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[The Shotgun] While Eland rejects the “fraudulent contract” argument being advanced by the Green Party and other anti-war groups, he nevertheless thinks the Canadian government should demonstrate compassion by not deporting the Iraq war resisters: “I don't think Canada should deport them....people do make mistakes, and conflict over their fate in the US could be avoided if Canada doesn't deport them.”

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[www.greenparty.ca -] Green Party of Canada | Christmas in Canada for Iraq War Resisters ...: NANAIMO--The Green Party of Canada is urging Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship & Immigration to stop the deportation proceedings against US Iraq war resister, Cliff Cornell, whose proceedings have been moved to December 19th, and to implement the motion adopted by Canada’s Parliament on June 3rd to allow all U.S. Iraq war resisters the right to apply for permanent resident status.

[Imprint] Imprint Online - Resistance: Futile?: Some of the war resisters now in Canada had entered the army with the promise that they would not have to actively serve in a combat role, would receive (ultimately unattained) bonuses. Others had their contract extended against their will, and without their agreement under the stop loss clause which the Bush administration enacted to avoid an all out draft.

Feesabilillah: Muntadar Al-Zaidi, the journalist who hurled his shoes at George Bush in protest at the destruction of Iraq, has not been seen since his arrest. The international federation of Journalists and Journalists Sans Frontieres have called for his release.

[WORLD Magazine | Community » WorldMagBlog] WORLD Magazine | Community | Blog Archive | Rick Warren, Aretha ...: The distance from the United States no longer exists because we, our values, are also in the crosshairs of evil minds.” In Brussels, the ambassadors of the nineteen members of NATO invoked, for the first time in the alliance’s fifty-two-year history, Article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty, affirming that “an armed attack against one or more of them in Europe or North America shall be considered an attack against them all” and pledging action, “including the use of armed force.”

[Care2 News Network] U.S. troops escape to Germany from the (war crimes).! - Care2 News ...: The effect was summary execution and corporal punishment indiscriminately of men, women and children, young and old, rich and poor, all nationalities including the large immigrant populations even Americans, all ethnic groups, including many Kurds and Assyrians, all religions including Shia and Sunni Moslems, Chaldeans and other Christians, and Jews. U.S. deliberate indifference to civilian and military casualties in Iraq, or their nature, is exemplified by General Colin Powell's response to a press inquiry about the number dead from the air and ground campaigns: "It's really not a number I'm terribly interested in."[9]

[NPL Npindex top stories] Conrad Black: Harper and Ignatieff promise a rivalry for the ages ...: He was an publicaly vocal advocate of torture [re his "Chosen World - War on Islam and our own freedoms"] and war on Iraq - before moving onto Syria, Iran and other Islamic nations of 'A Clean Break - in Defence of the Realm.' This war on Islam scheme for Netanyahu re-appeared as the Project for the New American Century. Same objectives, same, NeoCon authors, same goyim executioners]

[SAJAforum] SAJAforum: MUMBAI ATTACKS: U.S./Canada Events: We are concerned that this tragic event and the loss of innocent lives in Mumbai may be used as a pretext to escalate tensions between India and Pakistan at a time when diplomatic and civil society efforts for peaceful coexistence have been making progress. The people of India and Pakistan, and South Asia as a whole, have a rich shared history and need peace in order to survive and prosper.

[MRZine.org] Justin Podur, "On a Quest for Secular Piety: Reviewing Tarek ...: And although Tarek sometimes lacks compassion, makes cases by insinuation, ignores or blows off key parts of the story, misses crucial context, and makes claims well beyond his evidence, he also presents interesting arguments about history, discusses some neglected crimes whose main victims, after all, are Muslims, and is worth reading on contemporary debates even when you disagree. Unfortunately, to disagree with Tarek is to invite bombastic and overblown replies, but he also at times seriously attempts to engage in a way that might actually advance the debate on how best to advance decent values in both Western and Muslim societies. 

[Independent Political Report] Green Party of Canada: Let US Iraq war resisters stay for Christmas: Today the Green Party is urging Jason Kenney, Minister of Citizenship & Immigration to stop the deportation proceedings against US Iraq war resister, Cliff Cornell, whose proceedings have been moved to December 19th, and to implement the motion adopted by Canada’s Parliament on June 3rd to allow all U.S. Iraq war resisters the right to apply for permanent resident status.

[WORLD Magazine | Community] WORLD Magazine | Community | Blog Archive | Putting the “God” back ...: The general if not universal sentiment in America was that Christians ought to receive encouragement from the State so far as was not incompatible with private rights of conscience and the freedom of religious worship. An attempt to level all religions and to make it a matter of state policy to hold all in utter indifference would have created universal disapprobation, if not universal indignation.

[The Progressive Mind-II] The Progressive Mind-II: Dispersing the Fog examines growing ...: According to Palango’s sources, the job was going to go to Keith Beardsley, who operated a political war room for the prime minister. “In an underhanded fashion, Harper was clearly seeking absolute control over the police,” he writes.

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