By Stephen Staples, Ceasefire.ca, May 9, 2009 As you may have heard on the news, up to 100 Afghan civilians are feared dead as a result of U.S. air strikes. Now, the Canadian military is engaging in a lobbying campaign…
More civilians killed by a US airstrike in Afghanistan
After US Strikes, Afghans Describe “Tractor Trailers Full of Pieces of Human Bodies;” Meanwhile, Obama Readies 21,000 More Troops An injured Afghan child from the Bala Baluk, district of Afghanistan, is seen on a bed at the hospital in Farah…
Hunting Afghans for Jesus
Al Jazeera Strikes Back at Pentagon, Releases Unedited Footage of US Soldiers’ ‘Bible Study’ in Afghanistan By Jeremy Scahill, Rebel Reports, May 5, 2009 Hours after Al Jazeera first broadcast a video showing US soldiers in Afghanistan being instructed by…
Stop the attacks on the Tamil people
New testimony by a group of Sri Lankan refugees appears to counter government claims that it has stopped shelling its so-called safe zone in the north of the island. Al Jazeera’s David Chater reports from Colombo. The Canadian Peace Alliance…
Merchants of death come to Ottawa on May 27
Breaking the faith By Janice Kennedy, Ottawa Citizen, May 1, 2009 Trucks will roll into Lansdowne Park in three weeks, ready to unload their cargoes of shiny new products for the big trade show. The products, innovative marvels of fine…
A toxic war
Iraq’s Wrecked Environment By Jeffrey St. Clair and Joshua Frank, Counterpunch, May 1, 2009 The ecological effects of war, like its horrific toll on human life, are exponential. When the Bush administration (parts one and two) and its congressional allies…