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Counterinsurgency by the book

T he question of whether Canada handed over large numbers of Afghans – possibly innocents – to face abuse and torture is not just one of morality or law, but about making the mission a success. So says the Canadian Forces' own manual on how a ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Many detainees were just farmers, Afghan official says

T he chief of Afghanistan's notorious intelligence agency told Canada in April of 2007 that he had no idea how many of the prisoners handed over to him by rank-and-file Canadian soldiers were in fact Taliban or just local farmers, according to a memo ...

From STEVEN CHASE AND CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  UK Conservative Party,  Gordon O'Connor

Many detainees just farmers, Afghan official says

T he chief of Afghanistan's notorious intelligence agency told Canada in April of 2007 that he had no idea how many of the prisoners handed over to him by rank-and-file Canadian soldiers were in fact Taliban or just local farmers, according to a memo ...

From STEVEN CHASE AND CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Taliban,  UK Conservative Party,  Gordon O'Connor

Entitlement knows no bounds

R emember David Dingwall’s famous testimony that he was “entitled to his entitlements?” The meter was running even as he said it. Back in 2005, Mr. Dingwall, a former Liberal cabinet minister, was called to explain the expense bills he racked up as ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David Dingwall,  Stephen Harper

Opposition decries Conservative attack ads sent to Jewish voters

A free-mail Conservative attack ad sent to ridings with large Jewish communities has sparked an outcry from opposition politicians. Already under fire for their heavy use of MPs' free-mail privileges to spread strongly partisan messages, the ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  19 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Hezbollah,  Hamas,  Irwin Cotler,  Jason Kenney,  Michael Ignatieff

Tory flyers targeting Jewish votes raise hackles

A new page in Conservative narrow-casting has the Liberals crying foul. Using the free-mail privileges of MPs, the Conservatives are sending out flyers to ridings with large Jewish communities , arguing they are committed to Canada’s Jewish Community ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Joe Volpe,  Irwin Cotler,  Hezbollah

Ignatieff's new staffers believe less is more for Liberals

T he between-the-lines message of the staff changes in Michael Ignatieff's office is straightforward: Don't panic. Peter Donolo, Mr. Ignatieff's chief of staff, has recruited political veterans to fill key posts in the Opposition Leader's Office. Beyond ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Michael Ignatieff,  Jean-Marc Fournier,  Gerard Kennedy,  Greg Sorbara

Tory MPs assailed over mailing costs

T he Conservatives have made free mail expensive. Reports that Tory MPs ran up $6.3-million in costs last year by mailing out so-called “ten-per-centers” to people outside their ridings have opposition MPs calling for new limits on the free-mail ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  16 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Pat Martin,  UK Conservative Party,  Michael Ignatieff,  Lawrence Cannon,  David McGuinty

Mission improbable: Diplomacy on the cheap

D id you hear the one about Mark Rowswell, a comedian famous in China as Dashan who'd been snagged as Canada's public face for Shanghai's Expo 2010? The Canadian embassy feted him at a soirée last month, part of the country's campaign to become more ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  13 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Stephen Harper,  Hugh Segal

Mulroney not surprised by Thatcher's opposition to united Germany

T wenty years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the domino-effect that ended the Cold War, it's easy to forget that other European countries wanted to stop the two Germanys from uniting. For world leaders at the time, it was a palpable concern. ...

From CAMPBELL CLARK, Globe and Mail,  9 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Margaret Thatcher,  Mikhail Gorbachev,  Brian Mulroney,  NATO,  James Baker

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