UncategorizedHow to beat an insurgency by killing fewer people (II)My colleague Andrew Potter blogged a few weeks ago about Thomas Ricks’ new book, The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the...
GeneralNever ForgetWe have heard this before. I was struck when I heard it said by a former Israeli Prime Minister many years ago prior to the actual...
Ottawa‘Who knew what when and who reported what when to which?’ (II)Getting back to Bob Rae’s question of a couple weeks ago, Jessica Leeder traces the creation and awareness of Afghanistan’s...
GeneralWomen’s Rights: The Human Rights Issue of the CenturyThe video depicting the abhorrent flogging of a Pakistani teenage girl by the Taliban in the Swat region has sent shockwaves...
Ottawa’Dizzy yet?’Michelle Shephard considers the current state of Omar Khadr’s own personal purgatory.
OttawaOverruledWilliam Kuebler, Omar Khadr’s on-again-off-again lawyer, is back . For now. In a surprise move, a military judge Tuesday overruled...
Ottawa’We hope that you will find the report useful’Mark Danner has filed a second piece for the New York Review of Books on the torture that took place under the Bush...
Ottawa’Who knew what when and who reported what when to which?’Those were Bob Rae’s questions after QP on Thursday . On the matter of timing, Stockwell Day had earlier offered a couple bits of...
Ottawa’It is distressing’Canadian Press lays out new details of the mess that has now culminated in Bill Kuebler’s dismissal. The chief defence counsel at...