by John W. Warnock Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives Republished with permission. On September 12, 2001, the government of Jean Chrétien pledged Canada’s full support to any action by the U.S. government to confront the al-Qaeda organization and the Taliban…
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British diplomat feels Afghan war being lost: report
Story cites leaked cable from France’s deputy ambassador in Kabul CBC News, Oct. 1, 2008 A French newspaper has published what appears to be a diplomatic cable saying Britain’s ambassador to Kabul thinks the West is losing the battle for…
Afghanistan: Why we fight . . .
Afghanistan Challenges for the Corruption Cup by Paul Graham Competition for the coveted Corruption Cup is intense, but Afghanistan is proving itself to be a real competitor. And what, pray tell, is the Corruption Cup? Mainly a figment of my…
Talking the politics of peace with Americans
Photo: The Minnesota Independent by Marianne Cerilli As a lead up to the Republican National Convention in Minneapolis/St. Paul, I was asked by Stephan Peter, politics professor and Democratic Socialists of America member, to speak to students and activists. The…
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Canadian Forces Combat Camera by the Canadian Peace Alliance Stephen Harper said today that Canadian soldiers will be withdrawn from Afghanistan by 2011.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…
Afghans will dig up graves to prove civilian deaths
An Afghan woman on Tuesday, Sept. 9, 2008 holds a poster with photos of her family members, who were killed on August 22, 2008 during a US led raid in Azizabad village of Shindand district of Herat province. Photo: RAWA…
Why Canada should leave Afghanistan
Coalition Forces gather on the Airfield in Kandahar, Afghanistan, July 26, 2006 to pay their respects as the remains of Corporal Francisco Gomez, 44, Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry in Edmonton and Cpl Jason Patrick Warren, 29, a reservist with…
Obama the Warrior
The Democrats endorse the “Global War on Terrorism”: Obama “goes after” Osama by Michel Chossudovsky Global Research, August 29, 2008 Obama’s “American Promise” is War. Barack Obama has embraced the “Global War on Terrorism” (GWOT). The Obama-Biden campaign has endorsed…