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
$524,380,494,845
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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US Paying Allies to Fight War / Occupation in Iraq
 
 By Subodh Varma – TNN
 
The tale of massive fraud and embezzlement of millions of dollars by the US military in its operations in Iraq continues. Testifying before the US Congress Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on 22 May, Mary Ugone, deputy inspector general of accounts in the Pentagon said that an audit of $8.2 billion spending related to the Iraq war showed that $7.8 billion had been improperly spent.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20017.htm
 
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Germany’s Former Foreign Minister And Vice Chancellor
 
As things look, Israel may well attack Iran soon
 
By Joschka Fischer
 
A hitherto latent rivalry between Iran and Israel thus has been transformed into an open struggle for dominance in the Middle East. The result has been the emergence of some surprising, if not bizarre, alliances: Iran, Syria, Hizbullah, Hamas and the American-backed, Shiite-dominated Iraq are facing Israel, Saudi Arabia, and most of the other Sunni Arab states, all of which feel existentially threatened by Iran’s ascendance.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20019.htm
 
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Horrors We Have No Choice But To Forget
 
By Robert Fisk
 
I have a clear memory of a terrible crime that was committed in southern Lebanon in 1978. Israeli soldiers, landing at night on the beach near Sarafand – the city of Sarepta in antiquity – were looking for “terrorists” and opened fire on a car load of female Palestinian refugees.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20018.htm
 
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Privatising War
 
By Galal Nassar
 
As quelling foreign populations becomes a staple of warfare, private mercenary forces are increasingly relied upon as a tool of foreign policy.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20020.htm
 
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Alleging War Crimes
 
 George Monbiot Attempts Citizen’s Arrest on Former UN Ambassador John Bolton

 Audio and Transcript

 John Bolton, the former US ambassador to the United Nations, escaped a citizen’s arrest Wednesday night as he addressed an audience in Britain. We speak to George Monbiot, the British activist and columnist who tried to arrest Bolton. Monbiot says Bolton is a war criminal for his role in helping to initiate the US invasion of Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20024.htm
 
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American Complicity
 
By Timothy V. Gatto
 
The blame cannot be shifted solely onto the shoulders of our political leaders. The American people cannot claim that they were “misled” by their leaders and don’t know the truth.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20022.htm
 
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U.S. Economy: The Worst is Yet to Come
 
By Mark Weisbrot
 
We are facing the prospect of millions losing their homes, their jobs, their retirement savings, their health insurance, and their livelihoods.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20023.htm
 
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Stop The Fed Before It’s Too late
 
By Hossein Askari and Noureddine Krichene
 
Are we to succumb to the Fed’s disastrous policy? Are the policymakers to remain totally passive while the whole country and world economy are in an economic crisis? The longer an effective stabilization plan is delayed, the higher the risk of a severe economic downturn.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20021.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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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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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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More than 100 rebels killed, Afghanistan says :
 
Afghan authorities said on Saturday they have killed more than 100 Taliban-linked militants in an operation to retake a remote district from the rebels in occupiedAfghanistan.
tinyurl.com/5m4t35
 
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Militants gun down Afghan district chief, his guard :
 
Anti-government militants have gunned down a district chief and his guard in Afghanistan’s southern Zabul province, an official said Saturday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-05/31/content_8290319.htm
 
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‘Occupation Force Soldier Killed’ in Afghan Blast :
 
A suicide car bomb has reportedly killed one Nato occupation force soldier and injured six other people in eastern Afghanistan.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7429219.stm
 
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Afghanistan: counterinsurgency or colonialism?:
 
In practice, I found, it looks and sounds a lot more like old-fashioned colonialism. In the tents of Naray, I had the distinct feeling that I had strolled into Uttar Pradesh at some point after 1858, in the early days of the British Raj.
tinyurl.com/6gpn2s
 
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US questions Pakistan force’s allegiance, funding:
 
A U.S.-backed paramilitary force in Pakistan’s lawless border area may be aiding Taliban fighters, according to American officials who say the support may cause Congress to freeze some security funds for Islamabad.
www.reuters.com/article/latestCrisis/idUSN30440112
 
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Musharraf’s exit seen ‘inevitable’:
 
Speculation about President Pervez Musharraf being under immense pressure to step down has failed to fade despite denials and clarifications from concerned quarters.
tinyurl.com/5vce5y
 
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Bush still supporting Musharraf:
 
White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said Friday that Bush was still a staunch ally of Musharraf, despite attempts by Pakistani officials to oust the president from his position, the Pakistan Dawn reported. :
tinyurl.com/5w8ky2
 
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Iraq: Friday: 23 Iraqis Killed:
 
At least 23 Iraqis were killed and five more were wounded in the latest attacks. Much of the violence centered around Baquba, in Diyala Province, though the largest attack was near Tikrit.
www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=12920
 
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U.S. occupation force deaths in Iraq at lowest monthly level in 4 years:
 
Officials say 21 American troops have been killed this month, 4 of them in non-hostile incidents. That’s one more than the lowest monthly figure of the war, set in February 2004.
www.kold.com/Global/story.asp?S=8405814
 
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‘US Bribing Iraqi MPs To Sign Deal’ :
 
Sources in Iraq’s parliament told Press TV on Thursday that Washington has offered three-million dollars in bribe to the lawmakers who sign the “framework accord.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20016.htm
 
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Sadrists Want Referendum on U.S.-Iraq Pact :
 
Widespread opposition to the deal has raised doubts that negotiators can meet a July target to finalize a pact to keep U.S. troops in Iraq after the current U.N. mandate expires at the end of the year
tinyurl.com/5unhwp
 
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McClellan’s other villain:
 
Forget Bush, Rove and Cheney – Scott McClellan fingers the US media for its complicity in selling the Iraq war
tinyurl.com/3pm3fx
 
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Tower of Babble Rabble:
 
This reporter first heard about the inevitability of war a year before the invasion at a party given by Dick Cheney — “the magic man,” writes McClellan — and his wife, Lynne, to celebrate the publication of Chief of Staff Scooter Libby’s paperback edition of his book “The Apprentice.”
tinyurl.com/4f7gdd
 
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Putin: Iran not seeking to build nuclear arms: –
 
Iran is not trying to acquire nuclear weapons but Tehran should avoid “irritating” its neighbours, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Saturday in an interview with French newspaper Le Monde.
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=26207
 
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Former German official says war imminent:
 
An opinion piece by the former German foreign minister published today in a leading Middle East paper says that Israel is planning to attack Iran over its nuclear program.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/babylonbeyond/2008/05/iran-former-ger.html
 
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Israel’s embattled Olmert heads to US:
 
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert heads to Washington on Monday weakened by a major crisis at home that cast a shadow over both his political future and the tenuous US-sponsored Middle East peace talks.
tinyurl.com/5m6n93
 
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Deadly blasts hit southern Ethiopia :
 
At least three people have been killed after bombs exploded in two hotels in a town in southern Ethiopia.
tinyurl.com/5qpeku
 
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Nuclear bomb blueprints for sale on world black market, experts fear· :
 
Nuclear bomb blueprints and manuals on how to manufacture weapons-grade uranium for warheads are feared to be circulating on the international black market, according to investigators tracking the world’s most infamous nuclear smuggling racket.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/may/31/nuclear.internationalcrime
 
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Investigators raid German telecom giant in spy probe:
 
Prosecutors raided Deutsche Telekom’s headquarters on Thursday as a scandal that has seen Europe’s biggest phone company confess to spying on journalists and senior executives escalated.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jwWwnSpVkRThVzCLhKvMW1seyC2g
 
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The proper response to Castro:
 
If it is a presidential election year in the United States, one thing is certain: Fidel Castro will be dragged out of the closet again and used as a punching bag for candidates seeking to prove their toughness.
tinyurl.com/6cdksl
 
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New High In U.S. Prison Numbers:
 
With more than 2.3 million people behind bars, the United States leads the world in both the number and percentage of residents it incarcerates, leaving far-more-populous China a distant second
tinyurl.com/2lbjzx
 
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Moles Wanted:
 
In preparation for the Republican National Convention, the FBI is soliciting informants to keep tabs on local protest groups
articles.citypages.com/2008-05-21/news/moles-wanted/
 
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Swiss bank tells unit staff to avoid US visits:
 
UBS (NYSE:UBS) has told members of its former private banking team responsible for rich US clients not to travel to America.
us.ft.com/ftgateway/superpage.ft?news_id=fto052720081843551863