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 4,076
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$518,973,551,305
 
See the cost in your community
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Iraqi Forces Parading Fighters Bodies Taunts Mahdi Army
 
Video
 
WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT
 
A humvee military vehicle idles on a broad avenue as an Iraqi army soldier walks nonchalantly past without so much as a glance at the body slung across the bonnet. The dead man’s trousers have been pulled down to his ankles, exposing white underwear below a torn T-shirt drenched in blood from wounds to his chest and side. Click Here ToView
informationclearinghouse.info/article19906.htm
 
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Iraqi Prisoners Being Beaten In Jail In Karbala
 
Video
 
WARNING – GRAPHIC CONTENT
 
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informationclearinghouse.info/article19907.htm
 
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A Quiet US Confession
 
Weapons Were Not Made In Iran After All
 
By CASMII
 
In a sharp reversal of its longstanding accusations against Iran arming militants in Iraq , the US military has made an unprecedented albeit quiet confession: the weapons they had recently found in Iraq were not made in Iran at all.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19908.htm
 
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“Bomb Syria” Woolsey Advises McCain
 
 Real News Video
 
 John McCain has recruited several members of “The Committee on the Present Danger” as foreign policy advisors, including former CIA head James Woolsey. Do Woolsey’s viewpoints represent McCain’s vision for America and the world?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19910.htm
 
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Four Days That Changed The Middle East
 
By Rami G. Khouri
 
If Lebanon shifts from street clashes to the hoped-for political compromise through a renewed national dialogue process, it will have a national unity government whose two factions receive arms, training, funds and political support from both the United States and Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19909.htm
 
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Hamas Condemns the Holocaust
 
 By Bassem Naeem
 
 We are not engaged in a religious conflict with Jews; this is a political struggle to free ourselves from occupation and oppression.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19913.htm
 
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Forget The Two-state Solution
 
By Saree Makdisi
 
Israelis and Palestinians must share the land. Equally.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19911.htm
 
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Harper’s Extreme Posture No Way to Support Israel
 
By Haroon Siddiqui
 
Harper’s position is designed to silence and delegitimize even the mildest criticism of Israeli policies.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19912.htm
 
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Iraq: At least 21 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
U.S. forces said they killed three armed men during an operation on Sunday night. Neighbours said those killed were students not linked to gangs or militias.
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSANW220920
 
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Turkish warplanes bomb PKK in northern Iraq again:
 
The “intensive” bombing in the Avasin-Basyan region, which started at 3:00 p.m. Saturday backed by artillery fire, destroyed several PKK facilities and killed a yet unknown number of “terrorists”, the military said in a statement.
www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=104177
 
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US troops battle militia in Baghdad despite deal:
 
American troops fought street battles with Shiite militia in Baghdad’s Sadr City, killing three people on the first full day of a deal to end fighting in the area, a military official said Monday.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5ii2zdiL63_9iANv33PbpzQihMkDg
 
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U.S. military hits a wall in Sadr City:
 
In the glow of a full moon, a U.S. military convoy inched toward a strategic road in Sadr City. The goal: to add to a wall being built to carve out a haven in the Shiite Muslim militia stronghold.
tinyurl.com/4gyjbl
 
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Al-Sadr Wins Another Round:
 
Al-Obeidi, who issued a statement from the southern Iraqi city of Najaf, added: “This document does not call for disbanding al-Mahdi Army or laying down their arms.”
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1739156,00.html
 
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Food Crisis Hits Fallujah:
 
Sharp increases in food prices have generated a new wave of anti-occupation and anti-U.S. sentiment in Fallujah.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=42327
 
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Official: Iran not to accept any incentives violating rights of nation:
 
Local analysts said Hosseini obviously referred that Tehran would never suspend it’s uranium enrichment work, a key process could produce fuel for powerplants but also can be used to make nuclear weapons.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/12/content_8147989.htm
 
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Russia joins UN economic sanctions on Iran:
 
Russia has signed into law United Nations economic sanctions that world powers agreed to in March, according to a presidential decree published by the Kremlin on Thursday.
tinyurl.com/4oa78j
 
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Mountain clashes bring Lebanon death toll to 81:
 
Clashes resumed in Lebanon’s northern city of Tripoli on Monday and security sources said at least 36 people had been killed on Sunday in fighting between Hezbollah and its pro-government Druze opponents east of Beirut.
tinyurl.com/3vwwrb
 
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8 Killled as Hezbollah takes fight to the mountains:
 
Hezbollah gunmen battled supporters of the government on Sunday on the fifth day of a campaign by the Iranian-backed group that has dealt a severe blow to Washington’s allies in Lebanon.
tinyurl.com/3lk4wo
 
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Hezbollah Foiled US Coup Bid In Lebanon – Report:
 
“The Americans launched a pre-emptive strike against opposition nationalist forces, starting with the (Hezbollah) resistance, and attempted a Washington- planned coup but were taken aback by the opposition, which restored order in Lebanon,” the paper said.
tinyurl.com/52u6ys
 
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US warship heads back to Mediterranean amid Lebanon crisis:
 
“The USS Cole has crossed the Suez Canal and is headed to the Mediterranean,” the official said, adding he did not know its exact destination.
tinyurl.com/526fnl
 
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Robert Fisk: Lebanon does not want another war. Does it?:
 
The war in West Beirut is not about religion. It is about the political legitimacy of the Lebanese government and its “pro-American” support (the latter an essential adjective to any US news agency report), which Iran understandably challenges.
tinyurl.com/5wevnv
 
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There is no civil war in Lebanon; there is a war against the resistance:
 
The US and its western allies are trying to show everyone that religion is the main factor of this dispute and they are trying to cover the political motivations and especially economic interests involved in the whole process.
tinyurl.com/5u26dg
 
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The only way to peace in the Middle East:
 
In the celebrations for the 60th anniversary of Israel, it is salutary to remember that this very birth resulted from the application of terrorism. As Menachem Begin boasted in 1946 after the murder by Irgun of 98 people in the King David Hotel: “We created the method of the urban guerilla.
tinyurl.com/4wljee
 
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Blast kills Gaza teacher in front of her children:
 
The UN is demanding an investigation into how the Israeli military killed one of its Palestinian school teachers by blasting open the front door of her Gaza home with explosives in the presence of three of her children.
tinyurl.com/55g923
 
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Gaza plunges into darkness as Israel cuts fuel supplies:
 
The besieged Gaza Strip faced new blackouts on Sunday as its only power plant shut down after receiving no fuel from Israel in four days, senior Palestinian officials said.
tinyurl.com/497c44
 
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Why the presidential candidates won’t talk about Israel:
 
Analysts say politicians hold their tongues on giving additional US aid to Israel for fear of being labeled as anti-Semitic.
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0512/p15s01-wmgn.html
 
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9 militants killed, weapons discovered in Afghan operations:
 
Four militants were killed in southern Afghan province Helmand and five rebels died in eastern Afghanistan during joint operations of Afghan security personnel and the U.S.-led Coalition forces, the interior ministry said Sunday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/11/content_8146524.htm
 
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Afghan protesters say coalition forces killed three civilians :
 
Protesters blocked a road Saturday in eastern Afghanistan, contending that U.S.-led coalition forces killed three civilians, and a local official said police fatally shot one of the protesters and injured three of them.
www.azstarnet.com/news/238399
 
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Sharif party to quit government:
 
Nawaz Sharif, a former Pakistani prime minister, has announced that ministers from his political party will withdraw from the cabinet over the delayed reinstatement of judges sacked last year.
tinyurl.com/5aqkoj
 
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Identification of ex-Guantánamo suicide bomber unleashes Pentagon propaganda:
 
The story of Abdullah al-Ajmi’s post-Guantánamo militancy is horrific in and of itself, it should not give the Pentagon free rein to indulge in dubious propaganda that whitewashes its own culpability for the release of Taliban fighters from Guantánamo
tinyurl.com/3kczwj
 
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Myanmar Junta seizes aid shipments:
 
Military Junta blocks new aid and insists on constitutional referendum despite cyclone disaster
tinyurl.com/52zpuo
 
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Rice prices rising despite record world crop:
 
Only Thailand, Pakistan and the United States, among leading exporters, are currently exporting rice without constraints.
africa.reuters.com/commodities/news/usnL12164416.html?rpc=401&
 
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Health insurance is no substitute for rich country aid, NGOs say:
 
The argument that health insurance could fill financing gaps to ensure health care in poor countries is now being strongly promoted by northern governments and international institutions.
tinyurl.com/3vljn7
 
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Chavez says Colombia seeks war with Venezuela:
 
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday on his radio talk show that neighboring Colombia is trying to provoke Venezuela into a war so as to draw in and “justify” an armed intervention by the United States.
www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=230521
 
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Chavez To Sign $2 Billion Worth Of Military Deals In Moscow – Report:
 
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will buy military equipment worth nearly $2 billion during a visit to Russia at the end of the month, Russian newspaper Kommersant reported Monday.
tinyurl.com/3r4yv6
 
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Venezuela’s Chavez to buy Chinese K-8 planes:
 
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday the OPEC nation will buy Chinese military training planes, expanding recent arms purchases and further cementing a growing relationship with China.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080511/wl_nm/venezuela_china_planes_dc
 
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Venezuelan president criticizes German chancellor:
 
The Venezuelan leader criticized Chancellor Angela Merkel for belonging to the conservative Christian Democratic Union, calling the movement “the same right wing that supported Hitler and fascism.”
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080512/ap_on_re_la_am_ca/venezuela_germany
 
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Dollar, not supply, causes record oil – Iran offical:
 
The weak U.S. dollar is the main reason behind oil prices rising to record levels, not demand or supply factors, an Iranian Oil Ministry official was quoted as saying
tinyurl.com/3l53go
 
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Up to 700 arrests estimated in Postville raid:
 
Four Homeland Security buses with U.S. Immigration and Customs tags on them have entered the Agriprocessors Inc. complex.
tinyurl.com/3l4xpj
 
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Questions Surround Homeland Security’s Presence in Waterloo:
 
Many people in Waterloo believe the site is being transformed into a detention center. People in the Latino community fear it will be used in a mass immigration raid.
www.whotv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8299524
 
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CBS: America’s infrastructure is crumbling:
 
Unless more funding and effort are put into saving the nation’s infrastructure, it will continue to crumble, say experts. An estimated $1.5 trillion over the next five years could be needed to avoid large-scale disaster.
rawstory.com/rawreplay/?p=1027
 
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Clinton Deadline Looms for Recouping $11 Million Personal Loan:
 
Hillary Clinton may have a financial incentive to remain in the presidential race for a while. And she has Senator John McCain to thank for it.
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