Saturday, January 9, 2010

From Arthur Kent: Afghan Quagmire Silences Canada's House of Commons

From Arthur Kent: Afghan Quagmire Silences Canada's House of Commons

Most Canadians Reject Muzzling Of Their Parliament
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The silencing of the House of Commons enables Harper to dodge a parliamentary committee’s probe into his government’s stifling of bad news from the Afghan war, specifically red flags sent up by a senior Foreign Affairs official regarding the abuse of battlefield prisoners handed over by Canadian troops to Afghan authorities.
In truth, there has been an unwritten fatwa maintained by the Prime Minister’s Office against discussion of any and all controversial aspects of the Afghan debacle, as evidenced by the PMO’s consistent refusal to comment on the investigations reported here since Skyreporter went on line in March, 2007.
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