Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,201,597"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,052
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$514,243,393,097
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Says U.S. Preparing Military Options Against Iran
 
By Ann Scott Tyson
 
The nation’s top military officer said today that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19799.htm
 
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U.N. Nuclear Watchdog in ‘Milestone’ Iran Deal
 
By The Associated Press
 
IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei called the agreement “a milestone” that – if successful – should signal the end of his organization’s years of attempts to probe Tehran’s secretive nuclear program.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19806.htm
 
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US Rebuked Over Syria Nuclear Case
 
By Al Jazeera and agencies
 
The head of the UN nuclear monitoring agency has criticised the US for withholding intelligence information that it says showed the construction of a nuclear reactor in Syria. Mohamed ElBaradei, head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), on Friday also hit out at Israel for bombing the site before inspectors could investigate.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19800.htm
 
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US Statement on Alleged Syria Nuclear Links
 
Full text: US statement
 
Full text of the White House statement accusing Damascus of accepting North Korean aid to build a nuclear reactor.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19801.htm
 
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Syria Statement on US Nuclear Claim
 
Full text: Syria Statement
 
“The government of the Syrian Arab Republic regrets and denounces the campaign of false allegations that the current United States administration continually launches against Syria claiming the presence of nuclear activity.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19802.htm
 
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Syrian Nukes: The Phantom Menace
 
By John W. Farley
 
Are the wonderful mainstream media, who gave us Saddam’s mythical Weapons of Mass Destruction, lying to us again? The answer is yes.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19807.htm
 
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An Act Of War
 
Interview: Seymour Hersh
 
By Sarah Brown
 
Seymour Hersh, one of the world’s best known investigative journalists, has turned his attention to the mysterious and controversial bombing of a Syrian facility by Israel last year.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19803.htm
 
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Blockade Halts Food Aid To Gaza
 
Real News Video Report
 
Michael Bailey: 70,000 Gazans have no drinking water; UN can’t feed 700,000 refugees.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19804.htm
 
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Why Palestinian Unity is Not an Option
 
By Ramzy Baroud
 
Hamas and Fatah will not be allowed to reconcile, at least not until Israel and the US decide to change tactics.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19808.htm
 
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Pollard’s Ghost
 
By Justin Raimondo
 
Latest arrest exposes Israel’s fifth column in the U.S.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19805.htm
 
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Global Famine? Blame the Fed
 
By Mike Whitney
 
The stakes couldn’t be higher for Ben Bernanke. If the Fed chief decides to lower rates at the end of April, he could be condemning millions of people to an agonizing death by starvation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19809.htm
 
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America’s Apartheid Mentality Toward The World
 
By Helena Cobban
 
Let’s start treating the world’s 6 billion non-Americans as equals.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19810.htm
 
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Iraq: At least 20 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
The U.S. military said on Friday it had killed 10 “fighters” in helicopter missile strikes and ground battles in eastern Baghdad overnight.
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSNL25448576
 
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Fierce fighting in Baghdad suburb :
 
At least 11 people have been killed and more than 30 wounded in overnight clashes between US-led occupation forces and the Iraqi resistance in Baghdad, police have said.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7366456.stm
 
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Hospitals overwhelmed by number of casualties:
 
Coalition airplanes bombed areas densely populated with civilians in Basra and Baghdad’s Sadar City. Doctors for Iraq has received reports of high numbers of civilian casualties especially among women and children.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/ASAZ-7DDH9A?OpenDocument
 
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Iraqi govt. denies leading Sadrists’’ access to Basra :
 
The Iraqi security authorities have barred key aides of Shiite leader Moqtada al-Sadr from entering the southern city of Basa on Friday.
tinyurl.com/4gjbn7
 
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Al Sadr Says His Threat Is Targeted On U.S.-led Occupation Troops :
 
He also urged Iraqi soldiers and policemen “not to support the occupiers in combating your brothers.” He called for an “end to the shedding of Iraqi blood” as a result of “a war between our Iraqi brothers.”
www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?vid=0&item=11
 
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Presstitute and war pimp alert:
 
Muqtada al-Sadr moving toward all-out fight with Iraqi leaders:
 
Muqtada al-Sadr is considering setting aside his political ambitions and restarting a full-scale fight against U.S.-led forces – a worrisome shift that may reflect Iranian influence on the young cleric and could open the way for a shadow state protected by his powerful Mahdi Army.
www.newsweek.com/id/133565
 
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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:
 
Gates: Iranians kill US soldiers :
 
The US Defense Secretary blames Iran for the killing of US troops in Iraq as the Bush administration steps up rhetoric against Tehran.
www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=52941&sectionid=351020101
 
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U.S. military official:
 
Iran boosting support for Iraqi, Afghan rebels:
 
Admiral Mike Mullen conceded at a Pentagon news conference Friday that he has “no smoking gun” proof that the highest leadership in the Iranian government is involved.
cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2008/04/25/5386151-ap.html
 
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Joint Chiefs Chairman Says U.S. Preparing Military Options Against Iran:
 
The nation’s top military officer said today that the Pentagon is planning for “potential military courses of action” against Iran, criticizing what he called the Tehran government’s “increasingly lethal and malign influence” in Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19799.htm
 
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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:
 
U.S. ship opens fire on patrol boats near Iran:
 
MSNBC says the Iranian boats were approaching at a high rate of speed and were within 100 yards of the ship when crewmembers fired eight .50-caliber rounds and three M-16 rounds that forced the vessels to turn away.
blogs.usatoday.com/ondeadline/2008/04/report-us-ship.html
 
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Iran denies any clash with US vessel:
 
Iranian Navy official told IRNA that no such an incident took place in the Persian Gulf.
www2.irna.ir/en/news/view/menu-234/0804254916210524.htm
 
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US ‘extremely concerned’ over Iran :
 
In an exclusive interview with Al Jazeera, Admiral Michael Mullen said the US would maintain a presence in the Gulf in an attempt to deter Iran from taking any military action.
tinyurl.com/65kh2u
 
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Pakistan, India close to finalizing accord on gas pipeline from Iran:
 
The U.S. has opposed the project because of fears it will weaken efforts to isolate Iran, which it accuses of pursuing a nuclear weapons program.
thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/4/25/apworld/20080425192609
 
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23 Killed as bomb explodes on Sri Lankan bus :
 
“Even before the truce had officially ended, violations of the agreement were common. Now, both sides have no obligation to this agreement, making the situation considerably worse, reflected through the rising death toll,” she said.
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/375413DF-D9B9-4AC8-B454-970AF8F4DB99.htm
 
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Deadly Somalia mosque raid deplored :
 
A human rights group has accused Ethiopian occupation troops of deliberately “targeting civilians” during a deadly raid on a mosque in the Somali capital Mogadishu that left 21 people dead.
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/82C5CE15-CFF8-45F3-977B-61401948407E.htm
 
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Israelis shot dead near West Bank :
 
Two Israeli security guards have been shot dead in a factory on the border between Israel and the West Bank, the Israeli military said
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/FBE01EC7-8E71-4EF4-A683-5A4A64BD3EE4.htm
 
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Israel Rejects Hamas Truce Offer:
 
Hamas had offered a six-month truce in Gaza if Israel lifts its blockade of the Palestinian territory. The Islamist group also offered to extend the truce to the occupied West Bank if the initial phase of the deal was implemented successfully.
www.rttnews.com/FOREX/gblnews.asp?date=04/25/2008&item=12
 
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Thousands in Gaza protest against Israeli blockade:
 
Thousands of Hamas supporters on Friday demonstrated in Gaza to demand that Israel lift its crippling blockade of the impoverished Palestinian territory.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080425/wl_mideast_afp/mideastconflictgazademo
 
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Syrian president ready to talk to Israel once Bush term ends:
 
Assad said the United States is the only country that can sponsor direct Syrian-Israel negotiations. But he said the Bush administration, which leaves office in January, “does not have the vision or will for the peace process.”
www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/04/24/international/i065205D90.DTL
 
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Deadly bomb blast in Pakistan :
 
At least five people have been killed and up to 30 wounded after a car bombing outside a police station in Pakistan’s North West Frontier Province (NWFP), police say.
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/5B380785-A8E6-416C-95AC-F08624FB4E99.htm
 
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U.S. and Afghans doubt Pakistan’s impending deal with militants:
 
A 15-point draft of the accord, which was shown to The New York Times, called for an end to militant activity and an exchange of prisoners in return for the gradual withdrawal of the Pakistani military from part of the tribal region of South Waziristan.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/04/25/asia/pakistan.php
 
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Taliban bitten by a snake in the grass:
 
The Taliban and their al-Qaeda associates, in what they considered a master stroke, this year started to target the Western alliance’s supply lines that run through Pakistan into Afghanistan.
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JD26Df01.html
 
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Oil rises to $119 on U.S., Iran tensions:
 
U.S. crude futures surged $3.15 to $119.21 a barrel by 1454 GMT, within striking distance of the all-time peak of $119.90 reached on Tuesday.
money.ninemsn.com.au/article.aspx?id=453386
 
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Land Reform Agents Try to Free Indians from Servitude in Bolivia:
 
Alto Parapetí, a rural area in the eastern Bolivian province of Santa Cruz, is caught up in a dispute between large landowners and the government, which is trying to free more than 2,700 Guaraní Indians from a state of servitude.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42120
 
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OAS warns of possible violence amid power-play in Bolivia:
 
A confrontation between Bolivia’s government and wealthy regional governors in the east could soon descend into ‘violence’ and ‘killings,’ an official of the Organization of American States (OAS) warned Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/67j6rf
 
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Rice rationing for US bulk retailers:
 
Two major US bulk retailers are rationing the sale of large bags of rice to consumers amid a growing global food crisis marked by skyrocketing prices and heavy pressure on demand.
www.rte.ie/news/2008/0424/food.html
 
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FBI wants widespread monitoring of ‘illegal’ Internet activity:
 
Mueller seemed to suggest that the bureau should have a broad “omnibus” authority to conduct monitoring and surveillance of private-sector networks as well.
tinyurl.com/4qellq
 
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Machine Gun-Toting Officers To Patrol NYC Subway :
 
“It’s a very good idea,” Patricia Knight Williams said. “It’s like a deterrent. It’s going to make me feel safer, much safer, yes it will. It’s a good idea.”
wcbstv.com/local/machine.guns.subway.2.707398.html
 
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Many states appear to be in recession:
 
The finances of many states have deteriorated so badly that they appear to be in a recession, regardless of whether that’s true for the nation as a whole, a survey of all 50 state fiscal directors concludes.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080425/ap_on_re_us/state_finances
 
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What Happened?:
 
My Parents Managed to Raise Two Kids on One Salary. That’s Impossible Today
www.alternet.org/workplace/83349/