Archive for the ‘Iran’ Category
Tuesday, August 10th, 2010
Here is a news release from Foreign Affairs and International Trade Canada:
The Honourable Lawrence Cannon, Minister of Foreign Affairs, today issued the following statement expressing Canada’s concern over Iran’s continued detention of seven Bahá’í community leaders and over reports that they have been sentenced to 20 years in prison:
“Canada remains ...
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Thursday, August 5th, 2010
by Uri Goldflam
I'm about to confuse you.
A short summary of the past few days in the neighbourhood:
Unprovoked, the Lebanese army shoots and kills an Israeli soldier.
Six rockets are fired from Sinai, Egypt into Israel and Jordan. A Jordanian civilian is killed.
Three rockets and two mortars are fired ...
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Wednesday, July 28th, 2010
Here is an editorial from the July 27 Toronto Star:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad may complain about “psychological war” being waged against his nation. But the stiff sanctions imposed by Canada and others aim to head off the real thing. Increasingly, Iran risks a military strike unless it persuades the United ...
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Monday, July 26th, 2010
The Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) expressed full support for the Federal government's decision to expand Canada’s sanctions targeted at the Iranian regime.
The sanctions, activated through the Special Economic Measures Act, restrict Canadian economic cooperation with Iran in a variety of strategic sectors, including: petroleum; banking; and, research and development. Significantly, the ...
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Wednesday, July 14th, 2010
The Globe and Mail reports on an effort, led by Canadian MP Irwin Cotler, to enforce sanctions against Iran:
Iranian regime a threat to the world and itself: human-rights activists
The Responsibility to Prevent Coalition, chaired by former Canadian justice minister, urges international community bring Tehran to heel
by Patrick Martin
It may be ...
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Wednesday, July 7th, 2010
Ha'aretz reports that the United Arab Emirates ambassador to the United States, Yousef Al-Otaiba, has said that that the benefits of bombing Iran's nuclear sites eclipse the short-term costs such an attack would entai:
Top U.A.E. diplomat endorses striking Iran nuclear sites
'It's a cost-benefit analysis: There will be economic consequences, as ...
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Monday, June 28th, 2010
by Uri Goldflam
A lot of forces, some deliberately some unwittingly, are pushing us towards war.
Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan cares nothing for the Palestinian people. He is driven by personal ambition to bring Turkey once again to the leadership of the Islamic world. He knows that the best way ...
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Wednesday, June 23rd, 2010
This editorial from the Ottawa Citizen praises Canada for taking a leading role in sanctioning Iran:
Doomsday scenario
The Ottawa Citizen
June 23, 2010
It is entirely appropriate that, on the eve of hosting heads of government from around the world, Canada has adopted a leadership role in the most urgent matter ...
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Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010
Ottawa, ON
June 22, 2010
For Immediate Release
Canada-Israel Committee Responds to Canada’s Announcement on Iran
The Canada-Israel Committee (CIC) welcomes today’s announcement on Iran by both Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Foreign Affairs Minister Lawrence Cannon.
“We are deeply appreciative of today’s confirmation that the government has implemented all the measures aligned with ...
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Wednesday, June 16th, 2010
This hard-hitting piece is by David Burchell, posted to RealClearWord:
It is surely one of the great paradoxes of this age that while many of our cleverest minds have fallen headlong in love with peoples whose causes are more or less entirely alien to us, we can find no stirring in ...
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