Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,225,898"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,113
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$532,468,789,455
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Preparing the Battlefield
 
The Bush Administration steps up its secret moves against Iran.
 
By Seymour M. Hersh
 
Late last year, Congress agreed to a request from President Bush to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran, according to current and former military, intelligence, and congressional sources. These operations, for which the President sought up to four hundred million dollars, were described in a Presidential Finding signed by Bush, and are designed to destabilize the country’s religious leadership.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20203.htm
 
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Catastrophic Déjà Vu
 
Debunking The Iran War Resolution
 
By August Wagele
 
The White House is continually asserting that Iran is: a threat to America, a threat to its neighbors, harming Americans in Iraq, supporting terrorism, and illegally pursuing nuclear weapons.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20199.htm
 
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America Is the Rogue Nation
 
By Charley Reese
 
If you think we or Israel can attack Iran and not expect retaliation, I’d have to say with regret that you are a moron. If you think we could easily handle Iran in an all-out war, I’d have to promote you to idiot.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20197.htm
 
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This Recession, It’s Just Beginning
 
By Steven Pearlstein
 
This thing’s going down, fast and hard. Corporate bankruptcies, bond defaults, bank failures, hedge fund meltdowns and 6 percent unemployment. We’re caught in one of those vicious, downward spirals that, once it gets going, is very hard to pull out of.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20198.htm
 
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House of Cards
 
You thought the housing crisis was bad? You ain’t seen nothing yet.
 
By Danny Schechter
 
While many eyes are focusing on the housing meltdown and its hugely negative effect on an economy clearly moving into recession, few are paying attention to the next bubble expected to burst: credit cards.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20196.htm
 
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The Real McCain
 
3 Minute Video
 
John McCain The So-Called Maverick. Click to view
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20201.htm
 
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The Audacity of Arrogance
 
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
 
The post-election period will repeat history as the two-party plutocracy in service of the Upper Class uses its muscle to prevent true and meaningful systemic changes to alleviate the woes of most Americans.  Even with Barack Obama as president.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20202.htm
 
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At least 8 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
A bomb blast killed five policemen and wounded two others when it struck their patrol in Dhuluiya, 70 km (45 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.
uk.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUKL2970217720080629
 
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Iraqi police find up to 30 decomposed bodies northwest of Baghdad:
 
Shakir estimates police discovered 25 to 30 bodies, but their advanced stage of decomposition made it difficult to determine an exact number. The police officer says spent bullet cartridges were discovered next to the bodies, many of which were handcuffed.
tinyurl.com/4zx94p
 
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Crisis grows in Iraq over U.S. raid that killed Maliki relative:
 
Senior Iraqi government officials said Saturday that a U.S. Special Forces counterterrorism unit conducted the raid that reportedly killed a relative of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al Maliki, touching off a high-stakes diplomatic crisis between the United States and Iraq.
www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/42580.html
 
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Iraqi MPs stall deals on Bush benchmarks:
 
The pact will allow US bases in the country, even though they may fly the Iraqi flag. Many Iraqis fear that the US wants a long-term presence. “We very much see these arrangements as transitional,” Satterfield said.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jun/28/iraq.usforeignpolicy
 
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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:
 
Israel has a year to stop Iran bomb, warns ex-spy:
 
A former head of Mossad has warned that Israel has 12 months in which to destroy Iran’s nuclear programme or risk coming under nuclear attack itself. He also hinted that Israel might have to act sooner if Barack Obama wins the US presidential election.
tinyurl.com/4puyt3
 
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Israel Prepared to Use Force Against Iran:
 
Israeli politician Isaac Ben-Israel says his country is ready to launch an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities if diplomacy doesn’t work.
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,562746,00.html
 
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Report: Iran will use oil as weapon if attacked:
 
The head of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said the country would impose controls on shipping in the vital Gulf oil route if Iran was attacked
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25424938/
 
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The story of Palestine: Barghouti Presentation:
 
An excellent extended overview of the Israeli – Palestinian conflict by Dr Mustafa Barghouti and Israel’s apartheid policies of continued ethnic cleansing and annexation of up to 58% of the West Bank through illegal settlement expansion.
peoplesgeography.com/links/barghouti-presentation/
 
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When history is the enemy:
 
Chicago Museum Closes “Contentious” Exhibit:
 
In the wake of an outcry from Chicago-area Jews, the Windy City’s only Jewish museum closed down a high-profile maps exhibition that parsed the issue of Israel’s borders and boundaries.
www.forward.com/articles/13669/
 
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Pakistan strikes at Taliban hideouts:
 
Pakistan’s newly elected government launched the first major assault against militants in the country’s volatile northwest on Saturday, destroying a militant leader’s headquarters and shelling suspected hideouts of other fighters.
tinyurl.com/4x58xb
 
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UK: Parents banned from ferrying children to sports matches:
 
Hundreds of thousands of parents will be banned from ferrying children to sports matches next year unless they have had criminal records checks, under new rules.
tinyurl.com/6k38ym
 
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Is it Legal to Bury Someone Alive?:
 
In testimony before a House Judiciary subcommittee yesterday, John Yoo, a former top Justice Department official and author of key memos authorizing torture, refused to say that it would be illegal for the President to order a suspect buried alive.
www.crossleft.org/node/6327
 
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Gore Vidal: Bush ended US as a republic :
 
Vidal said that President Bush has rid the country of the Bill of Rights, habeas corpus and the entire legacy of the Magna Carta in the name of war on terror.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20200.htm