Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,225,898"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
 
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,113
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$533,014,754,380
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Iran Is Not The Belligerent Party
 
By Linda S. Heard
 
In recent years Iran has become the target of a belligerent campaign against it, orchestrated by usual suspects the US, Israel and Britain. This aggressive nuclear-armed trio has badgered other nations to back anti-Iranian sanctions without even the flimsiest evidence that Tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20212.htm
 
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We, the Salt of the Earth, Take Precedence
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
The slaughtering of foreigners doesn’t seem to bother the American public. Americans take it for granted that Americans are superior and that American purposes, whatever they be, take precedence over the rights of other people to life and to a political existence independent of American hegemony.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20212.htm
 
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The Shrinking Influence of the US Federal Reserve
 
  By Gabor Steingart in Washington
 
Humiliation for Mr. Dollar: Ben Bernanke, the chairman of the United States Federal Reserve Bank, faces a general investigation by the International Monetary Fund. Just one more example of the Fed losing its power.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20215.htm
 
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Lawmakers Cash In As Lobbyists
 
By Jim Hightower
 
Old Congress critters never die; they just flitter away to K Street. – Take Dennis Hastert. Actually, he’s already taken. The longtime Republican lawmaker retired last November, but rather than return to Illinois, he has alighted just a few blocks from the Capital at the blue-chip lobbying firm of Dickstein Shapiro. The firm lured Hastert with more than half a million bucks in annual pay.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20213.htm
 
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‘The US is Not a Republic Anymore’
 
An interview with Gore Vidal by Afshin Rattansi
 
The president and little Mr. Gonzales who for a few minutes was his Attorney General. They managed to get rid of all of the constitutional links that made us literally a republic.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20211.htm
 
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Gun battles kill 27 people in Afghanistan:
 
Conflicts and battles elsewhere in Afghanistan left 27 persons including 23 suspected Taliban insurgents and four police constables dead on Tuesday, officials said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/01/content_8470180.htm
 
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33 militants killed as occupation forces intensifies attacks in Afghanistan:
 
The U.S.-led Coalition forces have killed on Monday 33 militants in eastern Afghan province Khost as the eastern region bordering Pakistan has increasingly been the scene of Taliban-led militancy, the military alliance said on Tuesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/01/content_8471565.htm
 
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US air attack kills seven civilians : Governor:
 
An Afghan governor Monday said at least seven civilians have been killed in air strikes by the coalition troops against Taliban in a western Afghan province.
tinyurl.com/48fksn
 
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Madness in Afghanistan:
 
The body of the executed Talib fighter lies sprawled across a dirt road. Behind him a barren mountain landscape stretches into infinite darkness. In the foreground, the man’s life-blood runs out of him in a meandering silver river, to be swallowed by the parched earth.
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/jul/01/afghanistan.barackobama
 
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NATO, Pakistani Troops Coordinate Attacks to Fight Militants on Afghan-Pakistani Border:
 
NATO says its forces, in coordination with the Pakistani military, have beaten back a militant attack on a NATO post in Afghanistan.
www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-01-voa21.cfm
 
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Pakistan’s Army shying away from major Taliban assault:
 
Pakistan’s fitful military operation against Islamist extremists pushed into its third day Monday, but there was no sign of overt combat — and growing criticism of the army’s failure to crack down on the Taliban and al-Qaida, which operate out of the country’s “lawless” tribal belt.
seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008026741_wdig01.html
 
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Sharif lashes out at US war on terror:
 
The Pakistan Muslim league-N Leader says that President Pervez Musharraf’s Pro-American policy of war against terror should be reviewed.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=62176&sectionid=351020401
 
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Bhutto’s widower says West supported military not Pakistani people:
 
The widower of slain ex-premier Benazir Bhutto on Tuesday blasted on the West, saying it had always invested in Pakistan’s military and arms but not in its people, with the result of a rise of Islamic militancy and terrorism.
tinyurl.com/44j2t8
 
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Pakistani ambassador: U.S. diplomacy a ‘complete failure’:
 
It is important to the Pakistani government that anyone who is a symbol of global terrorism should not be allowed to operate from any part of Pakistan or any of its neighboring countries. The Pakistani people have a different view.
tinyurl.com/4dteas
 
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‘US blocks Bin Laden murder plan’:
 
The White house has blocked a secret plan into the tribal regions of Pakistan to capture or kill Osama bin Laden and his top lieutenants.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=62185&sectionid=3510203
 
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Iraq: At least 18 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
 
 Five bodies were found in different districts of Baghdad.
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL0117617920080701
 
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US agrees to scrap immunity for security guards in Iraq: FM:
 
The Iraqi foreign minister said on Tuesday that Washington has agreed to scrap immunity for foreign security guards in Iraq, moving the two countries closer to signing a long-term security pact.
www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=239165
 
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Iraq: Miles-long gas lines despite oil riches:
 
Frustrated Iraqis trying to tank up their cars faced miles-long gas lines on Tuesday – a stark reminder that a country with one of the world’s largest oil reserves still has major challenges delivering fuel to its people.
tinyurl.com/4s4up7
 
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Historic handshake: Barak meets Iraq’s president in Athens:
 
The two shook hands when introduced by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during the 23rd congress of the Socialist International at the Lagonissi Grand Resort, about 40 kilometers south of Athens.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/997941.html
 
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Pentagon Official Warns of Israeli Attack on Iran:
 
An action that would have enormous security and economic repercussions for the United States and the rest of the world.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/US/story?id=5281043&page=1
 
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State Dept. denies report Israel likely to attack Iran this year:
 
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday criticized reported comments by a senior U.S. defense official who said there was an increasing likelihood Israel would attack Iran over its nuclear program, calling his statements “foolish.”
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/997920.html
 
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Iran says Bushehr NPP to go online in October:
 
“The work for the physical launch of the Bushehr NPP will begin at the end of Mehr [a month under the Iranian calendar that lasts from September 22 to October 21],” Ahmad Fayazbakhsh, deputy head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, said.
en.rian.ru/world/20080629/112521629.html
 
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Ex-agent: CIA suppresses Iran’s N-facts:
 
Former CIA agent files motion accusing superiors of deliberately ignoring the realities of the US NIE on Iran’s nuclear activities.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=62142&sectionid=351020104
 
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Iran’s MPs threaten to sever ties with IAEA if sanctions imposed:
 
Iran’s parliament issued a statement on Tuesday saying the country could cease to cooperate with the United Nations nuclear watchdog if new sanctions are imposed over Iran’s controversial nuclear program
en.rian.ru/world/20080701/112748811.html
 
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Kuwait plans for Iranian oil blockade:
 
Oil-rich Kuwait is drawing up plans to ensure it meets its oil exports if neighbouring Iran closes a sea route that is critical to Gulf oil producers, a senior Kuwaiti official said on Monday.
tinyurl.com/4b2e4v
 
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Israeli settlers fire mortar shells at West Bank village: :
 
Palestinian sources reported Tuesday that two makeshift mortar shells were fired from the Bracha settlement toward the Burin Village near Nablus. No injuries were reported.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/998007.html
 
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Gaza militants fire rocket at Israel:
 
The rocket caused neither injuries nor damage, a military spokeswoman in Tel Aviv said, and there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
tinyurl.com/54g45w
 
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Israel re-closes Gaza crossings, blocks entry of food stuff:
 
An Israeli military spokesman justified this move by saying that “the Palestinians have breached the truce which has been effective for 11 days now in Gaza Strip.” He further pointed out that “the closure will continue until further notice.
tinyurl.com/4r39bc
 
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Israel bars UN rights team from WBank, Gaza:

“Israeli authorities did not allow us to visit the Palestinian territories,” said Prasad Kariyawasam, head of the UN panel, adding that “no reasons were given by Israel because they do not recognise our mandate”.
tinyurl.com/44kw6x
 
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Hebron’s orphans:
 
Harassment by the Israeli authorities leaves Palestinians angry and despairing. Could that be the intention?
tinyurl.com/4yazcl
 
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Judges Cite Need for Reliable Evidence To Hold Detainees:
 
In reversing a military tribunal’s determination that a Chinese detainee was an “enemy combatant,” a federal appeals court criticized the government’s evidence and compared its legal theories to a nonsensical 19th-century poem.
abcnews.go.com/Politics/US/Story?id=5281043&page=2
 
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Canadian loses U.S. appeal in Syrian torture case:
 
A Canadian who says he was whisked off a plane in New York and sent illegally to Syria where he was tortured for a year lost his case against the U.S. government Monday on a technicality.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=233512
 
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McCain to begin Latin America visit:
 
Trade, drugs and immigration are set to top the agenda at McCain’s meetings with Alvaro Uribe, the Colombian president, on Tuesday, and Felipe Calderon, the Mexican president on Thursday.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/20087116515174191.html
 
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IMF issues oil and food warning:
 
“If food prices rise further and oil prices stay the same, some governments will no longer be able to feed their people and at the same time maintain stability in their economies,” he said in Washington DC.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/20087117435146411.html
 
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Bolivia slams US for ‘postponing’ aid:
 
Bolivia has accused the United States of hampering hundreds of millions of dollars in aid to reach the Latin Nation for political reasons.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=62182&sectionid=351020706
 
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Argentine president links food speculators to finance crisis:
 
Fernandez de Kirchner charged there was a definite connection between the rise in the prices of
tinyurl.com/3urmyf
 
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Venezuela’s Chavez warns that renewed U.S. 4th Fleet is a regional threat:
 
Chavez wants the South American trade bloc Mercosur to ask the U.S. government why it is sending the military force to a peaceful region.
tinyurl.com/4bl3wr
 
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Chavez proposes South American version of OPEC oil cartel:
 
The socialist president says the group known as Petrosur would link state oil and gas companies in a system like OPEC, which sets production quotas for members.
tinyurl.com/4kyabk
 
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More oil will not bring price down-Saudi king:
 
Oil prices would not ease even if production were raised because speculation and taxes are behind the soaring market, Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah was quoted as saying in a Kuwaiti newspaper on Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/4psnb7
 
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Financial Telegraph predicts complete meltdown of US banking system:
 
All Belgian newspapers opened yesterday with disaster headlines, giving wide coverage to the free fall of the bank insurer’s stock. ‘Fortis crashes,’ ‘Disaster day for Fortis,’ and ‘Fortis loses 5.3 billion,’ reported three leading newspapers on their respective front pages.
tinyurl.com/3gxydr
 
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Gold getting ready for another big move:
 
Jim Sinclair became fabulously wealthy when he called the great gold bull in the late 1970's, selling out at the top. He’s the dean of the gold bugs, and gives his advice away for FREE at his web site. He posted a bulletin today where he thinks the gold is getting ready for its assault on $1600.
tinyurl.com/3oyqvd
 
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US Stock Market Posts Worst Monthly Decline since 1930s:
 
Analysts say record oil prices and continuing fears about the U.S. economy have helped push the Dow Jones Industrial Average to its worst month since the Great Depression of the 1930s. VOA’s Mil Arcega reports.
www.voanews.com/english/2008-07-01-voa27.cfm
 
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Stocks tumble as risk aversion grips markets:
 
Tumbling European and U.S. banking shares soured equity markets on Tuesday as the second half of 2008 started with a heavy aversion to risk spurred by surging oil and inflation fears.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7622948
 
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Ford June U.S. sales drop 28.1%:
 
Ford Motor Co. (F: News, Chart, Quote ), the third largest U.S. automaker, said Tuesday that its June U.S. vehicle sales dropped 28.1% from a year ago, hurt by sharp decline in sales of trucks and sport utility vehicles amid higher gasoline prices and the ongoing slump in consumer confidence.
www.rttnews.com/Content/TopStories.aspx?Node=B1
 
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Utah company puts operations on hold due to food and fuel prices:
 
For what it takes to produce a turkey right now, it will cost the growers 15 percent more than their break-even point. And with millions of turkeys produced here every year, it would mean losses in the millions of dollars.
www.ksl.com/?nid=148&sid=3637972
 
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Serbian site sheds light on Germans’ postwar ordeal:
 
 ”About 52,000 German civilians, mostly children, perished in various camps in Yugoslavia between 1945-47,” said Hans Supritz, president of the Assn. of Danube Swabians in Germany.
www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-camp29-2008jun29,0,6194983.story