Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,245,538"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,124
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$540,588,183,130
 

See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Acts of War
 
The war between the United States and Iran is on
 
By Scott Ritter
 
American taxpayer dollars are being used, with the permission of Congress, to fund activities which result in Iranians being killed and wounded, and Iranian property destroyed. This wanton violation of a nation’s sovereignty would not be tolerated if the tables were turned and Americans were being subjected to Iranian-funded covert actions which took the lives of Americans, on American soil, and destroyed American property and livelihood.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20377.htm
 
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Plan Facts About Iran’s Military
 
By Eric Margolis
 
Given these facts, we can see how false are claims trumpeted by the west that Iran is a dangerous military power that is about to eradicate Israel. The facts are quite the reverse.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20376.htm
 
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Let Them Eat Mud
 
Haiti: Mud cakes become staple diet as cost of food soars beyond a family’s reach
 
By Rory Carroll in Port-au-Prince
 
With little cash and import prices rocketing half the population faces starvation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20375.htm
 
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Eaten Up
 
Stuffed and Starved
 
By Ed Pilkington
 
Ed Pilkington meets the soothsayer of agro-economics and talks about what will happen when all the food finally runs out.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20378.htm
 
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Forty rebels killed in Afghan atttacks:
 
US-led occupation forces bombed a Taliban gathering in Giro district in central Ghazni province overnight, killing 22 militants and wounding another eight, provincial spokesman Ismail Jahangir said.
tinyurl.com/5eaplf
 
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Canadians occupation forces kill two children at Afghan checkpoint:
 
Fearing they were under attack by a suicide bomber, soldiers fired a single round when the car was just 10 metres from their vehicle, killing a two-year-old and a four-year-old who were passengers in the car.
tinyurl.com/57huzd
 
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British occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan:
 
A British soldier was shot dead while on foot patrol in the southern Afghan province of Helmand, according to the Ministry of Defence.
tinyurl.com/68z5fm
 
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Afghan journalist detained after alleged govt criticism:
 
Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has detained a journalist after President Hamid Karzai’s cabinet ordered him to be “legally pursued” for alleged criticism of top officials, his employer said Tuesday.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080729/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanmediapolitics
 
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George Bush blasted by Pakistan PM:
 
PAKISTAN’S Prime Minister lashed out at George W. Bush during talks in Washington yesterday, “reproaching” the US President over a US Hellfire drone missile strike inside Pakistani territory only hours before the leaders met.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,24097692-2703,00.html
 
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Pakistan: US warned against missile strikes:
 
“Expressing concern over repeated cross-border missile attacks/firing by coalition and Afghan forces, General Tariq said that our sovereignty and territorial integrity must be respected,” a Pakistani military statement said.
tinyurl.com/6b5wt7
 
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Pakistan: Militants Abduct About 30 Pakistani Police, Troops:
 
Insurgents overpowered the security forces who were manning a security post in Swat’s Deolai area, police official Ismail Khan said.
tinyurl.com/6fcjzk
 
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Doubts Pakistan can assert control over spy agency:
 
There is mounting apprehension that Pakistan’s generals are becoming less cooperative because the country fears Washington has allowed rival India to extend influence in Afghanistan.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=271301
 
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Tens of thousands demonstrate in Irbil on elections’’ law:
 
Kirkuk witnessed a similar demonstration which ended in a bloody manner when a female suicide bomber blew her self up killing and injuring more than 200 civilians.
tinyurl.com/5a89ce
 
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Pentagon eyes $1.5 billion aircraft sale to Iraq:
 
“Purchase of new transport aircraft will provide Iraq with the ability to operate seamlessly with U.S., NATO and coalition forces engaged in all types of operations and missions,” it said.
tinyurl.com/6j885c
 
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Military Wasted Millions in Iraq, Inspector Bowen Says:
 
Parsons Corp., one of the largest construction contractors in Iraq, and the Pentagon wasted millions of U.S. tax dollars because of poor oversight and building practices, the Special Inspector General for Iraq Reconstruction said in a new report.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=awLWws6g.cwA&refer=us
 
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Blackwater a small business? :
 
Private security contractor Blackwater Worldwide and its affiliates may have misrepresented their size to win more than $100 million in government contracts set aside for small businesses, federal auditors said Monday.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/28/america/NA-US-Blackwater-Audit.php
 
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Israeli, US defense chiefs meet:
 
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak met Monday with US Defense Secretary Robert Gates for talks that an Israeli adviser said would focus on the threat posed by Iran’s nuclear program.
rawstory.com/news/afp/Israeli_US_defense_chiefs_meet_07282008.html
 
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George Monbiot: We lie and bluster about our nukes – and then wag our fingers at Iran:
 
By failing to disarm and breaking the rules when it suits, nuclear states are driving proliferation as much as Ahmadinejad
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/29/nuclear.defence
 
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Ahmadinejad: The big powers are going down: —
 
Iran’s president on Tuesday blamed the U.S. and other “big powers” for nuclear proliferation, AIDS and other global ills, and accused them of exploiting the U.N. and other organizations for their own gain and the developing world’s loss.
www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/meast/07/29/iran.aids.ap/index.html
 
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Barak in US: Iran putting entire world at risk:
 
The Defense Ministry announced that the two discussed a series of issues, including the Iranian nuclear issue, the situation in Gaza, as well as Syria and Hizbullah, including the violations of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
tinyurl.com/66nypt
 
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Barak to U.S. leaders: Israel not ruling out military strike on Iran:
 
Defense Minister Ehud Barak said Tuesday he has told top U.S. officials that Israel will not rule out a military strike against Iran
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1006685.html
 
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Israeli Occupation Troops Kill 12-year-old Boy in West Bank protest:
 
He was hit in the chest by a live bullet fired by Israeli soldiers and died of his wounds while being transported to hospital, Palestinian medical sources were quoted saying
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7531741.stm
 
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Hamas Warns of West Bank Revolt:
 
Hamas warned its Fatah rivals on Tuesday that a crackdown against the Islamist group by forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas could spark a revolt in the occupied West Bank..
www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1010/42/369310.htm
 
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Palestinians ‘use torture regularly’:
 
Torture is used regularly on Palestinians detained by the Fatah-dominated security forces in the West Bank and by their Hamas counterparts in Gaza, two human rights reports say.
tinyurl.com/6lkech
 
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Israeli minister admits she was a Mossad agent:
 
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni, a contender to replace Ehud Olmert as prime minister, publicly acknowledged on Tuesday she had been an agent for the Mossad spy agency.
tinyurl.com/5lf8ct
 
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Russia’s plan to avert second cold war:
 
The dark clouds gathering this summer between Moscow and the West have some experts concerned that the world is on the brink of a new cold war
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0729/p01s05-woeu.html
 
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UK: Security services are accused of role in detainee’s torture:
 
The security and intelligence agencies were “mixed up in wrongdoing” in cooperating with the US in the unlawful treatment of a UK resident now held in Guantánamo Bay, the high court heard yesterday.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/29/guantanamo.terrorism
 
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Hijackers nab thousands of blank British passports:
 
Detectives said the 24 boxes of about 3,000 passports and visa documents, destined for British embassies around the world, were worth some 2.5 million pounds .
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/080729/world/britain_crime_passports
 
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They Know What’s in Your Medicine Cabinet:
 
How insurance companies dig up applicants’ prescriptions-and use them to deny coverage
tinyurl.com/5ptebm
 
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BP’s 2Q Profit Rises 28% On Higher Oil Price:
 
The U.K. oil major posted a net profit of $9.47 billion for the three months ended June 30, or 49.8 cents a share, up from $7.38 billion, or 38.2 cents a share, a year earlier.
tinyurl.com/58fn34
 
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IMF predicts no end in sight to credit crisis:
 
The IMF believes banks are in for more pain as mortgage defaults soar and economies slow.
www.radioaustralia.net.au/programguide/stories/200807/s2317403.htm