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
$592,983,731,884
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Saudi Patience Is Running Out
By Turki al-Faisal
Not only have the Israeli Defence Forces murdered more than 1,000 Palestinians, but they have come close to killing the prospect of peace itself. Unless the new US administration takes forceful steps to prevent any further suffering and slaughter of Palestinians, the peace process, the US-Saudi relationship and the stability of the region are at risk.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21871.htm
Gaza Invasion: Powered By The U.S.
By Robert Bryce
It’s well known that the U.S. supplies the Israelis with much of their military hardware. Over the past few decades, the U.S. has provided about $53 billion in military aid to Israel. What’s not well known is that since 2004, U.S. taxpayers have paid to supply over 500 million gallons of refined oil products — worth about $1.1 billion — to the Israeli military.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21868.htm
Turkey’s Erdogan Walks Out Of Davos Over Israel’s Attacks On Gaza
1 Minute Video
Arriving back in Istanbul, he received a hero’s welcome from a huge crowd at the airport.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21876.htm
The Final Solution is a No-State Solution
By William Bowles
It was either in 1941 or maybe 1942 that the Nazis implemented the ‘Final Solution’, the extermination of all ‘non-Aryan’ peoples that included not only the Jews but also the Roma and the Serbs. So the term Holocaust is not copyright © the Jewish ‘race’ in spite of their appropriation of the Upper case.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21869.htm
From Gaza to Tehran
Israel Asserting Middle East Supremacy
By James Petras
Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany bombed, invaded and annexed countries and territories as a prelude to their quest for World Empire. Israel’s drive for regional dominance has followed in their footsteps, imitating their style.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21878.htm
Israeli Ambassador Warns of Attack on Iran
1 Minute Video
The Israeli Ambassador in Australia asks for the media to stop filming after letting slip plans concerning Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21874.htm
Dirty Business, Dirty Wars
U.S.-Latin American Relations in the 21st Century
By Cyril Mychalejko
Washington has been quietly using the war on drugs, the war on terrorism, and a neo-cold war ideology to institutionalize a militarism in the region that risks returning us to the not so far off days of “dirty wars.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21870.htm
George Bush’s Gift To The World
The End of American Imperialism
By David Michael Green
George Bush left us many gifts, but perhaps the greatest of them is that he has ruined the sport of imperialism in America, maybe forever.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21872.htm
Bush Officials Authorized Torture of US Citizen, Lawyers Say
By John Byrne
Attorneys for US citizen Jose Padilla — who was convicted of material support for terrorist activities in 2007 — say that high-level Bush Administration officials knew their client was being tortured during the time he was held an enemy combatant in a South Carolina brig.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21873.htm
From Prison to Award for Iraq War Whistleblower
By Ray McGovern
On Jan. 26 in Copenhagen, I had the privilege to present to former Danish intelligence officer, Frank Grevil, the annual Sam Adams Award for Integrity in Intelligence.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21879.htm
California Pension Funds Close To Bankruptcy
By Kevin Martinez
The two largest pension funds in California, the California Public Employees’ Retirement System (CalPERS) and the California State Teachers’ Retirement System (CalSTRS), have lost billions of dollars in value. Hundreds of thousands of retiring state employees and teachers now face the stark choice of accepting much reduced pension checks or working past their retirement age.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21875.htm
Obama and the Drug of Hope
By Bryann Alexandros
“This resort to violence from the skies even before Obama had initiated discussions with Islamabad is a bad sign. It is not clear if Obama really believes that the fractious tribes of the Pakistani northwest can be subdued with some airstrikes and if he really believes that U.S. security depends on what happens in Waziristan.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21880.htm
Israel may take Gaza war to Iran:
Israel’s ambassador to Australia has suggested that the military campaign in the Gaza Strip was a “pre-introduction” to attacking Iran.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=84261§ionid=351020104
Mullen: Using force against Iran still an option:
American military force against Iran remains an option, though it would be a “last resort,” US Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said in response to a question from The Jerusalem Post Tuesday.
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1233050
189990&pagename=JPost/JPArticle/Printer
Change? What change?
US pours cold water over hopes of Iran deal: Officials moved to cool fevered expectations – and assuage lingering European concerns – about plans to thaw a 30 year freeze in US relations.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article5614805.ece
Netanyahu says Iran will not get nukes:
Likud’s Benjamin Netanyahu said if elected prime minister his first mission will be to block the Iranian nuclear threat.
tinyurl.com/am7t2u
Ahmadinejad: Erdogan humiliated Israel:
He hailed the Turkish premier and said that Erdogan’s act reflected the will of the Turkish nation and that of all nations in the region and he has the support of the public.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=84251§ionid=351020101
‘Hamas would recognise Israel within 1967 borders’:
Hamas would recognise Israel if it withdraws to its pre-1967 borders, a French Jewish writer said this week after meeting the exiled leader of the Palestinian Islamist movement, Khaled Meshaal.
www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=159644
Hamas Official Blames Rockets On Collaborators:
The rockets being fired from Gaza into Israel is the work of Israeli collaborators, says Ahmed Yusuf, political adviser to Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh. He says Hamas was willing to agree to a new cease-fire with Israel, but Israel hadn’t lived up to its end of the bargain.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=98794206&sc=emaf
Gaza: Dozens believed killed in reprisal attacks:
Suspected collaborators shot during and after war. Escaped criminals killed by relatives of their victims
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jan/30/hamas-reprisal-attacks
Spain’s probe of Israelis presents legal quandary:
Spanish war crimes case against Israeli officials renews debate on reach of law
tinyurl.com/de8dh3
Israel says Spain says it will amend war crimes law:
Israel said on Friday the Spanish government had said it would work to amend a law under which a Madrid court is to consider trying seven Israelis over the killing of Palestinians.
uk.reuters.com/article/email/idUKLU674010
The Torah Position on the Current Conflict in Gaza:
The Zionist ideology is antithetical to the Torah. Zionism was deviously designed to replace the Torah and its holy, God-given commandments with nationalistic, power-driven ideals that are devoid of holiness, godliness, or spirituality.
www.jewsagainstzionism.com/news/currentarticle.cfm?id=156
4 militants killed in southern Afghanistan:
The US-led coalition troops in Afghanistan killed four militants and arrested eight others during separate operations in southern Afghanistan.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210778
British occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan firefight:
The soldier, from 1st Battalion (The Rifles), died from injuries sustained during an exchange of fire north of Musa Qala town, in the troubled Helmand Province, a spokesman said.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090130/wl
_uk_afp/britainmilitaryafghanistantoll
Taliban warns US over Afghan plan:
The Taliban has warned Barack Obama, the new US president, that his plans to send more troops to Afghanistan will lead to more bloodshed.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/01/2009131134516273207.html
NATO High Commander Issues Illegitimate Order to Kill:
Top NATO commander John Craddock wants the alliance to kill opium dealers, without proof of connection to the insurgency. NATO commanders, however, do not want to follow the order.
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,604183,00.html
Nato split over order to strike Afghanistan drug smugglers:
A directive ordering Nato commanders to begin directly targeting drug smugglers and heroin factories in Afghanistan is being resisted by senior officers in the country.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5614564.ece
US-funded program to arm Afghan groups begins:
A U.S.-funded program to train and arm community members in Afghanistan’s most dangerous regions as a way to defend against the Taliban has begun, the country’s interior minister said Saturday.
tinyurl.com/blsoc4
Military convoy attacked in Pakistan, two killed:
Two soldiers were killed and three others were wounded Saturday when militants attacked a military convoy in a northern district, as military gunship helicopters continued to pound militants hideouts.
tinyurl.com/cpxd2g
Afghan Invasion, Missile Strikes Behind Terror Attacks: Survey: –
Pakistan is the focal point of world terror and suffered most due to terror attacks and the number of attacks in 2008 proved to be the worst in terms of deaths and injuries.
tinyurl.com/cjukh2
Pakistan will not get $1.5 bn in 2009:
A landmark US bill that recognised the role of Pakistan as US ally and the frontline state in combating terrorism and provided for $15 billion in economic assistance to Pakistan over the next 10 years beginning 2009, is legally dead even before it was debated and voted by either chamber of the US bicameral legislature.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?210801
U.S. Looks for Blackwater Replacement in Iraq:
As Iraq moved to force Blackwater Worldwide out of the country, the State Department asked two other American companies how quickly they could take over the company’s contract to provide personal security for American diplomats in Baghdad, several American officials said Thursday.
tinyurl.com/cvjdg9
Blackwater Mercs Likely to Stay in Iraq, Despite Gov’t Ban:
Iraq’s government says it won’t give Blackwater a license to operate in the country. So does that mean the firm’s cadre of tattooed gunslingers will be gone from Iraq, forever? Not exactly.
blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/blackwater-bann.html
New Somali president sworn in:
The ceremony in neighbouring Djibouti on Saturday came after Ahmed, who also led the Islamic Courts Union, won a run-off parliamentary vote.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/01/200913191343772174.html
Somalia: Counting the Cost After Ethiopia Withdraws:
The last Ethiopian troops have now left Mogadishu as part of an agreement between Somalia’s government and one major opposition faction, the Alliance for the Re-liberation of Somalia based in Djibouti (ARS-D) which is dominated by the Islamist movement known as the Union of Islamic Courts
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45619
Mayor ‘takes control’ in Madagascar:
Madagascar’s opposition leader has proclaimed himself in charge of the country following a week of violent protests that left at least 43 people dead.
tinyurl.com/c624by
North and South Korea stand on ‘the brink of war’:
The confrontaion between North and South Korea has escalated with Kim Jong-il’s regime claiming it was on the ‘brink of war’ after tearing up a non-aggression pact signed in 1991
tinyurl.com/amrmvk
Germany welcomes Russian deferral of Baltic missile plans:
‘I believe that the course will be set this year for disarmament policies over the next 10 years.’
tinyurl.com/dcxcfg
DEA quits Bolivia on Morales’ order:
The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration has removed all its agents from Bolivia, complying with orders by President Evo Morales, officials said.
tinyurl.com/dgouls
Hugo Chavez Urges Obama To Hand Over Cuban Exile:
Extradition of former CIA operative Luis Posada Carriles, accused of plotting the 1976 bombing of a Cuban jet that killed 73 people, could improve bilateral ties that have for years been frayed by a war of words between the Bush administration and Venezuela.
www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212204411.shtml
Fidel Castro demands Obama return Guantanamo base:
Fidel Castro demanded on Thursday that President Barack Obama return the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo to Cuba without conditions, and he accused the new U.S. leader of supporting “Israeli genocide” against Palestinians.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N29286719.htm
CAIR’s “Hamas Ties” Prompt FBI Cut Off:
The FBI has cut off communications with the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) in the wake of damning court evidence that ties the group’s founders to a Hamas-support network in America, the Investigative Project on Terrorism has learned.
tinyurl.com/djbl4x
US Mulls DoD Aid to Mexico in Drug War:
The number of homicides in the Juarez area has surged past 130 already this month, according to an El Paso Times tally, an increase over the 37 homicides recorded by Chihuahua state investigators in January 2008. Last year, 1,609 homicides occurred.
tinyurl.com/d6gbd9
More actions like this?
Levin office sit-in ends with arrests:
Three were protesting Detroit senator’s support of Israel
tinyurl.com/dar3fk
General Wants to Scan More U.S. Irises, Fingerprints:
Air Force Gen. Victor Renuart, the Pentagon’s homeland security commander, thinks one of the tools the military uses to combat insurgents in Iraq — the collection of biometric data — is needed here at home.
blog.wired.com/defense/2009/01/biometrics-need.html
Protesters rally in Mexico City:
Thousands of people in Mexico City have protested against what they say is the inadequate response by the government to growing economic problems in Mexico.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7862294.stm
French strikes:
Violence erupts as thousands gather to protest on ‘Black Thursday’: Hundreds of thousands of protesters marched through French cities, with violence erupting in some places, as part of a day of national strikes demanding pay rises and better protection for jobs.
tinyurl.com/apon3f
Strikes spread across Britain as oil refinery protest escalates:
Unofficial strikes break out in support of protest over use of foreign workers to carry out building project in Lincolnshire
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan/30/oil-refinery-dispute
Economic woes fuel Russian protests:
Russian police forcefully broke up many of the anti-government protests on Saturday, arresting dozens of demonstrators.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/01/2009131144430388409.html
Governments across Europe tremble as angry people take to the streets:
Greek farmers block the road into Bulgaria in protest at low prices for their produce. New figures from the biggest bank in the Baltic show that the three post-Soviet states there face the biggest recessions in Europe
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/jan
/31/global-recession-europe-protests
Lenders abruptly cut lines of credit:
As much as $2 trillion in consumer credit – nearly half of what is available – could be rescinded, according to an estimate by a prominent banking analyst.
tinyurl.com/bvmupd
Homelessness surges as funding falters:
Providers to the poor try to stretch meager resources to meet growing need
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/28916152/
The US Unemployment Rate:
Jobless rate is a full l0 percent higher than the government is reporting.
www.c-span.org/Watch/watch.aspx?MediaId=HP-A-14748
California is told to furlough employees:
A judge orders officials to implement Schwarzenegger’s plan to force 238,000 employees to take two days off without pay each month. The state is expected to shut down some services on those days.
tinyurl.com/awcy2b
46 Of 50 States Could File Bankruptcy In 2009-2010:
There is a high chance a majority of the States within the United States of America could file for Chapter 9 bankruptcy. There are currently 46 states with high budget deficits, Arizona being one of them.
tinyurl.com/d4vj3u
Three More Banks Failed On Friday:
The FDIC is often appointed as receiver for failed banks. This page contains useful information for the customers and vendors of these banks.
www.fdic.gov/bank/individual/failed/banklist.html