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End the Wars
War is a form of hell that only humans could have invented, and an atrocity that only humanity can end. War wastes lives and futures, destroying families, communities and societies. World military expenditures in 2007 alone totaled $1... [more]
War is a form of hell that only humans could have invented, and an atrocity that only humanity can end. War wastes lives and futures, destroying families, communities and societies.
World military expenditures in 2007 alone totaled $1.2 trillion dollars. Imagine all of the problems that humanity could have tackled with that kind of cash.
The Iraq war, alone, has cost the United States an estimated $509 billion to date. More significantly, the human cost has been horrific: 4,000 American soldiers killed and perhaps 1.2 million Iraqis. Re-read that last sentence and consider the implications.
Iraq isn’t the biggest war that has been fought in living memory, or the longest. But it promises to morph into something even larger and more hideous unless the peoples of the world band together to end it and all of the other needless, murderous conflicts around the world.
Most people, if asked, will say they oppose war. Yet our political leaders insist on using military force to advance their agendas. This Wiki is a place for peace loving people to share information and perspectives on war, its causes, and how to end it. Please join in.
Amnesty International has called for the release of an Iranian student leader whose arrest and detention have inspired men to cover their hair in an online solidarity photo campaign.
Majid Tavakkoli was arrested in student protests on 7 December and was later pictured wearing female clothes in an apparent attempt to humiliate him.
Now many Iranian men inside and outside the country have taken pictures of themselves wearing various forms of...
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Amnesty International has called on Nepal’s government to immediately fix the flawed vetting process that allowed an army major charged with murder to participate in the United Nations peace keeping mission in the Central African Republic.
Major Niranjan Basnet is charged with murdering 15-year-old Maina Sunuwar on 17 February 2004. She died in military custody after she was subjected to electrocution and drowning during interrogation. Her...
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Amnesty International has condemned the execution of an alleged juvenile offender in Iran on Thursday, at least the fifth such execution in 2009.
Mosleh Zamani was hanged at Dizel Abad Prison at 4am, along with four other unidentified prisoners.
He was sentenced to death in 2006 for allegedly raping his girlfriend when he was 17.
"Once again, despite domestic and international calls for the Iranian authorities to uphold their international...
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The Telegraph: Karl Eikenberry, a former commanding general in Afghanistan, said parts of the regime had transcended sectarian divisions within Islam to provide support for fundamentalist groups fighting Western forces in Afghanistan. "Iran or elements within Iran have provided training assistance and some weapons to the Taliban," said Mr Eikenberry.
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The Associated Press: A U.S. government watchdog says the organization created to spearhead Afghanistan's battle against corruption has too little authority, independence and personnel to be effective. In an audit released Wednesday, the special inspector general for Afghanistan reconstruction says the leaders of the country's High Office of Oversight have conflicts of interest because they also serve as advisers to President Hamid Karzai.
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AFP: A NATO air strike against suspected militants in troubled southern Afghanistan killed three civilians and wounded one other, local government and hospital officials said Friday. "Three male civilians have been killed and a woman has been wounded as a result of this attack," a statement read.
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CNN: In the Afghan capital's department of motor vehicles, the simple act of registering a car can turn into days, even weeks, of waiting and frustration. Unless you pay off the right people. Mohammad Zarif Formolly had been waiting for a month to obtain documentation for his vehicle. Another man, who identified himself only as Jamaludin, traveled 50 miles from Logar province and had been waiting for three days.
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- Meeting on Iran’s nuclear programme cancelled (myantiwar.org)
The Washington Post: Federal auditors have identified more than $950 million in "questioned and unsupported" costs submitted by Defense Department contractors. The figure excludes potential waste from contracts with other departments or agencies, such as USAID. The following are some of the cases of waste, fraud and abuse:
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by Jimmy CarterIt is generally recognised that the Middle East peace process is in the doldrums, almost moribund. Israeli settlement expansion within Palestine continues, and PLO leaders refuse to join in renewed peace talks without a settlement freeze, knowing that no Arab or Islamic nation will accept any comprehensive agreement while Israel retains control of East Jerusalem.read more
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From commondreams.org
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by Jo Comerford$57,077.60. That’s what we’re paying per minute. Keep that in mind -- just for a minute or so.
After all, the surge is already on. By the end of December, the first 1,500 U.S. troops will have landed in Afghanistan, a nation roughly the size of Texas, ranked by the United Nations as second worst in the world in terms of human development.read more
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