International
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…
Nov. 25: International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
It is tragically ironic on this day, declared by the United Nations to be “for the elimination of violence against women,” to read that the UN has called on Canada to properly investigate the disappearances and murders of over 500…
Gulf War Syndrome is Real, Caused by Pills and Pesticides
By Kim Sengupta, Independent UK. Posted on AlterNet November 20, 2008 A landmark investigation into the causes of Gulf War syndrome has concluded that the illness was caused by troops being given nerve gas pills and exposed to pesticides. The…
Karzai demands timeline for foreign troop pull out
AFP/Vancouver Sun, Nov. 25, 2008 KABUL – President Hamid Karzai demanded at a meeting with a UN Security Council team Tuesday that the international community set a “timeline” for ending military intervention in Afghanistan, his office said. Karzai told a…
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…
Czech mayors and peace activists urge Obama to end Nuclear Missile Defence program in Europe
The Czech Republic agreed during the NATO Summit in Bucharest, Romania, April 3 to host tracking radar as part of the U.S. missile defense system. It will be built by 2012, according to the US government, “to protect Europe from…
The Voices of Rongelap
Fireball of H-bomb explosion after test blast over Bikini Atoll, Marshall Islands, 1956. Photo: Life Cautionary Tales From a Nuclear War Zone By Barbara Rose Johnston and Holly M. Barker Counterpunch, Nov. 21, 2008 John Anjain, Alab of Rongelap, Marshall…
War in Congo
U.N. envoy says Congo crisis talks going well 15 Nov 2008 17:36:28 GMT, Reuters By David Lewis KINSHASA, Nov 15 (Reuters) – Former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo said on Saturday his efforts to end fighting in Congo were going fairly…
Not Waiting for Godot
Some people are not waiting to see what Obama will do as president before acting. In South Korea activists are now meeting and publicly calling on president-elect Obama to end the dangerous and costly U.S.-South Korea (ROK) military alliance that…