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…
The libertarian case against the war in Afghanistan
by David R. Henderson, Western Standard, November 20, 2008 Shortly after the U.S. government’s attack on Afghanistan in October 2001 (which, of course, followed the September 11 attacks on the United States), the Canadian government joined the United States, the…
A Terrible Milestone
Warrant Officer Robert John Wilson, Pte. Demetrios Diplaros, Cpl. Mark Robert McLaren, all from 1st Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment, were killed by an IED on Dec. 5, 2008. Photo: National Post A terrible milestone was reached today with the deaths…
A Message for Obama: Stop Killing Afghanis
By Paul Fitzgerald and Elizabeth Gould Counterpunch, Dec. 4, 2008 Come January, President-elect Barack Obama will confront the most difficult foreign policy crisis of his administration with the region-wide-war developing in Afghanistan. If he is to succeed, the new president…
War resister Dean Walcott ordered out of Canada by January 6
War resister Dean Walcott received responses to both his Pre-Removal Risk Assessment and Humanitarian and Compassionate applications today. As expected, both were negative. Dean has been ordered to leave Canada by January 6. Dean joined the United States Marine Corps…