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 4,077
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$519,278,900,847
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Anglo-American Ascendancy Lost in Unnecessary Wars
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
A popular American myth is that “the greatest generation” saved the world from Nazi tyranny. As Buchanan points out, the fact of the matter is that the Normandy invasion in June 1944 played little, if any, role in Germany’s defeat. By the end of 1942 Hitler had lost World War II at Stalingrad, long before any American troops appeared on the scene.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19916.htm
 
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Taking a Stand Against War
 
By Scott Ritter
 
I have always believed that the true strength of America is best measured by the principled action of its people. Chicago is leading the way by taking a principled stand. It is now up to the rest of America to follow suit.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19914.htm
 
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Gulf Seen Between Democracy in Theory and Practice: Survey
 
By Jim Lobe
 
The belief that governments were being run by “a few big interests” was particularly pervasive in Ukraine (84 percent), Mexico (83 percent), the United States (80 percent), Nigeria and South Korea (78 percent), and Argentina (71 percent).
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19915.htm
 
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In Case You Missed It
 
The Corporation
 
I believe this is one of the best and most important documentary films to be made in many year
 
A Must Watch Video Documentary
 
After viewing this film, it becomes all too evident that these large corporations have too much power, whose mandate is not the common good of the people, and who will go to any lengths, legally and otherwise, in the pursuit of profit and the bottom line.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12998.htm
 
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In Case You Missed It
 
The Century of the Self
 
How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society.
 
A Must watch – Video Documentary By Adam Curtis
 
The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?
informationclearinghouse.info/article12642.htm
 
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From the Credit Crunch to the Spectre of Global Crisis:
 
By Chris Harman
 
The easiest explanation for the crisis is to blame the bankers. The crisis “follows a well-trodden path laid down by centuries of financial folly”, says Ken Rogoff, former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19918.htm
 
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Childish Superstition
 
Einstein’s letter makes view of religion relatively clear
 
By James Randerson, science correspondent
 
“The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can (for me) change this.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19917.htm
 
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150 “rebels” killed in southern Afghanistan:
 
About 150 Taliban-linked militants have been killed in the past week by Afghan and international troops in southern Helmand province, the provincial governor said Tuesday
tinyurl.com/6efyv5
 
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Clashes, airstrikes kill 12 militants in occupied Afghanistan; 17 children wounded in blast:
 
U.S.-led occupation forces called in airstrikes against the Taliban, killing a dozen militants during fighting in southern Afghanistan that has displaced thousands of residents, officials said Tuesday.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/13/asia/AS-GEN-Afghan-Violence.php
 
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60 killed as bombs hit Indian tourist city :
 
Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Delhi, said: “There are scenes of total panic and chaos in Jaipur tonight.
tinyurl.com/6yuubq
 
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Sharif ministers quit Cabinet:
 
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) government got its first jolt on Tuesday when Cabinet members of the coalition partner Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) quit their ministries.
tinyurl.com/6ajdbd
 
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Iraq: At least 20 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
Eleven people were killed and 20 wounded in clashes overnight in the Shi’ite district of Sadr City in eastern Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.
uk.reuters.com/article/gc05/idUKANS12156320080513
 
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Five soldiers die in north Iraq blast; crackdown underway:
 
Five Iraqi army soldiers were killed and four injured in a bomb blast Tuesday in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul as the government braces for a big offensive in the city, military sources said.
tinyurl.com/67ef2s
 
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Mahdi Army supporters arrested in Baghdad:
 
At least 30 followers of the radical Shia cleric Moqtada al-Sadr were detained in Iraq on Tuesday as a Sadr office in western Baghdad was raided, according to the news agency Voices of Iraq.
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Security/?id=1.0.2158349235
 
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Al-Sadr forces, Iraqi regime sign shaky cease-fire:
 
Al-Sadr’s representatives and the rival United Iraqi Alliance agreed to institute the four-day cease-fire starting Sunday, but talks over the details of the truce were not finished until a day later. The deal allows Iraqi forces to take over security in the militia stronghold of Sadr City on Wednesday.
www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/international/story/345305.html
 
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Missile Is Fired at Copter Over Baghdad, U.S. Says:
 
A surface-to-air missile was fired on Saturday at an American Apache helicopter flying over the Sadr City section of Baghdad, American military officials said on Monday.
tinyurl.com/59pcnu
 
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Congressional Democrats plan three-stage charade to pass Iraq war funds:
 
In order to once again approve hundreds of billions of dollars to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while posturing as opponents of “Bush’s war,” the Democratic leadership in Congress has crafted an elaborate legislative charade that is set to begin unfolding this week.
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/may2008/dems-m13.shtml
 
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Gates urges military to focus on Iraq, not future wars:
 
As for the possibility of stretched US forces being confronted with a war elsewhere, Gates said: “There is a risk, but it is a prudent and manageable one.”
tinyurl.com/6b2qvs
 
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Iranian artillery shells rebel positions in northern Iraq:
 
The artillery shelled several villages in the area of Bashdar in Sulaymanyah province in Iraq’s Kurdish Autonomous Region, the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said.
tinyurl.com/64ewc4
 
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U. S. ignored Iraqi corruption, Senate Democrats are told:
 
The Bush administration repeatedly ignored corruption at the highest levels within the Iraqi government and kept secret potentially embarrassing information to avoid undermining its relationship with Baghdad, according to two former State Department employees.
www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/national/story/345310.html
 
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Israeli woman killed in rocket attack :
 
A rocket fired from the Gaza Strip fatally injured an Israeli civilian woman early Monday evening, witnesses and first aid officials said.
tinyurl.com/64gbgj
 
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Israeli Attack Kills Gaza Militant:
 
A Palestinian man was killed in an Israeli air strike in the Gaza Strip on Tuesday, the head of the territory’s emergency services said.
tinyurl.com/67c5se
 
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Hamas refutes to include captured Israeli soldier in any truce deal:
 
“Linking the release of Shalit with reaching a truce is an indirect Israeli escape from the Egyptian initiative to reach a truce,” Sami Abu Zuhri, Hamas movement’s spokesman in Gaza told reporters.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/13/content_8162128.htm
 
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Former police official: Indictment against PM likely:
 
Yaakov Borovsky, who headed state comptroller’s anti-corruption unit, says that current inquiry against Olmert indicates he will eventually be charged with taking bribes
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3542287,00.html
 
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A-list U.S. celebs congratulate Israel in Times Square clip:
 
“We’re aware of the influence that [the celebrities] filmed in the clip have on so many people around the world,” said Asi Shariv, Israel’s Consul General in New York. “Their connection with Israel is an important part of our efforts to tell the Israeli story to a young, Western audience that does not take an interest in the [Mideast] conflict.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/983026.html
 
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Demonizing Iran::
 
U.S. victims of terror in Israel sue Swiss bank for ties with Iran:
 
Several American victims of terrorist attacks in Israel are demanding more than $500 million in compensation from a Swiss bank.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982715.html
 
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Ahmadinejad predicts Israel will be ‘swept away’ by Palestinians:
 
“This terrorist and criminal state is backed by foreign powers, but this regime would soon be swept away by the Palestinians,” Ahmadinejad said in a press conference in Tehran.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/982998.html
 
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Iran Plans to Sue US, Britain over Shiraz Blast:
 
Iran’s judiciary said on Monday it would file international lawsuits against the United States and Britain, accusing them of providing financial support to those behind a blast at a religious center in the southern city of Shiraz last month that killed 13 people.
english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8702241004
 
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In case you missed it:
 
Bush Authorizes New Covert Action against Iran:
 
The CIA has received secret presidential approval to mount a covert “black” operation to destabilize the Iranian government, current and former officials in the intelligence community tell the Blotter on ABCNews.com.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17752.htm
 
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Lieberman ‘hopes’ Iran is aware US airstrikes are ‘distinct possibility’:
 
“The Iranians have been training and arming Iraqi extremists who have gone back into Iraq and are responsible for the killing of hundreds of American soldiers,” Lieberman continued angrily. “This is an outrageous act. … These people have American blood on their hands.”
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23690265-38201,00.html
 
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What is behind latest Russian-Iran nuke moves:
 
Before signing the order shortly before Medvedev’s inauguration, Putin had instructed Valentin Sobolev, acting secretary of the Russian Security Council, to tell Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad during his visit to Tehran that Russia would remain committed to the principles of its relations with Iran and that its policy does not depend on the man in power.
tinyurl.com/56jutf
 
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Fierce battles resume in Lebanon:
 
FIERCE battles between supporters of Lebanon’s Western-backed Government and the Hezbollah-led opposition have resumed in the northern city of Tripoli.
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23690265-38201,00.html
 
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Key mountain village falls to Hizbullah in Lebanon:
 
HIZBULLAH YESTERDAY took control of a strategic mountain-top village in Druze heartlands, south-east of the capital, after fierce fighting with government allies, consolidating strategic gains which analysts said would be used in confrontations with Israel
www.ireland.com/newspaper/world/2008/0513/1210623427006.html
 
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Bush warns Syria, Iran over Lebanon violence:
 
“I strongly condemn Hezbollah’s recent efforts, and those of their foreign sponsors in Tehran and Damascus, to use violence and intimidation to bend the government and people of Lebanon to their will,” Bush said in a statement.
www.channelnewsasia.com/stories/afp_world/view/347353/1/.html
 
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US, Israel Behind Lebanese Crisis:
 
“Washington is intensifying the Lebanese crisis in a bid to strengthen Israel defense,” said Major General Najjar in a Tuesday meeting with senior defense officials, Presstv reported.
www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23690265-38201,00.html
 
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Saudis blame Iran for Lebanon ‘coup’:
 
Saudi Arabia on Tuesday described Hizbollah’s military actions in Lebanon as a coup backed by Iran, illustrating the regional tensions the Lebanese crisis threatens to exacerbate.
tinyurl.com/5l2oyj
 
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Ahmadinejad: Saudi claim of Iran backing Lebanon ‘coup’ made in anger:
 
Ahmadinejad said Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal was not following the orders of Saudi King Abdullah when he said Tuesday that Iran’s support for Hizbullah’s “coup” in Lebanon will affect Teheran’s relations with Arab and Islamic countries.
tinyurl.com/5w4fyf
 
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Manufacturing Consent For Preemptive War:
 
 Report reveals how Syria concealed nuclear reactor;
 
US experts to issue report detailing methods employed by Damascus to hide reactor eventually bombed by Israel, warn it may be more difficult than previously thought to secure intel on similar operations in other countries
tinyurl.com/6pohn9
 
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UN warns of Myanmar ‘catastrophe’ :
 
More than 34,000 people were killed by Cyclone Nargis, with almost 28,000 more still missing, state media said on Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/55uocs
 
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Generals amass fortunes while Myanmar flounders:
 
After more than 45 years of isolation and military rule, Myanmar is officially one of the world’s poorest countries, with per capita gross domestic product (GDP) well below that of nearby Cambodia, Laos and Bangladesh.
www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=112035
 
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Somalia – Hidden Catastrophe Hidden Agenda:
 
The US has plans for nearly two-thirds of Somalia’s oil fields to be allocated to the US oil companies Conoco, Amoco, Chevron and Phillips. The US hopes Somalia will line up as an ally alongside Ethiopia and Djibouti, where the US has a military base. This alliance would give America powerful leverage close to the major energy-producing regions.
www.medialens.org/alerts/index.php
 
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US Drops Charges Against Saudi in Sept. 11 Attacks:
 
The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called “20th hijacker” in the Sept. 11 attacks, his U.S. military defense lawyer said Monday
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=4842360
 
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Canada court says US likely paid bounty on suspect:
 
The Canadian Federal Court said on Monday that Pakistan appears to have received a $500,000 bounty from the United States for the capture of Abdullah Khadr, a Canadian wanted on charges of working with al Qaeda against U.S. forces in Afghanistan.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N12340878.htm
 
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UK: Housing market worst for 30 years:
 
Confidence in Britain’s housing market has sunk to its lowest level for more than 30 years, figures to be published today will reveal, as property prices continue to fall and mortgage lenders restrict home loan finance.
tinyurl.com/4fkdz2
 
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JPMorgan Chase CEO: Recession Just Beginning:
 
JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s chief executive said Monday that while the crisis in the credit markets appears to be three-quarters over, he believes a U.S. recession is just beginning.
tinyurl.com/58k7ww