Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,197,469"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,023
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War in Iraq Costs
$509,210,323,024
 
See the cost in your community
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Should Khalid Sheikh Mohammed Be Set Free?        
  
By Mike Whitney
 
However horrible he may be, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed poses no threat to our system or our freedom. Bush does.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19695.htm

Back to Disaster
Channeling Hoover at Home, Tet Abroad
 
By David Michael Green
 
One of the most astonishing facts about the Bush presidency is simply that it continues to exist. Only a combination of certain critical conditions have kept the man and his government from suffering the same fate as Mussolini or Ceaucesceu.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19693.htm

In Case You Missed it
Manifest Destiny – 21st Century Style
The Myth of U.S. Cultural, Religious, Political, and Social Superiority
 
By Kristina M. Gronquist
 
The concept of Manifest Destiny describes the 19th century conviction that God intended the continent of North America to be under the control of Christian, European Americans. The ideology of Manifest Destiny was the backbone of U.S. government efforts to colonize land inhabited by indigenous people in North America and expand the United States into Mexican territory.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article8657.htm

Breaking Through the News Filter
 
By: Peter Chamberlin
 
American media dispenses misinformation which promotes the idea of world war against the Muslims, while systematically censoring international news content to propagate the idea of “bad Muslims.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19696.htm

Saving the American Left
The Case for a New Progressive Creed
 
By Bernard Chazelle
 
The American left is in the throes of an existential crisis. Some say it’s a failure of nerve, others a loss of belief. It is the latter. Neoliberalism has sucked the oxygen out of the left by deflating the political sphere to the economic one.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19694.htm

Batten Down The Hatches: This is the Big One
 
By Ashley Seager
 
“Whole cities of pain. A continent of pain,” said the great, if eccentric, Wall Street money dealer Jim Cramer recently. He was talking about the economic pain spreading across the United States, of course.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19692.htm

Tax Policy Favors Investors Over Wage Earners
 
By Gerald E. Scorse
 
“Investors” do not grow jobs (except in the financial sector). The seed money that nourishes start-ups and expansions comes from a tiny subset of real investors; the rest of us merely place our bets at the tables down on Wall Street.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19697.htm

At least 27 killed as US occupation forces bomb Baghdad :
 
A helicopter strike in the Sadr City slum killed four people and injured five, hospital sources said.
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL07550695

7 US occupation force soldiers killed in Baghdad :
 
The US military in Iraq said on Monday that another US occupation force soldier was killed last night, raising the day’s death toll of US soldiers killed in one day to seven.
tinyurl.com/6ee82k

Shia Battles Spread to Baquba:
 
Clashes between the Mehdi Army of Shia cleric Muqtada al-Sadr and the Badr Organisation militia of the Supreme Islamic Iraqi Council (SIIC) have been reported in the predominantly Shia district of Hwaider in Baquba, the capital city of Diyala province located 40 km northeast of Baghdad.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=41883

Gun battles as Sadr defies call to scrap militia:
 
Fighting between the Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mahdi Army militia and US-led forces paralysed the capital’s Sadr City neighbourhood and left up to 22 Iraqis dead.
tinyurl.com/648mvp

Maliki threatens to bar Sadr from vote:
 
Iraq’s prime minister raised the stakes in his showdown with followers of Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr, saying in an interview broadcast on Monday they would be barred from elections unless their militia disbands
asia.news.yahoo.com/080407/3/3hnzn.html

Muqtada al-Sadr will disband militia if ordered by top Shiite clerics:
 
An al-Sadr aide currently in Iran, says al-Sadr will consult Grand Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani and other top Shiite clerics if the government continues to pressure him to disband the militia.
tinyurl.com/65fque

Iran signals backing for Iraqi PM in crackdown:
 
Iran voiced support on Monday for Iraq’s prime minister in a crackdown on a Shi’ite militia but blamed U.S. forces for civilian deaths in the fighting.
tinyurl.com/6rj8u6

Manufacturing consent for continuing occupation of Iraq:
 
Report: US No Closer to Iraq Goals: The United States is no closer to achieving its goals in Iraq than it was a year ago but a quick military withdrawal could lead to massive chaos and even genocide, according to a report released Sunday by a U.S. think tank.
tinyurl.com/5d97s2

Petraeus’ return promises high political drama:
 
Petraeus’ appearance this week also could place the Democratic presidential candidates in a position much like Bush’s: Testifying before them will be a battlefield general with whom they disagree. Clinton is on the armed services panel, Obama on foreign relations.
fairuse.100webcustomers.com/itsonlyfair/latimes0209.html

McCain makes upbeat Iraq speech :
 
John McCain, the Republicans’ choice to run for president, has said that the US can succeed in Iraq, but warned against any hasty withdrawal of US troops
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7334926.stm

Bush to speak about Iraq on Thursday: CNN :
 
President George W. Bush plans to address the nation on Thursday morning about the Iraq war, CNN reported on Sunday.
tinyurl.com/5ltnuk

Iran to disclose new nuke ‘achievements’?:
 
Iran is to disclose new achievements in its nuclear programme on Tuesday, Foreign Ministry spokesman Mohammad-Ali Hosseini said in a press briefing in Tehran.
tinyurl.com/5hudvw

Manufacturing Consent For attack On Iran: Israeli Minister:
 
If Iran attacks, Israel will destroy it :
 
“The Iranians won’t rush to attack Israel, because they understand the significance such action would have and are well aware of our strength,” added Ben-Eliezer. “However, Iran continues to aggravate the situation by supplying arms to Syria and Hezbollah, and we must deal with this.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/972517.html

Iran proposes missile shield against U.S., Israel :
 
Iran’s defense minister said on Monday the world needs a missile shield to protect against threats from Israel and the United States.
en.rian.ru/world/20080407/103957109.html

Manufacturing Consent For attack On Iran:
 
Israel concerned N. Korean nuclear know-how, material has reached Iran :
 
The United States and Israel seek to pressure North Korea to cease its nuclear cooperation with Iran, which is one of the motives behind their agreement to disclose details on the air-force strike in Syria last September.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/972228.html

Riyadh: Pressure Israel to sign NPT :
 
 Saudi Arabia has called for international pressure to compel Israel to accept the international monitoring over its nuclear activities.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=50376&sectionid=351020205

Iran to OPEC: Stop Oil Sales in Dollars:
 
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is urging OPEC members to form a joint bank and stop pricing oil trades in U.S. dollars.
biz.yahoo.com/ap/080406/iran_opec.html?.v=5

Olmert, Abbas renew direct talks after seven-week hiatus:
 
They ‘agreed to continue with the goal of reaching an historic agreement by the end of the year,’ he added.
www.moneyam.com/action/news/showArticle?id=2835509

War games prelude to something big? :
 
Israeli Minister of Defence Ehud Barak announced on Sunday that Israel started the biggest military and civil drills in its history, that would include unconventional weapons, in what military analysts believe is a prelude for something “big”.
www.gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10203716.html

Hizbullah: IDF preparing for new war:
 
“These drills are part of preparations for war because Israel is always in a warlike situation,” Kassem told a rally south of Beirut. “These maneuvers are part of preparations for something in the future – probably it could be far off – but it is a preparation for war.”
tinyurl.com/5suapu

Bibi: Christian Zionists our top friends:
 
Israel has no better friends in the world than Christian Zionists, Likud opposition leader Binyamin Netanyahu said on Sunday
tinyurl.com/6e9fjy

Hamas: No Shalit without exchange :
 
A senior Hamas member has warned Israel that captured soldier Gilad Shalit will not be released alive if Israel does not release 350 Palestinian prisoners.
tinyurl.com/5sqr82

Afghan FM rules out alleged Iran’s support for Afghan opposition:
 
Afghan Foreign Minister Rangin Dadfar Spanta here on Monday ruled out alleged Iranian interference in Afghan domestic affairs.
tinyurl.com/692bkg

Two NATO occupation force soldiers among 22 killed in Afghan violence :
 
Meanwhile, an Afghan governor claimed that the US-led coalition and Afghan forces have killed 22 militants during an operation in eastern Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/6j7tob

Nine police killed in Afghanistan: officials:
 
Seven anti-drugs policemen and five Taliban rebels died in a fierce gunbattle in southern Afghanistan, while two more police died in a roadside bomb, police said.
tinyurl.com/6crbsc

Musharraf’s worst fear:
 
US will strike if I quit:
 
President Pervez Musharraf believes that if he steps down, the US will launch direct military attacks on Pakistan’s restive tribal areas and take away disgraced nuclear scientist AQ Khan for interrogation about his proliferation activities, a daily reported on Monday.
tinyurl.com/6fyayv

Several killed in occupied Somalia:
 
At least nine people have been killed in clashes between Islamic Court fighters and government troops supported by Ethiopian occupation forces, residents and witnesses have said.
tinyurl.com/697cuw

Egyptian workers riot over rising food prices:
 
Thousands of demonstrators angry about rising prices and stagnant salaries torched buildings, looted shops and hurled bricks at police who responded with tear gas Sunday in a northern industrial town as Egyptians staged a nationwide strike
tinyurl.com/54bp6d

Egypt opposition boycotts polls :
 
Egypt’s opposition Muslim Brotherhood group says it will boycott municipal elections after being allowed to field 20 candidates for thousands of seats.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7334191.stm

No deal on missile defence shield :
 
Moscow “does not agree” with US plans to station bases in Poland and the Czech Republic for the anti-missile system, a joint declaration issued on Sunday said.
tinyurl.com/5bkjer

U.S.-Russia row over Kosovo escalates with Moscow aid shipments:
 
Russia is sending humanitarian supplies worth $1.7 million directly to Kosovo Serbs, challenging the authority of the US-backed government in Pristina.
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0407/p04s01-woeu.html

Coming soon: superfast internet:
 
THE internet could soon be made obsolete. The scientists who pioneered it have now built a lightning-fast replacement capable of downloading entire feature films within seconds
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/science/article3689881.ece

The Already Big Thing on the Internet: Spying on Users:
 
It’s not paranoia: they really are spying on you.
tinyurl.com/46tpwx

George Soros: The New Paradigm for Financial Markets:
 
The Credit Crisis of 2008 and What It Means
www.georgesoros.com/creditcrisis08

Home Prices Fall in 21 U.S. Cities Amid Foreclosures:
 
The median price of an existing single-family home dropped 8.7 percent in February from a year earlier, the most in four decades of record keeping, the Chicago-based National Association of Realtors said in a March 24 report.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601103&sid=aljcM42pGwyY&refer=us