Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,222,013"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,099
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$528,288,626,657
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Iraqi Refugees Facing Desperate Situation
 
By Amnesty International
 
Syria alone may be hosting more than a million refugees. As of 2007, only 1 percent of the total Iraqi displaced population was estimated to be in the industrialized world.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20107.htm
 
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Iraq: World Governments Misleading and Failing Iraqi Refugees
 
By Amnesty International
 
According to the latest estimates of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), the number of Iraqis who have fled their homes has now reached 4.7 million, the highest since the US-led invasion of Iraq and the subsequent internal armed conflict.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20106.htm
 
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Bush Threatens Iran With Military Action
 
By Colin Brown, Deputy Political Editor
 
The US President’s remarks on the last leg of his “farewell tour” of Europe raised fears at Westminster that Mr Bush is determined to take action against Iran before he leaves office in January.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20112.htm
 
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ICH:
By Eric Margolis
 
American-led war on terror cannot be allowed to spread into Pakistan’s Pashtun tribal area.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20110.htm
 
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Addressing America’s “Deeper Malignancies”
 
By Walter C. Uhler
 
According to Rice, “the Iranian regime,” not the Bush regime, “seeks to subvert states and extend its influence throughout the Persian Gulf region.” According to Rice, it is Iran (not the American invasion and occupation) that “is destabilizing Iraq, endangering U.S. forces and killing innocent Iraqis.” And, according to Rice, Iran — not the U.S. — is “a state fundamentally out of step with the norms and values of the international community.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20109.htm
 
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No Apologies From Arrogant USA
 
By Yvonne Ridley
 
Despite all the bilge that comes out of Washington about honesty and accountability, the consequences of the lies from U.S. administrations have scarred the globe.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20115.htm
 
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Empire or Republic?
 
By Robert Scheer
 
As Washington warned, it is extremely difficult to unmask “pretended patriotism” when the nation is frightened by enemies real and imagined. But Washington could not have anticipated the sort of mass media society in which government propaganda becomes compelling and inconvenient truths are concealed behind the veil of national security.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20113.htm
 
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Tim Russert, Dick Cheney, and 9/11
 
By David Ray Griffin
 
While we are remembering Tim Russert and his years as moderator of “Meet the Press,” we would do well to recall his interview with Vice President Dick Cheney at Camp David on September 16, 2001, just five days after the 9/11 attacks. In fact, Cheney himself, during an interview with NBC’s Matt Lauer the morning after Russert died, reminded us of that Camp David interview, saying: “I always, when I think of Tim and think of ‘Meet the Press,’ that’s the show that always comes to mind. . .. It was a remarkable moment in American history.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20108.htm
 
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Apology:
 
What Can Israel Learn from Canada
 
By Uri Avnery
 
THIS WEEK, the Prime Minister of Canada made a dramatic statement in Parliament: he apologized to the indigenous peoples of his country for the injustices done to them for generations by successive Canadian governments.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20111.htm
 
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Colliding Bubbles, US Unemployment, the Credit Crisis and Oil Price Surge
 
Unemployment Jumps to 5.5%, On Its Way to 6%
 
By: John Mauldin
 
The headline number said the US lost 49,000 jobs in May, somewhat fewer than expected. The details were much uglier.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20114.htm
 
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Iraq: At least 13 killed in anither bloody day of US occupation:
 
A roadside bomb killed a police colonel and his two guards and wounded four other policemen as they pursued gunmen in a car chase just outside the town of Kut
uk.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUKKAM72922920080617
 
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11 Dead After Car Bomb Strikes Baghdad Market:
 
Tuesday’s attack occurred just before 6 p.m. as the market was packed with shoppers preparing for their evening meal.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,367982,00.html
 
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Sadrist vows to support Amarah security crackdown:
 
Followers of Muqtada al-Sadr won’t resist a military operation in the southern city of Amarah unless government forces commit human rights violations and arrest suspects without warrants, a senior official and member of the cleric’s movement said Monday.
tinyurl.com/4azokx
 
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Democrats to back down on Iraq war conditions:
 
Democrats in the Congress, who came to power last year on a call to end the combat in Iraq, will soon give President George W. Bush the last war-funding bill of his presidency without any of the conditions they sought for withdrawing U.S. troops, congressional aides said on Monday.
tinyurl.com/633mvb
 
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‘No immunity’ for Iraq contractors :
 
Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera, Hoshyar Zebari said on Monday that the US had accepted the demand and it would be stated explicitly in the agreement.
tinyurl.com/3uwl4z
 
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Iran insists nuclear suspension a ‘red line’:
 
Iran on Tuesday insisted any demands it should suspend sensitive atomic activities would cross its “red line”, days after world powers submitted a new package aimed at ending the nuclear standoff.
www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/1213709561.09
 
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Full Text of 5+1 package to Iran:
 
Following is the text of the proposal to Iran by China, France, Germany, the Russian Federation, the United Kingdom, the United States of America and the European Union, which was presented to the Iranian authorities on June 14, 2008 in Tehran:
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=170732
 
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Iran withdraws $75bn from Europe:
 
“Part of Iran’s assets in European banks have been converted to gold and shares and another part has been transferred to Asian banks,” Mohsen Talaie, deputy foreign minister in charge of economic affairs, was quoted as saying.
www.dawn.com/2008/06/17/int2.htm
 
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Iran denies withdrawal of assets worth $75 bln from Europe:
 
“No Iranian assets or deposits have been withdrawn or will be withdrawn from European banks to Iran or other countries,” said Ali Divandari, managing director of Bank Mellat, a leading Iranian state-owned bank.
en.rian.ru/world/20080617/110930313.html
 
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Iranian general warns any aggressor of “doomed-fate”:
 
Israeli officials later slashed out at Mofaz’s remarks, stressing that the hawkish remarks, which they called as “irresponsible” and “cynical,” do not represent Israel’s policy.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/17/content_8388405.htm
 
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Threats to strike Iran concern Israel:
 
Fears are mounting in the defense establishment that comments by senior officials regarding an imminent Israeli military strike against Iran will spur Russia to complete controversial sales of anti-aircraft missile systems to the Islamic Republic, The Jerusalem Post learned on Monday.
tinyurl.com/3f62lt
 
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Israelis: Eat a Pistachio, Make an Iranian A-Bomb:
 
I swear to you I couldn’t make up this shit if I tried. And if you think this story is “nutty,” you’d be right.
tinyurl.com/3uedb5
 
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Israeli attacks kill six in Gaza Strip:
 
Israel occupation forces launched three back-to-back airstrikes in the southern and central Gaza Strip on Tuesday afternoon, killing at least six Palestinian resistance members, medical officials said.
tinyurl.com/3jcmb9
 
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Israel-Hamas truce ‘reached’ :
 
Mark Regev, a spokesman for Ehud Olmert, the Israeli prime minister, said Israel would continue preparations for broad military action should a truce fall apart.
tinyurl.com/4te9z2
 
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Israelis ignore weak US regime:
 
ISRAELI politicians have brushed off Condoleezza Rice’s weekend criticism of its settlement expansion program, with some claiming the outgoing regime of George W. Bush is wielding ever-less influence in the ailing peace process.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,23874162-2703,00.html
 
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30 insurgents killed in occupied Afghanistan:
 
Afghan forces backed by air power support of foreign troops have killed 30 Taliban fighters in Afghanistan’s eastern Khost province, a local official said Tuesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/17/content_8387770.htm
 
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Governor hits out at US over civilian deaths:
 
THE GOVERNOR of Paktika has lashed out at coalition forces who he blames for the killing of innocent civilians in his province during an intense air assault on Taliban positions.
quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=914&Itemid=48
 
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Afghanistan: NATO warns residents to leave villages ahead of offensive:
 
NATO aircraft dropped hundreds of leaflets on several villages in the district of Arghandab, north-west of Kandahar on Monday night, telling civilians to abandon their homes and leave the district
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2261573265
 
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Taliban destroy bridges, plant mines:
 
Police officer Sardah Mohammad says more than 700 families – meaning perhaps 4,000 people or more – have fled the Arghandab district 10 miles northwest of Kandahar city.
tinyurl.com/54nrhw
 
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Afghan Warlord Threatens U.S. :
 
In an exclusive interview, an Afghan warlord who has attacked U.S. troops for nearly seven years talks with Lara Logan about the insurgency.
tinyurl.com/3sqkxv
 
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Don’t look, don’t tell, troops told:
 
Jean Johns, says she recently counselled a Canadian soldier who said he witnessed a boy being raped by an Afghan soldier, then wrote a report on the allegation for her brigade chaplain.
www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/443954
 
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Pakistan militants ‘suspend’ deal:
 
Pro-Taleban militants from troubled Swat district in northern Pakistan say they have broken off all contacts with the government.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7459184.stm
 
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Pakistan’s Khan denies he’s source of weapon design:
 
Pakistan’s top nuclear scientist denied on Tuesday that he was the source of sophisticated warhead designs found on the computers of Swiss smugglers.
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKISL27154720080617?rpc=401&
 
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Pakistan nukes pose major threat to regional security – analyst:
 
Pakistan’s nuclear arsenal poses a greater threat to security in the region than Iran’s uranium enrichment, due to the volatile political situation in the country, a Russian expert said on Tuesday.
en.rian.ru/world/20080617/110913857.html
 
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Some US terrorism suspects wrongly held -McClatchy:
 
An eight-month investigation in 11 countries on three continents found that the U.S. wrongfully imprisoned suspects in Afghanistan, Cuba and elsewhere on the basis of “flimsy or fabricated evidence, old personal scores or bounty payments,” a story posted on their website said.
tinyurl.com/54mufx
 
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Oil at record near $140 a barrel:
 
The price of crude oil has hit a new high of close to $140 a barrel in New York trade, despite Saudi Arabia agreeing to increase output in July.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7457157.stm
 
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McCain urges end to ban on offshore drilling:
 
Sen. John McCain said Monday the federal moratorium on offshore oil and gas drilling should be lifted, and individual states given the right to pursue energy exploration in waters near their own coasts.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080616/ap_on_el_pr/mccain
 
In case you missed it:
 
Michael Moore- The Awful Truth:
 
Michael Moore sheds light on the fact that some cops have a hard time distinguishing a wallet from a gun
www.youtube.com/watch?v=xeOaTpYl8mE