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 : 1,453
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$690,606,187,380
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$228,979,621,435
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Insurgents Taking Charge in Kunduz
By Gul Rahim Niazmand in Kunduz
The Taleban have complete control over the district. They have established their own brand of Islamic rule, and they can move around the villages and bazaars openly, with no fear. There is no government authority here.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23695.htm
Afghanistan – The Proxy War
By Andrew J. Bacevich
As the fighting drags on from one year to the next, the engagement of US forces in armed nation-building projects in distant lands will become the new normalcy. Americans of all ages will come to accept war as a perpetual condition, as young Americans already do. That “keeping Americans safe'' obliges the United States to seek, maintain, and exploit unambiguous military supremacy will become utterly uncontroversial.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23696.htm
War Criminals Are Becoming The Arbiters Of Law
By Paul Craig Roberts
“This is the Israeli notion of a fair deal: We're entitled to do whatever the hell we want to the Palestinians because, by definition, whatever we do to them is self-defense. They, however, are not entitled to lift a finger against us because, by definition, whatever they do to us is terrorism.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23702.htm
From Delusion to Vindictiveness
Interpreting the Zionist Dream
By Gilad Atzmon
As an Israeli youngster I myself succumbed to this dream. I tended to believe that Israel was 'my' historic land, I regarded the Biblical protagonists as my direct ancestors. I was sure that, at least in the case of the so called 'first Israelis', the ideological transplant operation was a great success. We, the young Israeli natives tended to believe that we were all nothing less than a success story of 'modified-civilised-humanist-secular-beings'.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23700.htm
The Vichy Government of Palestine
By Jamal Dajani
Posters which first appeared in Gaza showing Mahmoud Abbas with a black X across his face and the words, “To the trash heap of history, you traitor, Mahmoud Abbas,” have made their way to West Bank and even to East Jerusalem.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23705.htm
Millions Will Starve as Rich Nations Cut Food Aid Funding, Warns UN
Aid agencies fear global disaster.
By John Vidal, in Bangkok
Tens of millions of the world's poor will have their food rations cut or cancelled in the next few weeks because rich countries have slashed aid funding.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23697.htm
Dollar Reaches Breaking Point as Banks Shift Reserves
By Ye Xie and Anchalee Worrachate
Central banks flush with record reserves are increasingly snubbing dollars in favor of euros and yen, further pressuring the greenback after its biggest two- quarter rout in almost two decades.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23698.htm
A Dollar Rout Or More Bernanke Trickery?
By Mike Whitney
The only way to weaken the dollar further is through asymmetrical warfare, a disinformation campaign aimed at triggering a sell-off before the dollar strengthens when the stock market corrects and credit tightens even more. Is that what Bernanke has in mind?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23699.htm
The Nobel Prize, the Brand and the President
By Gilad Atzmon
Obama may have to find some other policies to pursue peace rather than killing Muslims. Time will tell whether the Nobel Committee gamble justified itself.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23701.htm
Battening Down the Hatches:
Secret State Monitors Protest, Represses Dissent
By Tom Burghardt
As social networking becomes a dominant feature of daily life, the secret state is increasingly surveilling electronic media for what it euphemistically calls “actionable intelligence.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23703.htm
Pilots on Food Stamps
By Michael Moore
The plane landed and I stepped into the cockpit. “Read this,” the first officer said. He handed me a letter from the airline to him. It was headlined “LETTER OF CONCERN.” It seems this poor fellow had taken three sick days in the past year. The letter was a warning not to take another one — or else.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23704.htm
Yemen army claims to kill 59 Shiite rebels:
The Yemeni army said on Monday it had “purged” pockets of resistance of Shiite rebels near the northern city of Saada, and killed 59 fighters in various operations.
snipurl.com/sh8e6
Yemen conflict strands refugees at Saudi border:
Relief agencies estimate 150,000 people have been displaced in the conflict but with no access to the war zone they have no clear idea how many have fled. Yemen has barred journalists and diplomats from travelling independently to the northern provinces of Saada, Amran and Hajjeh.
snipurl.com/sh8eo
Pakistan says 41 killed in market bombing:
Taliban spokesman Azam Tariq told The Associated Press the assault on army headquarters was only the first in a planned wave of strikes intended to avenge the killing of Pakistani Taliban chief Baitullah Mehsud in a CIA missile strike in August.
www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2009/10/
12/general-as-pakistan_6990527.html
31 killed as Pakistan jets bomb Taliban: official:
Pakistani fighter jets have bombed Taliban strongholds in the lawless northwest tribal belt, killing at least 31 suspected militants, government and security officials said Monday.
snipurl.com/sh8f4
Pakistanis say U.S. hoards intelligence:
Blame CIA for failure to catch terror leaders
www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/
oct/12/pakistanis-say-us-hoards-intelligence/
25 militants killed and injured in S Afghanistan:
Over two dozen anti-government insurgents were killed and injured during military operation in Taliban birthplace Kandahar in south Afghanistan, a private television channel aired Monday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12218432.htm
Afghan outlook bleak as Taliban grabs territory:
As generals, politicians and pundits in Washington debate the next best step for America's eight-year war in Afghanistan, the Taliban takes new territory by the day, despite the record 64,000 U.S. troops here.
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Afghan president: Unknown helicopters transfer rebels to N Afghanistan
“A compressive investigation was underway to determine which country the helicopters belonged to; why armed men were being infiltrated into the region; and whether increasing insecurity in the north was linked to it.”
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12216259.htm
Afghan quits election panel, claiming foreigners are making all decisions:
Resignation of local member of UN-backed commission looking at electoral fraud in Afghanistan is blow to credibility of election
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/oct/12/hillary-clinton-taliban-al-qaida
Three bombs in Iraqi city kill 23:
First, they bombed a crowded parking lot outside the provincial government's headquarters. Seven minutes later, they detonated a car bomb aimed at the rescue workers. An hour later, a third bomb exploded outside the hospital where survivors were receiving treatment.
www.newsobserver.com/news/nation_world/story/137685.html
British have covered up hundreds of Iraqi casualties, ex-officer says:
The British military's chain of command has instructed the country's top investigators not to examine hundreds of incidents involving Iraqi deaths and serious injury, a former British military police officer told the BBC Sunday.
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Abu Mazen: Israel Kills Children, Barbaric:
PA President Mahmoud Abbas (Abu Mazen) made a live televised speech on Sunday evening in which he sharply attacked Israel. During the speech he said, “Israeli actions during the fighting in Gaza were barbaric and inhuman. We must bring to trial the killers of our children.”
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/172383
Abbas seeks vote on Gaza report:
He said he had now instructed his officials to push for a special session of the UN Human Rights Council to bring forward the debate that the PA had earlier supported deferring until March.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/8302058.stm
Netanyahu vows never to let Israelis be tried for war crimes:
Netanyahu opened his fiery speech at the inauguration of the Knesset's winter session by blasting the Goldstone Commission's report sponsored by the United Nations, that accused Israel of committing war crimes during its war against militants in the Gaza Strip last year.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120498.html
Israeli officials warn against support for UN report:
A jittery Israeli government reacted furiously yesterday after a top British diplomat voiced support for aspects of a UN report that could lead to prosecution of Israeli army officers for alleged war crimes.
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Turkish defence snub worries Israel:
Turkey has said that it banned Israel from an international air exercise due to begin last week because of its offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip last December.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/
2009/10/2009101292429999748.html
Report: Jordan threatened to expel Israel envoy over Temple Mount clashes:
Jordan threatened to expel Israel's ambassador to the Kingdom last week in the event of Israel choosing to forcibly enter the Temple Mount during clashes in Jerusalem, the pan-Arab paper Al-Quds al-Arabi reported on Monday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120486.html
Iran deplores language of threat, sanction:
“So far, western powers have achieved nothing by using the language of threats and sanctions against Iran. The West, itself, knows that this language is useless,” Iranian Foreign Ministry Spokesman Hassan Qashqavi told reporters Monday.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=108459§ionid=351020101
Israel and U.S. prepare for largest-ever joint air force drill:
Israel and the United States will hold their biggest joint air-defence exercise next week, the Israeli military said, testing missile interceptors that would serve as a strategic bulwark in any showdown with Iran.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1120500.html
Witnesses: Ethiopian troops invade Somalia:
Hundreds of troops in military trucks entered three villages west of the town of Beledweyne, witnesses said. The Ethiopian troops arrived in the area in late Saturday afternoon, carried out searches and detained several people they suspected of having links with Islamist fighters.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-10/12/content_12213833.htm
Kenya warned over Somali 'troops':
Islamist rebels in Somalia have accused Kenya of recruiting ethnic Somalis who live in Kenya to fight against them.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/8302176.stm
War brings business to Feinstein spouse:
When it comes to scoring mega-military-related contracts, Sen. Dianne Feinstein's multimillionaire husband, Richard Blum, is right in the thick of things.
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/c/a/2003/04/27/BA284459.DTL
Amnesty reveals Bible was used to decide execution :
Jurors used Biblical passages supporting the death penalty to help them decide whether he should live or die. Amnesty considers that the jurors' use of the Bible during their sentencing deliberations raises serious questions about their impartiality.
feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/?sid=553385
Britain has worst quality of life in Europe, study says:
British people have the worst quality of life in Europe, according to a report which highlights the long hours, bad weather, low life expectancy and high price of many consumer goods.
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UK in $25bn sale of state assets:
Gordon Brown, the British prime minister, has announced a $25bn sale of state assets, including the Channel Tunnel rail link, in a bid to cut soaring debt caused by the global economic crisis.
english.aljazeera.net/business/2009/10/20091012114024473246.html
'Benign currency neglect' could spell real danger for US economy:
What's happening to the dollar? That's the question dominating the world's financial markets. Last week the US currency fell, on a trade-weighted basis, to a fresh 14-month low. The dollar's decline is now gaining momentum.
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US facing massive economic 'power shift' with dollar's downward spiral:
The dollar's position as the world's leading reserve currency faces increased pressure as the financial crisis allows emerging economies greater influence on the world stage, analysts said.
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U.S. states suffer “unbelievable” revenue shortages:
“It's crazy. It's really just unbelievable,” said Scott Pattison, executive director of the National Association of State Budget Officers, and called the states' revenue situations “close to unprecedented.”
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20091009/pl_nm/us_usa_state_budgets
10,000 apply for 90 factory jobs:
In the latest sign of weakness in Louisville-area employment, about 10,000 people applied over three days for 90 jobs building washing machines at General Electric for about $27,000 per year and hefty benefits.
www.courier-journal.com/article/20091008/NEWS01/910080326/
1003/BUSINESS/10+000+apply+for+90+factory+jobs