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: 4,666
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,441
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$688,253,563,898
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$228,340,530,853
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
It’s Bomb, Bomb, Bomb Iran Time
By Pepe Escobar
United States President Barack Obama – now running three wars (Iraq and the AfPak combo) – demanded that Iran (which is not at war with anybody) demonstrate “its peaceful intentions or be held accountable to international standards and international law”.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23623.htm
True Lies
The Cost of Israel to US Taxpayers
By Richard H. Curtiss
Recently Americans have begun to read and hear that “Israel receives $3 billion in annual U.S. foreign aid.” That’s true. But it’s still a lie. The problem is that in fiscal 1997 alone, Israel received from a variety of other U.S. federal budgets at least $525.8 million above and beyond its $3 billion from the foreign aid budget, and yet another $2 billion in federal loan guarantees.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23627.htm
Video Shows ‘Pakistan Army Abuse’
Video
The 10-minute clip, shows men in Pakistan army uniforms questioning at least four suspects in turn, before pushing them to the ground and kicking and whipping the cowering and screaming detainees.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23629.htm
Who Are ‘The Deciders’?
By David Sirota
Avoiding another Vietnam, requires a figurehead government-one that delegates all military decision-making power to generals and effectively strips it from elected civilians who will supposedly be too “politically motivated” (read: influenced by voters).
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23625.htm
In Case You Missed It
Coverup: Behind the Iran Contra Affair
Must Watch – Video Documentary
Coverup exposes a tale of politics, drugs, hostages, weapons, assassinations, covert operations and the ultimate plan to suspend the US Constitution.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23621.htm
Marc Faber No Revival in US
Big Crisis Ahead
Video Interview
Click to view
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23628.htm
Revealed: Millions Spent by Lobby Firms Fighting Obama Health Reforms
By Chris McGreal
Six lobbyists for every member of Congress as healthcare industry heaps cash on politicians to water down legislation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23630.htm
Wish You Were Dead?
By ABC News
Michael Moore’s Expose of ‘Dead Peasant’ Insurance Policies Too Shocking Even for Good Morning America to Ignore.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23626.htm
The Population Myth
By George Monbiot.
People who claim that population growth is the big environmental issue are shifting the blame from the rich to the poor.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23624.htm
At least 16 killed in deadly “Maoist” attack in India:
A senior police official in the Khagaria district, 200km north of the regional capital Patna, told AFP on Friday that “more than 50 armed Maoists attacked the village and started killing people”.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/10/2009102472040580.html
8 US soldiers, 7 Afghans killed in militant attack on outposts in remote eastern Afghanistan:
The gunbattle included U.S. airstrikes and that 15 Afghan police were captured by the Taliban, including the local police chief and his deputy.
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Four civilians killed, 20 injured in blast in northern Afghanistan:
“Four people are dead and 20 others were injured in the explosion,” he said, adding that all the victims were civilians, including shopkeepers and street vendors.
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Afghan policeman kills 2 US occupation force soldiers:
An Afghan policeman conducting a joint operation with U.S. soldiers opened fire on the Americans, killing two of them before fleeing, an Afghan official said Saturday, raising fears that militants have infiltrated the ranks of Afghan forces.
abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/national_world&id=7046507
Canadian occupation force soldiers kill two unarmed teens in Afghanistan :
The boys, aged 14 and 16, were going from their home village of Zangabad to see a friend in the Panjway district centre, villagers said.
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Extra US troops for north, west Afghanistan: military: –
Extra troops called for by the head of foreign forces in Afghanistan would be sent mainly to the north and west of the country, the US military said on Saturday.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091003/wl_asia_afp/afghanistanunrestmilitaryus
Marine Dylan Kemp hangs himself after Afghanistan hell:
The suicide note apologising to his family and blaming his time in Afghanistan was found at the scene in Croydon, South London. Dylan’s death comes as the Sunday Mirror can reveal that 67 servicemen have committed suicide in the last six years after returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2009/
10/04/suicide-of-a-hero-115875-21720839/
One in three votes for Karzai fraudulent, says US diplomat:
Peter Galbraith, sacked former deputy head of UN mission in Afghanistan, attacks UN’s handling of elections
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Afghanistan opposition leader Abdullah Abdullah questions UN neutrality:
Last week Mr Galbraith was fired by the secretary general but said in a letter of response that after the elections, Mr Eide had told Mr Karzai he was biased in his favour.
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Nine Taliban militants killed in north-west Pakistan: –
Pakistani security forces killed nine Taliban fighters during weekend operations in the troubled Swat valley, the military said on Sunday.
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Twelve killed in Pakistan:
Eleven militants and a soldier were killed Saturday in clashes in the northwestern tribal region of Pakistan that borders Afghanistan, a security official said.
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Pakistani forces kill 3 militants: –
Pakistani security forces in the ongoing operation in a northern valley killed three militants and apprehended 24 while 26 others surrendered voluntarily.
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Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Israel names Russians helping Iran build nuclear bomb:
Israel’s prime minister, Binyamin Netanyahu, has handed the Kremlin a list of Russian scientists believed by the Israelis to be helping Iran to develop a nuclear warhead. He is said to have delivered the list during a mysterious visit to Moscow.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/middle_east/article6860161.ece
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Report Says Iran Has Data to Make a Nuclear Bomb:
Senior staff members of the United Nations nuclear agency have concluded in a confidential analysis that Iran has acquired “sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable” atom bomb.
www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/world/middleeast/04nuke.html?_r=2
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ElBaradei: IAEA to inspect Iran’s new uranium plant on Oct. 25:
ElBaradei made the remarks at a joint press conference in Tehran with Ali Akbar Salehi, head of the Atomic Energy Organization of Iran.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/04/content_12180440.htm
It was Uncle Sam who first gave Iran nuclear equipment:
The US sold the Shah of Iran’s government a 5-megawatt, light-water type research reactor. This small dome-shaped structure, located in the Tehran suburbs, was the foundation of Iran’s nuclear program. It remains at the center of the controversy over Iranian intentions, even today.
www.csmonitor.com/2009/1002/p04s01-usfp.html
US ‘silent on Israeli nuclear arms’:
Barack Obama, the US president, has agreed to abide by a 40-year policy of allowing Israel to keep nuclear weapons without opening them to international inspection, according to a US newspaper.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009103125440407949.html
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad: Jews in Iran:
Iran is home to the biggest population of Jews in the Middle East outside Israel
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Clashes as Israel shuts off al-Aqsa:
Israeli security forces have closed off the al-Aqsa mosque compound in Jersualem as more than 200 Palestinians stage a sit-in at the site.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/2009104838609929.html
Gaza Report Vote Delay Angers Hamas, Delights US:
Hamas officials have condemned as “betrayal” the Palestinian Authority’s decision to support a delay in voting on the UN-sanctioned report on Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip.
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US ‘pressured Abbas on UN report’:
Clinton reportedly called Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, on Thursday to encourage him to withdraw PA support for the report, which heavily criticised the conduct of Israeli forces during the December-January conflict.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/20091039613281857.html
UN delay on Gaza report condemned:
Bassem Khuri, the Palestinian economy minister, resigned on Saturday, reportedly in protest at the Palestinian Authority’s (PA) agreement not to discuss the document.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/2009104101950899415.html
Israel’s Latest Attempt to Wipe Palestine Off the Map:
The Cairo-based League of Arab States has denounced a July 13 decision by the Israeli Transport Ministry to eliminate Arabic and English names of cities and towns on its road signs and use only Hebrew ones
snipurl.com/sbjkg
Ireland votes in favour of Lisbon Treaty:
In a dramatic political U-turn, Ireland has voted decisively in favour of the Lisbon treaty just 17 months after rejecting the European Union’s package of reforms.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/ireland-votes-yes-lisbon-treaty
Will California become America’s first failed state?:
California may be the eighth largest economy in the world, but its state staff are being paid in IOUs, unemployment is at its highest in 70 years, and teachers are on hunger strike. So what has gone so catastrophically wrong?
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/04/california-failing-state-debt
World Bank could run out of money ‘within 12 months’:
“By the middle of next year we will face serious constraints,” said its president Robert Zoellick, as he launched a major campaign to persuade rich nations to pour more money into the Washington-based institution.
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Three Banks Closed Oct. 2:
Latest Tally:112 Failed Banks, Credit Unions in 2009
www.bankinfosecurity.com/articles.php?art_id=1833
Personal bankruptcies up 41 percent:
Consumer bankruptcies soared 41 percent in September from a year before and climbed from August, as high unemployment and the housing market crash took their toll, the American Bankruptcy Institute said on Friday.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33143632/ns/business-personal_finance/
U.S. Unemployment Now Lasts Longer Than Benefits: Chart of Day:
For the first time, the average amount of time it takes fired employees to find a new job exceeds the length of their standard unemployment benefits.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=ajY2EJWqg3ZE
US unemployed despair as benefits run out:
Americans value self-sufficiency and are generally suspicious of what they call “big government”. But the worst recession in 50 years has knocked many back on their heels.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/8286428.stm