Canada\'s role in Afghanistan
In the face of mounting popular opposition
Canada dramatically escalates its military intervention in Afghanistan
By Keith Jones, May 19, 2006
Canada’s minority Conservative government is dramatically expanding the scope and scale of the Canadian Armed Forces’ counter-insurgency operation in southern Afghanistan. Indeed, the step...
Canadian prime minister proclaims major shift with Afghanistan visit
By Keith Jones, March 16, 2006
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper made a very public three-day visit to Afghanistan this week. The ostensible purpose of the visit—the first foreign trip Harper has made as prime minister&m...
Canada: top general spouts rhetoric of Bush administration
By David Adelaide, August 17, 2005
Canada’s top military commander, Chief of Defence Staff General Rick Hillier, has been the focus of a blitz of media attention in the wake of a series of bellicose public appearances. Openly ado...
Canada takes leading role in Afghan occupation
By Keith Jones, August 30, 2003
With little public discussion, Canada’s Liberal government has made bolstering the US-installed regime in Afghanistan a key Canadian foreign policy objective.
US pilots face trial for Canadian "friendly fire" deaths in Afghanistan
By Henry Michaels, January 18, 2003
In a case riddled with hypocrisy, the United States Air Force this week began prosecuting two F-16 pilots for killing four Canadian soldiers and injuring eight others in a “friendly fire” ...
US military scapegoats pilots over “friendly fire” deaths in Afghanistan
By Peter Symonds, September 18, 2002
In what amounts to a cynical exercise in scapegoating, the US Air Force announced last Friday its intention to charge two F-16 pilots over the deaths of four Canadian soldiers and the injury of eight ...
US war plans panic Canada’s elite
By Keith Jones, February 19, 2002
Echoing the concerns of many European politicians and editorial writers, Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has counselled the US not to embark on a unilateral military campaign to topple the Iraq...
Canada’s prime minister accuses opposition of assisting terrorists
By Keith Jones, February 11, 2002
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chrétien has labelled his parliamentary opponents terrorist “defenders” because they have criticized the government for its complicity in the US’s illeg...
Canada joins war on Afghanistan
By Lee Parsons, October 16, 2001
Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien announced October 7 that the Canadian Armed Forces will join the US war against Afghanistan. The announcement came only hours after US and British warplanes began...
US pilots face trial for Canadian "friendly fire" deaths in ...
In a case riddled with hypocrisy, the United States Air Force this week began prosecuting two F-16 pilots for killing four Canadian soldiers and injuring eight others in a "friendly fire" incident in ...
L'armée américaine massacre 80 villageois en Afghanistan
L'armée américaine massacre 80 villageois en Afghanistan
De fortes émeutes révèlent l'ampleur de l'opposition ...
De fortes émeutes révèlent l'ampleur de l'opposition afghane à l'occupation américaine
