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The devastating toll from coalition bombing
February 5, 2016
On 29 December 2015, the Iraqi military “liberated” the city of Ramadi, in Iraq, from the so-called Islamic State (ISIS, or ISIL) in an “epic” victory after a long offensive to retake the provincial capital from the terrorist group. In a televised press conference, Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi praised the capture of the city, […]
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More useful role for Canada than air strikes says RI President
January 13, 2016
The Prime Minister of Canada must live up to the promise he made during the election campaign, and which he included in the mandate letter to his Minister of Defence, and forthwith end Canadian air strikes in Iraq and Syria. Despite this unequivocal commitment, reiterated by the PM to the President of the United States in their […]
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Harper must be held accountable for failing Syrian Refugees
September 4, 2015
by Peggy Mason, President of the Rideau Institute Outrage continues to mount in the wake of the tragic drowning of a three year-old Syrian toddler, Ayan Kurdi, his 5 year-old brother and their mother, refugees fleeing the war in their country, and in light of the ever increasing evidence that Canada has put almost […]
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