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 : 1378
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$681,695,238,714
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$226,558,960,664
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Iran Proposes Control System Aimed at Eliminating Nuclear Weapons
By Thomas Erdbrink
Iran also offered cooperation in solving problems in Afghanistan and fighting terrorism, as well as collaboration on oil and gas projects, Mojtaba Samareh Hashemi said.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23464.htm
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On
US Lawmakers Vow Tough Action on Iran
By AFP
“The clock is ticking and in fact, it has almost run out,” Democratic Representative Howard Berman told Jewish leaders in comments intended to allay concerns that President Barack Obama’s administration is not doing enough to tame Tehran’s nuclear ambitions.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23465.htm
Losing Ground
Taliban Cover 97% of Afghanistan: Report
By Virginia M. Moncrieff
New research indicates that 80% of Afghanistan now has a permanent Taliban presence and that 97% of the country has “substantial Taliban activity.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23466.htm
Senate Panel OKs $128 Billion For Afghanistan, Iraq Wars
By ANDREW TAYLOR
With hardly any debate, a powerful Senate committee Thursday approved President Barack Obama’s $128 billion request for military operations in Iraq and Afghanistan for the budget year beginning in October.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23467.htm
Afghanistan and the Wages of Empire
By John Nichols
The work of extracting U.S. troops from that distant land — and from the service of Hamid Karzai’s fraudulent presidency — is, of course, about Afghanistan. But it is also about America.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23471.htm
The United States of Plutocracy
By William Pfaff
It would be cheaper for all concerned if business were directly to pay senators and congressmen and eliminate the middlemen, the parasites that live on the surplus money in this system, paid for their ability to persuade both sellers and buyers (so to speak) that they are providing a service by facilitating the bargain. Elections now cannot take place without them.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23472.htm
Victims Of Torture
Algerians, Freed from Guantanamo, Still Paying the Price
By Seema Jilani, M.D.
Seven months after his release from Guantanamo Bay, Mustafa Ait Idr cautiously sips coffee in a Sarajevo cafe. His face is still partially paralyzed and numb from when guards pinned him onto gravel and jumped on him. He is nursing a broken finger – punishment for refusing to strip naked in his cell. On another occasion, his head was held in a toilet for prolonged periods of time.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23467.htm
Incase you missed it
The Real Friends of Terror
Video By Ted Honderich
“What is the difference between the horror and the violence created by suicide bombers and the horror and the violence created by bombs dropped from 30,000 feet by airplanes?”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article15080.htm
Want to Fight deflation? Give a Worker a Raise
By Mike Whitney
The slight rebound in housing looks a lot different when one considers how much the Fed is meddling in the market. Fed chair Ben Bernanke has purchased $240 billion in US Treasuries to keep long-term interest rates artificially low while—at the same time—buying $740 billion in Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac mortgage-backed securities (MBS) to provide the financing for new home buyers.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23470.htm
“Seriousness of the Crisis Cannot be Exaggerated,
Closest Comparison is the Collapse of the Soviet Union” George Soros
5 Minute Video
Ron Paul on the Glen Beck Show September 7, 2009 discusses the changes going on with the entire US economic system.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23468.htm
Will The Next Dixie Chick Please Stand Up?
By T. Keefe
Do all governments lie or just the ones that you’re against?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23469.htm
Yemen army kills 17 Shiite rebels: local official:
Jet fighters roared overhead, striking rebel posts as troops exchanged fire with Huthi fighters, who during the gunfight wounded two civilians, one of them severely, the official added.
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Yemen army ‘preparing assault on key rebel road’:
The Yemeni military said on Friday that it was preparing to assault a strategic road into the northern Shiite rebel stronghold of Saada after inflicting heavy losses on the insurgents, also known as Huthis.
snipurl.com/rrhjp
At least 10 killes as Uganda riots enter second day:
Gunfire rang out on the outskirts of the city as the unrest entered its second day on Friday. Witnesses said they saw the bodies of a man apparently shot in the back and a teenage boy shot in the head.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/09/200991191146684575.html
US occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan: NATO :
A US soldier has been killed in eastern Afghanistan, the NATO-led force said Friday, where violence linked to a bloody Taliban insurgency has recently increased.
www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=4203
Polish occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan:
Poland’s Defense Ministry says a soldier has been killed and four others injured in an exchange of fire with the Taliban in Afghanistan.
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3775440,00.html
German colonel ‘breached procedure’:
The German army colonel who ordered the disastrous Afghan tanker strike that killed dozens of civilians overstepped his authority and was in clear breach of military procedures, a leaked Nato report on the bombing revealed yesterday.
snipurl.com/rrhkz
Why did you kill my son? Backlash against Afghan operation grows:
The father of Sultan Munadi, the Afghan colleague of Mr Farrell who was killed in the raid, has demanded to know why ongoing negotiations, which he believes could have led to a peaceful outcome, were abandoned in favour of a military strike.
snipurl.com/rrhln
Afghan warlord General Atta Mohammad Nur warning raises fear of election violence:
One of Afghanistan’s most powerful warlords has defended the popular right to protest against the presidential election results, raising fears that the country could be engulfed by violence if supporters of the losing candidates reject the poll as being rigged.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6829937.ece
Pelosi: Afghan surge lacks support:
The leader of the US House of Representatives has said that there is little support among Americans and politicians for sending more US troops to Afghanistan.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/09/200991018389200455.html
Afghanistan Buys $4.2 M. Trump Condo (with ‘Peacefulness and Views’):
The Permanent Mission of Afghanistan to the United Nations has a lovely new apartment. According to two deeds filed Friday, the group spent $4,235,000 on a 2,840-square-foot apartment at Trump World Tower, plus a $5.4 million commercial space at 633 Third Avenue.
snipurl.com/rrhmm
UK: Public pays £25,000 a DAY to protect former Pakistan dictator Musharraf’s £1.4m London home :
The ex-leader has received round-the-clock protection – estimated to cost £25,000 a day – at his £1.4million penthouse apartment in London since he was ousted last year.
snipurl.com/rrhmu
Iraqi shoe thrower gets hero treatment:
The Iraqi TV journalist who threw his shoes at then-president George W. Bush will be showered with gifts including a four-bedroom house – and at least one potential bride – upon his imminent release from jail.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2009-09-10-shoe-thrower_N.htm
Exclusive: Read Iran’s New Proposal for Nuclear Talks:
Original Document : Iran Nuclear Program Proposal:
documents.propublica.org/iran-nuclear-program-proposal#p=1
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
US dampens hopes that Iran offer will revive nuclear talks:
The United States said Thursday that Iran’s new offer is “not really responsive” to concerns about its nuclear program, dampening hopes for new talks aimed at breaking a three-year impasse.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090910/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics
Black propaganda:
Russia against oil sanctions:
Russia said Iran’s latest proposals to world powers contained something to work with and ruled out oil sanctions against the Islamic Republic. Russia has veto power in the U.N. Security Council.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSLA38110920090910
Attacking Iran: Preparing For ‘Plan C’ :
While sanctions must be part of the policy palette, along with diplomacy and the prospect of negotiations, “the administration must be ready with a ‘Plan C’” if negotiations and sanctions fail to deter Iran, Harris said.
www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c37_a16707/News/National.html
Taiwan ex-president jailed for life:
Chen Shui-bian, Taiwan’s former president, and his wife have been jailed for life on corruption charges involving millions of dollars.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific
/2009/09/200991183242997249.html
EU to warn Honduras of further sanctions over coup –
“Until a peaceful settlement is found, the EU will stand ready to take further restrictive measures, including targeting those members of the de facto government who are seen to be blocking progress on a negotiated solution,” the statement, seen by Reuters, said.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE5893WD20090910
How the Irish Can Save Civilization (Again):
Just say no to the Lisbon Treaty. Again.
snipurl.com/rrhom
LEONARD PELTIER: The Denial of My Parole:
I Am Barack Obama’s Political Prisoner Now: The United States Department of Justice has once again made a mockery of its lofty and pretentious title.
counterpunch.org/peltier09112009.html
UK: David Miliband: MI6 investigated for torture:
MI6 is being investigated by the police over allegations of torture for the first time. It follows a similar investigation already launched into MI5.
snipurl.com/rrhpl
Insurance Stocks Rise After Obama Speech:
Remember President Obama’s reference during his health care address to “Wall Street’s relentless profit expectations”? Well, those expectations were apparently met by that same address. Insurance company stocks got a boost from the speech, which foreshadowed the death of the public option and promised to deliver millions of currently “irresponsible” customers.
snipurl.com/rrhqk
Insiders sell like there’s no tomorrow:
Corporate officers and directors were buying stock when the market hit bottom. What does it say that they’re selling now?
money.cnn.com/2009/09/10/news/economy/insider.sales/index.htm
Poverty hits 1 in 8 Americans:
About 2.5 million Americans slipped below the poverty line as recession and layoffs hammered the economy last year, driving poverty to its highest level since 1998, the U.S. Census Bureau reported Thursday.
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