Honouring Canada's War Dead in Afghanistan

Canada started it mission in Afghanistan in early 2002.  The first unit deployed to Afghanistan was the Third Battalion Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry under the able command of Lieutenant Colonel...

Afghanistan: 3 U.S.Troops Killed Total 871 and 10 this year.

This is supposed to be the season when the Taliban slow down in Afghanistan and normally in March the fighting season starts.  Apparently not so this year. Based on numerous incidents recently, it seems the...

CIA accuses Obama of double standard in Flight 253 bombing

The CIA,  cited by President Barack Obama as being "tested as never before"  has accused him of holding a double-standard regarding the Intelligence agency.  See also this Now Public story by snuffysmith.   On Thursday, Obama had  strongly...

At least 12 killed in Explosion and Battle -UN Guest House -Kabul

FOX News has just reported an explosion and machine gun fire near UN buildings in Kabul.  Afghan national forces battled militants, held up in a UN Guest House.  5 or 6 militants are believed to be...

Update on Colorado terror suspects tied to al Quada

A 24 year old Afghan immigrant is at the center of an FBI investigation which may now involve up to a dozen people,  authorities say.  Federal agents said today that they suspect an al Qaeda link in a bomb plot aimed at New York City. "The disclosures came as...

Omar Khadr likely to be tried by Military commission

Omar Khadr, a Canadian citizen, was picked up by U.S. Forces in 2002 and charged with murdering a U.S. soldier.  The Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the Canadian Government must lobby for his release with...

Singapore 'terror leader' captured

A year long manhunt by Singapore authorities has resulted in the recapture of Mas Selamat, suspected of masterminding terror plots through his association with Jemaah Islamiyah(JI). " The suspected leader of a...

"US to Intervene" as Big Chill Develops Between India and Pakistan

RELATIONSHIPS bewtween India and Pakistan have deteriorated since the Mumbai terror attacks over the last four days.  Many people interviewed in the streets of Mumbai by BBC reporters seemed convinced that Pakistan had something to do with the raids, a charge that drew...

Mumbai Terror Gunman Survivor Reveals "We Were Instructed to Kill 5,000"

SOLE SURVIVING MUMBAI gunman, Azam Amir Kasab, 21, believed to originate from Pakistan, has reportedly told his interrogators that they were each instructed by their mastermind trainers to "kill up to...

Bomb Plot Mastermind Killed in US Attack on Islamist Militants

FUGITIVE suspect terrorist Rashid Rauf wanted by intelligence services in the UK after an airline "liquid bomb" plot has been killed in a US military attack in the North West region of Pakistan, it has...

Convicted Bomb Plot Terrorists Planned to Bring Down Seven Transatlantic Planes

A court heard how three young British Muslims planned to bring down at least seven transatlantic planes and made a video in which they made "You Will Be Destroyed" jibes.   " Three young British Muslims who...

An Internet Jihad Aims at U.S. Viewers

It always amazes me that the Muslim extremists will use the very tools and freedoms they wish to crush in the west to wage psychological warfare. It is just one more example of the more potent enemy within that the United States must deal with.You may need a username and...

David Hicks Returns to Oz, Must Say He Was "Treated Fairly"

That a gag order was part of David Hicks' plea bargain is very telling; also, if he was really such a dangerous element, why would they let him off with nine months' incarceration, when they could have held him more or less indefinitely at the tip of Cuba? I'm not suggesting...

France to pull troops from Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- France will pull 200 elite troops out of Afghanistan as part of a wider reorganization of foreign troops, the French defense minister said in Kabul Sunday. The special forces, operating under U.S. command near the Pakistan border, will...

The Zarqawi Factor

The destruction of the Shia's holiest shrine, the Golden Mosque, in Iraq and the immediate reaction that IT MUST HAVE BEEN THE SUNNI'S, has created a condition that favours one particular group.

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