Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,221,154"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,094
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$527,114,486,724
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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US Congressman Moves to Impeach Bush
 
By Belfast Telegraph
 
The Ohio representative yesterday introduced 35 articles of impeachment against Bush on the floor of the US House of Representatives.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20061.htm
 
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BBC Uncovers Lost Iraq Billions
 
By The BBC
 
“It may well turn out to be the largest war profiteering in history.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20062.htm
 
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Iraq Nears Title as World’s Most Corrupt
 
By Joel Brinkley
 
During the five years the United States has occupied Iraq, the Bush administration has created a new state with a number of notable features: A venal, dysfunctional government. A terrorist haven and training ground. A nation so violent and dangerous that 10 percent of the population has fled.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20060.htm
 
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Only Nader Has Pointed Out the Danger
 
Deadly Fallout From Obama’s Groveling Before Israel Lobby
 
By James G. Abourezk
 
This year we were fortunate enough to witness John McCain, Barack Obama, and Hillary Clinton taking turns losing their dignity before the AIPAC crowd.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20063.htm
 
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Who Will Be The Next US President?
 
AIPAC Decides
 
By John Stewart
 
A very telling piece from John Stewart showing what Jimmy Carter said that ANY Presidential Candidate MUST be approved by AIPAC.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20064.htm
 
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The Spy Who Loves Us
 
Pay no mind to the Mossad agent on the line.
 
By Philip Giraldi
 
After Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard was sentenced to life in prison in 1986, the U.S. negotiated an understanding with Israel-a “gentlemen’s agreement” -stipulating that neither nation would thenceforth conduct espionage operations in the other’s territory without consent. But the agreement was a sham from the beginning.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20065.htm
 
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Iraq: Tuesday : At least 5 killed as US occupation continues:
 
Iraqi and U.S. forces killed three militants and detained five others in northern Iraq in an operation against al Qaeda militants, the U.S. military said.
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL10384564
 
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Iraq: Monday : At least 20 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
A roadside bomb killed at least four people, including an Iraqi soldier, and wounded at least 12 other people
www.reuters.com/article/GCA-GCA-iraq/idUSL0965055220080609
 
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Iraq Tells US It Wants Troops Back in Barracks:
 
American troops in Iraq would be confined to their bases and private security guards subject to local law if Iraq gets its way in negotiations with the US over the future status of American forces.
tinyurl.com/3otrlc
 
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Top Iraqi cleric warns of uprising:
 
A leading Iraqi Shiite cleric said Monday the status of forces agreement between Washington and Baghdad could lead to an uprising in Iraq.
tinyurl.com/5jsl38
 
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U.S. seeking 58 bases in Iraq, Shiite lawmakers say:
 
“The points that were put forth by the Americans were more abominable than the occupation,” said Jalal al Din al Saghir, a leading lawmaker from the Islamic Supreme Council of Iraq.
www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/40372.html
 
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Iranian Leader Warns Iraqi PM of US Deal: –
 
Supreme Leader of Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei said on Monday that presence of the occupying forces is the most important problem facing Iraq and warned against US-Iraq security deal.
tinyurl.com/3r5kxt
 
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All British forces to be pulled out of Iraq within a year:
 
The pull-out of the remaining 4,000 troops serving in Iraq is sure to be seized on by Labour Ministers as proof that a line has finally been drawn under Tony Blair’s biggest foreign policy disaster.
tinyurl.com/5yn8ye
 
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EU to freeze Iranian bank assets if nuclear enrichment continues:
 
European Union member states have agreed to intensify financial sanctions against Iran, going beyond existing UN measures aimed at containing Tehran’s nuclear programme, it emerged last night.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/10/iran.eu
 
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Iran pulls assets out of European banks:
 
Iran has withdrawn a huge sum of its foreign exchange reserves from European banks and has deposited some of it into Asian banks.
www.payvand.com/news/08/jun/1073.html
 
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Iran warns of ‘pain’ if Israel attacks:
 
Iranian Defence Minister Mostafa Mohammad Najjar has been quoted as warning Israel of a “very painful” response if it launched a military strike over the Islamic Republic.
news.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=577655
 
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Israel launches ‘Iran Command’ for war:
 
Israel has reportedly started to set up an ‘Iran Command’ within its air force as part of preparations for a possible war against Iran.
www.inteldaily.com/?c=163&a=7016
 
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US/IRAN: Fearing Escalation, Pentagon Fought Cheney Plan:
 
Pentagon officials firmly opposed a proposal by Vice President Dick Cheney last summer for airstrikes against Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) bases.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42696
 
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Congress gets behind Israel’s aid request:
 
A year after U.S. President George W. Bush agreed to increase military aid to Israel by 25 percent, it now seems that all political obstacles that had prevented Democrats in Congress from coming on board and supporting the extra aid have been lifted.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/991252.html
 
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Israeli occupation forces attack kill 3 Palestinian resistance members:
 
Israel’s military action “clearly indicates that Israel not interested in achieving calm,” Hamas spokesman Sami Abu Zuhri said. “Therefore they must be ready to pay the price.”
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/06/10/news/Israel-Palestinians.php
 
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Captured Israeli occupation force soldier’s family receive letter:
 
The letter was passed on to Corporal Shalit’s family through the Ramallah office of the Carter Centre, the foundation set up by former US president Jimmy Carter, Channel 10 television and the website of the Haaretz newspaper said.
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,23839643-5005961,00.html
 
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IAEA chief hits out at Israel again over Syria attack:
 
ElBaradei also slammed Israel and the United States for not passing on earlier intelligence that allegedly showed the Al-Kibar site was a covert nuclear reactor.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gs2wzcODbniorWoBwr4h7pUaWosg
 
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Two dozen Taleban fighters, 5 policemen dead in violence:
 
Unrest left five Afghan policemen and nearly two dozen Taleban fighters dead Monday, officials said, as Britain reached the grim landmark of 100 occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/3sh9ed
 
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Afghan police kill 2 insurgents:
 
Police in central Afghanistan’s Ghazni province killed two Taliban insurgents as they came in contact on Tuesday, a press release of Afghan interior ministry issued here said.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?201684
 
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Explosion in N Afghanistan kills NATO occupation force soldier :
 
A soldier of the NATO-led Occupation Force died Tuesday from injuries sustained in an explosion in northern Afghanistan, the military alliance said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/10/content_8341600.htm
 
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Afghans demand withdrawal of NATO and US occupation troops:
 
The American occupation troops should leave Afghanistan because they are responsible for creating unrest in the country, Afghan leaders said on Monday.
tinyurl.com/3lx8vl
 
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Pakistan elements aiding Taliban insurgents: US think-tank:
 
The study by the RAND corporation, funded by the US Department of Defense, finds that if Taliban bases in Pakistan are not eliminated, the forces supporting the government of Afghan President Hamid Karzai “will face crippling long-term consequences in their effort to stabilize and rebuild Afghanistan.”
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?201693
 
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Four policemen killed in Pakistan:
 
Suspected Taliban militants killed four policemen in an ambush on their van in northwestern Pakistan despite peace talks in the troubled region, police said today.
tinyurl.com/4weflu
 
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Ongoing Taliban violence: Peace deal with Swat militants scrapped:
 
The government has scrapped its peace deal with the Taliban as militants have reneged on their promise to stop violence, Prime Minister’s Adviser on Interior Affairs Rehman Malik said on Monday.
www.pakistanlink.com/Headlines/June08/10/08.htm
 
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Musharraf allowed CIA base in Pakistan: book:
 
The base was located in the restive Federally Administered Tribal Area (FATA) along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, a region considered a safe haven for Taliban and al Quaeda cadres, The News on Tuesday reported, quoting from the book.
tinyurl.com/3uwtg6
 
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Impeachment of Musharraf coming:
 
PPP Co-chairman Asif Ali Zardari is understood to have decided to move a motion of impeachment against President Pervez Musharraf immediately on his return from Saudi Arabia, a move which will force the president to quit rather than be thrown out.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?201646
 
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Beef protesters pack Korean capital :
 
Hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the South Korean capital as objections to a plan to resume imports of US beef continued to escalate.
tinyurl.com/4qjk5a
 
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Zimbabwe ruled by ‘military junta’ :
 
Morgan Tsvangirai, Zimbabwe’s opposition leader, has said that the country is being run by a military junta ahead of the run-off presidential election later this month.
tinyurl.com/4hzf6o
 
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Somali leader rejects “peace” deal :
 
Aweys, who is a member of the opposition alliance that signed the deal, on Tuesday called it “a trap” to derail armed Somali resistance against Ethiopian occupation forces.
tinyurl.com/4y6lum
 
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Ireland faces knife-edge poll as EU holds breath:
 
Leaders from the 27-nation bloc are watching Thursday’s plebiscite with barely-contained alarm, after opinion polls indicated that support for the treaty is in the balance.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080610/wl_afp/irelandeureferendum
 
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Food shortages feared across Spain :
 
Spanish drivers and shoppers are stockpiling fuel and food after truck drivers blocked deliveries across the country, as an indefinite protest against the high price of fuel entered a second day.
tinyurl.com/5t5jga
 
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U.S., German lawyers seek extraditions of CIA agents:
 
A group of German and American civil rights attorneys on Monday sued the German government to demand that it pursue the extradition of 13 CIA agents sought in the alleged kidnapping of a German citizen.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-06-09-Germany-CIA_N.htm
 
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Jailers at Guantanamo urged to destroy interrogation notes: lawyer:
 
US interrogators of “war on terror” detainees were instructed to destroy handwritten notes that might have exposed harsh or even illegal questioning methods at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a lawyer for one of the prisoners said Sunday.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5i-zyzl9b2BIadvTXq9nLKc4AePGg
 
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Thousands of Bolivians protest at U.S. embassy:
 
Thousands of supporters of leftist president Evo Morales protested outside the U.S. Embassy in La Paz Monday, demanding the United States send home for trial two right-wing Bolivian politicians.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=204650
 
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Armed revolution in Latin America is over, says Chavez:
 
Catching his critics off guard, Hugo Chavez called on the Marxist rebel army in neighbouring Colombia to lay down its arms and release its hostages, declaring that guerrilla armies are now “out of place”.
tinyurl.com/5mt54j
 
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US trade deficit jumps to 60.9 billion dollars:
 
The monthly jump in the trade gap by 7.8 percent was the largest since September 2005 and was higher than economists’ estimates of 60 billion dollars.
rawstory.com/news/afp/US_trade_deficit_jumps_to_60_9_bill_06102008.html