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Canada Asks: Why are we fighting in Afghanistan?

Mick Meaney November 7, 2007 1

by Edward C. Corrigan     U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney. Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper in his government’s recent Throne Speech announced that he wants to extend Canada’s participation in the Afghan War for

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David Ray Griffin Q & A

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David Ray Griffin Interview – DRG Answers Your Questions – RINF February 06, 2007 RINF members had the opportunity to put questions to one of the worlds most credible and respected 9/11 researchers, Dr.

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Eventually all DNA will be recorded

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Mark Brittain IN the 12 years since the national DNA database was inaugurated, our four police forces have contributed to it more than 260,000 profiles, we learn, courtesy of figures obtained by the Welsh

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The FBI’s Right To Threaten Torture

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James Bovard A federal appeals court has concluded that an FBI agent must go to trial on charges he coerced a false confession out of a prime suspect in the 9/11 attacks. But the

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Is Israel About to Attack Hizballah?

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Israeli soldiers secure the gate at the Rosh Hanikra border crossing between Israel and Lebanon October 15, 2007. Gil Cohen Magen / Reuters Is Israel laying the ground for preemptive air strikes against targets

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A Story of Surveillance

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Former Technician ‘Turning In’ AT&T Over NSA Program By Ellen Nakashima His first inkling that something was amiss came in summer 2002 when he opened the door to admit a visitor from the National

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Police to get new powers

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Police could be given the power to question suspects after they have been charged, the Home Secretary has said.Although MPs are discussing the possibility of giving new powers to police to deal specifically with

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Identity cards technology under review

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Gordon Brown is said to have demanded a review of the technology behind identity cards. The Guardian newspaper has reported that the Prime Minister has expressed concern that ID cards do not become another

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US generals planning revolt over Iran

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A group of senior US military commanders have reportedly decided to resign, should the White House order a military strike against Iran. The reports come as tension in the Persian Gulf region has raised

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Israel arrests West Bank activists

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Israeli troops have arrested a number of Palestinians in a raid on the Balata refugee camp, east of the West Bank city of Nablus. Dozens of Israeli military vehicles raided the camp early on

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Met chief resists new pressure to quit

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James Sturcke and Vikram Dodd Guardian Unlimited Metropolitan police commissioner Sir Ian Blair undergoes questioning by the London Assembly. Photograph: Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images   The Metropolitan police commissioner, Sir Ian Blair, today defied fresh

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Inquest finds army at fault for Iraq bomb death

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David Batty and agencies Guardian Unlimited Fusilier Gordon Gentle, who was killed on patrol in Basra on June 28, 2004. Photograph: MoD Crown Copyright/PA Wire   A coroner today condemned the Ministry of Defence

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