War in Afghanistan
Election manifesto of the Socialist Equality Party of Britain
March 27, 2007
Below we publish the manifesto of the Socialist Equality Party of Britain for the elections to the Scottish Parliament and the Welsh Assembly on May 3. The SEP is standing a regional list in West of S...
Canadian abuse of Afghan POWs
Harper smears his critics as pro-Taliban
By Lee Parsons, March 23, 2007
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has accused his Liberal Party opponents of being more concerned about the plight of Taliban insurgents than the 2,2000 Canadian Armed Forces personnel serving in...
New Zealand government announces extension of Afghanistan military operations
By John Braddock, March 20, 2007
New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark announced last week that the country’s military intervention in Afghanistan will be extended until September 2008. The latest deployment of a 120-strong Pr...
Democrats “withdrawal” plan paves way to escalation of Iraq war
By Bill Van Auken, March 9, 2007
Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi and other Democratic congressional leaders unveiled a toothless plan Thursday that they claim would result in the withdrawal of US combat troops from Iraq a year and ...
Army Secretary resigns, soldiers gagged
Washington tries to quash scandal over neglect of wounded troops
By Bill Van Auken, March 3, 2007
In an increasingly desperate bid to quell a raging scandal over the gross neglect of severely wounded troops, US Secretary of the Army Francis Harvey resigned Friday, just one day after he himself had...
Campaign builds for ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War
By our reporter, March 2, 2007
The International Students for Social Equality and the Socialist Equality Party have launched a web page to build for the ISSE/SEP Emergency Conference Against War. The conference will be held on Marc...
Cheney huddles with Musharraf and Karzai
US faces mounting crisis in Afghanistan
By Patrick Martin, March 1, 2007
The suicide attack Tuesday at the gates of the US air base at Bagram, near Kabul, which sent Vice President Cheney racing to a bomb shelter, is only the most visible sign of the deteriorating position...
Massive security blanket for Cheney’s Australian visit
By Mike Head, February 23, 2007
Extraordinary levels of security surround the four-day visit to Australia by the United States Vice President Dick Cheney, who arrived in Sydney last night. The official purpose of the trip is to &ldq...
Canada’s Afghan intervention—three probes launched into prisoner abuse
By Lee Parsons, February 16, 2007
In response to mounting public pressure, three separate investigations were announced last week into the reported abuse of prisoners by Canadian Armed Forces (CAF) personnel in Afghanistan. These inqu...
US Senator Barack Obama and the war in Iraq
By Tom Eley, February 13, 2007
Barack Obama, the junior US senator from Illinois, formally announced his candidacy for US president in a speech in Springfield, Illinois on Saturday. Obama, who has emerged as a leading contender for...
Bush to propose record US war budget
By Patrick Martin, February 5, 2007
The Bush administration will seek congressional approval of more than $700 billion in military spending this year, including $245 billion to fund the ongoing wars of aggression in Iraq and Afghanistan...
David North addresses public meeting in Sydney on political implications of Iraq war
By our reporters, February 5, 2007
The World Socialist Web Site and Socialist Equality Party (SEP) held a well-attended public meeting in Sydney on Wednesday to oppose the escalating US-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the prepara...
