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 4,101
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$529,375,360,972
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Leaked U.S. Military Manual
 
How to Train Death Squads and Quash Revolutions from San Salvador to Iraq
 
By JULIAN ASSANGE
 
Its contents are both history defining for Latin America and, given the continued role of US Special Forces in the suppression of insurgencies, including in Iraq and Afghanistan, history making.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20125.htm
 
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Legalizing Occupation: Bush’s Last Manoeuvre in Iraq
 
By Ramzy Baroud
 
Co-opting the UN has helped secure temporary legitimacy to the occupation. The international body, once rendered irrelevant, became a major hub for American diplomacy seeking to legitimise its occupation in a country that refuses to concede. Even willing Iraqi leaders, perfectly rehearsed elections and mass suppressions have failed to bring the desired stability and validation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20122.htm
 
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In Case You Missed it
 
Secret US Air Force Team to Perfect Plan for Iran strike
 
By Sarah Baxter, Washington
 
It is led by Brigadier-General Lawrence “Stutz” Stutzriem, who is considered one of the brightest air force generals. He is assisted by Dr Lani Kass, a former Israeli military officer and expert on cyberwarfare.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20117.htm
 
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Are They Really Oil Wars?
 
By Ismael Hossein-zadeh
 
Behind the drive to war and military adventures in the Middle East lie some powerful special interests (vested in war, militarism, and geopolitical concerns of Israel) that use oil as an issue of “national interest”-as a façade or pretext-in order to justify military adventures to derive high dividends, both economic and geopolitical, from war.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20119.htm
 
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The Incredible Story of Youssef Nada
 
By Silvia Cattori
 
Under the cover of the “ war against terror “, the United States and the European Union have granted unlimited powers to secret services and police. Emergency measures which were introduced on a provisional basis in 2001, outside any judiciary control, have become permanent. Since September 2001, at least 80,000 people, mainly Muslim, would have been kidnapped, kept in secret prisons, and tortured by CIA and FBI agents.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20120.htm
 
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No Regrets
 
I Freed Millions From Barbarism, Says President Bush
 
By Ned Temko
 
Bush defends his legacy, issues a stern warning to Iran … and reveals his plans for a freedom institute devoted to ‘universal values’
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20121.htm
 
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Torture Began At The Top
 
By Tim Rutten
 
Apart from understanding how and why the Bush/Cheney administration tricked the American people into going to war in Iraq, no question is more urgent than how the White House forced the adoption of torture as state policy of the United States.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20124.htm
 
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Kucinich on Impeachment
 
By Dennis Bernstein
 
We’ve lost our country to deception, to fear. We need to regain our country. We need to regain America’s moral standing, not only before the eyes of our own people, but before the eyes of the world. We need a program which will lead us to truth and reconciliation. Impeachment was put in the Constitution for the sake of protecting the democracy.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20123.htm
 
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Law School to Plan Bush War Primes Prosecution
 
By Massachusetts School Of Law
 
“This is not intended to be a mere discussion of violations of law that have occurred,” said convener Lawrence Velvel, dean and cofounder of the school. “It is, rather, intended to be a planning conference at which plans will be laid and necessary organizational structures set up, to pursue the guilty as long as necessary and, if need be, to the ends of the Earth.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20118.htm
 
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Obama Names Foreign Policy Panel
 
By Reuters
 
The list may offer hints about how the Illinois senator might fill senior jobs if he is elected to the White House. These are the advisers on Obama’s senior working group on national security.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20127.htm
 
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At least 63 die in car bombing as US occupation grinds on
 
The bomb was believed to have contained 200 to 300 pounds of an undetermined explosive. He also said a U.S. military team was attending a meeting about 150 yards away at the time of the blast.
www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Jun/20080618News023.asp
 
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Robert Fisk: Snapshots of life in Baghdad:
 
Three bodies lie beside a Baghdad street on a blindingly hot day. The one on the right is dressed in a white shirt and bright green trousers, his hands tied behind his back.
tinyurl.com/68w5pw
 
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Iraq bans dealings with Iran opposition group:
 
U.S. troops demilitarized the group and confined its fighters to a camp northeast of Baghdad, under the protection of the multinational forces.The Cabinet demanded that the coalition turn over checkpoints around the camp to Iraqi control.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080617/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq_iranian_rebels
 
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Iranian opposition group condemns Iraqi moves against it:
 
“The stance” taken by the government “is the reflection of hysterical pressures of the religious fascism ruling Iran and its embassy in Baghdad on the Iraqi government to take revenge on the (MEK) because 3 million Iraqi Shiites have rejected the Iranian regime,” the MEK said
tinyurl.com/484r4t
 
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Sunni group claims bombing of Iran mosque:
 
“This is the very first operation and the signal to the criminal (Shi’ite) regime of Iran … to stop its oppression, cruelty and injustice towards … Sunnis,” the Jihadi Movement of the Sunna People of Iran said.
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1840003220080618?rpc=401&
 
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Presstitute and war pimp alert::
 
Bush Prepares a Messy Iran Handoff:
 
The news this week that A. Q. Khan’s now-defunct international nuclear smuggling network once possessed blueprints for advanced nuclear warheads – and could have sold them to Iran – gave new urgency to Washington’s stalled efforts to halt Tehran’s pursuit of nuclear capability
www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1815748,00.html?xid=rss-nation
 
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No ‘proof’ to establish Iran was developing nuclear weapons: Russia: ,
 
 ”We support the right of Iran to have access to modern, peaceful nuclear technology. Russia will support Iran to the extent of fulfilling its expectation for lawful and legal sharing of nuclear technology.
www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0806176898200924.htm
 
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Refugee numbers on the rise again, U.N. agency says:
 
Conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq have forced hundreds of thousands of people from their homes, driving up the global number of refugees after several years of decline, the U.N. refugee agency said yesterday.
www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Jun/20080618News015.asp
 
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38 KILLED IN AFGHAN CLASHES:
 
At least 36 Taliban militants have been killed during battles with Nato and Afghan troops in villages outside Kandahar. The Afghan Defence Ministry said more than 20 Taliban fighters were killed in Tabin and 16 killed in Khohak. Two Afghan soldiers were also killed.
www.express.co.uk/posts/view/48927/36-Taliban-killed-in-Afghan-clashes
 
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Four UK occupation force soldiers killed in secret SAS mission:
 
The first British woman was killed in action in Afghanistan in a blast that also claimed the lives of three other soldiers.
tinyurl.com/3qx4rg
 
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Taliban offensive feared in Kabul:
 
Afghan intelligence agencies believe Taliban and al Qaeda forces are preparing a major offensive against Kabul, moving into positions as little as 12 miles from the capital and sending recruits from the U.S. and Britain into the city to collect information needed to kidnap Westerners and prepare for spectacular suicide attacks.
tinyurl.com/3muxot
 
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Taliban seize 3 US military choppers in Pak tribal belt:
 
Taliban militants in Pakistan’s restive tribal belt captured three US military choppers while they were being shipped in a dismantled state from Peshawar to Jalalabad in Afghanistan and sold one of the helicopters for several hundred thousand dollars, a media report said on Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/53ypy9
 
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Pakistan threatens to cancel its U.S. training:
 
The Pakistani military is so angry over the U.S. airstrikes here last week that it is threatening to postpone or cancel a U.S. program to train a paramilitary force in counterinsurgency for combating Islamist militants, two Pakistani government officials said.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/5843358.html
 
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Israel confirms cease-fire with Hamas:
 
Israel and Hamas pledged to start a cease-fire tomorrow in a bid to end a year of fighting that has killed more than 400 Palestinians and seven Israelis. The deal comes as Israel also urged Lebanon to open peace talks.
www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Jun/20080618News024.asp
 
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Fact or fiction:
 
Israel hints at peace with Hizbollah:
 
Israel has indicated that it is ready for direct peace talks with Lebanon, hours after agreeing a landmark truce with Hamas.
tinyurl.com/4sds6t
 
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Syria lacks capability for nuclear facility-IAEA:
 
The United Nations nuclear watchdog chief said the agency had no evidence Syria had the skill or the fuel to operate a large-scale nuclear facility.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=215828
 
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The tragic legacy of a disastrous president:
 
Perhaps Mr Bush’s most significant legacy, as far as Britain is concerned, will be the destruction of the instinctive trust of America and its leaders that once prevailed here. It is no exaggeration to say that Mr Bush has done more damage to relations between our two nations than any president in living memory.
tinyurl.com/4xjdx8
 
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Colombian coca growth ‘shocks’ UN :
 
Colombia’s annual coca crop – the foundation for cocaine – increased by 27 per cent last year, a new study says.
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FE4BE2B4-781B-4EED-9673-CE29784D952F.htm
 
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US spy base to be built in Western Australia:
 
Australian defence support for United States military operations in the Middle East will be boosted by construction of a new top-secret US military communications base in Western Australia.
tinyurl.com/4kg8q2
 
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Spain and SA ‘backed coup plot’:
 
Spain and South Africa both “gave the green light” for a failed coup in oil-rich Equatorial Guinea, a British mercenary has told a court in Malabo.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7461884.stm
 
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U.S. Torture of Detainees Caused Severe Pain, Long-Term Suffering:
 
A team of doctors and psychologists convened by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) to conduct intensive clinical evaluations of 11 former detainees held in Iraq, Afghanistan, and Guantánamo Bay has found that these men suffered torture and ill-treatment by U.S. personnel, which resulted in severe pain and long-term disability. The men were ultimately released from U.S. custody without charge or explanation.
www.prweb.com/releases/2008/6/prweb1033954.htm
 
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Guantanamo detainees were tortured, medical exams show:
 
Medical examinations of suspected militants formerly held by the U.S. military at the Guantanamo Bay detention centre in Cuba showed evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group.
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2008/06/18/guantanamo-report.html
 
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Documents confirm U.S. hid detainees from Red Cross:
 
The U.S. military hid the locations of suspected terrorist detainees and concealed harsh treatment to avoid the scrutiny of the International Committee of the Red Cross, according to documents that a Senate committee released Tuesday.
www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/41394.html
 
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CIA Gave Torture Tips to Pentagon: :
 
Documents released by a Senate committee investigating the Pentagon’s torture-based interrogation methods reveal that CIA advisers had a larger role in shaping the program than previously thought.
tinyurl.com/4q9t8w
 
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Waterboarding, slapping, sensory deprivation – all on US tactics list:
 
It also emerged at the hearing that US officials “hid” Guantanamo prisoners who had been harshly interrogated from the international committee of the Red Cross, the body empowered to monitor compliance with Geneva Convention rules on treatment of military prisoners.
tinyurl.com/6bu8e7
 
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Jeremy Scahill : Blackwater’s bright future:
 
Blackwater knows its future is bright no matter who next takes up residence at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.
tinyurl.com/3w3lnq
 
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New US military contractor overbilling scandal in Iraq looms:
 
A civilian Pentagon official in charge of the largest US military contract in Iraq was removed from his job in 2004 after refusing to pay one billion dollars to KBR Inc. because the company was unable to credibly justify its expenses
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hIe8f7jX8cvUJB7qc_8NAICAxSxQ
 
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FBI interviews of Bush, Cheney subpoenaed:
 
House committee demands files from probe of CIA leak
www.baltimoresun.com/news/nation/bal-te.leak17jun17,0,96579.story
 
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Report: Pentagon misled Congress on NORAD threat:
 
The Pentagon understated the vulnerability faced by the nation’s air and space defense command before it relocated to Colorado’s Peterson Air Force Base
tinyurl.com/5nqjy2
 
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Bush Calls On Congress To Lift Offshore Drilling Ban:
 
“Our nation must produce more oil,” he added. “We must start now.”
tinyurl.com/3oujam
 
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RBS issues global stock and credit crash alert:
 
The Royal Bank of Scotland has advised clients to brace for a full-fledged crash in global stock and credit markets over the next three months as inflation paralyses the major central banks.
tinyurl.com/5ghu9v
 
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Nearly Half of Wall St. Bank Profits Are Gone:
 
Only a year ago, Wall Street reveled in an era of superlatives: record deals, record profit, record pay. But a mere 12 months later, nearly half of the profits that major banks reaped during that age of riches have vanished.
tinyurl.com/3smjzz