Hezbollah, the United Nations, and the murder of Rafik Hariri
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Michael Petrou
Senior writer Michael Petrou has covered conflict across the Middle East, Africa, and Central Asia. He is the author of ’Renegades: Canadians in the Spanish Civil War’, which was shortlisted for the Ottawa Book Award, and ’Is This Your First War? Travels Through the Post-9/11 Islamic World’, which won it. He has a DPhil from the University of Oxford.
Iran warns against travel to Canada
What commentary can one add to a story that’s beyond parody?
The nature of Canada’s post-2011 mission in Afghanistan
Could combat operations be a part of it after all?
Hey there, CBC, glad you could finally make it.
The CBC catches up with a story Maclean’s broke more than a year and a half ago. CBC : Nov 11, 2010 Maclean’s : March 23, 2009.
Spain on the eve of war, and an appeal to book publishers
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Canadian mining company accused of complicity in Congo massacre
An association representing survivors of a 2004 massacre in the Democratic Republic of Congo have launched a class action lawsuit...
Gay Iranian couple finds sanctuary in Canada
In August I wrote about Canadian Milad Mahdavi, originally from Iran, and his partner, Edison Khorshid, also from Iran, who was...
Chequebook journalism and covering the trapped miners
I’ve spent quite a bit of time in Chile these past couple of months, covering the trapped and now freed miners. The results are...
Islamists, Iran, and a "Just and Sustainable Peace" — media response
The National Post and the Ottawa Citizen have editorials. (The Post acknowledged that Maclean’s broke the story; the Citizen did...
Islamists, Iran, and the Green Party: Elizabeth May responds
Here’s Elizabeth May’s response : Here’s my original story :