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August 10, 2007

Canadian government spies on liberal war-critic [Peace and war, Human rights] — Administrator @ 10:13 am


This video is called [Canadian] Government under attack over Afghan abuse allegations 1/2.

Part 2 is here.

By Graham Beverley:

Canadian military spies on liberal war-critic

The Ottawa Citizen revealed last month that the Department of National Defense—i.e., Canada’s military—had compiled an extensive file on the activities of Steven Staples, head of the little-known Rideau Institute for International Affairs.

The file was focused on Staples’s criticisms of the Canadian Armed Forces’ mission in Afghanistan, particularly his views on “…General Hillier’s plans to move the military away from peacekeeping and into more combat-oriented roles.” Twenty-five hundred CAF personnel are currently deployed to Afghanistan, primarily Kandahar Province, where they are playing a leading role in the counter-insurgency campaign aimed at propping up the US-installed government of Hamid Karzai.

The military’s file on Staples consisted of a report on a presentation he made to the Halifax Peace Coalition as well as email correspondence on press and popular reaction.

Police provocations at Quebec summit: here.

Torture in Canada: here.

UK: Afghan war: here.

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