Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,199,782"
 
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,037
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War in Iraq Costs
$511,730,432,316
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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A Man-Made Famine
 
By Raj Patel
 
For anyone who understands the current food crisis, it is hard to listen to the head of the World Bank, Robert Zoellick, without gagging
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19759.htm
 
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Bailout Bonanza
 
By Ralph Nader
 
Is there a larger, more exploited, defenseless group of undifferentiated Americans than the 133 million individual federal income taxpayers? Their dollars are used to subsidize organized corporate interests, giveaway taxpayer assets like minerals under the public lands, and bail out speculative, self-enriching corporations and their crooked bosses.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19753.htm
 
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Who Are The Most Powerful People in America?
 
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
 
They are not the rich and superrich, nor the politically powerful running the two-party plutocracy, nor the greedy heads of banking and finance companies, and certainly not the media moguls and bloviating pundits.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19752.htm
 
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The Man Who Would Be Bush
 
By Robert Scheer
 
Are Americans unusually stupid or is it something our President put in the water? As millions surrender their homes and sacrifice other standards of our nation’s economic and political reputation to the caprice of the Bush-Cheney imperium, a majority of voters tell pollsters that they might vote for a candidate who promises more of the same.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19754.htm
 
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How US Capitalism Will End US Military Adventurism
 
By Peter K. Vickers
 
I hope all of you in the USA are ready because Karma really is a bitch, and Ezekiel’s Wheels are spinning out of your control, and the weight when they come to ground on America is going to hurt more than anything you can imagine.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19756.htm
 
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Bitter? You Ain’t Seen Nothing Yet.
 
Obama, Bitterness, Meet the Press, and the Old Politics
 
By Robert Reich
 
We’re heading into the worst economic crisis in a half century or more. Many of the Americans who have been getting nowhere for decades are in even deeper trouble. Large numbers of people in Pennsylvania and across the nation are losing their homes and losing their jobs, and the situation is likely to grow worse.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19758.htm
 
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“You Have To Have Power In Order to Change It.”
 
Five Hours with Chávez
The Venezuelan president’s meeting with members of the “In Defense of Humanity” network”
 
“When I was in prison, some told me that I shouldn’t leave, that I shouldn’t accept amnesty, that my mission was to continue as a prisoner. Their idea was that I had become mythological, and I said that I didn’t want to be a myth, that I wanted to go to the street, with the people. www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19760.htm
 
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God’s Profits
 
Sarah Posner
 
How The Religious Right Uses The ‘Prosperity Gospel’ To Win Foot Soldiers And Continue Its ‘Culture War’
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19755.htm
 
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To Create Something from Nothing
 
The Making of a Palestinian State
 
By Mats Svensson
 
“South Africa was a picnic compared to the situation here.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19757.htm
 
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20 killed as Israeli occupation forces attack Gaza:
 
At the Bureij refugee camp, at least eight Palestinians died. In another attack in the same area the Reuters cameraman, named as Fadal Shana, and two other Palestinian civilians, were killed.
tinyurl.com/6qfqqt
 
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Breaking ranks with U.S. Jewish ‘establishment’ on the occupation :
 
A few weeks ago, I learned that I am anti-Israel, which certainly came as a surprise to me. The cause of the accusation was an exhibit exploring the effect of military service in the West Bank and Gaza Strip on ordinary Israelis.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/975576.html
 
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Jewish Liberals to Launch A Counterpoint to AIPAC:
 
Some of the country’s most prominent Jewish liberals are forming a political action committee and lobbying group aimed at dislodging what they consider the excessive hold of neoconservatives and evangelical Christians on U.S. policy toward Israel.
tinyurl.com/4cvg5s
 
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Survey: Nasrallah is the most admired leader in the Arab world :
 
Nasrallah seems to be gaining in popularity, with some 26 percent of respondents voicing support for him. Syrian President Bashar Assad also won an increase in popularity, according to the poll.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/975572.html
 
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Report: Netanyahu says 9/11 terror attacks good for Israel :
 
“We are benefiting from one thing, and that is the attack on the Twin Towers and Pentagon, and the American struggle in Iraq,” Ma’ariv quoted the former prime minister as saying. He reportedly added that these events “swung American public opinion in our favor.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/975574.html
 
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Ahmadinejad casts doubt over 9/11:
 
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has cast doubt over the US version of the September 11 attacks, calling it a pretext to invade Afghanistan and Iraq.
tinyurl.com/6eroqv
 
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Washington ‘speechless’ after Ahmadinejad 9/11 comment:
 
The United States said Wednesday it was “speechless” after Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad voiced doubts about the accepted version of the September 11, 2001 attacks on New York and Washington.
tinyurl.com/6fnumw
 
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At least 16 killed as US occupation grinds on; –
 
Police killed seven members of al Qaeda and arrested three other suspects in Balad, 80 km (50 miles) north of Baghdad in a security operation on April 12, the U.S. military said.
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL16661000
 
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US airstrike kills four in Basra, two killed in Sadr City attacks:
 
The military says an unmanned U.S. drone fired two missiles at militants attacking Iraqi soldiers in the southern city of Basra today, killing four of the gunmen.
tinyurl.com/6gcqs8
 
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Report: Iraqi Troops Flee Sadr City Fight:
 
Iraqi soldiers attempting to retake parts of Sadr City deserted their positions, ignoring pleas from their U.S. advisers, military officials said.
www.postchronicle.com/news/breakingnews/article_212142410.shtml
 
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Top Iraqi commanders in Basra removed by government:
 
The Reuters news agency claims Lt Gen al-Furaiji had been held in high regard by US and British occupation troops in Iraq.
tinyurl.com/6amh9x
 
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Al-Sadr Tightens the Screws:
 
Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr threw down yet another challenge to the Iraqi government, demanding that policemen and soldiers Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki fired for refusing to fight al-Sadr’s militia be reinstated “after honoring them.”
www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,1731022,00.html
 
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Report: Iraqi Sunni bloc to return to Maliki’s gov’t :
 
“The Sunni bloc agreed to return to the government and presented its candidates’ names to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki to select those who will be appointed as ministers,” the agency quoted al-Dabbagh as saying.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/17/content_7991815.htm
 
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Turkish warplanes attack Kurdish rebels in Iraq :
 
In a short statement posted on its official website, the Turkish General Staff said warplanes hit a group of Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) guerrillas in mountainous northern Iraq who were attempting to cross into Turkey to launch attacks.
tinyurl.com/694f7n
 
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Senator Clinton and Senator Obama: Use Your Leadership To End the War Occupation of Iraq!:
 
A single act of bold leadership by Senator Clinton or Senator Obama could be instrumental in ending this war.
www.blackcommentator.com/272/272_clinton_obama_filibuster_mfso.html
 
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Afghan battle leaves 6 dead :
 
Fighting between Taliban militants and police in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province Wednesday left six persons including five insurgents and one police dead, an official said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-04/16/content_7989749.htm
 
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Nato reports two more occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan :
 
Two troopers of the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) were killed and as many wounded in a bomb explosion in southern Afghanistan Wednesday morning, said the military alliance.
tinyurl.com/5q3ky9
 
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Infamous Taliban Leader Killed In Pakistan:
 
A senior Taliban commander who became a hero to Islamic militants for his role in shooting down a U.S. helicopter in 2005, killing all 16 special forces troops aboard, has been killed by Pakistani security forces
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/04/16/terror/main4019115.shtml
 
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The Taliban blowback:
 
The US enlisted the help of the mujahideen to fight the Soviet army in 1980s Afghanistan. But Pakistan, too, began fostering Islamist extremism. Now, Declan Walsh reports, it is suffering the violent consequences
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/apr/16/pakistan.afghanistan
 
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7 killed in rioting involving pro-and anti-Musharraf supporters in Karachi:
 
Clashes between government supporters and opponents set off rioting in Pakistan’s biggest city Wednesday, leaving seven people dead in the worst outburst of political violence since a new government took office.
tinyurl.com/5t6o3t
 
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Pak refuses access to nuclear arsenal:
 
Pakistan on Wednesday ruled out giving any foreign official access to the National Command Authority, which is responsible for controlling the country’s nuclear arsenal.
ia.rediff.com/news/2008/apr/16nuke.htm
 
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China to sign gas deal with Iran:
 
The two companies signed a memorandum last year to expand gas reserves of the North Pars gas field where as the $16-billion agreement was postponed to be signed through what called international sensitivities.
www.bbj.hu/main/news_38487_china+to+sign+gas+deal+with+iran.html
 
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May it please Your Majesty:
 
I have the sinking feeling that Your ministers are not giving You the facts about one or two of Your possessions beyond the seas which, as the weeks tick by, take on the aspect of so many kegs of gunpowder
www.newstatesman.com/200804150005
 
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Tibet: Avoid Past Mistakes:
 
China’s duplicity on its territorial ambitions is not confined to its dealings with India alone. Its guile in concealing “racial, national and historic claims” manifested itself after the 1950 occupation of Tibet.
timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow/2949535.cms
 
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Brazil Says South America Doesn’t Need US Permission to Beef Up Military :
 
South America has a right to strengthen its armed forces but is not in an arms race, Brazil’s defense minister pointed out in Venezuela. Nelson Jobim, who is in the first leg of a continental visit to discuss a planned South American security council, said the region needed military power to strengthen its presence on the world stage.
www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9255/
 
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Dollar Falls to Record Against Euro as EU Inflation Quickens :
 
The currency had its biggest decline versus the euro in three weeks, weakening to $1.5979 as U.S. housing starts dropped more than twice as much as forecast to a 17-year low. The Canadian and Australian dollars and the Norwegian krone increased after crude oil touched a record $114.95 a barrel.
tinyurl.com/67l7cb
 
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The Madness of Ben Bernanke:
 
The dollar is in a tailspin, the trade deficit is growing and a recession is on the horizon. The American way of life is in serious danger. But the head of the Federal Reserve keeps on pumping easy credit into the system — a crazy policy that will worsen the crisis.
www.spiegel.de/international/business/0,1518,547317,00.html
 
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Oil nears $115 a barrel:
 
Gasoline and oil futures prices rocketed to new records Wednesday, propelled by concerns about how much gas will be available during the peak summer months. Crude futures approached US$115 for the first time.
www.thestar.com/Business/article/415118
 
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March Housing Starts Down 36.5% Year-over-Year:
 
New construction of U.S. houses plunged to the lowest level in 17 years in March, the Commerce Department estimated Wednesday. Starts fell 11.9% in March to a seasonally adjusted 947,000.
nationaleconomist.com/blog/2008/04/16/march-housing-starts-down-119/
 
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The Las Vegas Economic Downturn Has Started :
 
The spillover effect from our national economic downturn has finally started to impact Las Vegas, and casino layoffs have officially begun
tinyurl.com/6fchzs