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 : 1,425
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$687,131,563,943
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$228,035,739,368
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
The Lying Game
By John Pilger
Iran’s crime is its independence. Having thrown out America’s favourite tyrant, Shah Reza Pahlavi, Iran remains the only resource-rich Muslim state beyond US control.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23597.htm
U.S. Story on Iran Nuke Facility Doesn’t Add Up
By Analysis by Gareth Porter
The story line that dominated media coverage of the second Iranian uranium enrichment facility last week was the official assertion that U.S. intelligence had caught Iran trying to conceal a “secret” nuclear facility.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23594.htm
Ridding The World of the Sickness of Pacifism
By William Blum
NATO (aka the United States) can take satisfaction in the fact that the Germans have put their silly pacifism aside and acted like real men, trained military killers.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23598.htm
“In China, At Least I Would Have a Trial”
By Jacob G. Hornberger
When you were growing up, did you ever think you would see the day where people would be complaining that America’s criminal-justice system was worse than that of the communists? The sooner we rid our nation of the shameful “judicial” scourge being operated by the feds at Guantanamo, the better off we Americans will be.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23596.htm
Gore Vidal: ‘We’ll Have a Dictatorship Soon in the US’
An Interview With Gore Vidal
The grand old man of letters Gore Vidal claims America is ‘rotting away’ – and don’t expect Barack Obama to save it.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23595.htm
Exorcising America’s Diplomatic Demons
By Robert Scheer
According to the demonology that has long driven U.S. foreign policy, no country has ever cast a larger shadow as evil incarnate than Communist China. All communists in the Cold War era, like all Islamic radicals today, were assumed to be part of a unified internationalist movement bent on world conquest.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23600.htm
Michael Moore Asks
Where Is The Democrats’ Spine?
By Diana Sweet
“You know, you gotta admire Republicans, they have the courage of their convictions. They just put it right out there. When they want to do something they just do it. They don’t go, ‘I don’t know if we should invade Iraq, people might not like that.’ They don’t care. They just go ahead and do it.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23599.htm
22 Taliban, one US occupation force soldier killed in Afghanistan:
A US soldier was killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber attacked his convoy in south-eastern Afghanistan, while Afghan and foreign troops killed 22 Taliban militants in a joint operation in the western part of the country, officials said.
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McCain urges Obama to stay in Afghanistan:
McCain urged President Barack Obama Wednesday to approve, without delay, a call by Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the U.S. and NATO commander in Afghanistan, for 40,000 more combat troops.
www.cbc.ca/world/story/2009/09/30/mccain-obama-afghanistan030.html
UN ‘to remove Afghanistan envoy’:
A senior UN official in Afghanistan is to be removed from his post following a row about the country’s presidential election, the BBC has learned.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8281934.stm
Afghan report stirs Pakistan debate:
In a report submitted to the Obama administration recently, he says “Afghanistan’s insurgency is clearly supported from Pakistan”.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/09/2009926101231313412.html
U.S. Attack Kills Nine in NW Pakistan:
Nine people were killed and several others injured in United States drone strike Wednesday in northwest Pakistan’s tribal agency, local TV channels reported.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-09/30/content_12136709.htm
U.S. Bombs Kill 5 In Pakistan: Tuesday: :
At least five people were killed and several others injured in an attack by US surveillance plane in North Waziristan Agency (NWA) area of Danda Darpakhel, a report said on Tuesday.
www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=4671
Philippines landmine kills 3 soldiers:
Two US soldiers and one Filipino marine were killed in a landmine attack in a stronghold of Islamic militants in the southern Philippines.
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Somalia Executes Two Suspected CIA Spies:
Islamists in southern Somalia executed two people by firing squad on Monday, on suspicion of spying for the American Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
www.themedialine.org/news/news_detail.asp?NewsID=26623
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Iran ‘has secret nuclear arms plan’:
Britain’s intelligence services say that Iran has been secretly designing a nuclear warhead “since late 2004 or early 2005", an assessment that suggests Tehran has embarked on the final steps towards acquiring nuclear weapons capability.
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
US military could strike Iran, but at what cost?:
The United States has refused to rule out military action against Iran if diplomacy fails, but analysts and officials say bombing nuclear sites would carry high risks while setting back Tehran’s program by only a few years.
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Sneh: Take the Opportunity on Iran:
In an interview, former deputy Defense Minister Efraim Sneh said that Israel must not rely on anyone else in its dealings with Iran, especially in light of the discovery of the new enrichment plant in Qom. “To rely on the world to do the job for us is a wish we cannot submit to,” he said.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/171714
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Gaffney: Iran on Brink of Having Nuclear Bomb, Using It:
Leading national security expert Frank Gaffney tells Newsmax we could be in the “last days” before Iran obtains nuclear weapons – and he warns that, if it does, it absolutely will use them.
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
Cries of ‘hold me back’ may lead Israel to strike Iran:
Those who favor bombing liken Barack Obama to Neville Chamberlain for the U.S. president’s efforts to try to appease an Iranian Hitler.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1117741.html
Why China is unlikely to back Iran sanctions:
China is showing no appetite for the tougher sanctions that Western leaders have been threatening against Iran over its nuclear program, and would likely veto any United Nations effort to impose a stiffer embargo even if Thursday’s talks between US Security Council members and Iran go badly.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/0930/p06s12-woap.html
Juan Cole: Is the media exaggerating the Iranian nuke threat?:
Here’s something you won’t read in major American newspapers or see on American television.
www.salon.com/opinion/feature/2009/09/29/cole/
Israel gets two more German submarines:
The submarines, called U212s, can launch cruise missiles carrying nuclear warheads, although when it confirmed the sale in 2006 the German government said the two vessels were not equipped to carry nuclear weapons.
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IDF jeep hits, kills Palestinian teen in West Bank :
Army says troops came under attack from stone throwers; Palestinians say killing intentional.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1117884.html
Netanyahu: Goldstone Will Make UN Irrelevant:
“There is, once again, a danger that the U.N. will return to the dark days in which it compared Zionism to racism,” the Prime Minister – and former U.N. ambassador – told his guests, adding that “the Goldstone Report will make the U.N. irrelevant.”
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/133641
US Still Hostile towards Sudan- Sudanese Presidential Aide:
In an interview conducted with Asharq Al-Awsat on the sidelines of the Sudanese delegations attendance of the UN General Assembly meeting in New York, Salah al-Din played down the US and regional concern towards Sudan’s relations with Iran, stressing that there is no truth to rumors that Sudan is an Iranian agent in the region.
www.aawsat.com/english/news.asp?section=1&id=18307
US military carries out joint exercises in Africa: –
A spokesman says the U.S. military has begun an exercise in the African nation of Gabon with personnel from 25 African countries.
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Horror of Guinea stadium massacre that killed 157:
World unites in condemnation after pro-democracy rally ends with soldiers ‘killing and raping’ hundreds
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EU report: Georgian attack started war with Russia:
Georgia’s attack on its breakaway South Ossetia region marked the start of last year’s war with Russia, which retaliated with excessive force, an EU-commissioned report said Wednesday.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090930/ap_on_re_eu/eu_russia_georgia
Obama Adm. Held Secret Talks with Cuba:
Three State Department officials say a senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government. The officials tell The Associated Press that the talks were the first of their kind in years between representatives of the two countries.
www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us_us_cuba/2009/09/29/266232.html
Executive Decree gives green light to increased abuses in Honduras:
Honduran de facto president Roberto Micheletti must rescind a decree that provides sweeping new powers of detention to the police, bans all public meetings and imposes a 45 day curfew, Amnesty International said today.
www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGPRE200909291332°¥=e
Venezuela asks Interpol to capture former president :
Prosecutors will ask Interpol to issue a “red alert” for the capture of 85-year-old Perez, who lives in Miami, Attorney General Luisa Ortega told Venezuelan state television on Tuesday. She said his capture is necessary as part of investigations into the riots, known as the “Caracazo” – a play on the name of the capital that also means forceful blow.
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The State Department Scolds Zelaya Again:
Obama called for the restoration of the democratically elected government of Manuel Zelaya. But when Zelaya first returned to Honduras, Hillary Clinton called it “reckless and imprudent” of him.
www.progressive.org/wx092909.html
Plain Talk: Banks too big to fail? Break ‘em up:
After being rescued by the federal government, they now want the government to keep its nose out of their business – as if we can ever trust these guys again.
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