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: 4,662
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,409
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$685,144,850,247
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$227,496,048,243
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Obama Administration Shields CIA Torturers
By Tom Eley
The power of the military-intelligence apparatus has grown continually since World War II, to the point where it constitutes a virtual “state-within-a-state.” – The cowering of the Obama administration and Congress before it underscores the decay of American democracy and the growing threat to the democratic rights of the American people.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23559.htm
Italy’s Fallen Soldiers
By Stephanie Westbrook
While there was definitely an outpouring of solidarity for the families of the soldiers, it was also a remarkably well orchestrated show of “patriotism” – few words were reserved for the 15 Afghan civilians who were also killed that day – aimed at keeping the focus on the fallen soldiers and off the question of the Italian military presence in Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23562.htm
The Drama and the Farce
The Waldorf-Astoria Summit
By Uri Avnery
NO POINT denying it: in the first round of the match between Barack Obama and Binyamin Netanyahu, Obama was beaten.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23558.htm
Time to Change Bernanke’s Medication?
Secret White House letter to G-20
By Greg Palast
I still get a thrill whenever I get my hands on a confidential memo with “The White House, Washington” on the letterhead. Even when—like the one I’m looking at now—it’s about a snoozy topic: This week’s G-20 summit. But the letter’s content shook me awake and may keep me up the rest of the night.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23564.htm
A Novel Idea
By Ralph Nader
At a little noticed meeting with Senate Democrats, Warren Buffett, the famous investors’ guru, told the lawmakers that rich people are not paying enough taxes. A tax increase for the very wealthy? Many of the Senators backed away from that recommendation, even though it came from the world’s second richest man.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23563.htm
US Govt May Fail In 5 To 10 Years –
Interview with Marc Faber –
By Bloomberg News
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www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23560.htm
Collapse or Survive
The stark choice facing our species
By Johann Hari
We all know what has to happen. But are we too primitive and irrational to do it?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23561.htm
Yemen claims 50 Houthi rebel killed:
The Almotamar Web site quoted military sources as claiming troops inflicted heavy losses on the insurgents, destroying cannon, automatic weapons and a tractor used by the Houthi rebels in assaults Tuesday, the Yemeni news agency SABA reported
www.timesoftheinternet.com/113177.html
24 killed as Pak troops repulse raid by militants:
Pakistani forces repulsed two overnight raids by Taliban fighters on security posts in the country’s lawless tribal region near the Afghan border, killing two dozen militants, security officials said yesterday.
snipurl.com/s2p22
Airstrike kills 21 Taliban “militants” in SW Afghanistan:
Air raid carried out by international troops against Taliban militants on Wednesday claimed the lives of 21 “militants” in Nimroz province of southwestern Afghanistan, said the provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir Azad.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/23/content_12103192.htm
5 Afghan Civilians Killed in Roadside Bombing:
The officials said Wednesday the bomb hit the victims’ vehicle as they were driving in Farah province on Tuesday.
www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-23-voa21.cfm
Taliban local commander killed in W Afghanistan:
A local Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Latif and his two comrades were killed Tuesday night in a clash with another group of the outfits in Herat province of western Afghanistan, the provincial police chief said Wednesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/23/content_12102623.htm
Britain to Send 1000 Troops to Afghanistan:
Britain plans to send a thousand more troops to Afghanistan. This will bring its total troop deployment there to 10,000. The move will be made in conjunction with the US army and NATO.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/171456
At Pentagon’s Request, Post Delayed Story on General’s Afghanistan Report:
Woodward and Post reporter Rajiv Chandrasekaran, administration officials “did a wholesale declassification of 98 percent” of the document, Woodward said, while The Post agreed to withhold certain operational details.
snipurl.com/s2p2z
8 Killed In Somalia Gun Battle :
At least eight people are reported to have been killed and dozens more wounded during a gun battle in Mogadishu, the Somali capital.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/09/200992335336152814.html
Five killed in northern Iraq violence:
Five people were killed and a policeman was wounded in separate incidents in Iraq’s volatile northern province of Nineveh Wednesday, a provincial police source said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/23/content_12103483.htm
Gaddafi blasts big powers in first ever U.N. speech:
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, in his first ever address to the United Nations, on Wednesday accused the veto-wielding powers of the Security Council of betraying the principles of the U.N. charter.
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE58M3YC20090923
Ahmadinejad tells AP Iran is an opportunity for US:
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (ah-muh-DEE’-neh-zhahd) says his country is not a threat to the United States as President Barack Obama has said, but “an opportunity.”
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran
Israel Prime Minister: Iran Could ‘Bring Terrorism Beyond Our Wildest Dreams’:
Netanyahu called Iran “the major terrorist-sponsoring state of our time.” He says that Tehran “could give those nuclear weapons to terrorists or give them a nuclear umbrella that would bring terrorism beyond our wildest dreams.”
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,554280,00.html
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran In U.S.,
Netanyahu refuses to rule out military strike on Iran:
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu gave no clue in a series of U.S. television interviews on Tuesday whether Israel might opt to attack Iran if world pressure failed to curb Tehran’s nuclear program.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116384.html
Russia completes automated control system for Bushehr NPP:
In January Russia’ completed deliveries of nuclear fuel to the Bushehr plant. As a rule, nuclear fuel is delivered to a nuclear power plant six months before it goes into operation.
en.rian.ru/russia/20090923/156224630.html
Egypt urges UN: Monitor Israel nuclear program:
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Aboul Gheit has appealed to the United Nations Security Council to put Israel’s nuclear program under international supervision and set a timeframe for a nuclear-free Middle East.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116409.html
Iran wants open nuclear talks:
Iran’s president has said he expects open discussion of nuclear issues at a planned meeting with US officials and five other world powers. – His comments came a day after Manouchehr Mottaki, the Iranian foreign minister, said Tehran would push for international nuclear disarmament.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast
/2009/09/200992345745654389.html
Canada set to boycott Iran’s UN speech:
Walking out of the chamber is seen as a strong diplomatic show of disgust at the UN – and since the chamber is generally packed on the first day of the annual summit, Canada’s empty seats will not go unnoticed.
www.ottawacitizen.com/news/Canada
+boycott+Iran+speech/2022648/story.html
Obama to UN: Israel, PA must launch peace talks ‘without preconditions’:
The Israeli government has refused to commit to a freeze of illegal West Bank settlement construction, which the Palestinians have demanded as a precondition before the resumption of peace talks.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116463.html
Netanyahu: Israel Will Never Make Peace With Hamas:
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Tuesday that Israel would never make peace with Hamas, the elected government in Gaza, a stand that could undermine peace negotiations in the region.
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Italians begin closing arguments at CIA trial:
Prosecutors began closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of 26 Americans and seven Italians accused of orchestrating a CIA-led kidnapping of an Egyptian terror suspect.
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Brazilian embassy under siege :
Brazil asks for emergency U.N. meeting on Honduras, report says: The Honduran government isolated the embassy by cutting water, power and phone lines to the building, U.S. State Department spokesman Ian Kelly confirmed to reporters Tuesday.
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/americas/09/23/honduras.brazil.un/
Honduran military to starve Manuel Zelaya out:
Soldiers fired teargas and wielded truncheons to disperse about 4000 pro-Zelaya demonstrators who had camped out overnight around the embassy to protect the man they see as the rightful leader of their country.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,25197,26115865-2703,00.html
Brazil urges action on Honduras:
“The international community demands that Mr Zelaya immediately return to the presidency of his country and must be alert to ensure the inviolability of Brazil’s diplomatic mission in the capital of Honduras,” Mr Lula told the UN General Assembly in New York.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/8271309.stm
‘The Obama Administration Has Completely Failed’:
Human rights lawyer Tina Foster talks to SPIEGEL about detainee abuses in the US military prison in Bagram, Afghanistan and her disappointment with the Obama administration.
www.spiegel.de/international/world/0,1518,650324,00.html
Police Harassment Greets G-20 Protesters:
“We’re now back in court demanding that the judge enjoin the city against further harassment, confiscation of vehicles and arrests.”
www.thenation.com/doc/20091005/eshelman
Administration wants to continue surveillance law:
Roving, court approved wiretaps that allow surveillance on multiple phones. Law enforcement is not required to ascertain that a suspected foreign terrorist is actually using the phones being tapped.
snipurl.com/s2pa0
Tehran dumps dollar for euro:
The move was taken because the government wishes to protect itself from the fragility of the US economy and the weak dollar.
www.arabianbusiness.com/568241-tehran-dumps-dollar-for-euro