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  • The Stealth Crusade
    The Stealth Crusade By Barry Yeoman | Wed May 1, 2002 12:00 AM PST At 8 o'clock on a warm Monday morning in January, 20 students file into Rick Love's classroom at Columbia International University in South Carolina. Eyes glassy from writing papers all weekend, they clutch Styrofoam cups of Folgers a...
  • Uygur victims of south China toy factory brawl condemn Xinjiang riot
    Uygur victims of south China toy factory brawl condemn Xinjiang riot ...
  • War in Gaza draws U.S. viewers in droves to watch Al-Jazeera English
    War in Gaza draws U.S. viewers in droves to watch Al-Jazeera English Published: Saturday, January 24, 2009 | 5:08 PM ET Canadian Press NewsItem/NewsComponent/NewsLines/ByLine DOHA, Qatar - American viewership of Al-Jazeera English rose dramatically during the Israel-Hamas war, partly because the chan...
  • Israeli soldiers told to be careful what they post on Facebook
    Israeli soldiers told to be careful what they post on Facebook 11/04/2008 11:12:00 AM THE ASSOCIATED PRESS JERUSALEM - Israel...
  • Pentagon probes alleged marine 'rampage' in Iraq
    Pentagon probes alleged marine 'rampage' in Iraq Last Updated Mon, 20 Mar 2006 11:43:02 EST CBC News The Pentagon has begun a criminal investigation after graphic videotape surfaced suggesting U.S. marines killed at least 15 unarmed civilians in November in the Iraqi town of Haditha. INDEPTH: ...
  • Trio detained in attack on Nazareth church
    Trio detained in attack on Nazareth church Last Updated Fri, 03 Mar 2006 16:16:03 EST CBC News Police in the northern Israel town of Nazareth removed three people from the Basilica of the Annunciation Friday, hours after they caused a major disturbance by setting off explosives in one of Christianity's holiest churches. Witnesses said the trio entered ...
  • Pakistani cleric announces big reward for killing Prophet cartoonist
    Pakistani cleric announces big reward for killing Prophet cartoonist 10:54:59 EST Feb 17, 2006 ...
  • Australian TV shows what it says are new photos of Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse
    Australian TV shows what it says are new photos of Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse 11:07:03 EST Feb 15, 2006 MERAIAH FOLEY SYDNEY, Australia (AP) - An Australian television network broadcast photographs and video clips Wednesday that it said were previously unpublished images of the abuse of Iraqis held in U.S. military custody at Abu Ghraib prison in 2003. ...
  • Suspected CIA flight landed at Gander: report
    Suspected CIA flight landed at Gander: report Last Updated Mon, 19 Dec 2005 12:46:07 EST CBC News A Hercules aircraft owned by a Maryland firm alleged to be a front for the CIA landed in Gander, NL., last month, according to a Canadian Press report. Records obtained by CP show the Hercules aircraft left Bob Sikes Airport in Florida and landed at Gander on Nov. 28. The next day, it headed to Prestwick Airport, near Glasgow, Scotland. The ...
  • Calls grow to free Iraq hostages
    Calls grow to free Iraq hostages by Tuesday 13 December 2005 11:03 AM GMT Palestinians are demanding that the hostages be freed Supporters and well-wishers from around the globe have appealed for the release of four Christian activists held hostage in Iraq, with Muslim groups and relatives reiterating that the four supported the Iraqi people. The previously unknown Swords of Righteousness Brigade, which kidnapped the four men from the Ch...
  • U.S. bans use of torture
    U.S. bans use of torture Last Updated Wed, 07 Dec 2005 17:39:09 EST CBC News The United States has made a clear, direct, unequivocal statement about the use of torture. Its official policy now is to honour the United Nations ban on cruel, inhumane and degrading treatment, not just at home, but around the world as well. * INDEPTH: US Security Condoleeza Rice (File photo) Questions about torture, secret prisons and myste...
  • Muslim clerics demand release of captive Westerners
    Muslim clerics demand release of captive Westerners Last Updated Wed, 30 Nov 2005 17:21:58 EST CBC News A group of influential Sunni Muslim clerics in Iraq and Palestinian activists issued separate pleas Wednesday for the release of two Canadians and three other Westerners being held hostage in Iraq. Palestinian activists called for the release of Harmeet Singh Sooden, above, and other captives, saying they helped Palestinians in the West Bank. (CP Photo/Chris...
  • Rice says cruel interrogation barred, leaves questions about U.S. practices
    Rice says cruel interrogation barred, leaves questions about U.S. practices 15:26:09 EST Dec 7, 2005 ANNE GEARAN KYIV, Ukraine (AP) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice gave Washington's most comprehensive accounting yet of U.S. rules on treatment of prisoners in the war on terrorism Wednesday, but her assurances left loopholes for practices akin to torture. Rice said cruel and degrading interrogation methods are off limits for all U.S. personnel at h...
  • Christian agency blames U.S. for kidnappings
    Christian agency blames U.S. for kidnappings Last Updated Wed, 30 Nov 2005 05:28:17 EST CBC News Christian Peacemaker Teams is blaming the U.S. occupation of Iraq for the abduction of four of its members, including two Canadians. * INDEPTH: Iraq James Loney (CP Photo/Christian Peacemaker Teams) In a statement on its website, the agency spoke about how it is saddened by the kidnappings, and how it has long opposed U.S. ...
  • Emotional Democrat becomes latest symbol of gathering storm over Iraq
    Emotional Democrat becomes latest symbol of gathering storm over Iraq 18:51:37 EST Nov 17, 2005 BETH GORHAM WASHINGTON (CP) - The pressure on President George W. Bush over Iraq just keeps mounting as his popularity dips. Some Democrats are talking more about an immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops. Republicans want Iraqis to assume more control for security, though they're not seeking a definitive timetable for pulling out of a war that's increasingly unpopular with A...
  • Arar was tortured, inquiry fact-finder concludes
    Arar was tortured, inquiry fact-finder concludes Last Updated Thu, 27 Oct 2005 11:21:24 EDT CBC News Ottawa engineer Maher Arar was tortured while in custody in Syria three years ago and he still suffers from the aftereffects of his treatment, a fact-finder appointed by the Arar inquiry concludes in a report released Thursday. * INDEPTH: Maher Arar 'Arar's psychological state was seriously damaged and he remains fragile... Economical...
  • Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel
    Canada joins world in expressing dismay over Iranian leader's attack on Israel 11:25 AM EDT Oct 27 JILL LAWLESS LONDON (CP) - Governments around the world, including Canada, expressed shock and scorn Thursday at the Iranian president's call for Israel to be "wiped off the map," and several summoned Tehran's envoys in their capitals for a reprimand. However, Israeli calls for Iran to be suspended from the United Nations over the remarks by President Mah...
  • Israel Supreme Court bans military use of Palestinian civilians as 'shields'
    Israel Supreme Court bans military use of Palestinian civilians as 'shields' 12:23 PM EDT Oct 06 JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's Supreme Court on Thursday banned the military's practice of using Palestinian civilians as "human shields" in arrest raids, saying it violates international law. The court ruled in response to petitions by human rights groups. In August 2002, the court had issued a temporary injunction against the practice. Human rights groups have said t...
  • Britain's alliance with U.S. puts it at risk of terrorism, think tank says
    Britain's alliance with U.S. puts it at risk of terrorism, think tank says 12:17 PM EDT Jul 18 ED JOHNSON LONDON (AP) - Britain's close alliance with the United States has put it at particular risk of terrorist attack, two leading think tanks said Monday, but a government minister said the nation would not have been safer by staying out of wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. The continuing debate about the wisdom of Britain's military commitments has intensi...
  • Geneva Convention not for al-Qaeda, U.S. court says
    Geneva Convention not for al-Qaeda, U.S. court says Last Updated Fri, 15 Jul 2005 16:06:21 EDT CBC News An appeal court in Washington has ruled that the 1949 Geneva Convention on the treatment of prisoners does not apply to members of al-Qaeda. The decision clears the way for a military commission consisting of three U.S. colonels to judge Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a prisoner in Guantanamo Bay, who was Osama Bin Laden's driver in Afghanistan. Prisoner...
  • Angered by Iraq war, bombers driven to suicide attacks, say friends
    Angered by Iraq war, bombers driven to suicide attacks, say friends 12:20 PM EDT Jul 15 SCHEHEREZADE FARAMARZI LEEDS, England (AP) - Shahzad Tanweer, the 22-year-old son of an affluent Pakistani-born businessman, turned to Islam, the religion of his birth, a few years ago. The transformation was gradual, but then his relentless reading of the Qur'an and daily prayers became almost an obsession, his friends told The Associated Press. He became withdrawn...
  • Ex-U.S. Marine: I Killed Civilians in Iraq
    http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=04/05/24/148212 Ex-U.S. Marine: I Killed Civilians in Iraq Listen to Segment || Download Show mp3 Watch 128k stream Watch 256k stream Read Transcript Help Printer-friendly version Email to a friend Purchase Video/CD Ex-Marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey talks about his time in Iraq where he admitted the U.S. treatment of Iraqi civilians is fueling the Iraqi resistance. ...
  • Israeli military court convicts soldier in fatal shooting of British activist
    Israeli military court convicts soldier in fatal shooting of British activist 10:10 AM EDT Jun 27 CASTINA MILITARY BASE, Israel (AP) - A military court convicted an Israeli soldier of manslaughter Monday in the killing of a pro-Palestinian British activist in 2003. The defendant, Wahid Taysir, who no longer is in the army, was accused of shooting Tom Hurndall in the head during an army operation in the Gaza Strip in April 2003. Witnesses said H...
  • Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire
    Palestinian militant groups step up threat to call off ceasefire 12:12 PM EDT Jun 13 IBRAHIM BARZAK GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - After a four-month lull in fighting, Palestinian militant groups on Monday stepped up a threat to withdraw from a ceasefire with Israel but stopped short of pulling out of the deal. The militant factions, including Hamas and Islamic Jihad, accused Israel of violating the truce with continued military operations. ...
  • War crimes court asked to investigate 7 suspects in Srebrenica execution video
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050603/w060360.html War crimes court asked to investigate 7 suspects in Srebrenica execution video 02:40 PM EDT Jun 03 BELGRADE, Serbia-Montenegro (AP) - Prosecutors asked a war crimes court Friday to investigate seven men suspected of being the killers seen this week in video footage of the Srebrenica massacre of 1995. Ten suspects were arrested after the video was aired Wednesday on Serbian TV. Four remain in custod...
  • Bosnian mother turns on TV to see son executed in Srebrenica massacre video
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050603/w060340.html Bosnian mother turns on TV to see son executed in Srebrenica massacre video 02:36 PM EDT Jun 03 SAMIR KRILIC SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) - Shaken and in tears, Nura Alispahic said Friday she turned on the TV to watch the news - then saw a gruesome video of the shooting deaths of her teenage son Azmir and five other Muslims from Srebrenica by Serb forces in July 1995. "I saw with my own...
  • Afghan mosque bombed, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens
    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - A bomb from a suicide attacker tore through a mosque during Wednesday's funeral for a Muslim cleric opposed to the Taliban, killing at least 20 people, and the local governor said an al-Qaida-linked militant was responsible. At least 42 people were wounded. The attack - which came on the heels of a major upsurge in rebel violence in recent months including assassinations, near-daily clashes with rebels and the kidnapping of an Italian ai...
  • Jerusalem engineer wants to demolish Palestinian homes for national park
    JERUSALEM (AP) - The Jerusalem municipality will push ahead with plans to demolish 88 homes in an Arab neighbourhood in the disputed city to make room for a national park, the city engineer overseeing the project told The Associated Press on Wednesday. The plan has infuriated the Palestinians. It comes at a time of growing Israeli-Palestinian tension over the fate of Jerusalem, a city claimed by both as a capital. The demolition campaign, if approved, would be one of the largest i...
  • Probe finds 5 cases of Qur'an 'mishandling' at Guantanamo Bay, commander says
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050526/w052670.html...
  • Nuclear treaty members fail to reach consensus as UN conference winds down
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050526/w052644.html...
  • U.S. quietly drops historic arms-control deals from brochure on disarmament
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050525/w052522.html...
  • Amnesty International takes aim at U.S. in annual human rights report
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050525/w052530.html...
  • UN says reported U.S. abuse of Afghan prisoners is "utterly unacceptable"
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050522/w052228.html...
  • UN panel scolds Canada over U.S. deportation of Ottawa man to Syria
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050520/w052036.html I do not get this one. The US is the country who actually sent Arar to Syria, though he was a Canadian citizen, shouldn't the US be blamed too? They have been found to have been torturing people which is clearly against the Geneva conventions yet I don't see any action being taken against them. The illegal invasion (says Koffi Annan) of Iraq should be enough. The US continues to defy international law yet there are c...
  • White House says U.S. suffered lasting damage from Newsweek article
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050518/w051854.html It appears the WhiteHouse is trying to claim they are the victim of a conspiracy when they themselves use anonymous sources to give credibility to their actions. I wonder if it's more likely that Newsweek's source was found by the US government and threatened to rebuke his statement. The US denied Abu Ghraib until the pictures came out. I would also note Newsweek's argument, that there have been many reports about thi...
  • Muslim woman demands apology from Amazon.com after receiving defiled Qur’an
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050518/w051886.html...
  • Tensions between U.S. and Muslims reaching new highs, say analysts
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050511/w051194.html http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/8D3AB7A8-F9D1-4BE5-A8E5-B1B04561EE07.htm Although these figures are only from the US, my feeling and experience seems to be that anti-Islamic sentiment is definitely on the rise in many parts of the world since 9/11 ...
  • South American, Arab leaders endorse declaration on Israel and trade
    This is a rare but great thing to see so many world leaders condemn the occupation of Palestine. It is unfortunate that with over 65 UN resolutions condemning Israeli actions since 1955 that it seems they still have not complied as is evident by the UN's dismay with their refusal to co-operate. http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050511/w051190.html...
  • Blix says U.S. actions suggest it's not committed to nuclear 'bargain'
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050510/w051028.html...
  • Afghans protest reported desecration of Qur'an at US jail in Guantanamo
    http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050510/w051038.html...
  • How Disgusting
    How Disgusting I have rarely been so upset at the comments I have read and as a muslim I have to vent my frustration about the ignorance of this person and also the media for only showing stories like this. An excerpt from http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050712/w0712126.html where a man in the Netherlands convicted of killing an outspoken critic of Islam gave his closing statements at his trial. He said: "What moved me to do what I did was purely my faith . . . I...
  • Canada In Afghanistan
    Helping Afghanistan will protect Canada, says top soldier http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2005/07/15/hillier-attack050715.html I am very proud and impressed at the common sense approach our fellow Canadians have responded to these ridiculous statements Mr Hillier made. (people's comments here: http://www.cbc.ca/news/viewpoint/yourspace/hillier_afghans.html) I think every letter I read there got it right and it is comforting to k...
  • I’m Free
    I’m Free boschick I wrote this after my younger sister who was blind from birth died after a bomb exploded in her class room, in Bosnia. Sweet sister, I miss you! There’s too much here for me to learn, I’m quiet and afraid, more than alone. Isn’t there anyone else with me? Can no one else be here to see. That I’m alone and afraid, someone please be here, I can’t see, my hands are cold and I’m not free...
  • American Intolerance For Islam
    I went through an interesting experience on a forum that I enjoy reading through about my favorite car. This is the same day I read that Islamophobia is on the rise in America. (see http://www.cbc.ca/cp/world/050511/w051194.html) I went through a forum where someone survived a horrific crash and actually walked away. Eventually people mentioned god must have intervened and a few people disagreed but there was no real hostility. However, one person mentioned they ...

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  • Angered by Iraq war, bombers driven to suicide attacks, say friends
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  • Afghan mosque bombed, killing at least 20 and wounding dozens
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  • Jerusalem engineer wants to demolish Palestinian homes for national park
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  • Nuclear treaty members fail to reach consensus as UN conference winds down
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  • Amnesty International takes aim at U.S. in annual human rights report
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