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`Most Famous Woman in Afghanistan` Speaks at Canadian Boat to Gaza Fundraiser in Vancouver

"This war is a disaster for both the Afghan and the Canadian people" - Malalai Joya

(VANCOUVER, B.C.) - Malalai Joya, the woman the BBC has called "the most famous in Afghanistan", is in Vancouver to headline a benefit evening for the Canadian Boat to Gaza tonight: Tuesday, 12 October 7:00 p.m. at W2 Storyeum, 151 W. Cordova.

The event at W2 will also feature Victoria-based Gaza flotilla activist Kevin Neish, as well as live music and other speakers.

Vietnam War Photographer Tim Page Hospitalized in Bangkok

Ever see Apocalypse Now? The combat photographer that Dennis Hopper portrays at the end of the movie, is based on Tim Page.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Tim Page, infamous and notorious Vietnam War Photographer and noted world traveler, has been hospitalized after taking a fall in Hanoi. Thanh Nien News reports that Page was transported for treatment of a broken pelvis.

The legendary 66-year old native of the UK reportedly fell in front of a hotel, according to local news Website Dan Tri. A substantial heart problem was detected after Page was transported to a Hanoi hospital.

PTSD Therapy by Psychologists: Maybe this isn`t the Correct Term

Annihilation Anxiety. Battle Terror. Call it what you may, but PTSD victims deserve respect in treatment.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Salem-news.com posted an article Sept. 17, 2010 Instructional Protocol/Sensitivity During Interaction With PTSD Sufferers by Carol Ware Duff, RN, BA, MSN, which appears to be a psychological approach for PTSD therapy.

This is very important because there are estimates of more than 1,000,000 military victims from recent wars and more turning up years after they got out of the military.

Iraq War Hoax

Clearly, a public apology is due the American people, especially the families of those servicemen and women who lost their lives in this pointless war.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Recently, President Obama announced the reduction of our military presence in Iraq to 50,000. What we now need is a U.S. acknowledgement that the Iraq war was a hoax on the American people and the world so the country can move on.

Let me recount some of the key events leading up to, and during the Iraq war debacle. It's time to get angry all over again.

PTSD and Anti-Depressant Drugs: the Worst Notorious Modern Medical Fraud

A side comment is that the drug companies have sold the idea to the Veterans Administration and they prescribe these drugs by the ton to PTSD Veterans.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - I’m sure some people will take umbrage at my title. Keep on reading. First of all there are about 30 of them – why? It’s easy, most don’t work. In fact placebos (fake sugar pills) frequently work better.

Religious Tolerance and Religious Wars

Diversity of religious thought is essential to a free society.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - The United States by its constitution is a nation based on the principle of religious tolerance.

One of the foundational principals of the U.S. Constitution is that all citizens are free to practice their own religion according to their own conscience.

9/11 Reflections Part 2: Interview with Simon Shack of September Clues

Out of 2,970 9/11 victims listed, only 446 appear in the Social Security death index. Of those only 249 have a confirmed death certificate on file. Maybe Simon Shack is not as crazy as it would seem at first glance.

(EUGENE, ORE.) - Simon Shack is emphatic: “nobody died on September eleventh.” I am talking to him in Rome, via Skype.

He has recently asked me if I believe that the moon landing was real, laughing derisively.

This is America, the Beacon of Freedom

Those who claim to be the guardians of human rights have so far killed more than 1 million innocent civilians in Iraq since they launched their so-called War on Terror.

(TEHRAN) - The ninth anniversary of September 11 attacks coincided with the offensive insults of the Americans to the holiest book of 1.5 billion Muslims around the globe.

According to reports by the Reuters, near Nashville, Tennessee, evangelical Pastor Bob Old and another preacher used lighter fluid and a lighter to burn at least two copies of the Quran. Old called Islam "a false religion."

9/11 Reflections Part 1: The Elephant and the Mosquito

What the myths of the Taliban, Saddam Hussein, and Ahmadinejad have in common is that they represent a particular kind of propaganda spread by parties in the U.S. who advocate for war.

(EUGENE, Ore.) - What happens when a mosquito bites an elephant? The answer to this question lies at the intersection between myth and reality.

The Big Lies, Grand Illusions, and Great Myths of our age are stories of the elephant and the mosquito.

Indigenous Participation is Essential to Af-Pak Study Group

It is time to let Afghans participate in the effort to halt their nation from spiraling into chaos.

(SEATTLE) - There has recently been a call for the establishment of an Afghanistan-Pakistan Study Group (APSG) that will be modeled off the Iraq Study Group (ISG) of the Baker-Hamilton Commission.

The project is driven by the realization that this regional dilemma cannot be resolved militarily - it requires a political solution.