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1 September, 2010 — Information Clearing House

War Criminal Tony Blair: ‘I Cried for Iraq War Victims’
By JILL LAWLESS
Tony Blair regrets banning fox hunting, but not invading Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26281.htm

Oval Office Lovefest
By Mike Whitney
Barack Obama kicked off campaign season in grand style last night with a celebratory “The Iraq War is Over” speech from the Oval Office.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26282.htm

Least We Forget
Operation Iraqi Freedom Picture Album
WARNING
These Pages Depict The Horror And Reality Of War.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article2604.htm

Veterans For Peace
Obama’s Re-branded Occupation Of Iraq
By Mike Ferner
A veteran’s perspective makes it clear that two major points must be made in response to President Obama’s announcement regarding combat troops leaving Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26284.htm

Least We Forget
President Bush’s “Bring Them On” Picture Album
WARNING
These Pages Depict The Horror And Reality Of War.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4173.htm

A Trillion-Dollar Catastrophe.
Yes, Iraq Was a Headline War
By Simon Jenkins
The west is leaving Iraq in a pool of blood, dust and dollars. It remains wedded to Iraq’s twin sister in folly, Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26277.htm

They’re Leaving as Heroes?
By William Blum
Drum roll, please … Stand tall American GI hero! And don’t even think of ever apologizing. Iraq is forced by the United States to continue paying reparations for its own invasion of Kuwait in 1990. How much will the American heroes pay the people of Iraq?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26280.htm

Least We Forget
Take No Prisoners
Another proud moment in U.S. Military History.
U.S. Marines execute an Iraqi to the cheers of fellow marines
-:WARNING:-
This video should only be viewed by a mature audience
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article5365.htm

What Obama Should Have Said About Afghanistan
A much-needed addition to last night’s speech
By Ray McGovern
What’s particularly embarrassing is that CIA Director Leon Panetta goes on TV and says, with no apparent awkwardness, that there are only 50, “maybe less,” al-Qaeda left in Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26276.htm

The State and Local Bases of Zionist Power in America
By James Petras Ph.D. –
Any serious effort to understand the extraordinary influence of the Zionist power configuration over US foreign policy must examine the presence of key operatives in strategic positions in the government and the activities of local Zionist organizations affiliated with mainstream Jewish organizations and religious orders.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26283.htm

How to Kill Goyim and Influence People:
By Max Blumenthal
Israeli Rabbis Defend Book’s Shocking Religious Defense of Killing Non-Jews (with Video) A rabbinical guidebook for killing non-Jews has sparked an uproar in Israel and exposed the power a bunch of genocidal theocrats wield over the government.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26275.htm

Death By Globalism:
Economists Haven’t A Clue
By Paul Craig Roberts
When the jobs have been shipped overseas, fiscal stimulus does not call workers back to work in order to meet the rising consumer demand. If fiscal stimulus has any effect, it stimulates employment in China and India.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26279.htm

The GOP’s Masterplan: Obstruct, Smear, Lie, Repeat  
By Mike Whitney
By the time the Republicans were swept from office in 2008, the economy was in freefall. Unemployment was rising at 750,000 per month, and all of the main economic indicators were plunging faster rate than after the Crash of ’29.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26278.htm

I Love You
3 Minute Video
How much of a difference can three words make?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article26285.htm

6 more U.S. troops killed during Afghanistan combat: –
Six more American troops were killed in action in Afghanistan, ending August with a spike in bloodshed that has claimed the lives of 19 U.S. service members in only four days.
www.onlineathens.com/stories/090110/nat_702679367.shtml

3 Court Staff Shot Dead, 12 hurt in Kabul:
A court staff car was stopped in ‘Abdul Rahouf’ area in Mosahee district of Kabul by two gunmen riding a motorbike and then they shot the staff, witnesses said.
www.tolonews.com/en/afghanistan/409-3-court-staff-shot-dead-12-hurt-in-kabul-

Oxfam workers killed in Afghanistan:
Three aid workers with British humanitarian group Oxfam have been killed by a roadside bomb in northern Afghanistan, the charity said on Tuesday.
bit.ly/bvGH60

Taliban footprint ‘spreading’: Petraeus:
The number of American troops killed fighting the Taliban in the last four days hit 21 on Tuesday with the deaths of four US soldiers in the east of the country, NATO’s International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
yhoo.it/a1HK4z

Afghanistan’s biggest bank in near disastrous collapse:
Authorities have reportedly intervened to try to avert the potentially disastrous collapse of Afghanistan’s biggest bank after uncovering a web of shady transactions involving well-connected insiders.
www.sbs.com.au/news/article/1342252/Afghanistan

Murdering Civilians: Pakistan raid kills 45 “militants” and their families:
“Some of the families were living in the vicinity of these hideouts and they were also among the dead,” he said, adding he did not know how many non-combatants were among the casualties.
ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCATRE6800XG20100901

Terrorism claims 81 lives in week in northwest Pakistan:
The continuing spate of terrorism killed at least 81 lives, including civilians and militants, during the past week in northwest Pakistan’s tribal areas bordering Afghanistan, intelligence reports suggested Tuesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/world/2010-08/31/c_13471242.htm

18 killed, 150 injured in Lahore suicide attacks:
Suicide bombers blew themselves up during a Shiite procession in the Pakistani city of Lahore, killing at least 18 people and injuring more than 150, according to local officials.
bit.ly/aRlj46

Military officers cancel trip after humiliation at US airport:
A Pakistani military delegation became the latest victim of the paranoia permeating US airports on Monday night, when US security officials detained a brigadier at Washington’s Dulles airport on a complaint by a passenger who said he did not feel safe sharing the flight with the delegation.
bit.ly/cRzNy2

15 killed in bomb blast in Somalia:
At least fifteen people were killed and more than 30 injured Tuesday after a roadside bomb explosion hit two passenger buses in the Somali capital Mogadishu, officials and witnesses said.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/679331/cs/1/

Ugandan troops killed in Somalia:
Four Ugandan soldiers with the African Union forces in Somalia were killed yesterday when hardline insurgents fired a mortar shell at one of their bases, the force’s spokesman said.
bit.ly/auII5V

Have gun will travel:
Somalia: Army Ready to Send 10,000 to Somalia if US pays:
Uganda is set to send thousands of its reserve troops for deployment to Somalia if the US government provides promised funding for the mission, the Chief of Defence Forces has said.
allafrica.com/stories/201008310047.html

Two militants killed, one soldier injured in Iraq:
Two militants were killed and a soldier was injured in separate attacks in Iraq’s northern city of Mosul Tuesday, police said
bit.ly/bw6uSB

Sniper kills U.S. soldier in Tikrit:
A sniper killed a U.S. soldier in central Tikrit on Tuesday, raising the U.S. fatalities in August to four soldiers, a source from the Salah al-Din police department said.
en.aswataliraq.info/?p=136361

Fearful Iraqis scrambling to buy weapons:
Four days after his brother was slain in a Baghdad robbery this month, Muntather Shaker borrowed $1,500 and bought a pistol. He carries it in his back pocket, sleeps with it under his pillow and is ready to use it to defend his family.
www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/08/30/AR2010083005220.html

Iraqi women miss Saddam Hussein’s days:
Women in Iraq bear double burden, feel less secure or free following US-led invasion.
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=37856

Spoils of war:
Iraq to spend $13B on U.S. arms, equipment:
Iraq is preparing to buy as much as $13 billion in American arms and military equipment, a huge order of tanks, ships and hardware that U.S. officials say shows Iraqi-U.S. military ties will be tight for years to come.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2010-08-31-Iraq-arms-deal_N.htm

Military Subcontractors Bribing U.S. Personnel With Prostitutes? :
Taxpayer cash is flowing to subcontractors in Iraq and Afghanistan, who engage in shady, illegal practices with few repercussions.
bit.ly/dqvRR1

CBO: US war in Iraq costs $709bn:
The cost, published in the CBO’s Budget and Economic Outlook, comprises of military expenditure, including training of Iraqi forces and diplomatic operations.
www.presstv.ir/detail/140723.html

Four Israelis killed in shooting attack in occupied West Bank:
Two men and two women, one of whom was pregnant, killed in attack that occurred around 7:30 P.M. when gunmen opened fire on victims’ car.
bit.ly/bgNfEK

Obama backs security for Israel: “I want everybody to be clear:
The United States is going to be unwavering in its support of Israel’s security, and we are going to push back against these kinds of terrorist activities,” Obama said.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/09/20109115314822186.html

British spy found dead in bath was padlocked into sports bag:
After colleagues reported him missing, police broke into his flat and found his partially decomposed body locked inside a large sportsbag in the bath, the hearing was told.
bit.ly/d6RnCN

Wikileaks rape complaint revived:
Swedish officials revived a rape complaint against the founder of the Wikileaks whistle-blower website after the chief prosecutor claimed that new evidence had emerged.
bit.ly/ctzXW0

Secret ‘Kill Lists’ Fly in the Face of US and Int’l Law:
Two of the nation’s most influential human rights organisations have filed a lawsuit challenging the government’s authority to carry out “targeted killings” of U.S. citizens located far from any armed conflict zone.
ipsnorthamerica.net/news.php?idnews=3262

Hate Moves Upstate: Mosque Near Rochester Targeted by Bigots:
Waterport, New York, is 373 miles from the sacred ground of the World Trade Center site. But apparently, the good Americans up near the Canadian border have some sensitivities just like those folks down in the Big City, and the local-but-god-damn-foreign-seeming Muslims aren’t respecting those sensitivities at all
bit.ly/ckzfG4

Number of illegal immigrants in USA down:
The number of immigrants coming to the USA illegally every year has plummeted – the first significant decline in two decades, according to a Pew Hispanic Center report out today.
www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2010-09-01-illegal-immigrants_N.htm

Fed lets China firm buy Morgan Stanley shares:
The Federal Reserve on Tuesday approved a proposal by Chinese sovereign wealth fund China Investment Corp. to buy up to 10 percent of the voting shares of Morgan Stanley.
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U4U320100831

Citigroup to Hire Up to 7, 500 In China: Report:
Citigroup Inc plans to almost triple its workforce in China by hiring up to 7,500 people in the next three years, an executive told Bloomberg in an interview published on Tuesday.
www.reuters.com/article/idUSTRE67U4U320100831

Problem bank list climbs to 829:
The number of banks at risk of failing rose by 53 to 829, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. said in its quarterly survey of the nation’s banking system. That increase marks the smallest rise since the first quarter of 2009.
money.cnn.com/2010/08/31/news/companies/fdic_problem_bank_list/

17 Percent of America in Anti-Poverty Programs:
One out of every six Americans are in government anti-poverty programs, according to USA TODAY. More than 50 million Americans are in Medicaid. Forty million receive food stamps and 10 million receive unemployment benefits.
bit.ly/cq8cvH

Homelessness Up 50% In New York City:
If you think you’ve been seeing more people sleep on city streets, statistics back up the perception. The homeless population living on New York City streets has gone up 50 percent in the past year, according to city statistics reported by the HellsKitchenLife.com blog.
bit.ly/9Lfn6t

Man ‘sick’ of poverty gets prison in Pa. heist:
An Erie man who told the FBI he was “sick of being poor” has been sentenced to serve six years and nine months for robbing a northwestern Pennsylvania bank and violating his probation for another robbery.
www.centredaily.com/2010/08/31/2180877/man-sick-of-poverty-gets-prison.html

Stranger than fiction: For Newark, it’s come to this: Selling city buildings:
The city is trying to sell off its buildings to win a cash windfall today, a move that will force it to make rent payments in years ahead. It’s like selling your house to grab the equity, and then renting it back from the new owner..
blog.nj.com/njv_editorial_page/2010/08/for_newark_its_come_to_this_se.html

Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,366,350″
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq:  4,734
icasualties.org/oif/

Number Of  International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 2,057

Cost of War in Iraq & Afghanistan
$1,073,566,151,424
www.costofwar.com/

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