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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Oct 7, 2008
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In concurrence with my never-ending theme of Afghanistan coverage, here’s another issue I feel is worth discussing.
What is Canada’s role in Afghanistan? What are our goals? These are things that need to be made clearer by politicians, without question. But as the British army...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Oct 1, 2008
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The fortunes of war have been tilting against the Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam. The Tigers are a force of guerrillas and terrorists - there’s no question the word is sometimes appropriate - who are involved in a bitter civil conflict on the island of Sri Lanka. Essentially, a...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 30, 2008
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Well, here we are: the U.S. economy appears to be collapsing; thousands across the country are suddenly even more concerned about losing their jobs and houses, about paying for food and school; and countless cases of corruption, mismanagement and lobbying-gone-wrong are springing up left and...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 24, 2008
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With the release of foreign policy platforms by both the Greens and the Liberals , we can no longer claim the parties are hiding their visions for our role in the world. Still, despite the release of these platforms, Jeffrey Simpson seems right to claim we’re acting as if the rest of...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 24, 2008
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The name of Abousfian Abdelrazik doesn’t trip off the tongue quite as easily as those of Omar Khadr and Maher Arar, two other Canadian citizens with roots in the Islamic world who have been famously caught up in the American-led “war on terror”. Abdelrazik is probably...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 11, 2008
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Following Lisa’s post on Harper’s promise to withdraw our troops from Afghanistan in 2011, I thought I would mention some recent events in neighbouring Pakistan that might change the strategic picture for better or worse.
American forces operating in eastern Afghanistan...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Sep 10, 2008
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3 days into the Canada’s election campaign, Stephen Harper has already upped the stakes by promising to pull Canadians out of Afghanistan by the pullout date in 2011. A bold move, considering his past statements and the current Afghan situation. I’ve got to ask why he’d...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Aug 25, 2008
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Probably the most interesting event on the international stage while I was away in Inner Mongolia was the brief war between Russia and Georgia, which of course resulted in a clear military defeat for the latter. Since I didn’t have access to the blog at the height of the action, I...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Jul 27, 2008
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In the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks, American President George W. Bush was quick to declare a “War on Terror”. Canada joined in at least to the extent of marching into Afghanistan, and passing an arguably repressive Anti-Terrorism Act in order to better combat terrorist activity...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Jul 24, 2008
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Last week the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an indictment against Sudan’s president, Omar al-Bashir. The ICC tries genocides, war crimes, and “crimes against humanity”, and the chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo apparently thinks that the Sudanese...... [view]
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Posted By: CWBloggers
Posted On: Jul 7, 2008
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La mort d’un 87 e soldat canadien en Afghanistan illustre bien les changements qui ont cours dans les affaires militaires du 21 e siècle. En effet, il ne suffit que de jeter un coup d’œil aux causes des décès de la majorité des soldats canadiens pour remarquer qu’ils sont...... [view]
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