November 17, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
How do you destroy a hated group that thrives on hatred, or declare war without playing into your enemy’s clash-of-civilizations recruitment strategy?
Everyone wants to beat ISIS. Nobody knows how
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On terror rhetoric, Public Safety Minister ignores RCMP and his own advisors
July 29, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
Public Safety Minister Steven Blaney’s office ignored edits that would have toned down a counter-terror statement issued in January, according to a document obtained by Global News.
Will Canada’s Syria mission bolster Assad’s regime?
March 27, 2015 – Anna Mehler Paperny, Global News
The federal Conservatives have extended Canada’s anti-ISIS campaign to include airstrikes on Syria. This is necessary, Prime Minister Stephen Harper says, because the group “must cease to have any safe haven in Syria.”
But in doing so, Canada may be helping Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, who has, evidence indicates, cluster-bombed and gassed his own civilians, contributed to a massive humanitarian crisis and killed hundreds of thousands of people – far more than the so-called Islamic StateCanada has vowed to defeat.
ISIS strikes: Why dictators are the biggest winners of Middle East unrest
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry stood shoulder to shoulder with his Egyptian counterpart Sameh Shoukry shortly after meeting with President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi on Saturday, declaring Egypt an “important partner” in America’s brewing fight against the Islamic State.
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