April 5, 2010 There is an old saying about the fierce Chechen tribes who inhabit southern Russia’s Caucasus mountains: `Chechen cannot ever be defeated. They can only be killed.’ Chechen are Russia’s nemesis. Even the notoriously brutal Russian mafia fears the ferocious Chechen, and for good reason. Last year, Prime […]
29 March 2010 “The greatness of a nation and its moral progress can be judged by the way its animals are treated.” -Gandhi TORONTO– I’ve covered 14 wars in my time, and seen human suffering and poverty around the globe. But one of the sights that haunts me […]
22 March 2010 A fascinating scandal has erupted in Washington that is exposing the sordid underbelly of the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. According to a “New York Times” investigation and other Washington sources, the Pentagon and US intelligence agencies have fielded covert mercenary networks in Afghanistan, Pakistan […]
