Category Archives: Terrorism

Have blog will travel

For the first time ever a blogger will be embedded with Canadian forces in Afghanistan. It’s Damian Brooks of “The Torch” and if you’d like to offer him encouragement, especially of the pecuniary sort, I know it would be appreciated.

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BBC+

The BBC’s story on Gaza today again invites readers to submit tales of suffering but, credit where credit is due, doesn’t only ask residents of Gaza as it did on Dec. 27. Instead this time says:
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Whereas Hamas…

So now the Canadian Union of Public Employees Ontario University Workers Coordinating Committee wants to boycott Israel… again. According to CUPE Ontario president Sid Ryan, “In response to an appeal from the Palestinian Federation of Unions of University Professors and … Continue reading

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And if that doesn’t work we’ll start them again

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas, who previously blamed Hamas for provoking the Israeli attack on Gaza, has now changed his tune, expressing solidarity with Hamas, calling the Israeli actions “barbaric and criminal”  and threatening to break off peace talks that … Continue reading

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Moderation in war?

Rumours swirl that Israel was considering a 48-hour humanitarian ceasefire in the Gaza strip though in the end the government seems to have rejected it at least for the time being. But does anyone think if the situation were reversed … Continue reading

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