Articles tagged with: Afghanistan
Editorial in The Globe and Mail
The record speaks for itself on what the Canadian government knows, or should have known, about the torture of Afghan detainees. It speaks far louder than the falsehoods from the …
By John Ivison
The Conservative government is set to slash millions of dollars in funding to Alternatives, a Montreal-based nongovernmental organization associated with a number of left-leaning causes and which has been critical of Canada’s involvement …
By Jane Taber
The word “cover-up” is just on the tip of Alex Neve’s tongue. But in a morning press conference, Amnesty International’s Canadian chief wouldn’t go as far to characterize the Afghan detainee situation as …
Editorial by The Globe and Mail
The diplomat Richard Colvin was Canada’s eyes and ears in Afghanistan, and there is no reason to believe he has acted with anything but integrity in his public testimony …
By Enzo Di Matteo
What is it about Canada and torture?
Revelations this week by a high-ranking diplomat that Canadian troops handed prisoners over to Afghan authorities to be tortured has come as a shock to the …
By Errol Mendes
A courageous Canadian public servant and former diplomat in Afghanistan gave stunning testimony to a parliamentary committee on Wednesday, that while focused on the treatment of detainees transferred to Afghan authorities by …
From Toronto Coalition to Stop The War
November 2, 2009 (Toronto) – British MP George Galloway scored an important legal victory on October 30 when the Federal Court of Canada agreed to hear a judicial …
By Omar Alghabra
Stephen Harper welcomed a new addition to his office.
Nigel Hannaford has been hired as Harper’s speech writer.
Mr. Hannaford was a Calgary Herald columnist who is known for his ultraconservative views.
It only took me …
Author Mark Danner has just published a book you might like to read if you are interested in national security, human rights, or American politics and foreign policy. It contains 20 years of his reporting …
Americans want, and need, to move on from the debate over torture in Iraq and Afghanistan and close this tragic chapter in our nation’s history. Prosecuting those responsible could tear apart a country at war. …
Only Obama, it seems, fails to get the message that we’re losing Afghanistan
By Robert Fisk
Obama and Osama are at last participating in the same narrative. For the US president’s critics – indeed, …
By HADEEL AL-SHALCHI and KARIN LAUB
CAIRO, Egypt – Respect for Islam, a prescription for Palestinian statehood and assurances of a speedy U.S. pullout from Iraq — that’s what Muslims from Morocco to Malaysia …
By Bobby Ghosh and Mark Thompson
The wilds of Waziristan, the tribal belt along Pakistan’s border with Afghanistan, make an unlikely showcase for the future of warfare. This is a land stuck in the past: there …
By Thomas Renard
Publisher: Jamestown Foundation
According to the article, terrorist activities within the European Union (EU) declined in 2008 as compared …
