Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,206,950"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,075
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$518,529,132,120
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Hizbollah Rules West Beirut In Iran’s Proxy War With US
 
By Robert Fisk
 
Another American humiliation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19897.htm
 
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War With Iran Might Be Closer Than You Think
 
By Philip Giraldi
 
The perceived Iranian intransigence coupled with the Lebanese situation convinced the White House that some sort of unambiguous signal has to be sent to the Iranian leadership, presumably in the form of cruise missiles.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19896.htm
 
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US Tightens Its Grip On Pakistan
 
By M K Bhadrakumar
 
Rarely does a top diplomat speak so openly from a public forum as Negroponte did on the centrality of Pakistan for the US’s national security.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19895.htm
 
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US Terrorism Report: Selective Data, Wrong Lessons
 
By Ramzy Baroud
 
If Al-Qaeda indeed exists on such a large and influential scale in so many countries, isn’t it time to question the logic used by the Bush administration’s “war on terror” that was meant to weaken and destroy Al- Qaeda in the first place?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19900.htm
 
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Us-Backed Iraqi Forces Execute Man In The Street
 
Video
 
– Warning – Video should only be viewed by a mature audience.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19904.htm
 
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The Prosecution of George W. Bush for Murder
 
By Vincent Bugliosi
 
There is direct evidence that President George W. Bush did not honorably lead this nation, but deliberately misled it into a war he wanted. Bush and his administration knowingly lied to Congress and to the American public – lies that have cost the lives of more than 4,000 young American soldiers and close to $1 trillion.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19903.htm
 
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The Lucrative Art of War
 
Editorial
 
Companies enriched by taxpayers in the war boom should not be able to compound their profits by not paying their fair share of taxes. Congress must do far more to bring them to a full accounting.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19905.htm
 
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Clinton’s Diminishing of Black Voters
 
By Derrick Z. Jackson
 
It must be remembered that Bill Clinton won the presidency in 1992 in three-way races with a grand total of 39 percent of the white vote and 83 percent of the black vote and 61 percent of the Hispanic vote and besting the first President Bush and Ross Perot among all age groups.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19899.htm
 
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After Hillary, Voting With Conscience and Pride
 
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
 
If you feel compelled to vote, then vote for Ralph Nader.  -   If honesty, integrity, intellectuality, independence, courageous policy positions and true political reforms matter to you, then Nader merits your support.  This man of principles deserves your principled vote.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19902.htm
 
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Rev. ‘Icarus’, the Obama Campaign, & the Left
 
By Bill Fletcher, Jr.
 
US history has a basic narrative: The settlers were heroes; the indigenous people were either heathens or naive primitives, but in either case they were in the way of progress. Slavery was an unfortunate episode that was cleaned up by the Civil War, though it has never been quite clear that the former slaves were ever meant to rule themselves, let alone anyone else.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19898.htm
 
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In Case You Missed It
 
9/11 And The Sport of God
 
By Bill Moyers
 
This is the crux of the matter: To these fundamentalist radicals there is only one legitimate religion and only one particular brand of that religion that is right; all others who call on God are immoral or wrong.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19901.htm
 
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Iraq: At least 23 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
Two hospitals in east Baghdad’s Sadr City slum said they had received the bodies of 19 people and treated 116 wounded in clashes in the past 24 hours.
www.reuters.com/article/gc05/idUSL1028804320080510
 
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Cease-fire reported with Iraqi militants in Sadr City:
 
Shiite groups brokered a reported cease-fire Saturday with militants fighting U.S. and Iraqi forces in Baghdad’s Sadr City as the country’s army launched an offensive in Mosul against al-Qaida’s main bastion in Iraq.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080510/ap_on_re_mi_ea/iraq
 
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Iraqi artists and singers flee amid crackdown on forbidden culture:
 
Iraqi singers, actors and artists are fleeing the country after dozens have been killed by Islamic radicals determined to eradicate all culture associated with the West.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/11/iraq
 
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Call for US to show evidence of Tehran weapons link:
 
There were calls today for the US either to show evidence of “high level Iranian government involvement in the supply of weapons to militias in Iraq” or to retract their allegations
www.payvand.com/news/08/may/1091.html
 
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Shell pulls out of Iran gas deal under US pressure:
 
Iran will now need to find new partners for the project. Media reports have suggested Russia’s Gazprom, Indian Oil and Chinese companies could join, as they are expected to be less susceptible to US political pressure
www.gulfnews.com/business/Oil_and_Gas/10212386.html
 
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Seven Arab countries meet to coordinate pursuit of nuclear energy:
 
Experts from seven Arab countries on Saturday opened a meeting to discuss ways of coordinating their activities in the pursuit of peaceful nuclear technology. The delegates represent Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Syria, the United Arab Emirates, Lebanon, Yemen and Iraq.
tinyurl.com/6k5dj9
 
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Olmert says Israel will not tolerate nuclear Iran:
 
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert reiterated his warning that the Jewish state will not tolerate a nuclear-armed Iran
www.gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10212382.html
 
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Israeli Attack On Gaza Kills 5 Policemen: :
 
Five Hamas policemen were killed and seven others wounded in two separate Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip late Friday and early yesterday, Hamas and medical sources said.
tinyurl.com/66tocr
 
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US gives Israel green light for large-scale Gaza op:
 
The paper quoted unnamed diplomats who said Washington had authorized the move after Defense Minister Ehud Barak presented US officials with documents attesting to the increased arming of Hamas and Islamic Jihad operatives in the Strip.
tinyurl.com/5fqku8
 
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PA: Olmert misleading the public:
 
Ehud Olmert is misleading the Israeli public by declaring that “significant progress” has been achieved in the peace talks with the Palestinians, Palestinian Authority officials claimed
tinyurl.com/5oldnz
 
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‘Gaza power out due to fuel shortage’:
 
Gaza officials said Saturday that they switched off all three turbines that had been generating electricity for hundreds of thousands of Gazans. Energy official Kaanan Obeid said Israel hadn’t provided enough diesel to run the power plant.
tinyurl.com/6q4cxo
 
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US set to offer Israel powerful new radar:
 
The Bush administration appears set to offer Israel a powerful radar system that could greatly boost Israeli defenses against enemy ballistic missiles while tying it directly into a growing US missile shield.
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3541571,00.html
 
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Lebanon’s Hezbollah withdraws armed presence after army froze cabinet decisions :
 
A Lebanese opposition statement said it will withdraw its gunmen from Beirut and end all armed presence and turn the city to the army so that “the capital will be in the hands of the army.”
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8143530.htm
 
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Hezbollah claims victory as Lebanon gov’t U-turns :
 
Clashes leave 37 dead; EU diplomats: U.S. halted arms supply to Lebanon army due to Israeli pressure.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982080.html
 
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Lebanese army chiefs refuse to take on Hizbollah:
 
The Lebanese army has defied the country’s government and bowed to demands by pro-Iranian Hizbollah militants who brought the country to the brink of civil war.
tinyurl.com/6oqjn6
 
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Al-Qaeda ‘declares war on Hezbollah’:
 
Al-Qaeda has reportedly called on its operatives to go to Lebanon and defend what it called the Sunni community of the country.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=54916&sectionid=351020203
 
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Soldier, 12 rebels killed in Afghanistan:
 
A NATO soldier was killed in action in eastern Afghanistan yesterday, military forces said, while more than a dozen insurgents were killed in a battle involving air strikes in the south.
tinyurl.com/5kmqal
 
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Two dead as thousands protest deadly Afghan raid:
 
They said they were protesting against the killing of three civilians by foreign occupation forces during an overnight raid.
archive.gulfnews.com/world/Afghanistan/10212226.html
 
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US operation sparks Afghan unrest:
 
The east Afghan region of Nangahar has seen violent protests after US forces raided a house, killing three people, arresting nine and seizing arms.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7394319.stm
 
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Clashes resume in Somali capital :
 
At least six people have died and 13 have been wounded in clashes in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, between opposition fighters and the army, according to witnesses
tinyurl.com/6ol2wj
 
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Sudan’s Army Beats Back Rebel Attack on Capital :
 
Darfurian rebels staged a bold attack on Saturday on Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, advancing to within a few miles of the city’s center, according to the government and the rebels
tinyurl.com/5q75aj
 
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US ‘authenticates’ Chavez-Farc ties :
 
US intelligence officials have said computer files seized from a Colombian rebel leader’s laptop computer are authentic and show strong ties between Farc and Hugo Chavez, Venezuela’s president.
tinyurl.com/6kvcu5
 
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Brazil Won’t Accept Separatism in Bolivia, Minister Warns:
 
Brazilian Foreign minister, Celso Amorim Celso Amorim, the Brazilian Foreign minister said that South America would never accept “separatism in Bolivia” and underlined that any autonomy must be negotiated with La Paz,
www.brazzilmag.com/content/view/9304/
 
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Ecuador president has ‘no confidence’ in World Bank arbitration arm:
 
Ecuador handed over its sovereignty when it signed international accords binding it to the bank’s International Center for Settlement of Investment Disputes, Correa said during his weekly radio address.
tinyurl.com/6rn3kp
 
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U.S. judge orders CIA to turn over “torture” memo:
 
A U.S. judge ordered the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday to submit to the court a 2002 memo said to specify harsh interrogation methods used on suspected terrorists held abroad.
tinyurl.com/56alhd
 
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Carter says U.S. tortures prisoners:
 
“Our country for the first time in my life time has abandoned the basic principle of human rights,” Carter said. “We’ve said that the Geneva Conventions do not apply to those people in Abu Ghraib prison and Guantanamo, and we’ve said we can torture prisoners and deprive them of an accusation of a crime to which they are accused.”
www.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS/10/10/carter.torture/
 
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US war dead cremated in same facility as pets: Pentagon:
 
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates ordered a review of the handling of the remains of US war dead and apologized after learning that some were cremated in a commercial facility that also cremates pets, the Pentagon said.
tinyurl.com/5q3gvn