Report: NATO Air Strike in Helmand Kills At Least 25 Civilians Antiwar.com, October 16, 2008 NATO forces launched an air strike in Nad Ali District, Helmand Province early this afternoon. According to local officials, the attack killed between 25 and…
Tag: Afghanistan war
Afghanistan: Civilian casualties not accidental
Civilian dead are a trade-off in Nato’s war of barbarity by Seumas Milne The Guardian, Thursday October 16, 2008 While the eyes of the western world have been fixed on the global financial crisis, the military campaign that launched the…
Afghan war is unwinnable
By Gwynne Dyer The Japan Times, Oct. 13, 2008 The main purpose of British generals, it sometimes seems, is to say aloud the things that American generals (and British diplomats) think privately but dare not say in public. Things like:…
The Canadian Election and the War in Afghanistan
by Michael Skinner Conservative Party leader, Stephen Harper, attempted to remove questions about Canada’s role in Afghanistan from debate during the election campaign by announcing the combat role of the Canadian Forces will end, in 2011, if he is re-elected…
Oct. 18 Canada-Wide Action: End the War in Afghanistan
In Winnipeg Rally: 2:15 p.m. at Vimy Ridge Park March: 2:30 p.m. from Vimy Ridge Park to University of Winnipeg Forum: 3:30 p.m. – “Canada After Bush: What is at stake?” with Steven Staples, President, Rideau Institute, at the Bullman…
Canada in Afghanistan: Ethics, the War, and Wedge Politics
The Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics and University College present: “Canada in Afghanistan: Ethics, the War, and Wedge Politics” with Steven Staples Mr. Staples is president of the Rideau Institute (Ottawa), director of Security Programs for the Polaris Institute…
Kildonan-St. Paul All Candidates Forum: Anti-war candidates applauded
Peace Alliance Winnipeg joined with the Provincial Council of Women of Manitoba, the University Women’s Club of Winnipeg and the Council of Women to host an all-candidates forum in the constituency of Kildonan St-Paul. The candidates in the riding are…
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan
BOOK REVIEW ‘We blew her to pieces’ Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan by Aaron Glantz Reviewed by Dahr Jamail Aside from the Iraqi people, nobody knows what the United States military is doing in Iraq better than the soldiers themselves.…
Canada’s $7 billion war
Canada’s seven billion dollar war: The cost of Canadian forces operations in Afghanistan International Journal, Summer 2008 by David Perry In March 2008, parliament voted to extend Canadian military operations in Afghanistan through 2011. By July of that year, roughly…
Canada’s Afghan Torture Inquiry To Go Ahead
THE AFGHAN MISSION: PRISONER TRANSFER Defiant military watchdog widens inquiry Report calls for hearings into alleged handover of detainees to torturers; top officers could be forced to testify by PAUL KORING Globe and Mail, October 1, 2008 The Harper government’s…