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• Mixed reactions to AFP ‘humanitarian offensive’

  Published: August 28, 2007, 4:10 am

  Tags: Human Rights, Governance, In The News, Abu Sayyaf, Armed Forces Of The Philippines, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Humanitarian Offensive, Karapatan, Mindanao Peaceweavers, Philippines

  in Basilan and Sulu, the Armed Forces of the Philippines (AFP) has recently created the National Development Command (NDC) — a move that has drawn mixed reactions from human rights workers and peace advocates. The Mindanao PeaceWeavers (MPW) supports the effort as it

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• Military base redefined?

  Published: August 28, 2007, 10:18 pm

  Tags: In The News, Armed Forces Of The Philippines, Focus On The Global South, Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Philippines, Us Special Forces, Visiting Forces Agreement Commission

  set up by the U.S. Special Forces Command in the south. But the international

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• This is what our Prime Minister deserves....

  Published: July 1, 2007, 8:26 am

  Tags: Canada, Denmark, Armed Forces, Arctic Sovereignty, Northwest Passage, Leadership, North Pole, Russia

  Positive, visionary, written by a conservative supporter and it is very welcome! PM Stephen Harper: A leader with vision

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• Harpers War II

  Published: August 30, 2007, 6:30 am

  Tags: War Monger, Stephen Harper, Canadian Armed Forces, War, Kandahar, Afghanistan

  neglected the Canadian forces and undermined our ability to contribute to peace enforcement and even peacekeeping operations, including recently our premature withdrawal from AfghanistanHarper's foreign policy ideas started to crystallize during the debate about Canadian participation in the US-Iraq War. Many of his comments on Iraq would

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• Sounds Like

  Published: August 30, 2007, 6:20 am

  Tags: Canada, Canadian Armed Forces, Hillier, Afghanistan, Harper, Soviet Union, Russia

  provided by international forces. " (This Magazine (Canada), March/April 2007) Insurgency was/is called Soviets in 1980s"hardened murderers" (Pravda, 13 December 1985)" scumbags" (Soviet soldiers and a nurse quoted in Izvestiya, 23 May 1988)Canadians now"detestable murderers and scumbags"(Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier,

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• Save Our Troops....Jobs

  Published: August 28, 2007, 1:16 pm

  Tags: Canadian Armed Forces, Unemployment, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Labour

  or where-ever Canadian Armed Forces are deployed, even at air shows. And to add insult to injury, if you survive, you can also end up losing your job on your return from active duty.Shame! Shame! Shame! as they say in the House.Of course prior to Harpers War most reservists and recruits viewed the Canadian Armed Forces as a job, either part

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• The Horror of Glorifying Bomber Command

  Published: September 1, 2007, 9:16 am

  Tags: Vets, Wwii, Canadian Armed Forces, Fire Bombing, Dresden, History, Canadian History, Revisionist History, Bomber Harris

  the United States Army Air Forces entered the fray in 1942 with a precision bombing doctrine that called for the destruction of critical nodes in an adversary's war economy. Owing to a series of disastrous daylight raids in the summer and fall of 1943, however, American forces implemented a policy of radar bombing through clouds that conserved

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• Reservists Speak Out On Job Protection

  Published: September 12, 2007, 6:00 am

  Tags: Canadian Armed Forces, Unemployment, Kandahar, Afghanistan, Labour

  Comments from the Job Protection for Canadian Reservists Petition.Andrew SiwyLost my job after a tour in Kandahar, Afghanistansarah cramas a serving member i think it's about time. i've lost two jobs because of operations i've attended.Jadzia KarasI came back from tour to unemplyment although I didn't have a hard time finding a job it was yet

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• Red Sea Volcano

  Published: October 2, 2007, 8:15 am

  Tags: Canadian Armed Forces, Volcano, Butterfly Effect, Earthquake

  Cpl. Kevin Paul / Canadian Forces Combat Camera) Canadian Navy divers in small boats were seen searching the waters surrounding the island late Monday. A survivor described to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa the first moments of the disaster."It was horrible. It started with shocks like quakes, and then we heard huge blasts with lava and rocks

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• A Slightly Different Solution

  Published: October 2, 2007, 9:23 pm

  Tags: Armed Forces Radio, Wesley Clark, Rush Limbaugh

  Rush off the air… for Armed Forces Radio. Now, don’t get me wrong, I have no love for the pill popping bloviator, but I’m still not sure that singling him out and ostracizing him alone is exactly the right way to go about things. In truth, this is only a couple steps, small ones mind you, above the pissing contest described

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• Blackwater Faulted In Military Reports From Shooting Scene

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Blackwater, Faulted, Military, Reports, From, Shooting, Scene, U S Armed Forces, United States, U S Department Of State, Andrew J Moonen, Amar Kurdi, Baghdad Green Zone, Sean Mccormack, Stewart P Riley, Iraq, Iraqi Police Service, Am General Humvee, California, Montana

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 4 -- U.S. military reports from the scene of the Sept. 16 shooting incident involving the security firm Blackwater USA indicate that its guards opened fire without provocation and used excessive force against Iraqi civilians, according to a senior U.S. military official.

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• Terms Set For Anti-Drug Aid From U.S., Mexico Says

  Published: October 5, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Terms, Set, For, Anti Drug, Aid, From, U S, Mexico, Says, Carlos Rico, Colombia, United States, Henry Cuellar, George W Bush, Capitol Hill, John P Walters, North America, Robert Gates, The White House, U S Armed Forces, U S Congress

  MEXICO CITY, Oct. 4 -- Mexico's top diplomat for North America announced Thursday that the United States and Mexico have come to terms on a proposed $1 billion, two-year aid package to help Mexico fight drug trafficking.

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• Blackwater Faces New Monitoring From State Dept.

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: Blackwater, Faces, New, Monitoring, From, State, Dept, U S Department Of State, United States, Iraq, Baghdad, U S Armed Forces, Robert Gates, Sean Mccormack, Andrew Moonen, Condoleezza Rice, The Pentagon, U S Department Of Defense, The Associated Press, Baghdad Green Zone

  The State Department responded yesterday to escalating criticism of Blackwater security guards in Iraq, announcing new measures to more closely monitor their operations as a new Pentagon report depicted a troubling lack of coordination between private security contractors and the U.S. military.

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• WORLD IN BRIEF

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: World, Brief, British Broadcasting Corporation, Rdf Media Group Plc, Annie Leibovitz, Asia, Basque Country, Kabul, Kinshasa, Peter Fincham, Queen Elizabeth Ii, Stephen Lambert, Viktor Yushchenko, China, India, Japan, U S Armed Forces

  With the peace process in ruins, Spanish authorities dealt a dramatic blow to the political wing of militant Basque separatism, arresting virtually its entire leadership in a show of force likely to raise tensions in the decades-old conflict with the ETA paramilitary group.

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• U.S. Airstrike on Village in Diyala Kills at Least 25

  Published: October 6, 2007, 12:00 am

  Tags: U S, Airstrike, Village, Diyala, Kills, Least, Diyala Province, United States, Iran, Iraq, U S Armed Forces, Baghdad, Mouwaffak Al Rubaie, George W Bush, Jayzani Al Imam, Al Mahdi Army, Anbar Province, Salah Ad Din, The Associated Press, The Washington Post Comp

  BAGHDAD, Oct. 5 -- U.S. military aircraft bombarded a Shiite village north of Baghdad on Friday morning as they pursued suspected militiamen, in an attack that killed at least 25 people, according to U.S. military officials.

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