Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,221,154"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,092
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$526,026,334,827
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Should Iran Launch Preemptive Strike On Israel?
 
Israel Attack on Iran ‘Unavoidable’-Olmert Deputy
 
By Dan Williams
 
An Israeli attack on Iranian nuclear sites looks “unavoidable” given the apparent failure of sanctions to deny Tehran technology with bomb-making potential, one of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s deputies said on Friday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20049.htm
 
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US Issues Threat to Iraq’s $50bn Foreign Reserves in Military Deal
 
By Patrick Cockburn
 
The US is holding hostage some $50bn (£25bn) of Iraq’s money in the Federal Reserve Bank of New York to pressure the Iraqi government into signing an agreement seen by many Iraqis as prolonging the US occupation indefinitely.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20048.htm
 
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NATO, Kosovo, Afghanistan and Pakistan
 
What is NATO Doing in Afghanistan?
 
By Faheem Hussain
 
What is NATO doing in Afghanistan? What are the true aims of NATO intervention in the region? These are the questions that I mean to address in this article. To understand what is happening in Afghanistan one has to go back to the attack on Yugoslavia by NATO forces in February 1999.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20050.htm
 
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On the Future of Israel and Palestine
 
An Interview with Ilan Pappé and Noam Chomsky
 
By Frank Barat
 
Within Israel itself, there is serious discrimination, but it’s very far from South African Apartheid.  Within the occupied territories, it’s a different story.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20051.htm
 
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Intellectual Violence
 
By Angie Riedel
 
There’s just no contest there. Lies are the single most prevalent form of violence in our country today, and that intellectual violence is taking a serious toll.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20052.htm
 
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At least 10 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
U.S. forces killed four militants and detained more than 20 others during an operation targeting al Qaeda in Iraq in Kirkuk Province
www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSANS621059
 
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Cheney Enrages Iraqis Over Security Deal:
 
Dick Cheney wants the Iraqi government installed by the U.S. occupation to sign a “security pact” with Washington by the end of July.
www.counterpunch.org/leupp06062008.html
 
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Iraqi Officials Oppose US-Iraq Treaty:
 
At an extraordinary hearing on Capitol Hill yesterday, members of the Iraqi parliament hand-delivered a letter to members of Congress that rejected the idea of a US-Iraq agreement unless the United States agrees to a specific timetable to get out of Iraq.
www.thenation.com/blogs/dreyfuss/327163
 
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Ayatollah Sistani rejects US draft:
 
Ayatollah Sistani laid four conditions for any such agreement to be approved, adding that he was against any long term security pact with America.
www.iribnews.ir/Full_en.asp?news_id=254979&n=31
 
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Iraq Seeking to Cement Ties with Iran:
 
Iraqi prime minister Nouri al-Maliki will make an official visit to Iran on Saturday to strengthen relations between the two countries.
english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=8703160402
 
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Pentagon said drawing up plans for strike on Iranian camp:
 
Military focus shifts from nuclear facilities to Revolutionary Guard
rawstory.com/news/2008/Pentagon_drawing_up_plans_for_strike_0503.html
 
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U.S. sidesteps questions on Israeli threat against Iran:
 
The White House on Friday sidestepped questions about an Israeli threat to attack Iranian nuclear sites if it continues uranium enrichment, saying it was committed to dealing with Tehran through multilateral diplomacy.
tinyurl.com/6jop4m
 
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Analysis: Growing talk of Iran attack:
 
The BBC’s Middle East Editor, Jeremy Bowen, looks at increasing speculation that Iran may come under attack because of its nuclear programme.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/middle_east/7439431.stm
 
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Justin Raimondo: Obama Capitulates – to the Israel lobby:
 
Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert’s visit to the U.S. is part of a concerted effort, by the Israeli government and its American lobbyists, to convince U.S. lawmakers – and, most of all, President George W. Bush – that the time to attack Iran is now.
www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=12944
 
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Egypt sees Israel preparing major Gaza attack:
 
Egyptian sources said the intelligence community had concluded that Israel’s military was preparing for a massive invasion of the Gaza Strip.
www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2008/me_egypt0219_06_06.asp
 
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Hamas ‘will win Palestinian polls’ :
 
“Palestinians know the pain of watching their land being confiscated, any force that will guarantee their right to return to a Palestinian homeland is one to side with,” he said.
tinyurl.com/684qbd
 
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Airstrike kills 20 “militants” in occupied Afghanistan:
 
Provincial police Chief Gen. Nabi Mullakhel said surviving insurgents removed the bodies from the scene. He said villagers reported that 32 “militants” died.
tinyurl.com/67n6tt
 
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Three members of family, tribal elder killed in Afghanistan –
 
Three members of a family were killed by a roadside bomb in southeastern Paktika province while unidentified gunman shot dead the brother of Kabul’s slain police chief in Kandahar province, official said Friday.
tinyurl.com/6j6hb9
 
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5 killed, 7 injured in bomb attack in NW Pakistan:
 
At least five people, including three policemen, were killed and seven others were injured in a bomb attack in northwestern Pakistan on Friday night, local media reported.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-06/07/content_8323209.htm
 
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Pakistan govt to release 64 Taliban militants:
 
The North-West Frontier Province (NWFP) government has agreed to free detained Taliban militants loyal to Maulana Fazlullah in three phases, with at least 64 militants to be released in the first phase, a government official said.
tinyurl.com/5ckqfm
 
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At Least 23 Killed As Second Bus Blast Rocks Sri Lanka :
 
The explosion near the central Sri Lankan town of Kandy on Friday came just hours after a bomb killed at least 21 people on a bus outside the capital Colombo.
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F838D253-8B8C-4F2D-A1B2-6B12B31EA5C4.htm
 
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Algerian blast kills six soldiers :
 
Battles ignited after the government cancelled a December 1991 election won by the Islamic Salvation Front (FIS). At least 150,000 people have died in the conflict
tinyurl.com/6yxz47
 
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Africa: U.S. Military Set for a Long Campaign:
 
STRIDENT hostility towards a US military command centre for Africa (Africom) has prompted the US defence establishment to lobby civil society and key stakeholders in Africa, in a bid to garner support for the centre’s planned relocation on African soil.
allafrica.com/stories/200806050366.html
 
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The Global Crisis: Food, Water and Fuel.
 
Three Fundamental Necessities of Life in Jeopardy
www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=va&aid=9191
 
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U.S. reopens probe of Arar’s rendition to Syria:
 
Richard Skinner, the inspector general of the Department of Homeland Security, said he could not rule out the possibility that U.S. officials sent Arar to Syria to be tortured, something the administration has denied for more than five years.
www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/438309
 
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Congress: Stop Funding Torture:
 
In an open letter to Senator Harry Reid and House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, lawyers, clergy and human rights activists voice alarm at mounting evidence of torture and human rights violations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.thenation.com/doc/20080616/tortureletter
 
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U.N. Experts Rap U.S. “Cruelty” to Child Prisoners:
 
United Nations experts on child rights criticized the United States on Friday over detention of juveniles at Guantanamo, in Afghanistan and Iraq, and voiced concern that some may have suffered cruel treatment.
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5014909
 
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US distances itself from UN rights body:
 
In an attempt to further distance itself from the UN Human Rights Council, the United States said on Friday it would only engage the body when there was an issue of “deep national interest.”
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3552775,00.html
 
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America that never was:
 
“This America is not the same country I grew up in,” laments Colleen Thistle (”It’s time for America to stand up and take back our country,” Opinion, June 1). Unfortunately, the country she remembers never existed.
www.sltrib.com/opinion/ci_9502080
 
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Arraigned, 9/11 Defendants Talk of Martyrdom:
 
Mr. Mohammed, the former senior operations chief for Al Qaeda, said he would represent himself and dared the Guantánamo tribunal to put him to death.
tinyurl.com/6yzpuk
 
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America’s Medicated Army:
 
The increase in the use of medication among U.S. troops suggests the heavy mental and psychological price being paid by soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. ce being paid by soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1811858,00.html
 
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Lloyds TSB to take ‘blacklist’ hit:
 
British bank Lloyds TSB is to take a £180m hit in the first half of this year as it nears a settlement with US authorities over payments to ‘blacklisted’ countries, including Iran and Cuba.
www.rte.ie/business/2008/0606/lloyds.html
 
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UK bank rejects customers to comply with US terror law:
 
Barclays is using controversial American anti-terrorism laws to shut down the personal bank accounts of British citizens who are working for Iranian-owned businesses, The Times has learnt.
tinyurl.com/56gdvt
 
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Race to the bottom: Mexico lowers wages to snare international auto production:
 
Mexican auto unions are taking a cue from U.S. labor leaders by offering two-tier hiring schemes and salary cuts that bring already low wages down to near-Chinese levels.
tinyurl.com/5rquby
 
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Oil Up $11 Per Barrel, Hits New Record:
 
Crude oil futures prices ended sharply higher and at a new record on the New York Mercantile Exchange. The near-month contract for the benchmark grade rose $10.75 — closing at $138.54 a barrel.
www.kirotv.com/money/16524687/detail.html
 
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Consumer anger as oil prices soar :
 
Many goverments have had to cut their fuel subsidies, sparking widespread protest. The rises came amid a report by Morgan Stanley, a financial services company, that crude could reach $150 a barrel by July 4.
tinyurl.com/58lk95
 
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From his office in clouded cockoo land;
 
Bush Says Signs Show Stimulus Plan Is Working to Boost Economy:
 
President George W. Bush said the administration is seeing signs that the economic stimulus is beginning to work and urged Congress to make permanent his tax cuts.
tinyurl.com/5l96l6
 
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U.S. Jobs Fall For Fifth Consecutive Month:
 
May’s U.S. unemployment rate rose to 5.5%, up from 5.0% in April—the largest jump in the jobless figure since October 2004 and the fifth straight month of job losses, according to the Labor Department’s monthly report Friday.
tinyurl.com/5vmyfq
 
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Americans $1.7 trillion poorer:
 
The amount of equity people have in their homes fell to 46.2%, the lowest level on record.
money.cnn.com/2008/06/05/news/economy/fundflows/index.htm
 
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Despite Interest Rate Cuts, Foreclosures Hit Record High:
 
Foreclosures continue to reach new heights as more than 1 million homeowners face losing their home, according to industry figures released yesterday.
tinyurl.com/5h2jvq
 
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Think the Economy Is Bad? Wait Till the States Cut Back:
 
Struggling as we are with the housing bust, the credit crunch, shrinking consumption, rising unemployment and faltering business investment, we can be forgiven for thinking that all the big shoes have dropped. There is another one up there, however, and it is about to come down.
tinyurl.com/44jxjm