Canada’s ballooning Afghan war cost no longer national secret By Mike Blanchfield, Canwest News Service June 24, 2009 OTTAWA – The Defence Department admitted Wednesday …
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The Politicization of Humanitarian Aid
One of the most worrying aspects of the current mission in Afghanistan is the increasingly muddied role of humanitarian aid. Traditionally the stated goal of …
Global National TV interview on the hidden cost of the war
On June 22nd Global National showed a story on the Canadian government’s plans to conceal the future costs of the war in Afghanistan, and it featured our …
Canadian government will no longer release cost of war
As reported in the Ottawa Citizen, citing reasons of national security the Canadian government will no longer report the cost of its ongoing conflict in …
Global Arms Spending on the Rise
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute’s annual report on world arms transfers, global arms spending was up by 4 percent last year. The …
Increase in violence surrounding Afghan elections
Security is a major concern for international forces in regard to the upcoming elections in Afghanistan. Amidst campaigning for the August 20th presidential and provincial …