Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,222,013"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,099
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$528,004,239,702
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Despite Opposition from His Own Party
 
Kucinich Vows to Continue Impeachment Effort Against Bush
 
Audio And Transcript
 
Over a million innocent Iraqis have been killed. We’ve had torture policies, rendition, illegal detention, wiretapping, spying, subversion of global climate change
 
science. I mean, I went on and on and on with these articles the other night, but what it adds up to is that there has to be accountability.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20087.htm
 
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The Rising of Latin America

The Genesis of ‘The War On Democracy’
 
By John Pilger
 
They moved through the dust of a snow-capped wilderness, along roads that were ribbons of red mud, and they lived in shanties that defied gravity. “We are
 
invisible,” said one man; another used the term abandonados; an indigenous woman in Bolivia unforgettably described her poverty as a commodity for the rich.
 
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20083.htm
 
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In Case You Missed It – A Must Watch
 
Freedom Next Time
 
Propaganda as Journalism
 
By John Pilger – Video
 
Australian journalist, author, film maker John Pilger speaks about global media consolidation, war by journalism, US military’s quest for domination/hegemony in the
 
post 9/11 era, false history in the guise of ‘objective’ journalism.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20082.htm
 
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Separatism and Empire Building in the 21st Century
 
By Prof. James Petras
 
Throughout modern imperial history, ‘Divide and Conquer’ has been the essential ingredient in allowing relatively small and resource-poor European countries to
 
conquer nations vastly larger in size and populations and richer in natural resources.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20088.htm
 
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Obama’s Chicago Boys
 
By Naomi Klein
 
Barack Obama waited just three days after Hillary Clinton pulled out of the race to declare, on CNBC, “Look. I am a pro-growth, free-market guy. I love the
 
market.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20089.htm
 
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Obama And McCain: Two Sides Of The Same Coin
 
By Timothy V. Gatto
 
I’ve waited to write this article for a while now. I used to be a loyal die-hard Democrat for 54 years of my life. I no longer know what a “Democrat” is anymore; I
 
don’t know what a “Progressive” is either. I once thought that a “Progressive” was words that people who were too shy to say they were “liberals” used in its place. I
 
don’t feel that way anymore.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20090.htm
 
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From Glory Boy to PW Songbird
 
John McCain: War Hero or North Vietnam’s Go-To Collaborator?
 
By Douglas Valentine
 
In the fall of 1967, Navy pilot John McCain was routinely bombing Hanoi from an aircraft carrier in the South China Sea. On October 26, he was trying to level a
 
power plant in a heavily populated area when a surface-to-air missile knocked a wing off his jet.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20086.htm
 
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The ‘Hezbollah Model’
 
Interview with Franklin Lamb by Mike Whitney
 
There is for the first time in modern history an Arab/Muslim deterrence to Zionist and Western colonialism.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20084.htm
 
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And the Beat Goes on from Bil’in and Belfast
 
By Eileen Fleming
 
How can anyone take the Israeli Gov. peace talks serious whilst all the while they demolish Palestinian homes, build an apartheid wall, and deny basic human rights to
 
the Palestinian people?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20085.htm
 
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Iraq: At least 11 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
U.S. forces clashed with “gunmen”, killing five and capturing two.
www.reuters.com/article/middleeastCrisis/idUSRAS322135
 
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Maliki Criticizes U.S. Demands to Stay in Iraq:
 
Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki on Friday denounced demands made by the United States to extend the presence of American troops in Iraq, saying that the two
sides are deadlocked and far from reaching an agreement.
tinyurl.com/53xjst
 
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Iraq cleric plans new armed group to fight US occupation forces:
 
Iraq’s hard-line Shi’ite leader, Moqtada al-Sadr, said on Friday he plans to form a new wing of his powerful movement to battle United States forces, allowing other members to focus on social issues.
tinyurl.com/3w3dlc
 
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America’s Neo-colonial Ambitions in Iraq:
 
The United States has clearly not yet learned the lesson that occupation breeds insurrection.
tinyurl.com/3j9ate
 
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Iraq war could cost taxpayers $2.7 trillion:
 
The Iraq war has already cost taxpayers $646 billion. That’s only accounting for five years, and, with the conflict expected to drag on for another five years, the figure is expected to more than quadruple.
tinyurl.com/422afj
 
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Anti-war protesters banned from demonstrating against Bush:
 
London police have announced a ban on anti-war campaigners hoping to protest against President George Bush’s visit to Downing Street this Sunday. The Whitehall ban has been immediately condemned as a “totalitarian act” by the playwright Harold Pinter, while Stop the War organisers are urging people to defy it and to demonstrate nearby in Parliament Square.
tinyurl.com/65fpyw
 
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Bill Presses Iraq To Recognize Israel:
 
Congress may soon add this: Recognize the State of Israel and establish diplomatic ties with Jerusalem, or else risk losing some of the billions in aid that Baghdad
receives from the United States.
www.forward.com/articles/13571/
 
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Brzezinski Says Bush Should Dissuade Israel From Attack on Iran:
 
Former White House National Security Adviser Zbigniew Brzezinski said President George W. Bush should privately dissuade Israel from carrying out any military
strike against Iran in an attempt to cripple its nuclear program.
tinyurl.com/3ow5e6
 
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More propaganda:
 
Big powers to offer Iran “generous” deal in atom row:
 
European Union foreign policy chief Javier Solana arrived in Tehran late on Friday to present an incentives package agreed by six major powers last month to coax
Iran into halting atomic work the West fears is aimed at making bombs.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080613/wl_nm/iran_nuclear_dc
 
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Indian oil firms to invest $3 bn in Iran: :
 
A consortium of public sector oil companies – ONGC Videsh (OVL), Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) and Oil India (OIL) – proposes to invest $3 billion to
develop Farsi block in Iran where they have found 12.8 trillion cubic feet (tcf) of gas.
tinyurl.com/42eohn
 
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Israeli “settlers’” attack on Palestinian family captured on video:
 
A Palestinian family’s brutal beating by Israeli settlers has been captured on video and aired just a week before the UN Security Council is set to consider a resolution condemning construction of Israeli settlements in Palestinian territory.
www.csmonitor.com/2008/0613/p99s01-duts.html
 
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Israel to build 1,300 homes for illegal colonists:
 
Occupied Jerusalem: Israel on Friday confirmed plans to build 1,300 more apartments in occupied east Jerusalem, immediately drawing the ire of Palestinians who accused it of sabotaging already rocky peace efforts.
www.gulfnews.com/region/Middle_East/10220933.html
 
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Iraq, Jordan agree to renew discount oil deal:
 
Jordan was paying Iraq 18 dollars a barrel less than the August 2006 price for its discounted deliveries. Oil was trading at the time at around the 75-dollar mark on world markets.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080612/wl_mideast_afp/jordaniraqdiplomacy
 
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Afghan Suicide Blast Kills 9 U.S. Occupation Troops:
 
A Taliban suicide attack hit a U.S. military convoy in northeastern Afghanistan Friday, leaving at least nine soldiers dead, according to CBS News’ British partner network Sky News and Taliban sources.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/06/13/world/main4178144.shtml
 
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Occupation troops, militants killed in fresh Afghan attacks:
 
Two British occupation troops and a Romanian soldier were killed after coming under fire in southern Afghanistan, officials said Friday.
tinyurl.com/667mgr
 
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Monthly allied combat deaths in Afghanistan pass Iraq toll for 1st time:
 
It is a grim gauge of U.S. wars going in opposite directions: American and allied combat deaths in Afghanistan passed the toll in Iraq for the first time last month.
www.mytelus.com/ncp_news/article.en.do?pn=world&articleID=2939019
 
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Afghan Prison Attack Frees 100s Of Inmates:
 
Militants attacked the main prison in Kandahar, Afghanistan, with a suicide car bombing and rockets late Friday, killing police and setting hundreds of prisoners free, Afghan officials said.
www.kcra.com/news/16601504/detail.html
 
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Official: Pakistan should reconsider its ties to US :
 
The top elected official in northwest Pakistan said Thursday the country should rethink its relationship with America after a U.S. airstrike that reportedly killed 11 Pakistani soldiers.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080612/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_border_clash
 
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Pakistan lawyers descend on capital :
 
Tens of thousands of Pakistani lawyers and activists have begun to arrive in the capital Islamabad to demand the reinstatement of judges fired by Pervez Musharraf, the president.
english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/2FAC6463-A475-42B5-BD47-25CB485F4B55.htm
 
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Britain and US ‘complicit in war crimes by Ethiopian military’:
 
Despite claims of authoritarianism and war crimes in both Ogaden and neighbouring Somalia, British aid for Ethiopia has more than doubled since 2005 to £130m. The US has also increased its support for the army, which it sees as a strong regional ally in the “war on terror”.
tinyurl.com/68f6op
 
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Supreme Court ruling could free scores from Guantanamo:
 
Some consequences are immediate, for a case that’s big legally, politically and militarily. Within hours of the court’s decision in the combined cases known as Boumediene v. Bush and Al Odah v. United States, attorneys were preparing to demand hearings for detainees long held without charges.
www.mcclatchydc.com/227/story/40935.html
 
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McCain: Guantanamo Ruling One of the ‘Worst Decisions’ in History:
 
“These are people who are not citizens. They do not and never have been given the rights that citizens in this country have,” he said. “Now, my friends, there are some bad people down there. There are some bad people.”
tinyurl.com/5l7clz
 
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Graham: Amend Constitution to overturn court’s ruling:
 
A dejected Sen. Lindsey Graham blasted the Supreme Court’s ruling Thursday on Guantanamo Bay detainees, calling it “dangerous and irresponsible.”
www.mcclatchydc.com/244/story/40899.html
 
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Zbignev Bzhezinski: “Russia tends to destabilize Georgia to take control over Baku-Ceyhan pipeline”:
 
Devoting his speech to analysis of Russia’s actions on the energy markets in Eurasia, he stated that Russia will try to consolidate its monopoly on these markets and will use all existing political and economic levers, including “politically motivated cessation of energy supplies” in Europe and Baltic states.
www.today.az/news/politics/45659.html
 
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Russia is biggest oil producer:
 
The International Energy Agency says Russia has turned into the biggest crude oil producer, a title traditionally belonged to Saudi Arabia.
www.tehrantimes.com/index_View.asp?code=170556
 
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Ireland rejects Lisbon Treaty:
 
Ireland rejects Lisbon TreatyIrish voters have rejected the Lisbon Treaty by 110,000 votes – a margin of 53.4% to 46.6%.
www.rte.ie/news/2008/0613/eulisbon.html
 
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Nicolas Sarkozy plans to bypass Irish no vote:
 
Diplomats and officials have no intention of letting the Irish no vote sink a blueprint to boost the EU’s powers on the international stage and to create a President of Europe
tinyurl.com/5hn7xx
 
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Support for euro in doubt as Germans reject Latin bloc notes :
 
The key concern appears to be price stability. Germany’s wholesale inflation rate reached 8.1pc in May, the highest level in 26 years. The cost of bread, milk and other staples has rocketed, adding to the sense that prices are spiralling out of control.
tinyurl.com/42keok
 
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Interview with Bernadette McAliskey:
 
Bernadette Devlin (now McAliskey) was elected to parliament as part of the struggle in Northern Ireland in 1969. “I had no apologies to make and I had no respect for my betters, because I didn’t acknowledge the existence of betters-wiser, older, more experienced people you could learn from, yes. But people who were born better than me, no.”
www.socialistworker.co.uk/art.php?id=6233
 
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Kucinich Forces Vote On Bush’s Impeachment:
 
As they have previously, Democratic leaders staunchly oppose Kucinich’s impeachment effort. They expect to table the resolution by referring it to the Judiciary Committee, where they expect it to die.
tinyurl.com/54cuhg
 
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US foreclosure filings surge 48 percent in May:
 
Housing crisis worsens as number of US homes facing foreclosure in May up 48 percent
tinyurl.com/5dt2v4
 
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U.S. Ranks Dead Last Among 19 Nations in Preventive Medicine:
 
Researchers tracked how many preventable deaths took place in 19 developed nations between 2002 and 2003. A preventable death was defined as one that would not have occurred if the patient had access to timely and effective health care.
www.naturalnews.com/023429.html
 
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John McCain Debates John McCain: Video :
 
 And The Looser Is?
www.democrats.org/page/content/debates/iraq/