Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,196,514"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,012
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War in Iraq Costs
$507,804,817,890
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Why al-Maliki Attacked Basra
 
By Juan Cole
 
The three reasons the Iraqi prime minister launched his ill-fated assault on the Sadrists of southern Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19666.htm
 
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Who Is Iraq’s “Firebrand Cleric”?
 
Veteran Middle East correspondent Patrick Cockburn explains why Muqtada al-Sadr is no maverick.
 
By Justin Elliot
 
If there were elections tomorrow he would probably sweep Shia Baghdad and most of the south. He’s not going to take over the whole of Iraq because Iraq is such a divided place these days. The Kurds are never going to let the Arabs take over their chunk, and the Sunni are going to fight like tigers to keep the Shia from taking over their areas.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19665.htm
 
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Is The “Israel Lobby” Really Losing Its Grip?
 
By Alan Hart
 
The whole point of Zionism’s colonial enterprise was, as it still is, to take for keeping the maximum amount of Arab land with the minimum number of Arabs on it; an enterprise that was assisted by the obscenity of the Nazi holocaust, which gave Zionism a blackmail card to silence criticism of Israel throughout the mainly Gentile Judeo-Christian world and suppress informed and honest debate about who must do what and why for justice and peace. 
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19668.htm
 
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Empire or Humanity?
 
What the classroom didn’t teach me about the American empire
 
By Howard Zinn
 
With an occupying army waging war in Iraq and Afghanistan, with military bases and corporate bullying in every part of the world, there is hardly a question any more of the existence of an American Empire. Indeed, the once fervent denials have turned into a boastful, unashamed embrace of the idea.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19663.htm
 
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Strangelove’s Wet Dream
 
A Nuclear Free Fire Zone
 
By Peter Chamberlin
 
Never before have so few invested so much, for such long a time, to confuse so many people, about so many things. Never before have so many free people willingly betrayed their own country, their own religion, even their own family, in order to gamble for the opportunity to serve the interests of the powerful few, who are known to reward loyalty so extravagantly.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19669.htm
 
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Mukasey Hints US Had Attack Warning Before 9/11
 
By David Edwards and Muriel Kane
 
When Attorney General Mukasey delivered a speech last week demanding that Congress grant the president warrantless eavesdropping powers and telecom immunity, the question and answer session afterwards included one extraordinary but little-noticed claim.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19664.htm
 
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The Reflecting Pool
 
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
 
Whether you see yourself as a truth seeker, patriotic American, independent thinker or voter, or just someone with bad memories of 9/11, you should make an effort to view The Reflecting Pool, a new independent movie.  It is not about 9/11.  It is about the credibility of the official government story about 9/11.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19670.htm
 
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Mr. Spitzer’s Demise
 
Retribution Or Prostitution?
 
By Rob Kirby
 
Eliot Spitzer is no more. While I have never been accused of being a Spitzer supporter, I do admit to being curious as to the manner in which he fell, so swiftly, from grace.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19667.htm
 
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Iraq: At leat 34 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
The U.S. military said eight members of a U.S.-backed neighborhood police patrol were killed and three wounded on Tuesday while they were moving a bomb they had found in Shirqat town
tinyurl.com/2u9l2v
 
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Sadr loyalists warn of end to cease-fire:
 
Loyalists of Shiite cleric Muqtada Sadr today accused government forces of breaching a cease-fire with continued raids in the southern city of Basra and threatened a “return to conflict.”
fairuse.100webcustomers.com/itsonlyfair/latimes0201.html
 
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Iraq to hire 100,000 new security personnel for Basra:
 
The recruitment of extra security forces, many of whom will inevitably be Sadr supporters, was presented as part of a seven-point plan to improve conditions in Basra, which included measures to improve public services in the dilapidated and war-ravaged second city.
tinyurl.com/36gvu9
 
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Iran torpedoes US plans for Iraqi oil :
 
In the highly competitive world of international politics, nation states very rarely miss an opportunity to crow about success stories. The opportunity comes rare, mostly by default, and seldom enduring. By any standards of showmanship, therefore, Tehran has set a new benchmark of reticence.
www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/JD03Ak02.html
 
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Quarter Of Americans Now Think Iran is The Biggest Enemy :
 
Consistent neocon propaganda campaign paying off.
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=8517
 
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Manufacturing Consent For War With Iran:
 
China reveals Iran’s nuclear secrets to UN:
 
Concern over Tehran’s secretive research programme has increased in recent weeks after officials at the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the UN’s nuclear watchdog, discovered that Iran had obtained information on how to manufacture nuclear-armed weapons.
tinyurl.com/37h28q
 
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Manufacturing Consent For War
 
Israel says Syria nuclear base was raid target:
 
The Japanese daily newspaper Asahi Shimbun cited sources at the Japanese foreign ministry for its report of a meeting between Ehud Olmert, the prime minister of Israel, and Yasuo Fukuda, his Japanese opposite number.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/02/wsyria102.xml
 
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IDF Deputy Chief: Retaliation for attack on Israel wil be painful :
 
Harel’s words came during a briefing for reporters at a Tel Aviv army base, hours after London-based Arabic-language daily Al Quds al-Arabi reported that the Syrian army was calling up part of its reserves over fears of an IDF offensive.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/971030.html
 
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Israel hosts NATO naval drill :
 
Israel has been shoring up ties recently with NATO as part of preparations for any future showdown with Iran.
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/107829.html
 
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Israel to build over 1,900 illegal homes in West Bank settlements:
 
Israel plans to build nearly 2,000 new apartments in illegal Jewish settlements in the West Bank in 2008, the largest number in a decade, an Israeli newspaper reported Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/39c3dn
 
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U.S. Congress recognizes Jewish refugees from Arab countries for first time :
 
“Jewish refugees outnumbered Palestinian refugees, and their forced exile from Arab lands must not be omitted from public discussion on the peace process,” said Rep. Jerrold Nadler (D-NY).
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/970998.html
 
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Poll: Israel isn’t top priority for US voters, including Jews:
 
Israel figures low on the totem pole for likely American voters, who are chiefly concerned with the economy and jobs followed by the situation in Iraq, affordable health care, terrorism and national security.
tinyurl.com/2rzc5v
 
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Mugabe loses Zimbabwe majority :
 
The Zimbabwe African National Union – Patriotic Front (Zanu-PF), led by Robert Mugabe, the president, has lost control of parliament in weekend elections, official results show.
tinyurl.com/375jzb
 
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Venezuela diverts Exxon oil to China:
 
Venezuela is sending to China all the oil it previously shipped to a US refinery jointly owned with Exxon Mobil amid a legal battle between the OPEC nation and the US oil giant, Energy Minister Rafael Ramirez said on Friday.
tinyurl.com/yow98l
 
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British researchers create human-animal hybrid embryo amid political row :
 
For the first time in Britain, researchers at Newcastle University said Tuesday they had created human-animal hybrid embryos, amid a political row over a disputed embryo research bill in parliament.
tinyurl.com/2zwn9b
 
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ACLU: Military skirting law to spy:
 
The military is using the FBI to skirt legal restrictions on domestic surveillance to obtain private records of Americans’ Internet service providers, financial institutions and telephone companies, the ACLU said Tuesday.
www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/ap/nation/5666815.html
 
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Memo: Laws Didn’t Apply to Interrogators:
 
Justice Dept. Official in 2003 Said President’s Wartime Authority Trumped Many Statutes
tinyurl.com/3yed5r
 
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US declassifies ‘torture’ memo :
 
The memo, which was subsequently overruled, said George Bush’s authority as president superseded international bans on torture.
tinyurl.com/3xa2pn
 
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Pentagon’s weapon spending surges to $1.6 trillion in 2007 :
 
The U.S. Defense Department’s spending on weapon systems has surged to 1.6 trillion dollars in 2007, doubling from 790 billion dollars in 2000, said a congressional report released on Tuesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/02/content_7901086.htm
 
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IMF predicts US recession: report :
 
The IMF believes the US will experience at least two successive quarters of negative growth — the technical definition of a recession — and will grow only half a percent over the whole of 2008, weekly Die Zeit reported.
tinyurl.com/2p9jqe
 
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Recession warning by US Fed chief :
 
Bernanke’s testimony was a pessimistic assessment of the economy’s prospects amid housing and financial crises.
tinyurl.com/33kty7
 
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Treasury says Bear Stearns deal ‘necessary’ to maintain financial stability:
 
Paulson said the NY Fed is loaning JPMorgan $29 billion for the buyout, and is taking billions of dollars worth of mortgage-backed securities owned by Bear as collateral.
tinyurl.com/3xu2sw
 
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Thirty-Six U.S. States to Face Water Shortages in the Next Five Years :
 
At least 36 states are expected to face water shortages within the next five years, according to U.S. government estimates. Available freshwater supplies are dwindling across the country due to rising temperatures and droughts, while increasing sprawl, population and inefficient resource usage are leading to rising demand.
www.naturalnews.com/022915.html