Posted in Afghanistan, British, Canada, Canadian, NATO, Pakistan, Taliban, conflict, military occupation, war, tagged Afghanistan, British, Canadian, conflict, international policy, Islamic extremism, military occupation, NATO, occupiers, opium crop, Pakistan, Taliban, war on December 22, 2007 | No Comments »
Why does Canada need to get out of Afghanistan? It is a hopeless cause and cannot be "won." Our soldiers and Afghani civilians are dying for a cause that is not working. I’m not sure that new policies will work either. Unlike the commentary, I think Canada should think about leaving sooner rather than later.
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Posted in Africa, Horn Relief, Islamist movement, Oxfam, Somalia, displaced people, humanitarian aid, inter-clan fighting, peace talks, warlords, tagged , Africa, African troops, aid workers, clans, conflict, dictator, disease, displaced persons, Ethiopia, Horn Relief, Human Rights Watch, humanitarian organizations, insurgents, inter-clan fighting, interim government, Islamist movement, misery, Mogadishu, Oxfam, peace talks, poor, rape, sanitation, Saudi Arabia, Somalia, starvation, United Nations, warlords on November 24, 2007 | No Comments »
From the Tuesday, September 18, 2007, Toronto Star, World & Comment section, pages AA-AA4, an article about the displacement and misery of thousands of people in Somalia.
As Oxfam is one of the humanitarian organizations mentioned in the article, here is the web address of the Take Action page at Oxfam, which includes 10 actions you can [...]
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