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    Family member backstabbed by Military

    Now this is a true story that I will relay to you about my sister. Now, she joined the military in January over here in B.C and was happy. It gave her some confidence and she was very happy to go to Afghanistan and other places if so desired. So, bootcamp came for Shilo and she went to Shilo...
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    Less people joining military in Canada

    Just saw from Global TV last night that less people are willing to join the military because it is not going on traditional peacekeeping and as one teenager said 'you will be hurting people instead of helping.' So it doesn't look like the cons will be able to be able to fill 23,000 new...
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    War on Terrorism, has it been effective in five years

    Well lets take a look at the War on Terrorism. There has been four conflicts that have been associated with the American War on Terrorism; First off we will take alook at the incident that caused this war; Sept 11; 3,000 American dead and many more wounded. Then there is Afghanistan from...
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    1,000 Protestors March on Caledonia to face Aboriginals

    CALEDONIA, Ont. (CP) - About 1,000 people have begun marching in Caledonia, Ont., to protest against the aboriginal occupation in the town. Dozens of police are keeping a close watch. There were a few tense moments before the march got underway. A convoy of about 12 vehicles with aboriginal...
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    Iraq in middle of Civil War

    BAGHDAD (AP) - The Sunni Arab and al-Qaida insurgency that first shoved Iraq toward chaos three years ago clearly had taken a back seat by Sunday to the sectarian bloodletting that is sending the country spiralling toward, if not deeper into, civil war. Evidence continued to mount in the 44th...
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    Ramadan: From the religion of peace

    JERUSALEM - The boom of a cannon and the wail of a muezzin signaled the end of the day's fast and thousands of worshippers at one of Islam's holiest shrines tucked into their dinner. if (window.yzq_a == null) document.write("");if (window.yzq_a){yzq_a('p'...
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    The war conservatives will loose

    WASHINGTON - President Bush keeps revising his explanation for why the U.S. is in Iraq, moving from narrow military objectives at first to history-of-civilization stakes now. Initially, the rationale was specific: to stop Saddam Hussein from using what Bush claimed were the Iraqi leader's...
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    True suffering from Palestinain conflict: Not Israelis

    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) - The U.S. government and Hamas agree on at least one point: More than half a year of economic strangulation of the Palestinian government has yielded no results. The radical Islamic group, target of a crippling aid boycott since taking power last March, is no closer...
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    300 Million : The scary thought

    So we will have 300 million American below us in about three days. The number 3 must be popular these days. However do not worry everyone there is nothing to be frightened about about 40% of the 100 million people increase is immigration so do not concerned the immigrants are not like an average...
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    Drawing a connection: Institutionalism

    Now reading I believe it is the eigth book so far with the Residential school system for my article I could go about a whole new way of thinking about writing the article. (Maybe) next article I write, but a whole new theory of connection can be made between the Residential school system, foster...
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    Visiting Port Alberni Residential School

    Well from what I have heard from some people I know, ' an author from vancouver' and a professor of mine the Residential school at Port Alberni and the one at Alert Bay may still stand. So I think in a weekend or two I am going to go take a look around. If it is an abandoned building I will...
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    Interviewing First Nations Elder

    So today I was able to do one interview with a first nations elder who went to Kamloops Residential School. He is from Cowichan. I will not relay on this board what we discussed because it will only between us with the understanding it is going into the article that I am writing. And it was...
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    Were Residential Schools Effective in Destroying First

    Were Residential Schools Effective in Destroying First Nations Culture in Canada That is the article I am writing for FNAT.
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    70% of Afghanis may support Taliban soon: NATO commander

    KABUL, Afghanistan - NATO's top commander in Afghanistan warned on Sunday that a majority of Afghans would likely switch their allegiance to resurgent Taliban militants if their lives show no visible improvements in the next six months. ADVERTISEMENT var lrec_target="_top";var...
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    Bush chased into closet

    PITTSBURGH (AP) - Protesters greeted Florida Gov. Jeb Bush on his way to a campaign event for a Pennsylvania Republican senator and he briefly took refuge in a subway station supply closet to avoid the demonstrators. The president's brother encountered protesters on their way to join a...
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    Why

    Now I heard a story from a friend who said that they heard from a co worker that they were talking to a American soldier who wanted service with T-mobile, my friend's friend works for T-mobile and this American soldier said that he was in iraq and he enjoyed shooting at the "ragheads" (men...
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    Canada supports murderous Sri Lankan government

    When the Sri Lanka government and separatist Tamil rebels signed a cease-fire agreement in 2002, the world hailed the country's chance to achieve a lasting peace after 19 years of civil war. Now, that promise is a distant memory. A steady trickle of bombings and murders has burst into a flood of...
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    Very little complete in PRT Kandahar

    KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (CP) - It was billed as the star of Canada's mission in Afghanistan but the military's provincial reconstruction team has little to show off one year after setting up in Kandahar city. A series of setbacks, starting with the bombing death of Canadian diplomat Glyn Berry...
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    Lovely Australians Cutting and Running from Afghanistan

    HELSINKI (Reuters) - Australia urged more European nations on Tuesday to let their troops move into southern Afghanistan to help fight a resurgent Taliban, but said its own commandos' deployment there was due to end shortly. ADVERTISEMENT European states with troops in northern...
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    Thank you

    I would like to Thank CDN_Bear, and earth_as_one and others who have provided information and suggestions, even people who may have different opinions then me. Because i am taking it all in and if I calculate my internet info that I have in this prelimiary research I already have 54 pages of...