War in Heaven
March 20, 2008 By Jim Miles
Original Source: Palestine Chronicle
War in Heaven – The Arms Race in Outer Space.
Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath.
New Press, N.Y., 2007.
In this short volume, Helen Caldicott and Craig Eisendrath provide a sharp and concise analysis of the American nuclear weapons industry and its many ramifications for society and the peoples of the world in general. While they see the big picture, they ably document the details of theory and practice of the (mostly) American push towards bigger and better (deadlier and more accurate) nuclear armaments that accompany the American push towards global dominance.
IRAQ: Five Years, And Counting
Analysis by Dahr Jamail
WASHINGTON, Mar 18 (IPS) - Devastation on the ground and largely held Iraqi opinion contradicts claims by U.S. officials that the situation in Iraq has improved towards the fifth anniversary of the invasion Mar. 20.
U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney, during a surprise visit to Iraq on Monday declared the 2003 U.S.-led invasion of Iraq a "successful endeavour".
According to the group Just Foreign Policy, more than a million Iraqis have died as a result of the invasion and occupation, now entering its sixth year. A survey by British polling agency ORB estimates the number of dead at more than 1.2 million.
New allegations, same old secret trials
by Matthew Behrens, republished from Rabble.CA
February 26, 2008
In typical government style, a series of rehashed ancient suspicions, new unfounded allegations, and outright lies against secret trial detainees Mahmoud Jaballah, Mohammad Mahjoub, Hassan Almrei, Mohamed Harkat, and Adil Charkaoui were "released" last Friday afternoon. Conveniently, there was little or no opportunity for informed journalists to put things into perspective and get beyond the fear mongering the allegations are meant to inspire.
Omar Khadr and Guantánamo: Canada's Glaring Double Standards on Torture
by ANDY WORTHINGTON, CounterPunch, January 19, 2008.
How humiliating.
The story begins with the shameful case of Maher Arar, a Syrian-born Canadian who was kidnapped by US agents as he changed planes in New York in 2002, and rendered to Syria, where he was tortured for a year on behalf of the Americans before being released.
Mr. Arar -- who was awarded millions of dollars in compensation by the Canadian government in January 2007, but has yet to receive even an apology from the US administration -- had been wrongly fingered by Canadian intelligence, and his case his one of many chilling examples of the damage caused by failed intelligence in the American's program of "extraordinary rendition."
LAIBAR SINGH CASE: PEOPLE AT AIRPORT WERE ACTING OUT OF A SENSE OF JUSTICE
AND COMPASSION
A version of this article was published in the Indo-Candian Voice,
December 15 2007
The recent case of paralyzed Laibar Singh has created much debate and
division. There is a strong outpouring of sympathy for Laibar Singh and
Why Are We in Afghanistan?
by Jason Kunin, November 26, 2007, Z-Net
There are probably still a few people among the hardcore supporters of Canada’s war in Afghanistan who believe we’re there to restore peace, create democracy, and help women go to school. Yet among opponents, whose numbers are growing, the most common analysis is that we’re there to please the U.S. and to atone for the fact that Canada did not send troops to Iraq – complaints often rooted in a lament for a romanticized Canada, the "honest broker," the "peacekeeping" nation.
Suspended Afghan Parliamentarian Visits Canada
by Gina Whitfield, November 03, 2007, Z-Net
There are no honourary citizenships on offer for those who deviate from the script that justifies Canada’s war in Afghanistan.
Afghanistan today: Six years of a war of terror
Tariq Ali interviewed by Sherry Wolf
October 25, 2007, originally from Socialist Worker, found via Z-Net
THE U.S. launched its first assault in the “war on terror” in Afghanistan six years ago. Today, the country remains one of the poorest places on earth, ruled by a corrupt warlord elite. Here, TARIQ ALI, a veteran of the antiwar struggle for four decades, talks to SHERRY WOLF about the disastrous consequences of the U.S. war--and what the future holds.
Mohawks unite with Zapatistas at Intercontinental Summit in Mexico
Mohawks: Revolution begins with awakening
By Brenda Norrell
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com/
TUCSON, Arizona – Mohawk Warriors joined in solidarity with Subcomandante Marcos and the Zapatistas at the Gathering of Indigenous Peoples of América. They quickly learned that one factor is the same for Indigenous Peoples all over the world: Corporations intent on seizing the land, minerals and water have no regard for the lives or rights of Indigenous Peoples.
"Indian Country": Beyond the Green Zone in Iraq
by Scott Starr, from Z-Net
The old tales of the conquest of "Indian Country" are sobering reminders of human folly, delusion, tragedy and hubris that may provide an ominous foretelling concerning the war efforts in Iraq and Afghanistan.
by Derrick O’Keefe, originally posted at Seven Oaks
In late June, as parliamentarians were packing up for the summer, Stephen Harper seemed to suggest a potential shift in his minority government’s approach to the war in Afghanistan. In a departure from months of rhetoric by government and military leaders about an open-ended or even decades-long extension of the military role, the Prime Minister stated that extending Canada’s mission in Kandahar beyond February 2009 would require “consensus” from all four parties in the House of Commons.
Check out this post on English blog Lenin's Tomb for a useful stab at answering that question for those of us trying to build for ourselves an understanding beyond the usual simplistic "white hats vs. black hats" framing in the dominant media.
Manif de perturbation d'une parade militaire à vocation marketing. C'est qu'il est bien vu d'être guerrier en Amérique. Surtout si la guerre se passe très loin, en Afghanistan, pendant que l'occident mange. Fait à noter: la désinformation des médias de masse a atteint des sommets au lendemain de cette perturbation, pacifiste et incroyablement civile.
