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: 4,667
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,446
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$689,193,093,994
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$228,595,754,368
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
A War of Absurdity
By Robert Scheer
Every once in a while, a statistic just jumps out at you in a way that makes everything else you hear on a subject seem beside the point, if not downright absurd. That was my reaction to the recent statement of the president’s national security adviser, former Marine Gen. James Jones, concerning the size of the terrorist threat from Afghanistan:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23663.htm
Is the U.S. Preparing to Bomb Iran?
By JONATHAN KARL
Based on a little-noticed funding request recently sent to Congress, the answer to that question appears to be yes.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23658.htm
Public Skeptical and Hawkish on Iran
By Jim Lobe
Despite strong support for diplomatic engagement with Iran, most U.S. citizens believe such efforts will ultimately fail and that Washington should be prepared to use military force to prevent Tehran from obtaining a nuclear weapon, according to a new poll released here Tuesday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23659.htm
The Unacceptable Cost of Judeo-Christianity, Its Legacy of Pain
By Charles E. Carlson
This paper explores how Christian Zionism is co-opted by a foreign lobby, AIPAC, and used to carry out Israeli objectives.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23660.htm
The Israel Lobby. Portrait of a Great Taboo
The Power of the Israel Lobby in the United States
This is a must watch video
Tegenlicht, a documentary program by the Dutch public broadcast organization VPRO, allows several interesting opinion makers to speak on the future of the American and Israel relationship and the reception of John Mearsheimers and Steve Walts article “The Israel Lobby and US foreign policy.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17525.htm
A Financial Revolution with Profound Political Implications
By Robert Fisk
The plan to de-dollarise the oil market, discussed both in public and in secret for at least two years and widely denied yesterday by the usual suspects – Saudi Arabia being, as expected, the first among them – reflects a growing resentment in the Middle East, Europe and in China at America’s decades-long political as well as economic world dominance.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23657.htm
“Dollar’s Demise Will Be Felt Worldwide” : Gerald Celente
Video Interview With Gerald Celente
“There’s a major financial crisis ahead. The United States, the world’s superpower, is failing on its most basic level,”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23665.htm
The ‘Real’ Economy Is Dying:
Q4 ‘Going to Be a Bloodbath,’ Whalen Says
By Aaron Task
“Why is liquidity going into the financial sector? It’s because the real economy is dying [and] everyone is fleeing into the stocks and bonds because they’re liquid at the moment,” Whalen says. “That’s not a good sign.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23661.htm
Chaos at Cobo:
Thousands stand in line for help paying bills
By Charlie LeDuff, George Hunter and Santiago Esparza
“This morning, I seen the curtain pulled back on the misery,” he said. “People fighting over a line. People threatening to shoot each other. Is this what we’ve come to?”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23662.htm
Health Care and the ‘Predator State’
It is corporate power, not the government, that we need to worry about.
By Thomas Frank
In June 2008, I used this space to call on then-Sen. Barack Obama to add economist James K. Galbraith’s book, “The Predator State,” to his reading list. As an account of the capture of government by private interests.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23664.htm
At least 30 killed in fresh Yemen clashes:
Yemen’s military officials say they have killed at least 30 Houthi fighters in their strongholds in Sa’ada and Amran provinces in the mountainous north.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108058§ionid=351020206
Iraq: At least five killed, 15 injured in Iraq attacks:
In the northern city of Mosul, two policemen were killed by a bomb as they patrolled the neighbourhood of al-Zahra. Three others were wounded in that attack.
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16 killed, 30 wounded in Fallujah car bomb:
A car bomb outside a Sunni mosque in a town near the western Iraqi city of Fallujah killed 16 people and wounded 30 on Tuesday around the time of evening prayers, a doctor told AFP.
www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=37827&ccid=11
40 Afghan “militants” killed:
American and Afghan troops swept through forested mountains in eastern Afghanistan on Tuesday, killing 40 militant fighters in a hunt for insurgents responsible for one of the deadliest attacks of the war on U.S. troops, the Defense Ministry said.
www.montereyherald.com/ci_13504020?source=rss
Spanish occupation force soldier killed, five wounded in Afghanistan: ministry:
”A vehicle of Task Force Fuerteventura hit an explosive device at Syah Washann near Herat, leaving one dead and five lightly injured,” an army statement added.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/10/08/2707879.htm?section=justin
Afghan ambassador for extra forces:
Afghanistan’s ambassador to the United States has said that more US troops are needed in his country to help promote stability and train the domestic security forces.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2009/10/2009107175431443111.html
NATO ‘to increase troops in Afghanistan’:
“All member countries of NATO including UK will send more forces soon to Afghanistan,” Johnson said Tuesday during a joint press conference with Pakistani interior minister Rehman Malik in Islamabad.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108043§ionid=351020403
Barely a third of British public support war in Afghanistan:
Only 37% of the UK public supports the war in Afghanistan, according to research published today (7 October), eight years to the day after the war began.
www.ekklesia.co.uk/node/10352
Most Americans see Afghan fight worth US bloodshed: poll:
A solid majority of Americans are willing to see some of their countrymen die to achieve a terror-free Afghanistan, but US misgivings about sending more troops remain, a poll released Wednesday said.
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Endless War:
Americans Expecting No Resolution in Afghanistan:
Majorities of American adults think the war in Afghanistan cannot be won and that its most likely conclusion would be no conclusion at all, according to a poll by Clarus Research Group
blogs.cqpolitics.com/polltracker/2009/10/afghanistan.html
6 killed as Pakistan jets hit Taleban positions: officials:
Pakistani fighter jets bombed Taleban hideouts in a northwest tribal region on Tuesday, killing six insurgents and wounding three others, security and intelligence officials said.
www.arabtimesonline.com/client/pagesdetails.asp?nid=37826&ccid=11
Obama administration seeks to reassure Pakistan and Afghanistan over Taliban:
The Barack Obama administration has sought to reassure the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan that its review of strategy in the region did not mean it was considering abandoning the fight against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
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Kerry-Lugar Bill is an insult, Army tells US military:
As anger mounts over the degrading language and observations in the Kerry-Lugar Bill on Pakistan’s military services and intelligence agencies, the Army conveyed its part of protest to the US when Commander of International Forces in Afghanistan General Stanley McChrystal met Army chief General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani at the GHQ on Tuesday
paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=219949
Pakistan debates US aid bill:
Pakistan’s parliament has begun a debate on a US aid bill after widespread criticism in the country that some conditions attached to it are a humiliating violation of sovereignty.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/10/200910794610557926.html
Has Pakistan lost its honour?:
Predator drone attacks are launched by the United States into Pakistan territory despite protests from its ministers, its army launches attacks on militants they themselves have trained to fight in India and Afghanistan, and President Obama’s Special Envoy Richard Holbrooke comes and goes as he pleases to tell its president and prime minister what they should do.
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US ‘will’ disregard borders in terrorist hunt, says Obama:
Afghanistan and Pakistan are not the Pentagon’s sole targets in its war on terror, says Obama adding that the US will not hesitate to attack anywhere it deems a threat.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108069§ionid=3510203
Senate passes $636 billion “defense spending” bill:
$128.2 billion would fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Congress in prior years funded the two wars separately from regular Pentagon operations.
www.reuters.com/article/pressReleasesMolt/idUSTRE59604820091007
U.S. officials: We’re ready to take action against Iran:
Banking Committee Chairman Sen. Christopher Dodd, a Democrat, said he planned to move forward this month on a proposal to extend restrictions on financial transactions, impose new sanctions on oil and gas pipelines and tankers, restrict exports of certain refined petroleum products to Iran and impose a broad ban on imports from Iran.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1119192.html
Where did two Iran nuclear scientists disappear to?:
Two Iranian nuclear scientists disappeared over the past weeks and allegedly defected to the West, the London-based pan-Arabic daily Asharq al-Awsat reported.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1119425.html
Iran blames US in scientist case:
Scientist Shahram Amiri vanished during a pilgrimage to the Saudi kingdom in late May, Iranian authorities have said. Relatives quoted in Iranian media have said Amiri researches medical uses of nuclear technology at a Tehran university.
www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=415714&type=World
Bahrain: Iran a stabilizing element in Mideast:
“Contrary to Western contentions, we do not see Iran as a destabilizing element in the region,” said Bahraini Prime Minister, Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman al-Khalifa Hossein Amir, on Wednesday. He added that the Islamic Republic’s stability guarantees peace and security in the region
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108067§ionid=351020101
UN council to discuss Gaza war crimes report:
Members of the UN Security Council will meet to discuss Libya’s request for an emergency session on a report that claimed war crimes were committed by Israel during last year’s offensive on Gaza.
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Qaddafi vexes US in forcing UN to take up Gaza report:
Libya called a special closed-door session of the United Nations Security Council Wednesday afternoon to demand action on a UN report that criticizes Israel for committing “war crimes” during its December-January offensive into Gaza.
news.yahoo.com/s/csm/20091007/ts_csm/agoldstone_1
Abbas aide: Deferring action on Goldstone report was a mistake:
The Palestinian leadership made a mistake by suspending action on a U.N. report on Gaza war crimes, a member of President Mahmoud Abbas’ inner circle said Wednesday – the first such acknowledgment after days of protests in the West Bank and Gaza.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1119430.html
Hamas urges protesters in Gaza to throw shoes at Abbas photo:
Hamas and other Islamist factions in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday to rally against Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas’s decision to defer action on the Goldstone Commission’s report ? and have instructed demonstrated to throw shoes at the president’s picture as a show of their opposition.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1119453.html
Arab Puppet Dictators For Sale On Ebay:
Package deal! Arab puppet dictators made in USA, cheap, servile, ressourceful, 100% unelected, “moderate” label, “New Middle Beast” certification
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Saudi monarch arrives in Syrian capital:
The Saudi monarch was greeted by Syrian President Bashar al-Assad at Damascus airport on Wednesday, on his first visit to the country since acceding to the throne in 2005.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108079§ionid=351020206
Armed violence kills 2,000 a day worldwide: groups:
An estimated 2.1 million people had died as a direct or indirect result of armed violence. Of the deaths, more than 700,000 resulted from armed conflicts, including those in Afghanistan, Somalia, Sudan, Sri Lanka and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the report said. The figures also include people killed in non-political violence involving firearms.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091007/wl_nm/us_arms_un_treaty
Colombia says ‘no’ to US bases:
Amid reports of a deal reached for the establishment of US military bases in Colombia, the country’s foreign minister says there is no need for more American personnel.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=107818§ionid=351020703
Prophets of doom see new bubbles:
Two of the world’s most influential investment gurus warned yesterday that financial markets were turning into “bubbles”.
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Celente on dollar:
America sinks with its gold
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23665.htm
China calls time on dollar hegemony:
You can date the end of dollar hegemony from China’s decision last month to sell its first batch of sovereign bonds in Chinese yuan to foreigners
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A Hidden $34 Billion Bank Subsidy?
Study Exposes How Taxpayers Are Subsidizing Bank of America, Citigroup, Wells Fargo and Other Large Banks
www.democracynow.org/2009/10/6/a_hidden_34_billion_bank_subsidy
California Hotel Foreclosures Triple in Travel Slump :
Properties in default more than quadrupled to 259
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601087&sid=a5nTehuUgKfQ
Dropping Rents Will Drag House Prices Down with Them:
This is good news for renters and bad news for landlords. It’s also bad news for anyone who owns and would like to sell a house.
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Chaos reigns at Detroit aid event:
People fainted, others fought as the Detroit Police Gang Unit tried to keep people in line --- some since last night --- and in check.
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