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 : 1,421
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$686,273,735,791
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$227,802,710,200
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Obama Times Calling Out Iran For Impact
By Jon Ward
“The size and configuration of this facility is inconsistent with a peaceful program,” he said.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23578.htm
Keeping Iran Honest
By Scott Ritter
When Obama announced that “Iran is breaking rules that all nations must follow”, he is technically and legally wrong.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23580.htm
Everything You Know About Iran Is A Myth
By Lawrence of Cyberia
Are you getting the message that Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler and Iran is the Fourth Reich and they’re just days away from nuking us and if we don’tShock and Awe them into regime change and install a U.S.-friendly regime.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23579.htm
More Lies, More Deception
By Paul Craig Roberts
Iran is insisting that the US government abide by the non-proliferation treaty that the US originated and pushed and that Iran signed. But the US government, which is currently engaged in three wars of aggression and has occupying troops in a number of other countries, insists that Iran, which is invading and occupying no country, cannot be trusted with nuclear energy capability.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23581.htm
Street Report from the G20
How pitifully fearful our leaders have become
By Bill Quigley
For days, downtown Pittsburgh, home to the G20, was a turned into a militarized people-free ghost town. Sirens screamed day and night. Helicopters crisscrossed the skies. Gunboats sat in the rivers. The skies were defended by Air Force jets. Streets were barricaded by huge cement blocks and fencing. Bridges were closed with National Guard across the entrances. Public transportation was stopped downtown. Amtrak train service was suspended for days.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23582.htm
At least 30 rebel Houthi fighters killed in Yemen:
Four Yemeni soldiers were also killed in Sunday’s fighting, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Yemen quoted security sources as saying.
snipurl.com/s65w1
US, Arabs support Yemeni government in fight against rebels:
Hundreds of people have been killed and tens of thousands of civilians have fled their homes since August 11 when the Yemeni government began its “Scorched Earth” offensive against the Zaidi rebels, who are Shiite Muslims.
snipurl.com/s65wr
Death toll in Pakistan bombings reaches 27 :
The death toll in a pair of car bombings in northwestern Pakistan rose to 27 Sunday, police and hospital authorities said.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/547788/cs/1/
US threatens airstrikes in Pakistan:
The threat comes amid growing divisions in Washington about whether to deal with the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan by sending more troops or by reducing them and targeting the terrorists.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/Afghanistan/article6850838.ece
Three French occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan:
France has 3,160 soldiers in Afghanistan. As of September 11, 2009, France announced a total loss of 31 soldiers in the country.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107224§ionid=351020403
2 US, 1 British occupation force troops killed in Afghanistan:
Two US and one British occupation force soldiers serving under ISAF command have been killed in separate incidents in Afghanistan, according to an official statement.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107239§ionid=351020403
UN: 1,500 Afghan civilians dead in 8 months:
The UN said in a new report that NATO air strikes were to blame for about a quarter of civilian deaths across the war-ravaged country over the past months.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107213§ionid=351020403
McChrystal: Things getting worse in Afghanistan:
Amid concerns that he might resign over a rift between the military leadership in Afghanistan and the civilian leadership in the Obama White House, Gen. Stanley McChrystal, America’s top commander in Afghanistan, sat down for an interview with David Martin of 60 Minutes, airing Sunday.
news.yahoo.com/s/ynews/ynews_ts925
McChrystal troops request shelved pending review:
The commander of U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan has submitted a request for more troops, a spokesman said Saturday, but the Pentagon will hold it while President Barack Obama decides what strategy to pursue.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE58P0Y120090926
At least 8 killed in Somalia gun battle:
Al-Shabab said that attack was in retaliation for a US raid on September 14 that killed Saleh Ali Saleh Nabhan, an al-Qaeda suspect, in southern Somalia.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/09/200992335336152814.html
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Obama warns Iran: Won’t rule out military action:
If they refuse to give ground, they will stay on “a path that is going to lead to confrontation.”
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/09/25/national/a153118D67.DTL
Iran to put new uranium plant under IAEA supervision:
Iran said on Saturday it will put its newly disclosed uranium enrichment plant under the supervision of the UN nuclear watchdog, in a move welcomed by the United States.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090926/wl_afp/irannuclearpolitics
Iran is not violating IAEA rules: Ahmadinejad :
Iranian President said his country has complied with UN rules that require it to inform the IAEA six months before a uranium enrichment facility becomes operational. The Iranian leader told a news conference that the new facility won’t be operational for 18 months so Iran has not violated any requirements of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
article.wn.com/view/2009/09/26/Iran_is_not_violating_IAEA_rules_Ahmadinejad/
Iran must show its ‘peaceful intentions’: Obama: –
US President Barack Obama warned Iran on Saturday it must prove that its nuclear program has peaceful intentions or the country will face increased pressure and isolation.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20090926/pl_afp/irannuclearpoliticsobama
Gates rebuffs Ahmadinejad’s call for apology:
After Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said the United States owes Iran an apology over attributing a secretive, military nature to the country’s nuclear program, the US defense secretary rules out the prospect of any such apology.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107181§ionid=3510203
Iran: US, UK, France deceiving world on their nukes:
The western countries have a “long-term strategy” and a “hidden agenda” to “destroy and jeopardize the spirit of cooperation between Iran and the IAEA in order to find an excuse and pretext for sanctions and other measures,” Soltaniyeh concluded.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107223§ionid=351020104
Israel calls for action on Iran:
Israel says the disclosure that Iran is building a second nuclear enrichment facility proves it “wants to equip itself with nuclear weapons”.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8276279.stm
US military action against Iran would only ‘buy time’:
Gates: Any possible military action against Iran would only “buy time” and delay Tehran’s nuclear program by about one to three years, US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said on Friday.
snipurl.com/s660w
Israel demands PA drop war crimes suit at The Hague:
Tensions are mounting between Israel and the Palestinian Authority following Ramallah’s call on the International Court at The Hague to examine claims of “war crimes” that the IDF allegedly committed during Operation Cast Lead in the Gaza Strip
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1117296.html
Can Israeli actions in Gaza be justified on the basis of Jewish scripture?:
Geoffrey Alderman v David Goldberg
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/jan/12/judaism-gaza-israel-halachah
Ousted leader calls for final offensive in Honduras:
The stakes rose in Honduras Sunday after ousted leader Manuel Zelaya, holed up at Brazil’s embassy in Tegucigalpa, called on his supporters for a final offensive — and coup leaders respond by giving Brazil a harsh warning.
snipurl.com/s661w
Honduras sets 10-day deadline on embassy standoff:
Honduras set a 10-day deadline Sunday for Brazil to decide what to do with ousted President Manuel Zelaya, who has holed up at its embassy since sneaking back into the Central American country last week.
snipurl.com/s662e
Venezuela hosts Afro-Latino summit:
Venezuela’s president has urged leaders from Africa and South America to help form a “multipolar” world to counter Western economic dominance.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/09/20099271133771129.html
US transfers Guantanamo detainees:
Three detainees held at the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba have been transferred to Ireland and Yemen. Earlier this week, the US said it had struck a deal with the tiny island nation of Palau to take in as many as 12 Chinese Uighur detainees, so far six have agreed to go.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/09/2009926232514112253.html
Police State USA :
G20 protesters blasted by sonic cannon:
US police spark outrage by using wartime acoustic weapon to disperse G20 protesters in Pittsburgh
www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2009/sep/25/sonic-cannon-g20-pittsburgh
U.S. debate on health care is a warning to Canadians:
I’m inclined to believe the fierce resistance to health-care reform in the United States is the work of a small fringe. The other possibility is that there’s something deep in the psyche of Americans that drives them to defend to the death their right to deny health care to millions of their fellow citizens.
www.thestar.com/comment/columnists/article/698873
U.S. job seekers exceed openings by record ratio:
Job seekers now outnumber openings six to one, the worst ratio since the government began tracking open positions in 2000. According to the Labor Department’s latest numbers, from July, only 2.4 million full-time permanent jobs were open, with 14.5 million people officially unemployed.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33041366/ns/business-the_new_york_times/
35 Million Americans on Food Stamps:
12 Percent of U.S. Population on Food Stamps Highest Since Records Kept in 1969.
www.mybudget360.com/35-million-americans-on-food-stamps-12-percent-of-
us-population-on-food-stamps-highest-since-records-kept-in-1969/
Top 1% got 2/3 of all U.S. income gains – 2002-07:
Gap between top 1% and bottom 90% now worse than at any time since 1928.
www.nupge.ca/node/2544