The Ipsos Reid poll for CanWest News and Global National found that two-thirds of those surveyed feel a media ban on the homecoming of the flag-draped caskets of Canadian Forces personnel "is really a government muzzle and should be left up to families to decide. That sentiment was highest in Quebec (73-26), British Columbia (70-27) and Ontario (67-30). It was lowest in [Stephen Harper]'s home province of Alberta, where a margin of 53-43 objected to the media ban, compared with 55-38 opposition in Saskatchewan and Manitoba and a 56-39 margin in Atlantic Canada. The Conservatives will also have to face sporadic flare-ups of the controversy each time there are fatalities in Afghanistan and more bodies are brought home. That will mean repeated comparisons between the Harper government and...
... of flag-draped coffins coming home from Iraq in order to minimize opposition to the U.S.-led wa...
You have the power to pull Iraq out of this darkness," declares another billboard overlooking a square. The words are inscribed next to a burning map of Iraq painted in the red, black and white colours of the country's national flag. S. and Iraqi authorities have long used billboards and posters to get their message out to a public confused by the rapid change that followed [Saddam Hussein]'s overthrow. As far back as early 2004, authorities used posters and billboards to rally support for the country's nascent security forces in the midst of a growing Sunni insurgency. The U.S. military at times put up posters with congratulatory messages to Iraqis on religious occasions, trying to counter its image as a foreign occupier.
..., a constitutional bill of rights follows the flag when state security and police authorities operate... individuals detained by military forces in Iraq and at Guantanamo Bay: see Al Skeini et al. v. Sec...
[Jordan]'s fears about Iraq have intensified in the last two weeks following an instruction by Massoud Barazani, the leader of the Kurdish region, to lower the Iraqi flag and to hoist instead the Kurdish flag over all government and public institutions. Barazani's move came as a surprise and was contrary to promises made in the past to both the U.S. and Turkey that the Kurdish region will not split from the Iraqi state and will not establish an independent Kurdistan in Northern Iraq. Barzani's move followed renewed Kurdish terrorism in Turkey and resulted in a sudden rapprochement between Turkey and Iran, two countries with large Kurdish minorities. Jordan sees these developments in a broader context. It doesn't believe that the U.S. is likely to act unilaterally against Iran's nuclear ...
... characteristic of Russian policy during the Iraq war, for example, or with regard to a highly probl...
Syrian President Bashar Assad's visit to Tehran last week has revealed a new regional element that has been largely ignored by Western observers. Assad's visit was officially described as a goodwill trip to congratulate Mahmoud Ahmadinejad for his re-election as Iran's president. But what came out following Assad's meeting with Iran's Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, was an idea for an unofficial quadripartite alliance between Syria and Iran, with Turkey and Iraq joining. Such a position takes Lebanon back to the status-quo-ante situation and openly contradicts [Barack Obama]'s ideas for solving the Lebanese crisis. These Syrian moves are interpreted in Israel as a preparation for Obama's future UN policy speech, which would imply an effort to reduce Iran's influence in the region.
...This is a red flag for Iran that could find itself squeezed between t...
... you count crossing the aisle to support a flag-burning bill or backing the Iraq war. Her track re...
From previous columns about living next door to Central Park, I have become known as "that guy who writes about the neighbourhood" to the seniors who watch immigrants from Africa play flag football in daishikis and see Slurpees sipped by shawl-covered sisters from Iran and Iraq. I wrote that Central Park is one of the liveliest places in Winnipeg on warm, summer evenings and weekend afternoons. Packed with people of all pigmentation, the area "works" and is a beehive of friendly faces sitting on benches and playing in the pool and playground that remains little known to most Winnipegers who flee for the suburbs after spending their eight hours working downtown. More important, there are plenty of faces in the park who need a lift and until the "off hours" social problems that plague Ce...
Peacekeeping has a place of pride in the Canadian national identity. Canadians feel that their nation is a natural leader in this international endeavour. How is this national identity expressed, and howhas it come about? Is it justified? An answer to these questions requires a probe of Canadian public and military attitudes, a historical review of Canada's peacekeeping activities, and an examination of current Canadian contributions. The final question is: What is needed if Canada is to live up to the image of the proud and prolific peacekeeper?
... of the United Nations, and to see the new flag raised outside UN headquarters. Thus, four generat... to participate in the March 2003 attack on Iraq. (The Canadian government has said it did not part...
...recognizes himself at para. 108, flagrant breaches of fundamental human rights, such as tort... in foreign "hot spots" as diverse as Haiti, Iraq and Afghanistan. In fact, since 1989, the RCMP has...
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