Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,213,716"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,083
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$524,078,395,347
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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McClellan: Bush ‘Secrectly Declassified’ 2002 NIE On Iraq To Leak To Reporters
 
By Think Progress
 
During his “Today” show appearance this morning with host Meredith Viera, former press secretary Scott McClellan confirmed that President Bush himself had authorized the leak of the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20007.htm
 
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Is Bush Becoming Irrelevant?
 
By Patrick J. Buchanan
 
Neoconservative ideology, not U.S. national interests, McClellan is saying, motivated Bush to launch one of the longest and most divisive wars in U.S. history.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20008.htm
 
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Can Truth Retain Its Independence?
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
In America, money, not truth, has the power.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20013.htm
 
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Kids In America(n Torture Camps)
 
Why Does the Media Cover Up War Crimes?
 
By Ted Rall
 
Torture. Such a simple word. Why not use it?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20009.htm
 
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Canadian Law Leaves Muslims Under House Arrest –
 
Al Jazeera Video Report
 
Canada’s “security certificate” law allows the Government to detain non-citizens or put them under house arrest without charge.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20010.htm
 
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Pain and Conscience
 
By Charles Sullivan
 
Revolution begins by altering consciousness. We stand at the brink of a multitude of possible futures, many of them tragic. The failure to act and rebel when the conditions demand it is a betrayal not only of our own humanity; it is a crime of great magnitude.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20014.htm
 
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The Great Oil Swindle
 
How much did the Fed really know?
 
By Mike Whitney
 
The great oil crunch is another fabricated crisis; another “smoke and mirrors” fiasco; another Enron-type shell-game engineered by banksters and hedge fund managers. Once again, the bloody footprints can be traced right back to the front door of the Federal Reserve.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20011.htm
 
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An Open Letter to Defense Minister, Ehud Barak
 
Here’s the Truth You’ve Been Running From
 
By Bassam Aramin
 
Honorable General Ehud Barak, you don’t know me personally. I am a seeker of peace, and I struggle with all my strength and ability for the realization of a just peace that will bring calm and prosperity to Palestinians and Israelis together. I have suffered personally from your criminal occupation and I have paid a heavy price.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20012.htm
 
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After Bobby Kennedy
 
By John Pilger
 
Bobby Kennedy’s campaign is the model for Barack Obama’s current bid to be the Democratic nominee for the White House. Both offer a false hope that they can bring peace and racial harmony to all Americans.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20015.htm
 
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About 30 “Taleban fighters” ‘killed’:
 
About 30 Taleban fighters have been killed in a joint Nato operation in the western province of Farah, Afghan military officials say. Meanwhile, in the capital Kabul, three Afghan civilians were killed in a suicide car bomb attack aimed at a convoy of international troops.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7424951.stm
 
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US chopper shot down in Afghanistan:
 
Taliban in Afghanistan on Thursday claimed to have shot down a chopper of a United States private security company, Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), in the restive province of Khost.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?201133
 
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Afghans retake town overrun by Taliban; no word on fate of captured official, police:
 
A spokesman for the U.S.-led coalition, 1st Lt. Nathan Perry, said reports indicated the Afghan forces encountered no resistance in Rashidan on Friday.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/30/asia/AS-GEN-Afghanistan.php
 
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NATO general says Pakistani havens can sustain Afghan “insurgency” for years:
 
Gen. Dan McNeill also blamed new peace agreements in Pakistan’s tribal areas for a spike in violence in eastern Afghanistan, where U.S. forces operate along the volatile border.
tinyurl.com/5phdnh
 
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Al-Qaeda in retreat – CIA chief:
 
He told the Washington Post that US counter-terrorism successes extended to the Afghanistan-Pakistan border.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7427176.stm
 
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Musharraf set to fly out of Pakistan: Report:
 
Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf is on the verge of quitting with a special aircraft being positioned to fly him out and Senate chair Muhammadmian Soomro being asked to cut short his foreign tour and return home, a newspaper report said on Friday.
tinyurl.com/55pudm
 
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Pakistan: Army chief denies presidential resignation rumours: –
 
Former Pakistani army chief of staff, General Mirza Aslam Beg, has rejected media reports that he claimed President Pervez Musharraf was in army custody and set to resign.
www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Politics/?id=1.0.2211319357
 
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Detained Pakistan atomic scientist slams Musharraf:
 
The detained architect of Pakistan’s nuclear program rebuked President Pervez Musharraf on Thursday, saying the country has “gone to the dogs” in the last 10 years.
tinyurl.com/64zohv
 
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Architect of Pakistan’s N-programme regrets “forced” confession;
 
Pakistan’s disgraced nuclear scientist Abdul Qadeer Khan said he accepted an enforced confession in 2004 to leaking nuclear secrets in national interest, but rued that he was made a scapegoat later on by ‘friends,’ media reports said on Friday.
tinyurl.com/5gkbmq
 
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Iraq: At least 8 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
Gunmen killed three people in different incidents in Mosul on Thursday, police said.
www.reuters.com/article/featuredCrisis/idUSL3017549
 
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Shiites in Iraq protest US occupation, answering al-Sadr’s call:
 
Demonstrators in Baghdad’s Sadr City district chanted “no to America, no to the occupation.” A statement from al-Sadr’s office has called the negotiations “a project of humiliation for the Iraqi people.”
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/05/30/africa/ME-GEN-Iraq-Protests.php
 
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Shiite clerics step up opposition to security deal:
 
New waves of dispute have risen between Iraqi political forces in Baghdad as the Iraqi and US authorities aim to reach a long-term strategy by July 31.
www.gulfnews.com/region/Iraq/10217144.html
 
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McClellan: Bush ‘secrectly declassified’ 2002 NIE on Iraq to selectively leak to reporters:
 
During his “Today” show appearance this morning with host Meredith Viera, former press secretary Scott McClellan confirmed that President Bush himself had authorized the leak of the 2002 National Intelligence Estimate on Iraq:
tinyurl.com/4lfk8w
 
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Presstitute and war pimp alert:: Iran in Secret Talks With al Qaeda, U.S. Officials Say:
 
According to U.S. officials familiar with highly sensitive intelligence on this issue, the contacts are on the status of high-level al Qaeda operatives, including two of Osama Bin Laden’s sons
abcnews.go.com/Politics/International/story?id=4954667&page=1
 
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Israeli occupation force fires into crowd of 3,000 Hamas protesters at Gaza crossing:
 
Israel occupation forces troops used gunfire and tear gas on Friday to keep more than 3,000 Hamas supporters from approaching one of the Gaza Strip’s main crossings with Israel, wounding at least six Palestinians, witnesses said.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/988735.html
 
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Coexistence, Not Apartheid:
 
If Israel is indeed interested in a peaceful resolution to this bloody conflict, one that is based on equal human and legal rights, justice, security and lasting peace, then it must add a new word to its lexicon: coexistence.
www.dissidentvoice.org/2008/05/coexistence-not-apartheid/
 
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Olmert aide puts new pressure on him to quit:
 
Pressure on Prime Minister Ehud Olmert of Israel to step down increased Thursday when Tzipi Livni, his foreign minister and a senior member of the same political party, urged preparations for new elections.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/05/30/africa/30israel.php
 
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U.S. cancels Fulbright scholarships for Gaza students:
 
The U.S. government has taken Fulbright scholarships away from eight students in the Palestinian territory of Gaza, citing Israeli travel restrictions imposed on the Hamas-ruled zone, a U.S. official said Friday.
tinyurl.com/59g3fk
 
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Israel Imposes a 10-Year Ban on American Critic of Israeli Policies:
 
Israeli security forces, Shin Bet, detained Norman Finkelstein when he tried to enter Israel, kept him in an airport holding cell for 24 hours, ordered him deported from the country, and then imposed a 10-year ban on his entry.
www.commondreams.org/archive/2008/05/28/9249/
 
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Marine was ordered to delete Haditha photos:
 
A Marine who took pictures of Iraqi men, women and children killed by U.S. forces testified Thursday that he deleted the photos under an officer’s orders and later lied repeatedly to investigators about what happened to the images.
tinyurl.com/6frhkf
 
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U.S. reassigns Marine for passing out coins with Bible verses to Muslims:
 
The U.S. military confirmed Thursday that a Marine in Fallujah passed out coins with Gospel verses on them to Sunni Muslims, a military spokesman in the Iraqi city said. The man was immediately removed from duty and reassigned.
www.kansascity.com/451/story/640851.html
 
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World Bank unveils $1.2bn food plan :
 
The “fast track facility” will include $200m in grants to those most at risk from malnutrition or starvation in poor nations, the organisation said on Thursday.
tinyurl.com/5vfu3g
 
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Gingrich quips Bush should have allowed some ‘reminder’ attacks:
 
“This is … one of the great tragedies of the Bush administration,”
tinyurl.com/6qvee9
 
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America is turning into a monarchy:
 
The American president is not called a king, but he acts like one. He goes to war without a declaration by Congress (Article 1, Section 8, Clause 11). He is an emperor in disguise. He has the power of a despot without the title.
deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,5143,700230094,00.html
 
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Pentagon fires Khadr judge:
 
The U.S. Pentagon abruptly replaced the military judge in the Omar Khadr case yesterday after he chastised the prosecution at a recent Guantanamo Bay hearing.
www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=549763
 
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Government Spying On US Muslims:
 
A report that mosques in Los Angeles and San Diego are under federal surveillance has resurrected fears in the Muslim community about government monitoring and led two civil rights groups Wednesday to call for congressional hearings.
tinyurl.com/6nf6f3
 
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US men face court over ‘terrorism-aligned TV’:
 
Two men in the United States have been sent to trial accused of agreeing to broadcast the Hezbollah television channel in Lebanon to US customers.
tinyurl.com/5zehkq
 
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Fed to make fresh batch of bank loans:
 
The Federal Reserve announced Thursday that it will make a fresh batch of short-term cash loans available to squeezed banks as part of an ongoing effort to ease stressed credit markets.
biz.yahoo.com/ap/080529/fed_credit_crisis.html?.v=3