By: Obert Madondo | The Canadian Progressive: An American woman has created a viral monster! On Saturday, San Francisco-based Micah Daigle created a Facebook post commenting on the recent Boston Marathon bombing. She imagine an alternative narrative during the hunt for suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. A drone strike! That’s how we hunt and kill terrorists in
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drive-by planet: ‘Bugsplats’: civilian death count from U.S. drone strikes
Some child casualties of covert US drone war The Pakistan government has released its figures for civilian casualties of American drone strikes. The Pakistani Ministry of Foreign Affairs said that CIA drones have killed at least 2,200 people in the country, including at least 400 civilians. Around 600 have received
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: A First for Pakistan
For the first time since its founding in 1947, Pakistan has seen a civilian government complete a full term in office. Since Pakistan was founded in 1947, government were often overthrown in coups, toppled by political infighting or end in assassinations or murders. But overhanging the democratic transition is the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – India Warns Kashmiris to Prepare for Nuclear War
Indian officials are warning residents in their part of Kashmir to dig bomb shelters and gather a two week supply of food and water in preparation for a possible nuclear exchange. The notice, published Monday by the Kashmir police in the Greater Kashmir newspaper, advised people to build toilet-equipped basements
Continue readingdrive-by planet: Obama sheds tears for Sandy Hook victims: silent on child victims of drone strikes
The US has an estimated 310 million guns (2009 figure) in circulation and second amendment rights that codify the right to bear arms. Gun ownership is part of the American way… even though back in 1791 the law makers who ratified the Bill of Rights didn’t have the Bushmaster AR-15
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Malala Yousafzai Honoured With Global Day Of Action
A Taliban gunman shot her as she made her way home from school in Pakistan. She survived the assassination attempt and is now recovering at Birmingham’s Queen Elizabeth Hospital hospital in the UK. Today, Malala Yousafzai has become the symbol …
Continue readingCanadian ProgressiveCanadian Progressive: Shame: 61 million children not in school worldwide
Globally, 61 million children, most of them girls, are denied their birthright to education. They’re discriminated against, marginalized and exploited. Please click here to add your voice to millions around the world calling on governments and…
Continue readingMalala Yousafzai—heroine
This week the Taliban committed yet another atrocity in the name of religion when they shot 14-year old Malala Yousafzai in the head and neck while she sat with her classmates on a school bus. Still in critical condition this morning, she has been flown to the country’s top military
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Pakistan drone protest: American Code Pink campaigners join PTI peace convoy
According to Pakistan’s Dawn online news, the Tehrik-i-insaf’s (PTI) peace convoy protesting drone attacks made it to the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa town of Dera Ismail Khan late Saturday. The peace convoy was greeted by cheering crowds. En-route it stopped in Mianwali for a brief rally. Dawn: The convoy, which departed from Rawalpindi
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Remember When It Was America and Pakistan Versus the Soviets?
Now America’s plans for a long-term presence in Afghanistan may be driving Pakistan into Moscow’s arms. Pakistan army chief, Ashfaq Parvez Kiani, is headed to Moscow for talks. The Pakistani military spokesman has confirmed the “historic” visit will take place on Wednesday. The spokesman said Kiani is expected to meet
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: ‘Mass trauma’ in Pakistani tribal areas under threat of drone attack
An important new report – ‘Living Under Drones‘ – disputes the Obama administration’s claim that few civilians have died in drone strikes. The report details the mass trauma caused by the ever-present threat of drone attack… ‘men, women and children are subjected to almost constant trauma – including fear of
Continue readingMuslim clerics rally to protect Christian girl
Pakistan is so saturated with Muslim fanaticism that hearing about a host of clerics joining hands with leaders of other faiths to strike a blow for justice is refreshing indeed. News from Pakistan is replete with stories of religious barbarism, including the appalling law that provides the death penalty for
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: Drone strikes: civilian casualties much higher than claimed
The U.S. has long condemned the use of the “double tap” in terror attacks. This is a follow-up explosion that kills or injures rescuers, security and medical personnel and civilians who crowd to the scene of the original bombing. The double tap also includes the targeting of mourners attending funerals
Continue readingDrive-by Planet: US drone strikes: Imran Khan to lead protest in Waziristan
Imran Khan who heads up Tehrik-i-Insaf (PTI) will go ahead with a protest against American drone attacks in the region despite a reported Taliban threat. Khan plans to lead a demonstration in the town of Miranshah in North Waziristan accompanied by party members and activists. The area is a tribal
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The DWR Sunday Disservice – “Just say no to Polio Vaccinations, Love Allah”
Watch what happens when you mix broken foreign policy with religion… “One of Pakistan’s most influential clerics has renounced his support for polio immunisation, claiming that the programme is a cover for American spies.” Pakistan needs less of this particular brand of religious stupidity. The stupid is compounded by the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Is This a Game Changer for America in South Asia?
The latest American air strike blunder in Afghanistan could mark a major shift in US military operations in south Asia. The bombing, against a home the military believed was housing a Taliban militant, wound up killing 18-civilians, mainly women, children and elderly Afghans. Western commanders had agreed to no airstrikes
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Jewel in the Crown – India
India has nothing but friends these days, that is if you leave out Pakistan. Russia’s her friend, has been for generations. China wants to be India’s BFF. And America is also courting India’s affections. US Def-SEc Panetta was in New Delhi, laden with roses and chocolates, to proclaim India the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Jailbreak – Bannu Pakistan Edition
Al Jazeera: “Hundreds of prisoners are believed to have escaped from a jail in northwest Pakistan after it was attacked by anti-government fighters armed with guns and rocket-propelled grenades. Some of those who escaped from the facility in the town of Bannu, in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, early on Sunday morning were “militants”,
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