Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,320,110"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,278
icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$664,414,980,911
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Obama’s 100 Days
The Mad Men Did Well
By John Pilger
In advertising terms, Bush was a “brand collapse” whereas Obama, with his toothpaste advertisement smile and righteous clichés, is a godsend. At a stroke, he has seen off serious domestic dissent to war, and he brings tears to the eyes, from Washington to Whitehall.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22514.htm
The Taliban’s Roads to Kabul
By Patrick Cockburn
All other roads around the capital are permanently or intermittently under Taliban control. The father of the Education Minister was recently kidnapped when he went to attend a family funeral in his home province.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22513.htm
The US Should Cut Military Spending In Half
By Benjamin H. Friedman
To really keep us safe, we should slash defense spending. Americans should prepare for fewer wars, not different ones. Far from providing our defense, our military posture endangers us. It drags us into others’ conflicts, provokes animosity, and wastes resources.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22516.htm
Face to Face with History
By Martin Jacques
The way many Arabs in Israel are treated as second-class citizens, and the brutality and cruelty shown during the Israeli assault on Gaza early this year, are eloquent testimony to the racism endemic in Israel.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22515.htm
A New Low for America
Cheney’s Twisted World
By Andy Worthington
Al-Libi’s story is, of course, disturbing enough as evidence of the utter contempt with which the Bush administration’s warmongers treated both the truth and the American public.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22517.htm
Flying Pigs, Tamiflu and Factory Farms
By F. William Engdahl
Mexican authorities have reported that the number of deaths confirmed from so-called Swine Flu is 7 not the 150 or more bandied in the media. Cases were being reported hourly from Canada to Spain and beyond. The only thing wrong with this story is that it is largely based on lies, hype and coverup of possible real causes of Mexican deaths.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22518.htm
Pakistan says 50 Taliban killed in Buner operation:
Pakistani security forces have killed 50 Taliban and lost one soldier in an operation to drive the militants out of the strategic valley 100 km (60 miles) northwest of Islamabad, a military spokesman said on Wednesday.
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Taliban Militants Kidnap More Than 50 Pakistani Security Forces:
Pakistani airstrikes killed dozens of Taliban fighters in a fierce struggle to drive them from a district near the capital, while the militants took over police stations and kidnapped more than 50 security forces, the army said.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,518364,00.html
U.S. attack kills 8 in Pakistan:
According to initial reports reaching here, American unmanned aircraft fired two missiles at a house situated in Kanigoram area of South Waziristan, killing at least eight people.
paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=214280
US occupation forces claims killing of 42 Taliban in Afghanistan
A coalition airstrike killed 23 suspected Taliban militants Wednesday in the Langar area of Tarin Kot, the provincial capital of the southern province of Uruzgan, after the militants attacked an Afghan and US-led coalition patrol in the area, the US military said in a statement.
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Occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan to be named:
The soldier was killed instantly while he was on a foot patrol alongside the Afghan army near Forward Operating Base Keenan, northeast of Gereshk, the Ministry of Defence said in a statement.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090429/wl_uk_afp/afghanistanunrestbritaintoll
Taliban announce new Afghan ‘operation’:
‘Operation Nasrat’ (Victory), to be launched on Tuesday, would also target Afghan officials and international diplomats with a wave of suicide bombings and attacks, claimed a statement from the extremist militia.
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US ‘losing control’ in Afghanistan:
Richard Armitage, a former US deputy secretary of state, has told Al Jazeera that the conflict in Afghanistan may be “spinning out of control”.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/04/200942903158769529.html
Baghdad car bombings kill at least 41: –
Two almost simultaneous car bombs today in Baghdad’s Sadr City neighborhood killed at least 41 people and wounded 68, contributing to rising concerns that a new wave of violence in Iraq
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Soldier said he wanted to shoot civilians, jury told: –
A former Army soldier accused of raping an Iraqi girl and killing her and three members of her family told a superior that the rules of combat were unfair and that he wanted to shoot civilians, one of his commanding officers testified yesterday.
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10 Turkish soldiers killed in attacks:
A roadside bomb killed nine Turkish soldiers in an armored personnel carrier Wednesday in southeastern Turkey, making it the deadliest attack by suspected Kurdish rebels in six months, officials said.
www.adn.com/nation/story/776778.html
Iran says reports of attack on Iran’s vessel “psychological warfare”:
The report is “false” and it is the “product of a propaganda machine against the Tehran government,” the local Satellite Press TV quoted the official in a similar report.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-04/29/content_11283527.htm
AIPAC pushing for new Iran sanctions bill?:
Influential Israeli lobby group in the US, AIPAC is to push for a newly crafted resolution designed to choke off Iranian gas imports.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=92854§ionid=3510203
Act of war? US Senators Move To Wring Gasoline Out of Iran:
The US Senate has added its voice to the US House of Representatives in a newly-crafted resolution designed to choke off Iranian gas imports.
www.energytribune.com/articles.cfm?aid=1676
Obama congratulates Israel on turning 61 :
U.S. president says bond with Israel ‘unshakeable as ever’
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1081816.html
If Only They Could See:
Mohammed Al-Sheikh Yousef could save his eyesight if only he could cross the border out of Gaza. He was denied a permit by Israel; he got one from Egypt, but not for someone to accompany him. And he can’t go on his own because he cannot see very well.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=46645
Malaysia massacre ‘under review’:
The UK government is to review evidence about a 1948 massacre of unarmed Malaysian villagers by British troops, the BBC learns.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/default.stm
Osama Bin Laden Believed Dead By Pak Intel:
Zardari: Pakistan’s president said Monday his intelligence agencies believe Osama bin Laden may be dead, but he added there is no proof.
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Seven Colombian soldiers killed in clash with leftist rebels:
Seven Colombian soldiers were killed Wednesday in a clash with leftist rebels of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) in the northeastern Perija mountains, on the Venezuelan border.
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US Exports Fall By 30% :
The US economy continued to contract in the first quarter of 2009, led by the biggest fall in exports for 40 years.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8024839.stm
U.S. Economy Shrank at 6.1% Rate in First Quarter:
The 6.1% drop was much bigger than Wall Street expected and hardly different than a 6.3% plunge in the fourth quarter, when the recession that began in December 2007 deepened.
online.wsj.com/article/SB124100763955368325.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
GM to Eliminate More Than 1,000 Underperforming Dealers:
The Detroit-based automaker told dealers it plans to eliminate 1,000 to 1,200 underperforming dealers and to cut 450 stores with the elimination of the Pontiac, Saturn, Hummer and Saab brands, Susan Garontakos, a GM spokeswoman, said in an interview
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Guess Who’s Buying Chrylser and GM?:
It looks like the government is close to reaching a deal with Chrysler’s creditors, under which they’d write down most of the company’s debt. With a deadline for restructuring just days away, that’d clear the way for a merger with Fiat and, possibly, keep the company out of bankruptcy court.
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U.S. Home Prices Continued to Decline in February:
Phoenix has achieved the unwelcome distinction of becoming the first major American city where home prices have fallen by half since the middle of the decade, according to data released Tuesday.
www.nytimes.com/2009/04/29/business/economy/29econ.html?em
Credit Card Companies Snatch Social Security Payments:
Debt collectors for credit card companies and other creditors are now going after Social Security payments, which are supposed to be exempt from garnishment in such situations. Their tactics include freezing the bank accounts into which a beneficiary’s Social Security checks are direct-deposited.
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Home Prices in 20 U.S. Cities Declined :
Compared with a month earlier, home prices fell 2.2 percent in February, after a 2.8 percent decline in January, today’s report showed.
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Only 7 swine flu deaths, not 152, says WHO:
A member of the World Health Organisation (WHO) has dismissed claims that more than 150 people have died from swine flu, saying it has officially recorded only seven deaths around the world.
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