Lost in the ranks: Canadian veteran can’t get compensation
Jacob Boon
OpenFile
November 10, 2011
Josh Miller isn’t his real name. The 26-year-old ex-corporal says he’s under a standard two-year agreement not to speak to media upon leaving the Canadian Forces. He’s also worried any negative comments could impact the medical settlements he’s fighting to get from Veterans Affairs.
Still, he wanted to talk.
Miller recently moved to Halifax with his girlfriend while she finishes school. Before that, he was serving his country as an infantry member in Afghanistan. He’s tall, broad-shouldered, and has literally been through a war. But all those experiences have left him a different person; struggling to adjust to civilian life back home.
“I’m not the same person I used to be,” he says. “I used to be a very chilled, laid-back person. But now, it doesn’t take anything to make me snap and make me irate.”
The Syria Imperative: Military Intervention to Promote Israeli Interests?
Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Global Research
October 30, 2011
The Assad regime in Syria is facing increased scrutiny for its handling of demonstrators. The Syrian opposition has asked for arms and NATO intervention similar to what was witnessed inLibya. Washington Hawks such as former presidential candidate and U.S. Senator John McCain have called for military intervention inSyria to “protect civilians.” The call for the use of military force to “protect”.
Given the demonstrated lack of regard for human life and the aversion to justice (Iraq, Palestine, Lebanon, Afghanistan, Pakistan, etc.), what lies behind the imperative to intervene in Syria?
The protest movements in Syria started in Daraa — dubbed the epicenter of the anti-Assad protests. Daraa, traditionally supportive of Syria’s ruling Baath Party, suffered from reduced water supply triggering massive protests against the local administration and the regime for failing to deal with the acute water scarcity in the region. Water.
US advises Syrians against surrendering to regime
AFP
November 4, 2011
WASHINGTON (AFP) – The US State Department on Friday advised Syrians against surrendering to President Bashar al-Assad’s regime after Damascus announced an amnesty for those who give up their weapons.
“I wouldn’t advise anybody to turn themselves in to regime authorities at the moment,” State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland told reporters amid apparent concerns for the welfare of those who might do so.
Nuland, who said the Assad regime has so far failed to live up to a deal struck Wednesday with the Arab League to stop nearly eight months of violence, underlined her skepticism about the amnesty offer.
full article here
(hat tip: Activist Post)
“Human Rights” Groups and the Pretext for War in Syria
RT
November 3, 2011
WARNING: Supporting the war in Iraq will make you sound like a fucking moron
Adam Kokesh
Adam vs The Man
November 5, 2011
Training for Drone Robot Soldiers Nearly Complete
Boston Dynamics
October 30, 2011
(hat tip: Activist Post)
Assad: challenge Syria at your peril
Syria’s president, Bashar al-Assad, has warned that Western action against his country would cause an “earthquake” that would “burn the whole region”.
Andrew Gilligan
The Telegraph
October 29, 2011
In his first interview with a Western journalist since Syria‘s
seven-month uprising began, President Assad told The Sunday Telegraph that intervention against his regime could cause “another Afghanistan”.
Western countries “are going to ratchet up the pressure, definitely,” he said. “But Syria is different in every respect from Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen. The history is different. The politics is different.
“Syria is the hub now in this region. It is the fault line, and if you play with the ground you will cause an earthquake … Do you want to see another Afghanistan, or tens of Afghanistans?
“Any problem in Syria will burn the whole region. If the plan is to divide Syria, that is to divide the whole region.”
Thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the streets in two Syrian cities on Friday to demand the imposition of a Libyan-style no-fly zone over the country. According to the United Nations, at least 3,000 civilians, including 187 children, have been killed during protests against the regime.
Thousands more have been imprisoned. The government says 1,200 members of the security forces have also died.
