Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,197,469"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,023
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War in Iraq Costs
$509,483,884,212
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Hundreds Flee Baghdad Clashes;
 
Ayatollahs Decline to Ban Militia
 
By Juan Cole
 
Then the US press went wild for this supposed report that Muqtada al-Sadr said he would dissolve his militia if Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani ordered it. Folks, he always says that when there is a controversy. (He said the same thing in spring, 2004). He says it because he knows it makes him look reasonable to the Shiite public. He says it because he knows that the grand ayatollahs are not going to touch the matter with a ten foot pole.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19700.htm
 
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Secret US Plan for Military Future in Iraq
 
By Seumas Milne
 
A confidential draft agreement covering the future of US forces in Iraq, passed to the Guardian, shows that provision is being made for an open-ended military presence in the country.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19698.htm
 
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Beyond the New Deal
 
By Howard Zinn
 
Still, in today’s climate of endless war and uncontrolled greed, drawing upon the heritage of the 1930s would be a huge step forward.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19699.htm
 
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35 killed in Afghan attacks :
 
At least 35 people, including 17 civilians and a NATO-led soldier, were killed Tuesday in the latest violence in occupied Afghanistan, officials said
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/wl_
sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest
 
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16 Die in Strike Against Afghan Warlord:
 
Provincial leaders said many civilians were killed in the hours-long clash, which included airstrikes in the remote villages of Shok and Kendal. Nuristani said it was too early to know if any of the 16 killed were civilians
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5i8dGftYb0s
4XWdUMRdIVs3vh1CKAD8VT4Q403
 
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U.S. readies $4B pledge to Afghanistan :
 
The Bush administration is hoping to pledge almost $4 billion in additional aid for Afghanistan at an international donors conference to be held in Paris in June, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2
008-04-08-afghan-pledge_N.htm
 
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At least 35 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
U.S. military fired four Hellfire missiles at gunmen and mortar crews in Sadr City in three separate air strikes on Tuesday, killing an estimated 12 “gunmen”
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSL08777765
 
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Aides say Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr calls off mass rally in Baghdad :
 
Iraqi security forces are blocking al-Sadr’s followers from traveling to the capital from the southern Shiite heartland where he enjoys wide support.
tinyurl.com/4qke5r
 
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Petraeus wants US troop withdrawals put on hold:
 
The top US military commander in Iraq has told Congress that security gains brought by an influx of US troops last year are fragile, and he would put military withdrawals on hold after July.
www.euronews.net/index.php?page=info&article=479653&lng=1
 
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Lieberman Tells Petraeus: Iraq Has Shown ‘More Political Progress’ Than America:
 
Lieberman was in typical form this morning, prefacing his questions with high-flown, melodramatic praise for Petraeus.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/04/08/
lieberman-tells-petraeus_n_95634.html
 
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Petraeus’s Ponzi Scheme :
 
They came, they saw, they… deserted. That, in short form, is the story of the recent Iraqi government “offensive” in Basra (and Baghdad).
www.thenation.com/blogs/notion?pid=307286
 
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Ahmadinejad: US used September 11 as ‘pretext’ for invasions:
 
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad accused the United States on Tuesday of using the September 11, 2001 attacks as a “pretext” to launch invasions and cast doubt on the accepted version of the terror strikes.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080408/wl_
mideast_afp/iranusattacksahmadinejad
 
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Iran to install 6,000 nuclear centrifuges :
 
‘The present achievements of Iranian scientists in the field of peaceful nuclear technology would lead to major progress in domestic industries,’ he said.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/
2411cd3571b4f088/id/346490/cs/1/
 
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US Warns Iran Of New Sanctions Over Nuclear Program :
 
“The Iranian government continues to be in violation of multiple United Nations Security Council resolutions and with each step it takes it continues to isolate its people and risk further international financial and diplomatic sanctions,” said White House spokesman Gordon Johndroe.
tinyurl.com/4uak7p
 
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Major powers plan to meet on Iran in mid-April-US:
 
Senior diplomats of the five U.N. Security Council permanent members and Germany plan to meet in mid-April to discuss a strategy they hope will persuade Iran to rein in its nuclear program, the U.S. State Department said Monday.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=118159
 
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Syria: Saudis behind slain Hezbollah commander’s death say Iranian sources:
 
Saudi Arabia is believed to be behind the death of a top commander with Lebanon’s militant Shia group Hezbollah, Imad Mughniyeh, according to well-informed sources cited in a report on the Iranian news agency Fars
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2051107264
 
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Robert Fisk: Hizbollah turns to Iran for new weapons
 
Up to 300 men are taken to Beirut en route to Tehran each month and the operation has been running since November of 2006; in all, as many as 4,500 Hizbollah members have been sent for three-month sessions of live-fire ammunition and rocket exercises to create a nucleus of Iranian-trained guerrillas for the “next” Israeli-Hizbollah war.
tinyurl.com/44toel
 
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Israel bars UN envoy after ‘holocaust’ claim :
 
Israel has said it will refuse a visa for the new United Nations human rights envoy to the Palestinians after he said it was responsible for a “Holocaust in the making” in Gaza.
www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=
/news/2008/04/08/wisrael108.xml
 
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Russia demands permanent access to shield sites:
 
Russian concerns over Washington’s plan for a missile shield in Europe will only be eased if Russian officers have permanent access to the shield facilities, Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/3zpp5k
 
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Uganda: U.S. Army Set to Recruit Citizens:
 
Ugandans who want a career in the United States military, can sign up at the annual convention of the Uganda North American Association, organisers say.
allafrica.com/stories/200804070356.html
 
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The walking dead:
 
The US has worked to end rape as a weapon of war from Iraq to the DRC, but sexual violence within the US military is still an alarming problem
commentisfree.guardian.co.uk/matthew_
harwood/2008/04/the_walking_dead.html
 
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Ron Paul: The Emerging Surveillance State:
 
Last month, the House amended the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to expand the government’s ability to monitor our private communications. This measure, if it becomes law, will result in more warrantless government surveillance of innocent American citizens.
www.house.gov/paul/tst/tst2008/tst040708.htm
 
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1 in every 350 Americans is considered a possible “terrorist”:
 
Almost 1 million people will be put on the “watch list” by years end. This is incredible and utterly insane. How can the government expect us as citizens to believe that 1 in every 350 people need to be watched
tinyurl.com/6n5s8q
 
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Documents prove FBI has national eavesdropping program that tracks IMs, emails and cell phones:
 
FBI also spies on home soil for military, documents show; Much information acquired without court order
rawstory.com/news/2008/FBI_linked_to_
national_eavesdropping_program_0408.html