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For Facebook users – No Stealth Fighters profile photo

We’re very excited about the launch of our Canada-wide campaign on March 3rd to say to Prime Minister Harper: “No Stealth Fighters!” In the lead-up to the start of the campaign this week, please upload this photo as your Facebook profile picture to let everyone know how you feel about this multi-billion-dollar purchase. On March […]

Gates channels Vizzini

U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates has warned against getting involved in future land wars in Asia (Thom Shanker, “Gates Warns Against Any More Wars Like Iraq or Afghanistan,” New York Times, 25 February 2011): Defense Secretary Robert M. Gates bluntly told an audience of West Point cadets on Friday that it would be unwise […]

UN peacekeeping missions face shortfalls

The United Nations continues to set new records for the size and complexity of UN peacekeeping operations. But the missions are facing critical shortfalls in key equipment such as helicopters, the UN reports (“UN peacekeeping missions face shortfall of over a third in vital military helicopters,” UN News Service, 22 February 2001): “It remains the […]

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