Preparing the Battlefield The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran. by Seymour M. Hersh The New Yorker July 7, 2008 Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of…
US/Israeli Attack on Iran Looms
New War Brewing U.S., Israel take dangerous steps by Eric Margolis Edmonton Sun, July 6, 2006 GENEVA — The U.S., Israel and Iran are playing a very dangerous game of chicken that soon could result in a new Mideast war.…
An Open Letter to Barack Obama on Iran
Dear Senator Obama, We the undersigned may have different views on U.S. foreign policy with respect to Iran. We all, however, are deeply concerned about the stories in the press in the past few weeks suggesting that the Bush administration…
Winnipeg prayer vigil for Corey Glass
From the Winnipeg Free Press July 5, 2008 THREE Canadian peace lobby groups are organizing a Winnipeg prayer vigil next week in support of Iraq war resister Corey Glass. He is a U.S. National Guard member who served in Iraq…
Good news for US war resisters in Canada
U.S. deserter wins appeal in battle for refugee status Janice Tibbetts, Canwest News Service Published: Friday, July 04, 2008 OTTAWA – A Canadian court has sided for the first time with a military deserter who fled to Canada seeking refugee…
U.S. abuse of detainees was routine at Afghanistan bases
By Tom Lasseter | McClatchy Newspapers June 16, 2008 KABUL, Afghanistan — American soldiers herded the detainees into holding pens of razor-sharp concertina wire, as if they were corralling livestock. The guards kicked, kneed and punched many of the men…