In December, 2009, the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives released a 10-page report on Canadian military spending by Bill Robinson. Among it many findings: Current fiscal year military spending will reach $21.185 billion, a 9.6% increase over the previous year.…
The Militarization of Emergency Aid to Haiti: Is it a Humanitarian Operation or an Invasion?
By Michel Chossudovsky, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2010 Haiti has a longstanding history of US military intervention and occupation going back to the beginning of the 20th Century. US interventionism has contributed to the destruction of Haiti’s national economy and…
Haiti: The Back Story
Our role in Haiti’s plight If we are serious about assisting this devastated land we must stop trying to control and exploit it By Peter Hallward, guardian.co.uk, Jan. 13, 2010 Any large city in the world would have suffered extensive…
URGENT APPEAL FOR THE PEOPLE OF HAITI
By Canada Haiti Action Network, Jan. 14, 2010 Two days ago at 5 p.m. local time, a powerful magnitude-7 earthquake struck in Haiti. It was centred near the capital city Port-au-Prince and has caused massive destruction. The Canada Haiti Action…
Flight 253: Anatomy of a Cover-Up
by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, Jan. 11, 2010 New revelations about the failed Christmas Day attack on Northwest Airlines Flight 253 continue to emerge as does evidence of a systematic cover-up. With the White House in crisis mode since the…
Afghan villagers protest ‘Nato killings’
AlJazeeraEnglish, Jan. 12, 2010 Residents in southern Afghanistan are accusing Nato and Afghan troops of killing 13 civilians after opening fire on a group of demonstrators. Nato insists the only person killed was a sniper. The shootings happened in Helmand…