Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,311,696"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,251
icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$600,252,605,395
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Change? What Change?
U.S. To Leave Residual Force Of 50,000 In Iraq After “Pullout”
By ANNE GEARAN
“I think a limited number of those that remain will conduct combat operations against terrorists, assisting Iraqi security forces,” Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. “By and large you’re talking about people who we would classify as enablers, support troops.”
informationclearinghouse.info/article22102.htm
“For This I Blame America”
Afghanistan: Chaos Central
By Chris Sands
Civilians are paying a heavier price. Caught between a rapidly developing insurgency and an occupation force over-reliant on air strikes, they are dropping like flies: according to the UN, 1,445 were killed from January to August 2008 alone.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22104.htm
Most Americans Support Decision to Add Occupation Troops in Afghanistan
By The Washington Post
About two-thirds of Americans support President Obama’s decision to send approximately 17,000 additional U.S. military forces to Afghanistan, and, in stark contrast to the sour public reception of former president George W. Bush’s “surge” of troops in Iraq, support for Obama’s move crosses party lines, according to a new Washington Post-ABC News poll.
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Obama’s Afghan “Surge” Sows Seeds Of New Wars
By Keith Jones
The struggle against war requires the mobilization of the international working class as an independent political force in the struggle against capitalism and the outmoded nation-state system in which it is historically rooted.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22106.htm
Bailing Out With No Objections
How altruistic and honest about peace are nations willing to be?
By Raymond G. Wilson
Should there be any doubts in the minds of people of the earth as to the desires of the United States for world peace with justice and fairness for all nations, proposal of this plan by the United States government to the United Nations would put such doubts to rest. It would renew the faith of many Americans that their own government was not imperialistic.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22107.htm
Casino Capitalism.
How Credit Unions Survived the Crash
By Ralph Nader
Eighty five million Americans belong to credit unions which are not-for-profit cooperatives owned by their members who are depositors and borrowers. Your neighborhood or workplace credit union did not invest in these notorious speculative derivatives nor did they offer people “teaser rates” to sign on for a home mortgage they could not afford.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22105.htm
The U.S. Economy: Designed to Fail
By Richard C. Cook
Neither President Obama, nor his Democratic supporters or Republican antagonists, should feel badly about what is happening. This is because the system they have been given to work with was designed to fail.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22103.htm
The California Budget and Class War
By Ann Robertson
On February 19, the California legislature, after weeks of wrangling, passed a special budget to address the historically high $42 billion deficit. It represents an unadulterated washout for working people who are attacked on almost every front by the Democratic Party, which controls a broad majority in the legislature.
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In Case You Missed it
“As The Arabs See The Jews”
By King Abdullah – The American Magazine November, 1947
This fascinating essay, written by King Hussein’s grandfather King Abdullah, appeared in the United States six months before the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. King Abdullah also asks how Jews can claim a historic right to Palestine, when Arabs have been the overwhelming majority there for nearly 1300 uninterrupted years? The essay ends on an ominous note, warning of dire consequences if a peaceful solution cannot be found to protect the rights of the indigenous Arabs of Palestine.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22108.htm
Civilians dead in Somalia clashes:
At least 48 civilians have been killed in two-days of fighting between Somali rebel fighters and African Union (AU) peacekeepers in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, a rights group said.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/02/200922511163477931.html
Four British troops killed by Taleban in a single day:
FOUR British servicemen died yesterday from injuries sustained during incidents in Afghanistan, the Ministry of Defence confirmed last night.
Three soldiers died when a bomb struck their Land Rover in the south of the country. The three, who have not been named, were from 1st Battalion The Rifles, and were on a routine escort operation in Gereshk district in Helmand province yesterday
news.scotsman.com/latestnews/Four-British-troops-killed-by.5017382.jp
4,000 Muslim Brits Join Taliban:
THOUSANDS of British-born Muslims have joined the Taliban in Afghanistan. UK troops say they are facing a mini civil war as more Brits head out to fight for the enemy.
www.dailystar.co.uk/news/view/70883/4-000-Muslim-Brits-join-Taliban/
Patrick Cockburn: Warning to the US: beware treating Afghanistan like Iraq:
It’s a mistake to think that ‘failed states’ won’t put up strong resistance
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Taliban call for peace with Afghans:
The Taliban are willing to work with all Afghan groups to achieve peace, but the problems of Afghanistan can only be solved if foreign troops withdraw from the country, a senior insurgent leader said.
www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=1331330
Taliban Kill Man As “Gift To Obama” – Pakistan Police:
Taliban militants beheaded an Afghan in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region after accusing him of spying for the U.S., local police said Thursday.
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Pakistan’s Sharif urges protests:
The call came after the country’s supreme court banned on Wednesday Sharif and his brother, Shahbaz Sharif, from contesting elections – a move likely to sow political instability.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/02/20092264237545442.html
Pakistani Army colonel ‘was involved’ in Mumbai terror attacks:
Police in Mumbai have accused a serving officer in the Pakistan Army of being involved in the terrorist attacks on the city that killed more than 170 people in November.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article5806381.ece
Iraq: 2 Soldiers Killed:
Two Iraqi soldiers were killed and 10 people wounded, including eight students, when a roadside bomb exploded on Thursday morning near an Iraqi army patrol on a road to Baghdad University in southern Baghdad, police said.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db9
00SID/MUMA-7PM9Y5?OpenDocument
U.S. To Leave Residual Force Of 50,000 In Iraq After “Pullout”:
“I think a limited number of those that remain will conduct combat operations against terrorists, assisting Iraqi security forces,” Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said. “By and large you’re talking about people who we would classify as enablers, support troops.”
informationclearinghouse.info/article22102.htm
Obama to spend $200b on war in 2009:
President Barack Obama intends to ask the US Congress for more than USD 200 billion to cover the country’s war spending.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86838§ionid=3510203
Change? What Change:
Obama seeks US$663.7b for 2010 defence spending:
President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a 663.7 billion dollar defence budget, up a modest 1.5 percent on 2009, but projected a sharp decline in spending on wars in Iraq and Afghanistan in the coming years.
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/411785/1/.html
‘Honest’ Obama budget sees huge deficit:
US President Barack Obama has unveiled his budget proposal for 2010, which projects a deficit of $1.75 trillion for the current fiscal year.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=86870§ionid=3510203
Pentagon allows media coverage of deceased US soldiers:
The US military will allow news media coverage of the return of the remains of service members fallen in Iraq and Afghanistan, a reversal of George Bush’s policy of secreting the flag-draped coffins back into the country, under a change announced at the Pentagon today.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/feb/
26/pentagon-media-dead-soldiers-usa
Barak Says Israel will ‘Stop at Nothing’ to Deny Iran Nukes:
Outgoing Defense Minister Ehud Barak sounded an urgent tone regarding Iran’s development of nuclear weapons in a speech he delivered in Netanya Wednesday evening.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/130150
US statement says it will seek to end Iran’s nuclear ambitions;
Iran says it has none: Mohammad Khazee said in a statement that Iran will never try to acquire nuclear weapons and called the allegation that the country engages in terrorism “baseless and absurd.”
www.orlandosentinel.com/news/nationwo
rld/sns-ap-un-un-us-iran,0,6353922.story
Embrace commandment of war, Hesder students told:
Tel Aviv Chief Rabbi Yisrael Meir Lau delivered a speech expressing hope that Israel would embark on preemptive wars rather than wait for “the enemy to come here… and see the whites of our eyes.”
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?pagename=
JPost/JPArticle/ShowFull&cid=1235410716304
Palestinian factions agree on unity:
The Egyptian-brokered talks in Cairo between 12 different groups began on Thursday and follow 18 months of disharmony between the Gaza Strip and the West Bank.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2009/02/2009226164149524841.html
Barak: We’re headed toward truce with Hamas:
The Labor Party is attempting to recuperate from a humiliating election, in which the party won a dismal 13 of the 120 Knesset seats, but the tense atmosphere among party members caused a Labor conference held in Tel Aviv on Thursday to end on a sour note.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067273.html
Israel’s next government will be ‘more Jewish and more Zionist’:
Israel’s next government will be “more Jewish and more Zionist”, the confident faction leader of the right-wing National Union party declared Thursday, following coalition talks with members of Prime Minister-designate Benjamin Netanyahu’s Likud party.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1067201.html
UN radio: Dozens killed in clashes in south Sudan:
Two days of clashes between local government troops and militia in a southern Sudan town killed at least 14 civilians and scores of fighters, a U.N. spokesman said Thursday.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/02/26/
africa/AF-Sudan-Southern-Clashes.php
Britain Admits Complicity in U.S. Rendition:
In a stunning reversal, Britain’s government admitted Wednesday that it participated in the ‘extraordinary rendition’ to Afghanistan of two terror suspects captured in Iraq.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=45901
FBI raids Iranian-born rocket scientist’s office:
A nuclear space power institute at the University of Florida was raided Wednesday by the FBI.
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Obama forecasts $1,750bn deficit:
The budget would see George W. Bush’s tax cuts for the wealthiest expire by 2011 and introduce new tax increases on families earning $250,000 or more to pay for healthcare expansion.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/6178d80e-03f7-11de-845b-000077b07658.html
Grim US data show deepening downturn:
New US jobless claims unexpectedly spiked last week, reaching the highest level since 1982 as companies continued cutting jobs.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/b5f0a378-0418-11de-845b-000077b07658.html
The worst business loss in UK history:
Royal Bank of Scotland came a step closer to full-scale nationalisation today as the bank unveiled a record £24.1 billion loss and plans to raise up to £25.5 billion from the taxpayer.
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UK: RBS ex-boss urged to cut pension:
Chancellor Alistair Darling told the BBC of the government’s approach after it emerged that Sir Fred is drawing a pension of £650,000 a year. Although he is only 50, he is entitled to the payment for life, with a pension pot worth £16m.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7911532.stm
2 Money Managers Held in New Wall St. Fraud Case:
Their supposed investment prowess lured hundreds of millions of dollars from public pension funds and universities and earned the two lavish trappings of success: stately homes, a stake in the New York Islanders and, for Mr. Greenwood, a horse farm that once belonged to Paul Newman.
www.nytimes.com/2009/02/26/business/
26scam.html?_r=2&ref=business
Housing Price Decline Accelerates:
For the fourth consecutive month, prices declined in all twenty cities in the index
www.cepr.net/index.php/data-bytes/housing-
market-monitor/housing-price-decline-accelerates/
California’s Newly Poor Push Social Services to Brink:
In California’s Contra Costa County, 40,000 families are applying for just 350 affordable-housing vouchers. Church-operated pantries are running out of food. Crisis calls have more than doubled in the city of Antioch, where the Family Stress Center occupies the site of a former bank.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=
20601109&sid=as3PyDwmDEQY&refer=home
McDonald’s to charge more in poorer suburbs:
McDONALD’S is lifting prices in poorer suburbs where it believes consumers are more likely to accept higher charges without complaint.
www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,27574,25107277-3102,00.html