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 : 1,444
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

 Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran

GOP Senators: US, Not Israel, Should Attack Iran ‘If Necessary’
 
By David Edwards
 
If we use military action against Iran, we should not only go after their nuclear facilities. We should destroy their ability to make conventional war. They should have no planes that can fly and no ships that can float,” said Graham.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23633.htm

Lawmakers Vow Swift Action Over Iran’s Alleged Nuclear Inroads
 
By Stephanie Griffith
 
US lawmakers on Sunday vowed quick action against Iran following a report that weapons experts believe Tehran has the know-how to build an atomic bomb — even as a senior US official downplayed the news article.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23634.htm

ElBaradei Says Nuclear Israel Number One Threat to Mideast: Report
 
By Chinaview
 
At a joint press conference with Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization chief Ali Akbar Salehi in Tehran, ElBaradei brought Israel under spotlight and said that the Tel Aviv regime has refused to allow inspections into its nuclear installations for 30years, the report said.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23636.htm

The UN Must Adopt the Goldstone Report
 
Dissolve the Palestinian Authority
 
By Omar Barghouti
 
Succumbing to US pressures and unabashed Israeli blackmail, the president of the PA himself reportedly was himself responsible for the decision to defer discussion at the Council of the Goldstone report, dashing the hopes of Palestinians everywhere as well as of international human rights organizations and solidarity movements that Israel will finally face a long overdue process of legal accountability and that its victims will have a measure of justice.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23642.htm

The Tropes of ‘Jewish Antisemitism’
 
By Antony Lerman
 
The concept of the ‘self-hating Jew’ has been dignified with a pseudo-psychopathology by those keen to suppress dissent.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23640.htm

I Was Ordered to Cover Up President Karzai Election Fraud, Sacked UN Envoy Says
 
By Tom Coghlan
 
The head of the UN mission in Afghanistan has been accused by his former deputy of ordering a systematic cover-up to conceal the extent of electoral fraud by President Karzai.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23635.htm

Celebrating Slaughter: War and Collective Amnesia
 
By Chris Hedges
 
War memorials and museums are temples to the god of war. The hushed voices, the well-tended grass, the flapping of the flags allow us to ignore how and why our young died. They hide the futility and waste of war. They sanitize the savage instruments of death that turn young soldiers and Marines into killers, and small villages in Vietnam or Afghanistan or Iraq into hellish bonfires.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23637.htm

How the Feds Imprison the Innocent
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
For two decades I have been attempting to make Americans aware that the danger to their liberty comes not from foreign adversaries, terrorists, or criminals, but from prosecutors, who have destroyed law as a shield of the innocent and turned law into a weapon against the innocent.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23631.htm

Bernanke’s Remedy: Pump More Blood Into a Corpse
 
By Mike Whitney
 
Corporations are finding it harder to roll over their debt, bank loans are defaulting at a historic pace, and commercial real estate is imploding. Credit destruction is unprecedented, massive and ongoing. The capital hole is bigger than the Fed and bigger than the Treasury. It can’t be plugged with liquidity alone.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23639.htm

Follow the Money
 
Cure Millions of Leprosy — or Just Give Hank Paulson a Tax Break?
 
By Matt Bivens
 
There are many possible responses to the news that we have committed more than four trillion public dollars to Wall Street. Mine is a roar of admiration. Four trillion dollars! Holy hell! I didn’t even know that was possible! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23638.htm

What Recession?
 
As the Economy Crashed Around Them, 400 Richest Americans Lined Their Pockets with $30 Billion
 
By Les Leopold
 
It’s great to know that during the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression, the wealth of the 400 richest Americans, according to Forbes, actually increased by $30 billion.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23641.htm

Kidnappers gun down businessman, 2 guards in Afghan capital:
 
Unknown kidnappers shot dead a businessman and his two body guards in Afghan capital Kabul Monday, a private television channel reported Monday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/05/content_12183589.htm

Two occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan: NATO:
 
Two soldiers with the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed in southern Afghanistan, NATO said Monday, a day after announcing the deaths of eight US soldiers in the east.
snipurl.com/scg2y

14 Afghan police go missing: official:
 
Police chief of Kamdish district in Nuristan province east of Afghanistan have gone missing with his 13 police constables after Taliban attack on the district Saturday night, a local newspaper reported Monday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/05/content_12183015.htm

Barack Obama furious at General Stanley McChrystal speech on Afghanistan:
 
The relationship between President Barack Obama and the commander of Nato forces in Afghanistan has been put under severe strain by Gen Stanley McChrystal’s comments on strategy for the war.
snipurl.com/sc9ed

Afghan violence ‘global terrorism’ not domestic insurgency: FM:
 
Afghanistan’s foreign minister said Monday the country was a victim of global extremism, denying that an increase in violence was a domestic insurgency and warning against any withdrawal of foreign troops.
snipurl.com/scg3l

Suicide bomber kills five as top UK ministers visit Pakistan:
 
Five UN employees were killed today in a suicide bomb atttack inside the offices of the United Nations’ World Food Programme in the Pakistani capital.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article6861466.ece

Jirga threatens to support Afghan Taliban if drone attacks continue:
 
A tribal Jirga of North Waziristan on Sunday threatened to support the Afghanistan-based anti-US groups, including the Taliban, if the US drone attacks were not stopped.
thenews.jang.com.pk/top_story_detail.asp?Id=24862

Dead man talking: Pakistan Taliban chief vows revenge:
 
The appearance on Sunday by Hakimullah Mehsud ended any speculation that he was killed in a leadership battle within the Pakistani Taliban set off by the killing in August of Baitullah Mehsud, his predecessor, in a missile attack.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/10/200910592951754903.html

Billions in aid never reached Pakistan army:
 
Between 2002 and 2008, while al-Qaida regrouped, only $500 million of the $6.6 billion in American aid actually made it to the Pakistani military, two army generals tell The Associated Press.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33171313/ns/world_news-south_and_central_asia/

US military indoctrinating Pakistani officers :
 
The United States has reportedly established a secret military training camp just a few kilometres away from Islamabad.
feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=550406

Suicide bomber kills five at Iraqi funeral:
 
A suicide bomb attack at a funeral killed five people on Monday in western Iraq where a roadside bombing claimed a sixth life, local officials said.
snipurl.com/scg50

Russia confirms plans to help Iran enrich uranium:
 
Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said Monday that a plan for Russia to help enrich uranium for an Iranian reactor has yet to be finalized, in the highest-level Russian confirmation of a tentative agreement reached between Tehran and six world powers last week.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118937.html

Eric Margolis: Americans Manufacture Another Nuclear Crisis:
 
The U.S., Britain and France staged a bravura performance of political theatre last week by claiming to have just “discovered” a secret Iran uranium enrichment plant near Qum. On cue, a carefully orchestrated media blitz trumpeted warnings of the alleged Iranian nuclear threat and “long-ranged missiles.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23632.htm

Fact or fiction?
 
“Possible Military Dimensions of Iran?s Nuclear Program.
 
“ ISIS Report: ISIS has learned from intelligence officials with direct knowledge of the case that electronic media was smuggled out of Iran by the wife of an Iranian who was recruited by German intelligence.
www.isis-online.org/publications/iran/IAEA_info_3October2009.pdf

Re-Spinning the Laptop Of Death:
 
Laura Rozen, in writing about a report by the Institute for Science and International Security on the so-called “secret annex” the IAEA keeps on allegations about Iran’s nuclear plans, brought my attention to some serious re-spinning of the source of those allegations.
www.newshoggers.com/blog/2009/10/respinning-the-laptop-of-death.html

Palestinians angry as Abbas drops Israel war crimes case:
 
 Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas faced growing outrage at home on Sunday over his decision to withdraw support for a UN report that alleged Israel and Hamas committed war crimes in last winter’s Gaza war.
snipurl.com/scg5q

Anger builds over Gaza report delay:
 
Hundreds of people in the West Bank city of Ramallah have protested against the Palestinian Authority’s support to delay the endorsement of a UN report on possible war crimes committed during Israel’s offensive on Gaza.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/2009105125517543449.html

Hamas accuses Abbas of treason for ‘justifying’ Gaza war:
 
Hamas leaders on Monday warned that President Mahmoud Abbas’ decision to delay action on a United Nations report criticizing Israel’s offensive in the Gaza Strip was in essence a “justification” of the war and encouragement of occupation.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1118941.html

Syria postpones Abbas visit amid Goldstone vote deferral controversy:
 
The decision came a day after Syria criticized the Abbas-led Palestinian Authority for backing down against Israel.
snipurl.com/scg67

Mystery behind PNA request to postpone UN Gaza report vote:
 
“It’s mysterious and strange that the Palestinian National Authority asks for postponement of the voting, which clearly convicts Israel”
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/05/content_12185188.htm

Amnesty International Calls for UN Secretary General to Refer Goldstone Report on Gaza to UN Security Council :
 
The organization said the deferral indicates a lack of political will to deal robustly with issues of accountability for violations of international humanitarian law and human rights law in Gaza and southern Israel.
www.amnestyusa.org/document.php?id=ENGUSA20091005002°¥=e

Israeli official cancels UK visit on fears of arrest:
 
According to a report by the Israeli website, Ha’aretz Ya’alon, as chief of staff of the Israel Defense Forces from 2002-2005, is one of several current and former senior officers whom Human Rights activists have sought to bring to trial for the 2002 assassination of senior Hamas member, Salah Shehadeh.
presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107874&sectionid=351020202

Heavy security around al-Aqsa:
 
Muslim men under the age of 50 were prevented from entering the compound as thousands of Jews gathered at the nearby Western Wall on Monday for prayers marking the week-long holiday of Sukkot.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/200910572553875419.html

US says it helps Yemen get rid of al-Qaeda threats:
 
Commander of the U.S. Joint Special Operations Command Vice Admiral William H. McRaven discussed visited Yemen on Sunday, October 4, and discussed with President Ali Abdullah Saleh cooperation between the U.S. and Yemen against al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula,
www.newsyemen.net/en/view_news.asp?sub_no=3_2009_10_05_7911

Yemeni cleric blames Iran for war:
 
A leading Yemeni religious leader has accused Iran of inciting violence in the north of the country, where a predominantly Shia Muslim group is waging a war against the government.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2009/10/20091055403891459.html

France warns of Guinea civil war, seeks ‘intervention’:
 
 Kouchner says he believes the former French colony is on the brink of a ‘’tremendous’’ civil war.
presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107890&sectionid=351020603

Guinea leader rejects peacekeepers:
 
Guineans are adamantly opposed to international peacekeepers in their country, Guinea’s military leader has warned.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/10/200910404930761137.html

$40bn ‘can cut child mortality’:
 
A British charity has said that just $40 billion – less than half the amount spent of bottled water every year – would be needed to stop millions of children dying needlessly.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/10/20091054121235327.html

Norway is best place to live, China moves up: UN:
 
The top ten countries listed on the index are: Norway, Australia, Iceland, Canada, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden, France, Switzerland and Japan. The United States ranks 13th, down one spot from last year.
snipurl.com/scg85

Surveillance Will Expand To Midtown, Mayor Says:
 
A network of private and public surveillance cameras, license plate readers and weapons sensors already established in Lower Manhattan as an electronic bulwark against terrorist attacks will soon expand to a large patch of Midtown Manhattan
www.nytimes.com/2009/10/05/nyregion/05security.html?_r=1

Man arrested for steering G20 protests using Twitter:
 
The FBI has arrested Elliot Madison, a self-described anarchist and New York social worker, for using Twitter to assist protesters evade the police at the G20 summit
presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107897&sectionid=3510203

Goldman to be paid $1bn if CIT fails:
 
The payment stems from the structure of a $3bn rescue finance package that Goldman extended to CIT on June 6 2008, about five months before the Treasury bought $2.3bn in CIT preferred shares to prop it up at the height of the crisis. The potential loss for taxpayers would be the biggest to crystalise so far from the government’s capital injection plan for banks.
snipurl.com/scg8r

Report on Bailouts Says Treasury Misled Public:
 
The inspector general who oversees the government’s bailout of the banking system is criticizing the Treasury Department for some misleading public statements last fall and raising the possibility that it had unfairly disbursed money to the biggest banks.
snipurl.com/scg90

IG Report Finds Paulsen, Bernanke Misled Public on Bank Rescues:
 
Report says then-Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson and other officials were wrong to contend that all nine banks receiving the first round of bailout support — $125 billion — were sound.
snipurl.com/scg96

Program to Buy Bad Assets Nearly in Place, U.S. Says:
 
 The Treasury Department said on Sunday that its scaled-down program to help banks unload their troubled mortgages and mortgage securities would begin operating at full strength by the end of this month, more than a year after Congress authorized $700 billion for that purpose.
snipurl.com/scg9c

Firms are getting billions, but homeowners still in trouble:
 
The federal government is engaged in a massive mortgage modification program that’s on track to send billions in tax dollars to many of the very companies that judges or regulators have cited in recent years for abusive mortgage practices.
www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/76418.html

America is suffering a permanent destruction of jobs.:
 
Since the nadir of the last recession in November 2001, the U.S. has lost 839,000 jobs in the private sector, based on data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics — the first time that’s happened over the course of a business cycle since 1980-82. Manufacturing and construction were particularly hard hit.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601109&sid=aDx_Srx0Sv8Q

UK: CBI report warns of 60,000 financial job losses:
 
Up to 60,000 jobs could be lost in the financial services sector this year, according to the CBI and PricewaterhouseCoopers, adding to fears expressed by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that Britain faces a jobless recovery.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2009/oct/05/financial-job-losses-cbi