TORONTO — Canada has flexed its military muscles, first in Afghanistan for nine years alongside NATO forces and now in Libya in its supply of ships and combat planes for the rebel forces, but little debate has happened on the ground among Canadians themselves on this...
Why is the United States constantly at war? If we look at the last half century or so, there is hardly a time when we haven’t been engaged in some major conflict with a purportedly global threat to our very existence. The first such threat was Germany (on two...
“THE PEOPLE Demand Social Justice!” 250 thousand protesters chanted in unison in Tel Aviv last Saturday. But what they need – to quote an American artist - is “more unemployed politicians”. Fortunately, the Knesset has gone on a prolonged vacation, three months. For...
In Mosul, police shot and wounded two men who were tossing grenades at them. The provincial governor’s cousin was kidnapped.
Police in Hilla liberated a female kidnap victim.
The Iraqi Army has surrounded a police directorate in Amara following the possibly illegal sacking of the director-general. Last night, dozens protested in support of Major General Ismail Arrar.>
Three rockets targeting a U.S. target near Muqdadiya were found and dismantled.
Seven suspects were arrested in Diyala province.
