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Hundreds of former U.S. soldiers seeking asylum in Canada for not fighting in Iraq

from What's Up October 2009
written in collaboration with Gabriella Treasury

There was a time where emigrate to America was considered the dream of all. Now that dream has vanished and turned into the nightmare of being an American citizen, or worse yet, an American soldier.

Today almost 220 former U.S. military from Canada tell their amazing experiences. They are called "War Resisters" or "resistance to war and Toronto has earned the epithet" Resisterville ", because most of them are concentrated here, on the Canadian side of Lake Ontario. Many have not yet been revealed for what they are, that the fugitives or refugees of war in Iraq, where they do not believe, but there are few who have asked Canada officially citizenship. Ottawa by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Conservative and a close friend of Washington, responded negatively to every request, even though much of the Canadian population appears to be favorable. Who does not wish to comment on this story are, however, the courts of Toronto that refer the matter to a size not legal, but rather political, concerning the relations between Canada and the United States. The issue goes on between the two countries since the 70s when, to avoid the Vietnam War, fled to the north about 55 thousand American soldiers. At that time one could speak of desertion because the lever was mandatory. Today we volunteered in the U.S. and in many have heard the call to arms by George W. Bush after 11 September. Most of those who fled to Canada are veterans of the first wave of invasion of Iraq, sent home and then called back again when things were not going the right way. Those who saw what the war in Iraq were shocked they preferred, like their fathers in the 70's, run away to the north, at the risk of going against the very strict U.S. court-martial. Even Obama has called the Iraq war a "dumb war" (stupid war) can not do anything to prevent these deserters / conscientious objectors / war refugees go through this review that, at worst, it can also mean two years in prison.
Another major barrier that must pass is called the War Resisters Jason Kennedy, the Minister of Immigration Canada. Always believed that former soldiers are not "genuine refugees or asylum seekers, how they intend to make believe" and "not at all suffer persecution in their countries," he did reject the past year, two proposals to freeze the opposition ' resistant to the expulsion order imposed. The first to suffer the consequences was Robin Long. The young 25 year old living in Canada for three years, arrested July 15, 2008 on charges of desertion, was extradited United States, where the military court sentenced him to 15 months in solitary confinement. However, the most famous story is that of Jo shua Key. As he wrote in his book The Deserter's Tale (Tale of the deserter), his story is similar to thousands of young American soldiers: he enlisted in the Army after September 11 and in 2003 he was sent to Baghdad because "Saddam Hussein was a monster that went out of the way and needed to deprive him of weapons of mass destruction that were in his hands," Key writes in his book "But they were all lies. We could not find anything. " Key says he committed in Iraq, along with to his platoon, crimes ranging from armed robbery to murder and describes episodes when he saw how horrible the street a number of decapitated bodies and two soldiers kicking a head like a balloon. Key says the U.S. military propaganda called the Iraqis "sand nigger" (sand niggers) and that "they are not men" because "all Muslims are terrorists and all terrorists are Muslims," \u200b\u200breiterating that the only objective is eliminate them. Finally he concludes: "I lost my country and my country has lost me. I might reconsider this position only if the United States sent to trial former President Bush and all the officers responsible that he sent our troops in Iraq. "
that the war waged by their country is just, unjust or stupid, as Obama himself admits, however, these people feel betrayed and, of course, the United States does not want to go back there ever again.

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fake drugs, ineffective, out-dated are the delight of merchants of venom and cynical speculators. The whole background of interests and resentments of those who should oversee

from What's Up in July 2009

Recently a shipment of anti-malarial drugs has arrived in Nigeria. The labels reading "Made in India", but health authorities in Nigeria have know that the products were actually Chinese. The incident has caused strong protests from New Delhi where the government has explicitly demanded an official apology from Beijing. The problem has been presented both from a humanitarian aspect and, more especially, and economics. China and India are fighting for a long time to open the share of African trade of medicines that hides behind the apparent veil of humanitarian aid, geopolitical and economic interests not just. Both nations are in fact looking for a substantial opening of trade with the continent and marketing of medicinal products to those countries, like Nigeria, full of key raw materials, it is worth a lot to the economic agreements. The comparison is based on the fact that Indian and Chinese medicines are sold in the continent at prices lower than those of Western multinationals, which, of their par, not miss an opportunity to highlight how those products are not following the rules of the World Health Organization. The WHO, in fact, announced that according to one study, nearly 60% of the drugs that enter the African continent are unnecessary, ineffective or even expired and more than 30% are counterfeit. Just industries of some pharmaceutical products at savings come with obvious consequences on their effectiveness and are not in a few volunteer doctors in Africa who tell of situations where you have to satisfy also of drugs of dubious origin could not be better. Moreover, it is normal that in a world where the controls are very few, if any, the market for fake drugs are freedom of action, and China is being the largest producer. Chinese products come from factories often not suitable for use with active or non-existent, others are simple mixtures of water, flour and sugar are not uncommon in cases where toxic agents were detected. In Beijing they are trying to control this illicit market. In 2007, three officers of the Department for the registration of drugs have been indicted for corruption by drug companies seeking quick approval of a their products. Nevertheless, the Chinese administration struggles to control the phenomenon.
is easy to understand, then, the anger of the Indians to learn that drugs are clearly of criminal origin on the African market ended with the words "Made in India" and resentment mounts even more when they discover that they come to New Delhi China's own, their main rival business in the region. On the website of the Press was the Indian government issued a statement attacking veiled but clear words, Beijing. "The Indian High Commission in Nigeria - it says - has advised that the delivery of tablets containing Maloxina and Amal used in the treatment of malaria was estimated 32.1 million Naira (Nigerian currency, approximately € 155 thousand) and were produced, packaged and shipped by sea from China. " In the statement, the Indian government confirms its concern to Beijing to offer more attention to the problem and take action against those "evil" (slander) the name of India in this field. The note concludes in New Delhi reiterated its position on the issue of trade in drugs, "India has acquired a strong position as a manufacturer and exporters of cheap drugs which have curative properties of their patented alternative - the reference is to the multinationals - but with much more reasonable cost. Generic medications used to treat poor people who can not afford patented drugs and brand, extremely expensive, the majority of multinational companies belonging to developed countries. "
they will not be an episode like this to improve the overall quality of medicines sold in Africa. The almost total lack of controls and the despair of the population are in fact the most prosperous land for those who despise life totally in favor of easy money.

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Afghanistan 2009: After eight years of War is a country to rebuild

The conflict has spread into Pakistan and the Taliban continue to be an enemy very difficult to deal

from What's Up in June 2009
(editor's note: This interview was conducted before the situation in Afghanistan getting worse, what would have happened from there a short time ...)
In Afghanistan the war going on now for eight years and the country, one of the poorest in the world, seems unable to ever rebuild. The Kabul government has difficulty in imposing its authority. On 18 May a convoy carrying the president's brother, Ahmad Wali Karzai, was attacked by an armed commando of grenade launchers and assault rifles emerged miraculously unscathed. The attacks by the Taliban have repeatedly gone against the institutions or the local police and have as their main military and civilian casualties in Afghanistan. In recent months the front in the war against the Taliban has shifted to the east, towards the border of Pakistan. The road from Kabul through the Khyber Pass and reached Islamabad, for which Americans spend a lot of supply has become very insecure and all the tribal areas of Waziristan and the Swat Taliban fighters pouring into Afghanistan, making dangerous border areas.
The Americans have recently assigned a new commander, Major General Stanley McChrystal, strongly criticized in the past for his direct responsibility in the use of torture of Iraqi prisoners (and the death of one of them) and now called by Obama to solve the problem of Taliban fighters in Pakistan. For us Italians is present in Afghanistan region Division General Mark Bertolini.

In Afghanistan there are about 2800 Italian soldiers with the command in the north-western province of Herat. What are the specific directives of the military mission?

"Italian soldiers in Afghanistan shall comply with the tasks arising from the mission of ISAF, to which they belong. This mission, in brief, is to support the Government of Afghanistan (Government of Islamic Republic of Afghanistan - a turn) in affirming the its control and authority in the country. In this context, the ISAF operations are concentrated in the areas of security, governance and reconstruction and development. Safety is an indispensable condition to develop effective governance in a country very divided and "complex" and to develop an equally effective activities for Reconstruction and Development. For safety, the units are mostly active in support of ISAF units of the ANA (Afghan National Army) and ANP (Afghan National Police). In support of ANA and ANP is an ongoing and complex activities to develop skills in order to enable the Afghans themselves to manage first-hand the challenges to their security. This activity is carried by OMLT, units of the Italian Army (and other armies), operating literally within the units' Afghan .

Civilian casualties of the conflict increasingly rising in number. By an average over all available estimates, by 2001 almost 10 thousand and in 2008 alone, according to the UN, are 2118, in large numbers caused by coalition forces. These days it took the bloodiest massacre of civilians in the history of the conflict by the American contingent, they speak of 120/150 non-combatants died in the province of Farah. As you lay the Italian military forces in the face of these situations?

"The premise of the application is inaccurate. ISAF does not escape its responsibilities, but 80% of civilian casualties in Afghanistan are caused by actions of the insurgents. Few have noticed, for example, that the same day that leaped to the attention of international media the tragedy of Farah Province, following a U.S. air intervention in support of the Afghan unit attacked during a routine patrol, insurgents bombed with rockets a girls' school in a province near the border with Pakistan, and two days later, a suicide was blasted in an area south of the country, causing many casualties among the population and killing two British soldiers.
For all of the various military contingents, not only for the Italian soldiers, every civilian victim is a source of great pain, especially when caused by our actions. We are not here, in Afghanistan, to kill innocent people and are aware that the pain caused to family and society as a whole from these events can not be deleted. On the contrary, the safety of the local population is at the heart of all our efforts and, if you allow me, of all our sacrifices, so every death and wounding of civilians each represents a stinging defeat for us all. But the situation in the country is complex and must consider that in the whole territory, with particular reference to the southern provinces, held a bitter confrontation with entities from the aggressive and well-equipped insurgents, who often hide among the population. Our soldiers frequently refrain from responding to attacks in order not to involve innocent, but this obviously is not always possible. "

the military mission Italian in Afghanistan, despite having the purpose of peacekeeping, is often found in situations where the gun battle is inevitable. How is experienced by our soldiers now?

"Technically speaking, this is not a mission of Peace Keeping but Enforcing Peace. The difference between the two is that in the first there is a peace agreement between the parties that international forces should simply provide us with their presence For the latter, peace is not achieved and must be imposed, often with the use of weapons. As for our military is not the first time you face such situations (I think, for example, to Somalia where even used to take conscripts, which is not pulled back).
And if you want to know how our soldiers are living under the emotional such occurrences, it asks me to deal with subjective aspects difficult to treat. In any case, for all the emotional involvement is deep. But our soldiers, like those of other countries, are aware of their duties and risks associated with it and face them with determination. "

Recently you might have gotten involved in an unfortunate incident where he killed a little girl 13. the rules of engagement he's talked about, as well as the error of civilians or the military, but, as regards the human dimension, what happens in the population local events when they happen like that? As the local population perceives the presence of foreign armed forces that can make even very serious mistakes? There were times of confrontation with the local population?

"What dell'uccisone a 13 year old girl some time ago by one of our units is a drama that has greatly affected our full quota. No doubt it was an accident, but it is also equally certain that our children have followed the rules of engagement and the procedures in force to address what they perceived as a threat. Regarding the various investigations are in progress and I will not say more.
Regarding the reaction of the population, it is clear that the pain of the relatives of the little victim is inconsolable, but by the authorities and the rest of the population there has been understanding and there have been no incidents of protest against us. This is because the bonds that have come to create between the Italians and the premises are strong and everyone recognizes the efforts and sacrifices that our people do to ensure local people the best living conditions.
Our kids, of course, have suffered deeply what had happened, even though they know they do not have to criticize anything. But this awareness is obviously not enough to wipe out an episode that I think will mark their lives forever.
Let me suggest a thought. While the incident is a tragedy, it is equally true that it would be considered a drama, the attitude of renunciation that could be induced in our men from fear of having to pressure from the media and the authorities in case of other sensitive situations. They, in fact, is required to continue to operate in the same dangerous environment in which these events took place, and if they chose to shut themselves up in camps in order to avoid painful situations like the one in question, would be the first to lose the Afghans, who would be left to themselves. "

How is a young Italian soldier so strong professional experience in an area at risk and with tasks that pose a risk to their lives? What climate do we live?

"I have no age, unfortunately, to get me an interpreter of the young soldiers of today. But I have been a boy and I found them as difficult to deal with similar experiences and engaging (I speak of Lebanon in 1981, Somalia and the Balkans essentially). There is no doubt that this experience very morally. It is in contact with people different from ours, you quickly learn to admire the strength with which they deal with difficulties that we would be unimaginable. We see and we understand the world as it really is, without the distorting effects triggered by this powerful filter that is television. In other words, we de-provincialization quickly and you realize how our rich and terrified the West is wrong to treat people with contempt and arrogance is often better than us, for simplicity, frugality, willingness to sacrifice, sense of 'honor and respect for people. Of course, above all, that if we were born in the rich part of the world is certainly not to our credit. "

In recent months, referring to the conflict in this region, is often spoken of Af-Pak, ie Afghanistan and Pakistan with regard to enlargement face to the neighboring provinces of Pakistan due to the exodus of the civilian population in those areas and attacks from the Taliban, in fact, Pakistan. The Americans are actively engaged militarily. What orders has to respect the Italian contingent? What do you think of this shift to the east of the conflict?

"Afghanistan and Pakistan are certainly linked by a common destiny. The instability in one country may not be reflected in a corresponding instability in the other. Of this, now, the entire international community if they have noticed and also the two countries are acting accordingly, working ever more strongly. In any case, this situation not affect the duties of the Italian contingent, which is framed in ISAF, only serves to support the Afghan government. In other words, no contingent of ISAF is involved with operations of any kind in Pakistan. "

often gets the impression that any American military action is undeniable and justified, while the other quotas must inevitably have the permission to move U.S. . Besides, the Afghan president Karzai has often been called the "mayor of Kabul" to emphasize his lack of authority outside the capital. What is the relationship between the commanders in the Italian and Afghan authorities? Refer them to discuss and decide on military intervention , or your partner remain ISAF military leaders led by the Americans? The U.S. attack on Pakistani provinces was planned with the international command?

"The American commander of ISAF, but the command itself is NATO, which is composed of officers of all countries of the Alliance. The Deputy Commander is British and I, an Italian, I am the Chief of Staff . There are also General German, French, English, Australian, Dutch and American, of course. At the lower levels, the representation of NATO (and beyond) is extended. In addition, there are also Afghan liaison officers, which are coordinated through all activities operational support to the Afghan Army, involved in activities in full, from the planning stage.

Afghanistan is historically a country almost impossible to conquer. In 2001, eight years ago, the Americans have invaded the country to fight a global war on terrorism, following an international mission was to defeat the Taliban and rebuild a democratic country. Then the Iraq and Afghan conflict has lost its importance. Today there is talk of the Taliban threat and both countries are to be rebuilt . What is the future of the mission in Afghanistan, where the real opportunities and what are the hardest obstacles to overcome?

"There is no doubt that the future Afghanistan depends on how the policy will reconcile enmities that now seem incurable. Moreover, it is a difficult goal to achieve, if we consider that 64 years after the end of World War II we Italians are not able to heal the wounds that caused each other and our fathers. This is a task of peace that can only fall into the hands of the Afghans. To us, the task of helping them, providing security to their Governments, so that his authority and expand his control over the territory. "

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Republicans love him and fear him, and the Democrats hate and do it on the shields of Republicans: his name is Rush Limbaugh, for friends Rushbo, and his talk show on Premiere Radio Network is fun as hell

from What's Up May 2009

From August 1, 1988 American conservatives tune in on a bandwidth of 590 Frequenz and AM and FM across the country to follow the hoarse voice of the prophet of the old orthodoxy of values \u200b\u200bthat f founded by his golden microphone. Rushbo obtained in two years and five million listeners today are even twenty million listen to his radio show. After a debut as a deejay in the seventies, it gives Rushbo to policy more conservative and right as possible, shouting and getting angry p er two decades against everything that is not ultra conservative. Feminists, blacks, homosexuals and Democrats, this middle-aged man, fat and rich (earning $ 40 million a year), has often criticized even his friends on the right and is the voice of the Republican People's belly. His upbeat style and provocateur has created such a quantity of epithets and nicknames, jokes and insults, which lists all gets complicated. Suffice it to say that because obviously contrary to the equality between man and don na, only defines the fairer sex as "dolls" and feminists as "feminazi" or the most recent attacks on President Obama in campaign rhythm to the tune of an old song by Paul Shanklin parody "Barack the Magic Negro" and the last Republican Congress said they hoped that Obama will fail. Besides, a man fiercely anti-socialist politics could be considered as a presidential aid the economy? The attack, therefore, any state intervention, and without much hesitation, that the White House a black jars. About 30% of the people of the Grand Old Party has the same the goddesses of Rushbo, too few to determine the vote, but high enough to get into trouble the Republicans themselves. The leader of the consecration to Limbaugh, in fact, came from Rahm Emanuel, head of the Cabinet of President Obama. Right now the GOP is in a complex situation, or as Rushbo called it "sad and embarrassing." The new president of the party, the African-American Michael Steele does not seem to be capable of leading the Republicans until the next election and his attempts to moderate the pressure on the right seem to break their own against the belly of the popular radio commentator, which is also the of the party. The Democrats, of course, there were no facts miss the opportunity to glorify Limbaugh as an icon of conservatism. A man did not graduate, born in Missouri (Center of the Midwest and Bible Belt, in places where the only sacred thing that God is the rifle), misogynist, racist and screaming into a microphone enriched golden is the best they could hope that the Oval Office to give blow to the Republicans and, indeed, would be even happier if Limbaugh is put at stake politically. The interesting fact is that I would not Rushbo out of his radio studio, where he stayed, pleased and amused by all this talk of him happy because it could justify a salary too much for a radio commentator and amused because, without being too pray , will continue to yell, insult and get angry against anyone. The poor Republicans, meanwhile, will be pleasantly entertained by the booming voice of Rushbo, but if you only listen to what probably will not see for a long time one of them sitting on the chair's most powerful country.

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