Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,331,578"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,302
icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$672,761,847,287
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Army Chief Says US Ready to be in Iraq 10 Years
By TOM CURLEY
The Pentagon is prepared to leave fighting forces in Iraq for as long as a decade despite an agreement between the United States and Iraq that would bring all American troops home by 2012, the top U.S. Army officer said Tuesday
informationclearinghouse.info/article22716.htm
Nuremberg Set a Valid Precedent for Trials of War-crime Suspects in Iraq’s Destruction
By Cesar Chelala
The Nuremberg Principles, a set of guidelines established after World War II to try Nazi Party members, were developed to determine what constitutes a war crime. The principles can also be applied today when considering the conditions that led to the Iraq war and, in the process, to the deaths of hundreds of thousands of people, many of them children, and to the devastation of a country’s infrastructure.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22719.htm
In Memory
By GRITtv
A tribute to the tens of thousands of Iraqis and Afghans who have died in these US wars.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22722.htm
The Silence of MoveOn
By Tom Hayden
What was MoveOn’s explanation for abandoning the peace movement in a meeting with a president the peace movement was key to electing?
informationclearinghouse.info/article22717.htm
Former Interrogator Rebukes Cheney for Torture Speech
3 Minute Video By Brave New Films
Cheney’s torture policy was directly responsible for the deaths of hundreds if not thousands of American servicemen and women.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22718.htm
Chevron, Shell and the True Cost of Oil
By Amy Goodman
The economy is a shambles, unemployment is soaring, the auto industry is collapsing. But profits are higher than ever at oil companies Chevron and Shell. Yet across the globe, from the Ecuadorian jungle, to the Niger Delta in Nigeria, to the courtrooms and streets of New York and San Ramon, Calif., people are fighting back against the world’s oil giants.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22723.htm
China warns Federal Reserve Over ‘Printing Money’
By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard
China has warned a top member of the US Federal Reserve that it is increasingly disturbed by the Fed’s direct purchase of US Treasury bonds.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22720.htm
Exploding Debt Threatens America
By John Taylor
Standard and Poor’s decision to downgrade its outlook for British sovereign debt from “stable” to “negative” should be a wake-up call for the US Congress and administration. Let us hope they wake up.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22721.htm
Toll in Pakistani suicide blast rises to 50 dead, 260 wounded:
More than 50 people, mostly policemen, have been confirmed killed, according to hospital and police sources, while over 260 were wounded, amid fear of a rise in the death toll as several of the wounded were in critical condition.
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Pakistani forces kill 12 Taliban in Swat :
Army spokesman Major General Athar Abbas said one soldiers was also killed and three others wounded during the firefight with the insurgents.
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US bomber violates Pakistani airspace:
A United States B-52 bomber aircraft on Tuesday violated Pakistan’s airspace over North Waziristan Agency. The violation came early morning near the Pak-Afghan border in Mera Din areas of Goreek and Shawaal. The US bomber flew over the Pakistani territory for nearly an hour in brief intervals. Residents of the area expressed concern and anger over the airspace violation by the US aircraft. haji mujtaba
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28 killed in Afghanistan violence:
Air strikes, gunbattles and attacks killed 28 people across Afghanistan on Wednesday, including a Government official shot dead with three of his sons near the Pakistani border, officials said.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/28/2582685.htm?section=justin
Ten die as insurgents shell presidential residence in Mogadishu:
Ten people were killed and several others were wounded after mortar shells fired by insurgent fighters missed the Presidential Place in Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-05/27/content_11440185.htm
Iraq: Five, including US occupation force soldier, killed in Iraq blast:
A roadside explosion targeting an American patrol killed five people, including an American soldier, west of the Iraqi capital on Wednesday, an interior ministry official and the US military said.
www.albawaba.com/en/news/246754
Roadside Bomb Kills 3 Near Fallujah:
A U.S. soldier and two civilians were killed in Iraq when their vehicle hit an improvised explosive device, the U.S. Military said Tuesday.
www.postchronicle.com/news/breaking
news/article_212233137.shtml?ref=rss
Guardian says being sued by Iraqi intelligence:
Iraq’s intelligence service is suing the Guardian newspaper for defamation, after it ran a story describing Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki’s administration as “increasingly autocratic,” the newspaper said.
uk.reuters.com/article/domesticNews/
idUKTRE54Q3KX20090527?rpc=401&
On the Verge of a Hezbollah State:
The Secretary General of Hezbollah, Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, delivered a speech on Friday at a graduation ceremony in which he launched a strong attack on the March 14 Coalition and spoke about Hezbollah’s capabilities in running the Lebanese state.
aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=3&id=16751
Full text of Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah speech:
“I would like to underline that since the establishment of Hezbollah, we have had good relations with our Druze brothers, not only in Mount Lebanon, but across Lebanon, with all their leaders and their religious authorities. We never sensed a problem between Shiites and Druze in general and between Hezbollah and the Druze in particular.”
www.tayyar.org/Tayyar/News/Political
News/en-US/128878025132876248.htm
France opens UAE military base:
France has opened its first military base in the Gulf Arab region, with French officials saying the facility will strengthen efforts to battle piracy and defend trade.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast
/2009/05/20095266227614925.html
North Korea Threatens Armed Strike, End to Armistice:
North Korea threatened a military response to South Korean participation in a U.S.-led program to seize weapons of mass destruction, and said it will no longer abide by the 1953 armistice that ended the Korean War.
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Russia fears North Korea conflict could turn nuclear:
Russia is taking security measures as a precaution against the possibility tension over North Korea could escalate into nuclear war, news agencies quoted officials as saying on Wednesday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1088606.html
In Case You Missed It:
US war plan to topple Kim Jong-il:
The plan, known as Operations Plan 5030, would reportedly allow provocative actions by US forces before a war started, with the apparent aim of destabilising and topp-ling the regime of Kim Jong-il.
www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/07/14/1058034939261.html
Shell ‘played role in activist executions’:
Royal Dutch Shell is due in court on Wednesday this week to face charges of being complicit in the execution of Nigerian activist Ken Saro-Wiwa 14 years ago.
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Briton to sue for MI5 torture claim:
A British man who was detained in Bangladesh has threatened legal action against the UK government, saying its security services were complicit in his torture.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/05/20095279342633925.html
China Is Now in Firm Control of U.S. Debt Market:
It is hilarious listening to the propagandists try to “spin” the events in bond and currency markets to make it sound like the U.S. government is still operating from a position of strength.
seekingalpha.com/article/139505-china-
is-now-in-firm-control-of-u-s-debt-markets
GM bankruptcy ‘inevitable’:
General Motors, the US car manufacturer, is facing bankruptcy after creditors rejected a proposal to swap $27bn in debt for 10 per cent of the company’s stock.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/05/2009527163853947169.html
Home prices fall at record pace in first quarter:
The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller National Home Price index reported home prices tumbled by 19.1 percent in the first quarter compared to the first quarter last year, the largest drop in its 21-year history. Home prices have fallen 32.2 percent since peaking in the second quarter of 2006.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/30940713
Daily Presidential Tracking Poll:
The Rasmussen Reports daily Presidential Tracking Poll for Wednesday shows that 34% of the nation’s voters now Strongly Approve of the way that Barack Obama is performing his role as President. Twenty-nine percent (29%) Strongly Disapprove
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