by David Pugliese, Canwest News Service The Afghan war is going to end up costing the Defence Department more than $22 billion, both in actual money spent on the mission and future payments to rebuild equipment and provide long-term care…
On Sept. 17, help stop the deportation of war resister Jeremy Hinzman and his family
ON SEPTEMBER 17: Call Stephen Harper and Diane Finley. Insist that they stop the deportation of Jeremy Hinzman and his family. In 8 days, US Iraq war resister Jeremy Hinzman, his wife Nga Nguyen and their two children face deportation…
Harrowing video backs Afghan villagers’ claims of carnage caused by US troops
by Tom Coghlan The Times Online, September 9, 2008 [youtube t8p9nRXKpmc] As the doctor walks between rows of bodies, people lift funeral shrouds to reveal the faces of children and babies, some with severe head injuries. Women are heard wailing…
Not in 2009, not in 2011! End the war in Afghanistan, NOW!
Photo: Canadian Forces Combat Camera by the Canadian Peace Alliance Stephen Harper said today that Canadian soldiers will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2011. This contradicts previous statements by the Harper government that have alluded to another possible extension past…
What would Jesus think?
Open Letter to Christian US Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan by Stan Goff The Feral Scholar, September 14, 2008 Confession of faith and renunciation of evil On February 1, 1996, I retired from the United States Army. I had served…
Winnipeggers rally in support of war resisters
War resister Phil McDowell speaking with some of the 80 people who attended the Memorial Park rally in support of American war resisters in Winnipeg, September 13, 2008. About 80 people rallied in Winnipeg’s Memorial Park today in support of…