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 : 1,410
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$685,399,255,031
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$227,565,157,348
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Classified McChrystal Report:
500,000 Troops Will Be Required Over Five Years in Afghanistan
By Tom Andrews
Congress should immediately convene hearings to discuss alternatives to General McChrystal’s proposal for such a massive escalation of the war in Afghanistan. It is time for the administration and Congress to demilitarize U.S. policy in Afghanistan and strike out in a new, sustainable, direction.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23566.htm
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The Mystique of “Free-Market Guy” Obama
By Jeff Cohen
If Obama is radical about anything, it’s about not rocking corporate boats. That’s why he received more Wall Street funding than any candidate in history and why — before he was a front-runner in early 2007 — he was raising more money from the biggest Wall Street banks than even Hillary Clinton and Rudy Giuliani, presidential candidates from New York.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23567.htm
Dumping Dubya
Why The Regressive Right Desperately Wants To Erase The Bush Presidency
By David Michael Green
If only there were national figures within the supposed opposition (that means you, Mr. Happy Face, in the White House) who were willing to label this disaster for what it was, perhaps we might have stamped out the scourge of regressivism for a generation or six by now. But, alas, that would require a modicum of political courage.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23568.htm
How Did We Ever Think Greed Was Good?
By Adrian Hamilton
Part of the difficulty, as the banking scandal has shown, is that, while there is reward when things are going well, there is no financial punishment when they are going badly. No one’s pay is docked when his company or division loses money, let alone busts the bank. The risk is all one way.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23569.htm
The End Of Capitalism
Video and Transcript: Ahmadinejad Speech at the UN General Assembly 9-23-09
By President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
We have all seen that how the inequitable economic structures controlled by certain political interests have been used to plunder national wealth of countries for the benefit of a group of corrupt business giants.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23565.htm
DoJ Official Blows Cover Off PATRIOT Act
By Ryan Grim
In the debate over the PATRIOT Act, the Bush White House insisted it needed the authority to search people’s homes without their permission or knowledge so that terrorists wouldn’t be tipped off that they’re under investigation. Now that the authority is law, how has the Department of Justice used the new power? To go after drug dealers.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23570.htm
20 killed in fierce clashes in northwest Pakistan:
Militants ambushed a convoy of pro-government tribal elders at Janikhel in Bannu district of North West Frontier Province when they were on their way to meet security officials. The militants killed at least seven pro-government militiamen in the ambush while two more died in clashes later
www.deccanherald.com/content/27081
/20-killed-fierce-clashes-northwest.html
12 Afghans killed by bombs:
Twelve Afghan civilians died in roadside bomb blasts in the past 24 hours, officials said yesterday.
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Five killed in separate attacks northern Iraq :
Five people, including three policemen, were killed in separate attacks Thursday in the northern city of Mosul, according to Iraqi police.
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Iraq launches manhunt after Al-Qaeda prisoners escape:
Iraqi authorities launched a manhunt Thursday after an apparent inside job saw 16 Al-Qaeda members, including five who had been sentenced to death, escape from prison overnight.
uk.news.yahoo.com/18/20090924/twl-iraq-
launches-manhunt-after-al-qaeda-3cd7efd.html
Protester shot dead in Honduras clashes:
A man was shot dead in a clash between police and supporters of the ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya, as international pressure mounted on the de facto government to allow the leftist back in power.
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Amnesty International Reports Rise in Police Beatings, Mass Arbitrary Arrests:
Amnesty International warned that fundamental rights and the rule of law in the Central American nation are in grave jeopardy.
www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20090924002°¥=e
Honduras lifts curfew:
Honduras’ interim government on Thursday lifted a nationwide curfew but maintained a siege of the embassy where deposed president Manuel Zelaya has taken refuge amid new diplomatic efforts to end the crisis.
snipurl.com/s3jor
UN Security Council calls for nuclear weapons states to disarm:
The United Nations Security Council, at a historic summit meeting chaired by U.S. President Barack Obama, unanimously approved a U.S.-drafted resolution on Thursday calling on nuclear weapons states to scrap their deadly arsenals.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116747.html
Iran offers U.S. access to its nuclear scientists:
Iran is willing to have its nuclear experts meet with scientists from the United States and other world powers as a confidence-building measure aimed at resolving concerns about Tehran’s nuclear program, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Wednesday.
www.campaigniran.org/casmii/index.php?q=node/8649
Russian links Iran sanctions to US missile change:
With a diplomatic wink and nod, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev opened the door Wednesday to backing potential sanctions against Iran as a reward to President Barack Obama’s decision to scale back a U.S. missile shield in Eastern Europe.
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China Opposes Iran Sanctions Sought by U.S.:
China will not support increased sanctions on Iran as a way to curb its nuclear program, a government spokesman said Thursday.
www.nytimes.com/2009/09/25/world/asia/25beijing.html
China Gasoline Sales to Iran Undermine U.S.:
The trade is further evidence of the growing energy ties that bind energy-hungry China, the world’s No. 2 crude oil consumer, and Iran, which holds the world’s second-largest crude oil reserves and desperately needs investment to develop them.
moneynews.com/markets/china_gas/2009/09/23/263720.html
IAEA calls on Israel to sign Non-Proliferation Treaty:
For the first time in 18 years, Israel, the United States and the Western powers were unsuccessful at preventing passage of a resolution calling on Israel to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115750.html
U.S. Supports Israeli Crimes:
U.S. Pledges to Quash Goldstone Recommendations:
The Obama administration will not allow the Goldstone report recommendations on Israel’s conduct in the Gaza war to reach the International Criminal Court.
www.thejewishweek.com/viewArticle/c40_a16833/News/Israel.html
Iran leader slams Israel in U.N.:
“How can crimes of the occupiers against defenseless women and children and destruction of their homes, farms, hospitals and schools be supported unconditionally by certain governments?”
www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE58M76I20090923
Abbas: Partial halt on settlement activity is not a freeze:
“We can’t accept the status quo because a partial halt means a continuation of settlements,” he said. “Even if it is halted by 95 percent, it is still a continuation of settlement activities.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1116693.html
Continued Israeli settlements in West Bank not legitimate: Obama:
“We continue to emphasize that America does not accept the legitimacy of continued Israeli settlements (in the West Bank),” he said in a maiden speech to the 192-member body.
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Appeal filed against Spain’s shelving of Gaza probe:
The Committee for Solidarity with the Arab Cause and the Al-Quds Association for Solidarity with the People of the Arab World called on the Supreme Court to overturn the decision by a lower court.
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Chechen Leader Claims US, Britain Back Rebels:
The president of Chechnya claims that militants in the violence-plagued Russian province are backed by U.S. and British intelligence agencies.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/09/23/ap/europe/main5331855.shtml
USA To Deploy Army Bases in Georgia To Rearm Nation’s Army:
A Georgian newspaper, American military bases may appear in Georgia in 2015. The information allegedly came from an undisclosed high-ranking well-informed Georgian source.
english.pravda.ru/world/ussr/24-09-2009/109484-usa_georgia-0
Gaddafi attacks major powers:
Security Council permanent members should lose veto status, Libyan president says.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/09/200992452543821925.html
Islamist rebels face off in Somali port:
Rival Islamist insurgents are squaring up for a fight over southern Somalia’s strategic port of Kismayu after hardline al Shabaab rebels unilaterally named a new administration to run the area.
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A catastrophe is looming:
Governments are at their wits’ end to keep their hungry people alive. THIS year’s drought is the worst in east Africa since 2000, and possibly since 1991. Famine stalks the land.
www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/
displaystory.cfm?story_id=14506436&fsrc=rss
Obama will bypass Congress to detain suspects indefinitely: .
Such a decision allows the president to unilaterally hold “combatants” without habeas corpus — a legal term literally meaning “you shall have the body” — which forces prosecutors to charge a suspect with a crime to justify the suspect’s detention.
rawstory.com/blog/2009/09/obama-will-bypass-congress-to-detain-suspects-indefinitely/
Bullet Makers Can’t Keep up With Demand:
Shooting ranges, gun dealers and bullet manufacturers say they have never seen such shortages. Bullets, especially for handguns, have been scarce for months because gun enthusiasts are stocking up on ammo, in part because they fear President Barack Obama and the Democratic-controlled Congress will pass antigun legislation
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/metropolitan/6633316.html
Russian carmaker to cut 27,600 jobs:
Avtovaz, Russia’s largest carmaker, has announced it will cut 27,600 jobs, more than one quarter of its workforce, as it struggles with spiralling losses.
english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/09/2009924113338463858.html
Government Watchdog: ‘Extremely Unlikely’ Taxpayers Will Recoup TARP Money:
The controversial $700 billion bailout program has helped avert the collapse of the financial system, but the chances of taxpayers recouping the money are “extremely unlikely,” a government watchdog believes.
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Credit Card Defaults Surge in August to 11.49%, Moody’s Says :
Write-offs rose to 11.49 percent from 10.52 percent in July, Moody’s said today in a report. Loans at least 30 days delinquent rose to 5.8 percent from 5.73 percent. “Early- stage” delinquencies, or loans overdue 30 to 59 days, surged to 1.65 percent, from 1.41 percent, signaling higher losses in coming months. Banks typically write off loans after 180 days.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=aOUFvgV93LaI