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Afghan torture emails reached MacKay's office
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 3 days ago
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Afghan detainees were sent to Peter MacKay's office in 2006 when he was foreign affairs minister, the Star has learned. The messages were sent a year before the government redrafted its prisoner transfer agreement to seek better protections. MacKay is...
Tags: Richard Colvin, Peter MacKay, canadians believed, Afghanistan, Kabul, Human rights abuses, Politics, War in Afghanistan, Stephen Harper, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, Human rights in Afghanistan, Stￃﾩphane Dion, Brian Mulroney, Michael Ignatieff, Canadians of German descent, Canadians of Scottish descent, Public inquiry, Premiership of Stephen Harper, Allan Gregg, Russian nobility, Walter Natynczyk, French Quebecers, Karlheinz Schreiber, Ignatieff, Jack Layton, 40th Canadian Parliament, Liberal Party of Canada, Colvin, Department of Foreign Affairs and International Trade, Public opinion in Canada on the war in Afghanistan, Military history of Canada
Human rights mess goes beyond Tories
Halifax :: Canada | 5 days ago
Credibility Montreal S tephen Harper's Conservatives did not initiate the culture of casual indifference to Canada's legal humanitarian obligations that has surfaced periodically in the national capital over the past decade, although they did reinforce it. After...
Tags: Canada, Afghanistan, Richard Colvin, Mr. Colvin, afghans prisoners, Halifax, Politics, War in Afghanistan, War Conflict, Human rights abuses, Taliban, Canadian Afghan detainee abuse scandal, Human rights in Afghanistan, Peter MacKay, Walter Natynczyk, Military history of Canada, Torture, Abousfian Abdelrazik, Morality, Anti-communism, Afghan Independent Human Rights Commission, Crimes against humanity, Kandahar, Year of birth uncertain, Criminal law, Philosophy of law, General, Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Military of Canada, Gordon O'Connor, Loya jirga
Military steps up aid for suicidal soldiers
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 15 days ago
Credibility Frédéric Couture, who lost his foot in December 2006 to a roadside bomb, had tried to kill himself on the battlefield, minutes after suffering his injury...The military is creating a rapid reaction force of mental health workers to investigate suicidal...
Tags: mental health, Radio-Canada, Walter Natynczyk, health problems, Afghanistan, Kabul, General, Military reserve force, War in Afghanistan, Canadian Forces, Military insignia, Suicide, Health Medical Pharma, Social Issues
Canada starts Afghan withdrawal planning
Kabul :: Afghanistan | 22 days ago
Credibility The Defense Department confirmed Thursday night that Chief of the Defense Staff Gen. Walter Natynczyk issued instructions to officers to begin logistical planning to get the country's 2,800 troops and all of their equipment out of Afghanistan by 2011,...
Tags: Walter Natynczyk, Canada, Afghanistan, Defense Department
Afghan violence rising, top soldier concedes
Ottawa :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff has acknowledged that the situation in Afghanistan is getting worse and more troops are required in the face of mounting Taliban attacks aimed at derailing next year's Afghan election...But he's now offering a far more...
Tags: Afghanistan, Walter Natynczyk, Canadaï
Canada's top soldier visits troops in Afghanistan
Kandahar :: Afghanistan | about 1 year ago
Credibility Walter Natynczyk, Canada's new chief of defence staff, has ended a five-day visit to Afghanistan, where he met with the troops and gave his assessment of Taliban militants. Natynczyk arrived in the country last Wednesday, but his tour of military operations...
Tags: Afghanistan, Walter Natynczyk, Canada, Kandahar, Defence Staff, Taliban
'Soldier's soldier' Hillier steps down Wednesday
Ottawa :: Canada | about 1 year ago
Credibility Rick Hillier, chief of defence staff, was known as the "soldier's soldier." (Les Perreaux/Canadian Press) Canada's top soldier, Gen. Rick Hillier, officially retires on Wednesday, handing over the reins to his replacement in a ceremony in Ottawa...Walter...
Tags: Rick Hillier, Walter Natynczyk, Canada, Ottawa, Afghanistan, canadians forces
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