Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,339,771"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,661
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1374
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$680,231,692,218
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$226,161,388,002
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Historic Errors Made In 9/11 Aftermath
Eight years later there is more terrorism in the world and we are paying the price in Afghanistan
By Haroon Siddiqui
“If you wanted to be extreme, you’d say that the international community have shown, from the point of view of exaggerated fears, a kind of paranoia. And from the point of exaggerated response, a kind of megalomania.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23458.htm
Treason, Betrayal and Deceit: 9/11 and Beyond
By Alan Sabrosky.
AIPAC and company are riding a tiger in America, and if they ever slip, the resulting convulsion will be catastrophic for them and for Israel.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23460.htm
Demonizing Iran and Venezuela
Robert Morgenthau’s Black Propaganda
By ROBERT DREYFUSS
The intrepid Manhattan D.A. finds a new Cuban missile crisis brewing. This time, Venezuela is playing the role of Cuba, says Morgenthau, and Iran is taking on the part of Russia.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23457.htm
Reviewing President Rahm Emanuel’s Health Care Speech
By David Sirota
Not to be too much of a downer, but I found Obama’s speech tonight a big O-bummer.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23461.htm
Obama Tries On The Uniform
By David Michael Green
Tens of thousands of his campaign staff, volunteers and contributors had to resort to buying a full-page New York Times ad to let the guy know that they’ll find somebody else, thank you very much, in the 2012 primaries if this clown continues to serve Wall Street while ignoring every other street in America.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23459.htm
Whose Economic Recovery?
Has The US Economy Really Been Pulled Back From The Brink?
By Danny Schechter
Look around Mr. Obama: the unemployment rate in real terms is over 16%. The consumer economy is shattered. The commercial real estate market is imploding, and, yes, more foreclosures are on the way according to the Washington Post:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23462.htm
If You Think Corporations Run The Government Now…
By Chris Bowers
Then just wait and see what happens after, as expected, the Supreme Court allows corporations to spend unlimited amounts of money on behalf of their favored candidates:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23463.htm
At least 30 killed, 99 injured in separate attacks in Iraq:
In northern Iraq, 25 people died 43 were injured in a truck bombing in eastern Mosul. The vehicle blew up early morning in Kurdish-dominated Wardak village, security sources said.
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Pakistan: At least 15 militants killed in Swat valley:
At least 15 militants were killed during a search-and-cordon operation in Pakistan’s volatile Swat valley late on Wednesday, the military said in a statement. A large cache of arms, ammunition and explosives was seized during raids, it said.
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=3.0.3753202955
U.S. eyes military equipment in Iraq for Pakistan:
The Pentagon has proposed transferring U.S. military equipment from Iraq to Pakistani security forces to help Islamabad step up its offensive against the Taliban, according to officials and government documents.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090910/ts_nm/us_pakistan_usa_equipment
Negotiators shocked by special forces rescue raid on Taleban:
Hostage negotiators expressed shock and anger at Gordon Brown’s decision to approve a commando raid to free a kidnapped British journalist, saying that they were within days of securing his release through peaceful means.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6828338.ece
Afghan journalists slam NATO for abducted scribe’s death:
The statement also criticised NATO forces for leaving Munadi’s body behind in the area. It said that was a ‘double-standard’ and an ‘inhumane’ act.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/
2411cd3571b4f088/id/541350/cs/1/
Most Britons want troops withdrawn from Afghanistan – new poll:
Sixty per cent of Britons want the UK military to withdraw from or reduce its presence in Afghanistan, according to an international poll released today which showed that the British are the most hostile in western Europe to their troops’ presence in Afghanistan.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2009/sep/10/
poll-british-military-withdraw-afghanistan
International Criminal Court Prosecutor Eyeing War Crimes In Afghanistan:
The prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Wednesday he is collecting information on possible war crimes by NATO forces and the Taliban in Afghanistan.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/09/
international-criminal-co_0_n_281385.html
Censorship American Style: Hide the US War Dead from the American People:
The latest example of the hypocrisy of US authorities who claim to be concerned about the feelings of American military families, while really simply desiring to censor the war’s horrors from the eyes of the American people.
www.thiscantbehappening.net/?q=node/380
Afghan body throws out ballots from 83 voting sites:
The U.N.-backed commission investigating fraud in Afghanistan’s election issued its first orders Thursday to exclude some ballots from the final tally, throwing out votes from 83 polling stations in areas of strong support for President Hamid Karzai.
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17 Killed in Yemen Fighting:
At least 17 suspected Houthi fighters, named after the group’s leader Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, were killed overnight in clashes in the mountainous province of Saada, local news agencies reported on Thursday.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast
/2009/09/200991074838233510.html
Armenian troops ‘killed in clashes’:
Five Armenian soldiers have been killed in clashes with Azeri forces in the disputed region of Nagorno-Karabakh, according to Azerbaijain news agencies.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/09/200991011853716614.html
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran and Venezuela:
U.S. Says Iran Could Expedite Nuclear Bomb:
American intelligence agencies have concluded in recent months that Iran has created enough nuclear fuel to make a rapid, if risky, sprint for a nuclear weapon. But new intelligence reports delivered to the White House say that the country has deliberately stopped short of the critical last steps to make a bomb.
www.nytimes.com/2009/09/10/world/middleeast/10intel.html
IAEA’s ElBaradei knocks heads together on Iran:
He criticised countries – he did not name them but was clearly referring to Israel and France – who have suggested he hid evidence from his latest written report on Iran, pointing undeniably to illicit Iranian research into the making of atomic bombs.
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In case you missed it:
Iran nuclear “threat” hyped:
IAEA’s ElBaradei: Iran is not going to produce a nuclear weapon any time soon and the threat posed by its atomic program has been exaggerated, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief said in a published interview.
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE5811V120090902
Demonizing Iran and Venezuela:
The Emerging Axis of Iran and Venezuela:
The prospect of Iranian missiles in South America should not be dismissed.
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran and Venezuela:
Attention Disorder:
The Washington Post’s editors are concerned that Obama has an attention-deficit problem when it comes to Hugo Chavez. They trace Chavez’s cozy relationship with Ahmadinejad and the evidence uncovered by the New York City district attorney that Chavez has been acting as Iran’s banker to evade international sanctions.
www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/rubin/90952
Russian report: Netanyahu may be planning attack:
Kommersant paper quotes ‘informed Israeli’ source as saying ‘It can’t be ruled out that Israel may be ready to move on to decisive actions with regards to Iran, and Netanyahu decided to inform Kremlin of this’
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3775025,00.html
US Jewish leaders push Obama to act on Iran:
Several hundred Jewish leaders and activists are planning to arrive here Thursday to urge top Obama administration officials and US congressmen to take action on Iran
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Israeli settlers attack Palestinian village:
Residents said about 30 people from the Yitzhar settlement, a bastion of hardliners, entered the village, firing guns in the air and hurling rocks at windows.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090909/wl_mideast
_afp/mideastconflictpalestiniansettler
Netanyahu outflanks US to stall “peace” talks:
IT IS a common trait of politicians to say one thing and do another. But in dealing with peacemaking, Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has varied the tactic: he simultaneously makes a concession and negates it, producing confusion and stagnation.
news.scotsman.com/world/Netanyahu-outflanks-US—to.5634318.jp
Darfur groups ‘padded’ death tolls:
A group of former Sudanese activists says some of the figures of those reported dead and displaced in the conflict in Sudan’s western Darfur region were exaggerated.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/09/200991083039170414.html
Chavez recognises Georgia regions:
Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president, has recognised Abkhazia and South Ossetia, two Georgian breakaway regions, as independent states during a visit to Russia.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/09/20099109538889507.html
Slump May Have Swollen Ranks of U.S. Uninsured to 50 Million :
The number of people in the U.S. lacking health insurance may have grown as much as 9 percent to 50 million people last year, adding fuel to President Barack Obama’s push for overhauling the system.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aqwmm21I.ttc
More than 1 in 4 in Texas lack health insurance:
That’s up from 24.1 percent for 2005 and 2006.
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