Condoleeza Rice is apparently preparing a tough response to the EU’s suspicion of the US using their territory to host secret CIA jails. Canada has also been investigating claims by Montreal newspaper La Presse that up to 55 flights originating from the US stopped at Canadian airports. Condi will apparently tell the EU: “The key …
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Which Party is yours? In Iraq
Someone in Canada needs to produce one of these questionnaires for Canadians. Here is a questionnaire (hattip: Iraq the Model), meant for Iraqis, but anyone can take it, of questions meant to see which whos policies you fit in the upcoming Iraqi elections. Check it out, the questions themselves are interesting and a learning experience. …
Last Veteran to see Great War frontline passes
Clare Laking died today at the age of 106. Laking was a private with the Canadian Field Artillery, 27th Battery, 4th Brigade. He is considered the last remaining veteran of the Great War who saw action on the front-lines. He served in France for two years, stringing telephone wire for field telephones along the trenches. …
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