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The Tragedy of Goma

The United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon has become too close to President Kagame; he lost objectivity in dealing with the crisis in DRC.

(WASHINGTON DC) - For the last several months Rwandans, Congolese, Africans and the international community have watched as the predictable drama from Kagame's regime plays our once again in the Kivu region of Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo.

With the birth of M23, the Kigali regime re-engineered the mutation of an old proxy force..

Jet Jockeys and Drone Drivers; Cowardly Killers of the 21st Century

Somebody has to have the guts to say it don't you think?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Do you think it ever occurs to fighter pilots that they are playing God with human lives?

I am sickened by those willing to kill people from afar. They're a bunch of cowards and killers in my book.

The Vanni by Benjamin Dix and Lindsay Pollock

The Vanni is a multi media, interactive comic book about conflict and migration focusing on Sri Lanka.

(LONDON) - In one of the most brutal counter-insurgency operations ever mounted, at least 40,000 civilians were killed. The exact number of dead may never be known.

My name is Benjamin Dix and I arrived in Vanni, in northern Sri Lanka, three days after the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami.

Made in Canada

I didn't write this letter, but it's an open letter to Stephen Harper, our conservative Prime Minister

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Dear Mr. Harper, Please find below our suggestion for fixing Canada's economy.

Instead of giving billions of dollars to banks who will just squander the money on lavish parties and unearned bonuses, we suggest the following plan. You can call it the Patriotic Retirement Plan...

IFJ Calls for Investigation into the Zionist Bombing on Media Offices in Gaza

Journalists are a prime target in Gaza.

(GAZA, Palestine) - The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) condemned the deliberate attacks on media offices in the Gaza Strip, and demanded the UN probe.

“We call upon the United Nations to conduct a thorough investigation into the attacks and take measures against the Zionist government,” said Jim Boumelha, President of the Federation.

IDF: Pillar Of Defense: Sixth Day of Fighting

The Iron Dome missile defense system has successfully intercepted an overall of 347 rockets.

(TEL AVIV) - The sixth day of Operation Pillar Of Defense is drawing to an end. Since the beginning of the operation, over 600 rockets fired from Gaza hit Israeli towns.

Today, three schools in the southern city of Ashkelon were hit by rockets fired from Gaza.

Israeli Attack on Gaza

It is time for the U.S. to re-examine its lockstep support of Israel.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - 'Israelis' are all too often portrayed by news media as a single like minded group and nothing could be farther from the case.

In response to Israel-imposed apartheid, Hamas shoots rockets into Israel, causing a disproportionate response, which in turn causes worldwide condemnation, further isolating Israel from most of the world.

Qatari Emir`s visit to Gaza Aimed at Locating Hamas Leaders: Report

Qatar’s King Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani has reportedly located the whereabouts of senior Hamas members during his recent visit to the Gaza Strip, and later provided Israel with the information to assassinate them.

(TEHRAN Press TV) - According to a report published by the Fars news agency, the emir of Qatar distributed a number of watches and ballpoint pens among Hamas leaders, which could transmit low-frequency signals to Israeli satellites.

The Israeli military officials would then use the received signals to spot the high-ranking Hamas fighters, and launch assassination strikes on them.

What Hell-on-Earth was like 4 years ago in Gaza

“If the world grants the Palestinian people their human rights there will surely be peace in the Middle East” – Pastor Manuel

(LONDON) - This seems a very good moment, on the sixth day of Operation Cast Lead Mk2, to remember what happened when Israel unleashed its last blitzkrieg on Gaza.

It was called Operation Cast Lead Mk 1 - over the Christmas/New Year holiday period nearly 4 years ago.

Who is Doing the Killing in Gaza? Noam Chomsky and Others Challenge World`s Media

On November 12, waking up to a new week, readers at breakfast were flooded with heart rending accounts of past and current military casualties.

(LONDON) - The degree of terror felt by ordinary Palestinian civilians in Gaza is barely noticed in the media, in stark contrast to the world's awareness of terrorised and shock-treated Israeli citizens.

WHILE COUNTRIES across Europe and North America commemorated military casualties of past and present wars on November 11, Israel was targeting civilians.