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Sad news from Afghanistan. Six Canadian soldiers were killed Sunday when a roadside bomb detonated hitting the vehicle they were traveling in.
The Canadian Forces confirmed the deaths Sunday afternoon, and said one other soldier suffered life-threatening injuries.
“It’s been a long day. I have the unfortunate duty of informing you that six Canadian soldiers were killed [...]

Is it just me or have things become really desperate in Afghanistan for both the Taliban and Al-Qaeda?
A local Afghan leader claims there is a bounty on NATO forces currently deployed in his country. Haji Saifullah, district leader for Maywand, said in an interview that he has reason to believe the Pakistan ISI (Inter-Services Intelligence) [...]

Don’t think for one moment that Britain’s anemic response to Iran hasn’t gone unnoticed in some quarters.
The Argentinian foreign secretary today said his country’s government would use “more firmness” in its attempts to gain sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
If this keeps up the British government may want to look into a bulk rate long distance [...]

Two more Canadian soldiers have been killed in the war on terror in Afghanistan. Dead are Cpl. Francisco Gomez, 44, of the Princess Patricia’s Canadian Light Infantry, based in Edmonton, and Cpl. Jason Patrick Warren, 29, of the Black Watch, the Royal Highland Regiment of Canada, based in Montreal.

Two Canadian soldiers were killed and eight [...]

Ever since the current crisis in the Middle East erupted many of the world’s leaders, most notably the European variety, have been howling like mad dogs over the so-called disproportionate Israeli response. They are also calling on Israel to enter into negotiations.
First of all what is disproportionate? What would the Europeans have the Israelis do? [...]

Once again the BBC rears its ugly head. Nick Thorpe is a BBC correspondent and has been reporting from near the Lebanese-Israeli border. He was explaining that he and his little entourage were on the way to Jenin to check out reports that Palestinian militants were building Qassam rockets when a phone call diverted them [...]

As Israel continues to pound Lebanon in it’s quest to banish Hezbollah from that country members of the Arab League seem to be split on the situation. The 22-member organization held an emergency meeting Saturday in Cairo and called for UN intervention to stop the fighting. They also promised unconditional support for Lebanon. However this [...]

Kudos to PM Stephen Harper for his staunch defence of Israel during the current crisis. While many of the world’s leaders are doing the politically correct thing by criticizing the military action Harper has taken a decidedly realistic approach. In fact he met British PM Tony Blair ahead of the G8 Summit and the two [...]

The following has been floating around the net for quite some time but I thought it was worth a reprint.
Clinton awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Yugoslavia - good…
Bush awards Halliburton no-bid contract in Iraq - bad…
Clinton spends 77 billion on war in Serbia - good…
Bush spends 87 billion in Iraq - bad…
Clinton imposes regime change [...]

Canada has become the first nation after Israel to sever ties with the Palestinian Authority because of the influence of Hamas.

Canada has become the first country after Israel to cut funding and diplomatic ties to the Palestinian Authority over the new Hamas government’s refusal to renounce violence.The news shocked pro-Palestine groups who fear aid will [...]