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 4,236
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$592,144,932,132
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Israeli Troops Killed Gaza Children Carrying White Flag
By Dion Nissenbaum
The Israeli military, which Prime Minister Ehud Olmert called “the most moral army in the world,” said it’s investigating the increasing number of war crimes allegations, but it rejected any suggestion that its soldiers had targeted civilians.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21859.htm
Abbas to Tell Visiting U.S. Envoy: Israel Does Not Want Peace
By Reuters
In his first news conference in the Palestinian territories since Israel launched its 22-day offensive on December 27 that killed some 1,300 people in Gaza, Abbas also said he would back international efforts to prosecute Israel for war crimes.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21861.htm
Finkelstein slams Israeli ‘massacre’ of Gaza civilians
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Dr. Norman Finkelstein speaking at the University of Alberta on January 22, 2009. His talk dealt with Israel’s responsibility in the situation in Gaza and the history of the Israel-Palestine conflict.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21860.htm
Neither The US Nor Israel Is A “Genuine Party To Peace.”
By Noam Chomsky
The most significant acts to undermine a peaceful settlement are the daily US-backed actions in the occupied territories, all recognized to be criminal: taking over valuable land and resources and constructing what the leading architect of the plan, Ariel Sharon, called “Bantustans” for Palestinians.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21858.htm
Let’s Rethink Military Escalation in Afghanistan Before It’s Too Late
By ZP Heller
Why is our government sending an additional 30,000 US soldiers to Afghanistan? So far, not even members of the Obama administration seem able to answer this question.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21863.htm
Astonishing Incongruities
Is It Time to Bail Out of the US?
By Paul Craig Roberts
How can President Obama even think about fighting wars half way around the world while California cannot pay its bills, while Americans are being turned out of their homes, while, as Business Week reports, retirees will work throughout their retirement (which assumes that there will be jobs), while careers are being destroyed and stores and factories shuttered.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21867.htm
The Obama Spectacle
History, Hypocrisy, and Empire
By Larry Pinkney
Let us commit and re-commit ourselves to the struggle for systemic change in this nation, and not be duped by this latest dose of U.S. hypocrisy in the person of Barack Obama.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21862.htm
Too Big to Fail, Too Big to Jail
By Amy Goodman
Without thorough, aggressive, public investigations of the full spectrum of crimes alleged of the Bush administration, there will be no accountability, and the complete record of this chapter of U.S. history will never be written.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21866.htm
The United Haters of America
By Guy Reel
Somewhere deep inside the authoritarian minds of the ultra right-wingers, the fear, helplessness and paranoia that have always been so evident have reached the boiling point. For them, Obama’s election and, perhaps even more so, the sight of him standing on the Capitol steps and taking the oath of office, have brought home a grim truth.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21865.htm
My Future As An Arms Manufacturer
By Terry Jones
I’ve decided to start manufacturing weapons. Nothing too ambitious, just some small arms, a few automatic weapons, and maybe a couple of bombs. You know the sort of thing. It’s not that I’m keen on killing people. I haven’t actually killed anyone myself yet. It’s all to do with economics.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21864.htm
Pakistan: Seven militants among 18 killed in Swat Operation:
At least 18 people, including seven militants’ were killed and 11 others were wounded as security forces continued to pound militants’ positions here on Wednesday.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210673
U.S. must stop drone attacks : PM Gilani:
“I want to put on record that we do not have any agreement between the government of the United States and the government of Pakistan,” Gilani told an American news channel in an interview at the World Economic Forum.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210669
Pakistan rips U.S. missile strikes in its border area :
Pakistan on Wednesday strongly criticized the U.S. missile strikes inside its borders, saying the strikes were “counter-productive” to its efforts to counter terrorism.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-01/28/content_10731044.htm
Pakistan: Former minister urges downing of US drones: –
If United States aircraft continue to carry out airstrikes inside Pakistan, the Pakistani Air Force should shoot them down, a former interior minister, Lt. Gen. Hamid Nawaz told journalists on Wednesday.
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.2959735133
Two NATO occupation force soldiers among 7 ‘killed’ in southern Afghanistan region: :
Nato said two of its troops were killed Tuesday in southern Afghanistan, where an official said five Taleban fighters died in another clash.
www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=27834&ccid=11
Roadside bomb kills four Afghans:
A roadside bomb has struck a vehicle carrying civilians in southern Afghanistan, killing four and wounding nine, police said.
tinyurl.com/bkja26
Taliban Killed Afghan Police :
The Taliban militants attacked a police checkpoint, killing two frontier policemen in Kunar province.
tinyurl.com/d4sqsy
A New Scheme by the Afghan Government to Prevent Civilian Casualties :
President Karzai has warned that he will call public vote, if foreign troops do not make their stand clear in a month.
tinyurl.com/bpze8o
Afghans want ‘foreigners’ out of Kabul:
Afghans living on the main motorway leading east out of Kabul have demanded that foreign troops be withdrawn from the area.
www.thenational.ae/article/20090128/FOREIGN/950969864/1002
Olmert to Mitchell: No Gaza crossings deal until Shalit issue resolved:
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert told U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell Wednesday afternoon that the border crossings into the Gaza Strip will not reopen permanently unless the issue of captive Israel Defense Forces soldier Gilad Shalit is resolved.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059406.html
Gazan children denied treatment abroad:
Despite her urgent need for surgery, Amira has been turned away at the border each time, said her aunt, Mona Ghirim. “Each morning we arrived at the crossing and the Egyptian soldiers cursed us and told us to go away.”
www.thenational.ae/article/20090128/FOREIGN/45452235/1001
Rightists in Israel predict dismal fate for Obama envoy’s efforts:
“I fear that this mission has absolutely no chance [of success],” Army Radio quoted Yisrael Beiteinu Chairman MK Avigdor Lieberman as saying.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059534.html
Abbas to Tell Visiting U.S. Envoy: Israel Does Not Want Peace:
In his first news conference in the Palestinian territories since Israel launched its 22-day offensive on December 27 that killed some 1,300 people in Gaza, Abbas also said he would back international efforts to prosecute Israel for war crimes.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21861.htm
Clinton: Israel has right to respond to Gaza rocket attacks:
“We support Israel’s right to self-defense. The [Palestinian] rocket barrages which are getting closer and closer to populated areas [in Israel] cannot go unanswered,” Clinton said in her first news conference at the State Department.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059209.html
Cairo against Iran aid delivery to Gaza:
Cairo has officially refused to give an Iranian relief ship permission to unload Gaza-bound humanitarian aid at an Egyptian seaport.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83955§ionid=351020202
Iran protests to Egypt over Gaza aid ship:
Iran lodged a protest with Egypt on Tuesday over its failure to allow an Iranian ship to unload aid for Gaza in an Egyptian port, Iranian media reported.
www.worldbulletin.net/news_detail.php?id=35653
Gaza detainee treatment ‘inhuman’:
Palestinians seized during Israel’s operation in Gaza faced “appalling” conditions and “inhuman” treatment, Israeli human rights groups have said
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7856372.stm
Venezuela gov’t: We’re honored Israel expelled our diplomats:
Venezuela’s government said Wednesday it was proud that Israel has expelled its diplomatic envoys, calling Israel’s leaders criminals
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059580.html
France summons Israeli envoy over Gaza shots:
France has summoned Israel’s ambassador to protest as French and other European diplomats were blocked for hours on the Jewish state’s border with the Gaza Strip and Israeli soldiers fired warning shots at their convoy.
www.alarabiya.net/articles/2009/01/28/65204.html
Egypt FM: Hezbollah, Hamas and Iran cooperate to provoke conflict :
Egypt’s Foreign Minister said that Egypt undermined Qatar’s attempts to arrange a formal Arab summit on Gaza earlier this month, arguing that it would have damaged “joint Arab action.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059565.html
Top U.S int’l official: There’s no way to stop Iran’s nuclear program:
The congressman, who has access to top secret information, indicated that an attack on Iran’s nuclear facilities would be “incredibly difficult and complex.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1059583.html
Two policemen killed in attack on Iraq polling station: .
Two policemen were killed on Wednesday in an attack on a school which is to be used as a polling station in the country’s provincial election at the weekend, a senior police officer told AFP.
www.focus-fen.net/?id=n168893
Iraqi civilian killed, three others injured in violent accidents:
An Iraqi civilian was killed and three others were injured by two seperate violent accidents in Kirkuk and Mosul northern Iraq, on Wednsday.
tinyurl.com/bxhppm
Big turnout as Iraqis vote in first stage of election:
Several hundred thousand Iraqis voted on Wednesday in the first stage of a landmark provincial election, the country’s first ballot since 2005, with officials reporting a high turnout.
tinyurl.com/aea54p
UN finds 100 killed by rebels:
AT least 100 bodies of people killed by Ugandan Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebels have been discovered in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN mission said today.
tinyurl.com/bgd5e9
Director of Madagascar’s main hospital says 43 killed in political violence:
Protesters set ablaze a building in the government broadcasting complex and an oil depot, shopping mall and private TV station linked to President Marc Ravalomanana after the government blocked an opposition radio station.
tinyurl.com/chlrxn
Yemen and Saudi al-Qaeda arms merge:
Al-Qaeda groups in Yemen and Saudi Arabia have announced they are merging their operations, raising fears of new attacks in the region.
tinyurl.com/c552jp
Putin calls financial crisis a ‘perfect storm’:
Putin refrained from blaming the United States for the crisis – but pointed out that just a year ago at Davos American delegates emphasized the U.S. economy’s fundamental stability.
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/01/28/ap5977304.html
Economic crisis to claim 51 Million jobs:
The economic downturn could result in the loss of up to 51 million jobs worldwide by the end of this year, a UN agency has predicted.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=83958§ionid=3510213
Financial crisis hangs over Davos:
The World Economic Forum has got under way in Davos, Switzerland, as the international monetary fund slashed its economic growth forecasts, predicting the severe financial crisis would brake global growth to the slowest pace in six decades.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/01/20091289810432575.html
Rioting Greeks, angry Germans and why the euro may well collapse:
The Brussels elite are pretending the question does not arise, but the financial world knows the question is there, hanging over the entire European Union economy: is the single European currency going to break apart?
tinyurl.com/d6mqmb
Europe’s winter of discontent:
Thursday’s French national strike reflects growing despair on the Continent with the way governments are handling the recession, says Adrian Michaels.
tinyurl.com/bf47yu
Boeing to cut 10,000 jobs:
Plane maker announces an additional 5,500 job cuts as demand for new aircraft is expected to remain weak.
money.cnn.com/2009/01/28/news/economy/Boeing_job_cuts/
How top financiers paid themselves £1bn before the wheels fell off:
A dozen senior bankers whose influence has shaped the financial world gave themselves pay awards valued at more than £1bn before the credit crunch spectacularly exposed the fragility of the profits they appeared to have secured for shareholders.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/28/executive-salaries-banking1