Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,307,319"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,232
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The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$591,260,615,040
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Chomsky: No Change Coming With Obama
By Press TV
The following is a Press TV interview with respected American author, political analyst and world-renowned linguist, Professor Noam Chomsky.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21834.htm
The Wrong Man for the Job
By Scott Ritter
It is highly doubtful that Holbrooke will bring anything more to the table than cheerleading. President Obama’s stated intention to increase the size of the U.S. military presence in Afghanistan and to more forcefully assert U.S.-imposed “security” through continued military action in the Northwest Frontier of Pakistan is a dangerous scheme, one Holbrooke will enthusiastically support.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21839.htm
Children of Gaza
Stories of Those Who Died and the Trauma for Those Who Survived
By Rory McCarthy
Rory McCarthy reports from Gaza City on the individual stories of some victims and the physical and psychological toll on an estimated 350,000 youngsters.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21836.htm
Breaking Gaza’s Will
Israel’s Enduring Fantasy
By Ramzy Baroud
The hapless inhabitants of the strip have been disowned. The power of the media, political coercion, intimidation and manipulation have demonised this imprisoned nation fighting for its life in the tiny spaces left of its land.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21840.htm
Where To Send Money To Help The People Of Gaza
Benn Accuses BBC Over Gaza Appeal
By The Press Association.
“I appeal to the chairman of the BBC Trust to intervene to reverse this decision to save the lives of those who are now in acute danger of dying through a lack of food, fuel, water and medical supplies.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21835.htm
U.S. Moving Toward Czarism, Away From Democracy
By David Sirota
History’s great American parables teach that if anything unified our founders, it was a deep antipathy to dictatorship. As bourgeois revolutionaries from Boston to Philadelphia courageously split with the British crown in 1776, they created three equal branches of government to prevent, in the words of James Madison, “a tyrannical concentration of all the powers” in a president’s hands.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21838.htm
The World Won’t Buy Unlimited U.S. Debt
We’re asking others to sacrifice for our ‘stimulus.’
By PETER SCHIFF
Currently, U.S. citizens comprise less than 5% of world population, but account for more than 25% of global GDP. Given our debts and weakening economy, this disproportionate advantage should narrow. Yet the U.S. is asking much poorer foreign nations to maintain the status quo, and incredibly, they are complying. At least for now.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21837.htm
Obama continues extra-judicial killings:
Obama airstrikes kill 22 people including children in Pakistan:
The airstrikes were authorised under a covert programme approved by Obama, according to a senior US official
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/
us_and_americas/article5581084.ece
Pakistan urges Obama to halt missile attacks:
Pakistan urged President Barack Obama to halt U.S. missile strikesr, saying Saturday that civilians were killed the previous day in the first attacks since Obama’s inauguration.
tinyurl.com/bf73tn
22 Afghan civilians killed in US-led op:
“Their bodies are on the ground. If you do not believe us, you have helicopters and you should come to the area and see that these are civilians,” Malik Rahman Gul, a village elder , was quoted by Reuters.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83557§ionid=351020403
Dispute over deadly US Afghan raid:
A claim by US forces in Afghanistan that they killed 15 Taliban fighters in the eastern province of Laghman, has been disputed by village elders.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/01/20091248128328968.html
Afghan leader blasts U.S. attack, says 16 civilians killed:
President Hamid Karzai condemned a U.S. operation he said killed 16 Afghan civilians, while hundreds of villagers denounced the American military during an angry demonstration Sunday.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/front/6229275.html
15 Afghan militants killed:
US-led coalition forces killed 15 militants, including a woman, during an operation targeting a Taliban commander in the eastern Afghan province of Laghman overnight, the US military said on Saturday.
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NATO occupation force kills 2 more civilians, wounds 4 more in S Afghanistan:
Two civilians have been unintentionally killed with four more wounded by friendly fire of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) in southern Afghan province of Helmand, said ISAF statements received here on Saturday.
english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90856/6581091.html
Suicide bomber kills 1, wounds 8 in Afghanistan:
A suicide bomber blew himself up at a market in eastern Afghanistan, killing a civilian and wounding eight others, an official said Sunday.
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3661229,00.html
Karzai Warns the US, Lack of Support May Bring New Patron :
Karzai said: “If the US doesn’t help us, we will ask other countries for airplanes and tanks.”
tinyurl.com/dy758m
8 Taliban killed in Swat as forces take control of schools:
Eight Taliban, including their commander, were killed in Swat on Saturday, as security forces took control of schools in the violence-hit district, a private TV channel reported.
tinyurl.com/cuf5xq
Taliban releases hit-list of Pakistani politicians:
The politicians belonging to various political parties will be targeted if they do not appear in Taliban’s Shariat courts, the report said.
tinyurl.com/btdq54
22 Killed in deadly ‘suicide’ blast in Mogadishu:
The attack on Saturday was apparently aimed at a group of African Union peacekeepers but missed its target, they said.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/2009124111357800852.html
Sudan bombs rebel town in Darfur:
A senior commander for the JEM told the Reuters news agency that 16 civilians were killed in the raid, including a child.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/2009124183041205853.html
Rwandan troops kill Hutu rebels:
Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwandan troops have killed nine Hutu rebels in the first fighting since an unprecedented joint military operation against Rwandan Hutu rebels began this week.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/200912423471425758.html
Iraq blast kills five policemen:
Militants detonated a pick-up truck full of explosives next to a police convoy as it drove northwest of Baghdad yesterday, killing five policemen, including a lieutenant-colonel, police said.
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U.S. occupation force kills Iraqi man, woman in their bed:
An Iraqi couple was killed in their bed Saturday morning as their daughter slept between them when U.S. forces raided their home.
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Turkey, Iraq, US to have joint command center in Arbil:
Turkey, Iraq and the United States have agreed to set up a joint command center in northern Iraq to gather intelligence to fight the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which has bases in the region, Iraqi Foreign Minister Hoshyar Zebari said on Friday.
tinyurl.com/c4468m
Israel to keep Gaza crossings closed:
Under its ceasefire, Hamas has given Israel until Sunday to open the borders.
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Hamas agrees to allow Fatah forces to patrol Rafah crossing:
Also on Saturday, Hamas officials laid out some of their conditions for a continuation of the Gaza truce and for the release of captured Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058242.html
Infant dies after inhaling white phosphorus:
A six-month old Palestinian infant died on Sunday after Israeli forces shelled Gaza with white phosphorus mortar bombs.
tinyurl.com/bzpogq
Israel admits using white phosphorous in attacks on Gaza:
After weeks of denying that it used white phosphorus in the heavily populated Gaza Strip, Israel finally admitted yesterday that the weapon was deployed in its offensive.
tinyurl.com/b262bo
Israeli commanders in crosshairs for war crimes:
Israel has taken measures to protect the identity of Gaza war commanders as the case for war crimes in the populated area gains momentum.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83570§ionid=351020202
Israeli PM in war crimes pledge:
Any Israeli soldiers accused of war crimes in the Gaza Strip will be given state protection from prosecution overseas, the country’s PM has said.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7850085.stm
Israel may fund Gaza war with US loan guarantees:
“The government must use the US loan guarantees to raise money abroad – a step that needs US approval – to prevent a problem in the domestic market,” Gabai said. In 2003, the US awarded Israel as much as $9 billion in guarantees.
www.busrep.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=561&fArticleId=4807307
Hamas Government Offices Reopen in Gaza:
The Hamas government has reopened for business in Gaza, though most of its offices were bombed by Israel. So officials set up tables in the rubble or worked from their cars.
www.voanews.com/english/2009-01-25-voa15.cfm?rss=topstories
Assad congratulates Hamas on ‘victory’ over IDF in Gaza: ,
Assad told Meshal, currently in exile in Damascus, that the Palestinian peoples’ response to Israel Defense Forces operation “Cast Lead” was evidence of their “commitment to their inalienable rights to their land and homes, and of their deep faith in their ultimate victory over occupation and aggression.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058257.html
Erdogan: Israel broke 6-month truce:
“We must consider that Hamas fully abided by the truce agreement with Israel for six months, even though Israel did not,” Erdogan said in an interview with Al-Hayat.
tinyurl.com/c57sem
US seizing of Iranian ship ‘a covert op’:
The interception of an Iranian arms ship by the US Navy in the Red Sea last week likely was conducted as a covert operation and is being played down by the US military due to the lack of a clear legal framework for such operations, an American expert on Iran told The Jerusalem Post on Saturday evening.
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U.S. congressman: Give talks with Iran no more than 3 months:
The Obama administration should devote no more than about three months to dialogue with Iran, the chairman of the United States’ House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee, Howard Berman, has told Haaretz.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1048341.html
Report: Iran’s uranium supply could run out within months:
Western powers believe that Iran’s supply of yellow cake uranium, the material required to manufacture nuclear weapons, could run out within months, the Times of London reported on Saturday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1058244.html
West seeks to deny Iran nuclear fuel:
Western powers believe Iran is running short of raw uranium for its nuclear programme and are urging producer nations not to sell to Tehran, The Times reported yesterday.
tinyurl.com/coodd2
Iran Discovers New Uranium Deposits:
Iran said Tuesday it had found uranium ore at three new sites in the center of the country, an announcement that appeared designed as a fresh challenge to the drive by the United States and allies to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
tinyurl.com/djfsol
Bolivia votes on new constitution:
Bolivians went to the polls on Sunday to vote on a new constitution which would give more power to the country’s indigenous majority, promote reform on agricultural land and allow President Evo Morales to seek re-election for another term.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/26/content_10719817.htm
Minister unleashes savage attack on ‘masters of the Universe’ over recession:
Britain’s banking system was less than three hours away from collapse before the Government’s first bail out, Gordon Brown’s City Minister revealed last night.
tinyurl.com/bs7j9e
Lights go out across Britain as recession hits home:
Electricity demand falls as economy slows at fastest rate since 1980.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/24/recession-britain