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
$533,316,332,285
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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An Act Of War
 
Resolution calls for embargo against Iran
 
The Real News Network
 
Congress is calling for President Bush to ban all exports of refined petroleum going into Iran to help stop its nuclear program. US House Res.362 demands “stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran.” Although Iran has one of the largest oil reserves in the world, it relies on imports for over 40% of its refined petroleum.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20223.htm
 
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Exposed
 
How Regan Made It Possible for Bush To Attack Iraq
 
Iran-Contra’s ‘Lost Chapter’
 
By Robert Parry (A Special Report)
 
As historians ponder George W. Bush’s disastrous presidency, they may wonder how Republicans perfected a propaganda system that could fool tens of millions of Americans, intimidate Democrats, and transform the vaunted Washington press corps from watchdogs to lapdogs.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20216.htm
 
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Hey Y’all Watch This!
 
By David Glenn Cox
 
Alice through the looking glass, a leader who hasn’t invaded anyone cast as the next Hitler by the nation occupying two foreign countries by force of arms.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20217.htm
 
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In case you missed it
 
The Century of the Self
 
How politicians and business learned to create and manipulate mass-consumer society.
 
Must Watch Video Documentry
 
Adam Curtis, The Century of the Self tells the untold and sometimes controversial story of the growth of the mass-consumer society in Britain and the United States. How was the all-consuming self created, by whom, and in whose interests?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article12642.htm
 
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Deception
 
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
 
A re-born Christian, the world’s most powerful president believes: “Behind all of life and all of history, there’s a dedication and a purpose, set by the hand of a just and faithful God.” His tyranny disguised, he continues his barbaric assault on humanity.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20219.htm
 
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Iranians Float an Offer the West Should Not Refuse
 
By Muriel Mirak-Weissbach
 
Will Anti-War Forces Seize this Opportunity?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20221.htm
 
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The Letter to Bush Obama Didn’t Write
 
By William A. Cook
 
Dear Mr. President:
A fundamental principle of America’s Middle East policy must be our unshakeable commitment to Palestinian security. I believe that is a bipartisan commitment, and I will work to continue and advance that consensus. But I am deeply concerned that the security of the people of Palestine has been put at greater risk, both because of renewed threats from their implacable enemy, the State of Israel, and because of policy choices by the United States.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20218.htm
 
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From Triumph to Torture
 
By John Pilger
 
Israel’s treatment of an award-winning young Palestinian journalist is part of a terrible pattern.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20225.htm
 
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Zimbabwe and the new Cowardly Colonialism
 
By Brendan O’Neill
 
Western intervention against Robert Mugabe’s ‘evil regime’ put Zimbabwe into an economic straitjacket and disempowered its people.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20220.htm
 
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UN Envoy Rips US Violations in Iraq, Guantanamo, Afghanistan
 
Rapporteur condemns rights abuses at home, too
 
By Thalif Deen
 
UNITED NATIONS: After a two-week fact-finding tour of US prison and detention facilities, a UN human rights investigator has blasted the administration of President George W. Bush for a rash of shortcomings in the country’s flawed justice system and continued violations of the rule of law.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20222.htm
 
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Happy Oil Dependence Day
 
By Robert Scheer
 
As we head into the Fourth of July weekend of patriotic bluster and beer swilling – but before we are too besotted with ourselves – might we also for once consider our imperfections? Why not take a moment to heed the cautions of our founding father, George Washington, whose true legacy will most likely be ignored during the flag-waving weekend?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20224.htm
 
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Twenty killed in occupied Afghanistan:
 
Twenty people, including 12 Taliban militants, were among 20 killed in the latest insurgent violence in Afghanistan, officials said Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/6bu5rj
 
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Bomb blast kills 4 in occupied Afghanistan:
 
At least three policemen were killed Wednesday when a suicide bomber blew himself up near a convoy of the provincial governor in Afghanistan’s south-western province of Nimroz, officials said.
tinyurl.com/5zwtex
 
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Pre-mature explosion kills 3 Afghan militants:
 
Three freedom fighterrs were killed as a mine planted by themselves went off accidentally in Afghanistan’s Ghazni province Wednesday, a local official said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/02/content_8477418.htm
 
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US helicopter downed near Kabul:
 
An American Blackhawk helicopter has been shot down in Afghanistan in a province bordering the capital, Kabul.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/7484673.stm
 
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US strike kills Two in Pakistan:
 
Two people have been killed and two others wounded when a suspected US missile landed near a border post in a Pakistani tribal area.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=62281&sectionid=351020401
 
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Taliban abduct 140 Pak troops’:
 
According to the sources, around 16 security personnel were kidnapped from Bara by Haji Mangal Bagh group and more than 124 personnel were kidnapped by Baitullah Mehsud’s men on Tuesday night. However, the Pakistan Army denied the abduction.
tinyurl.com/5r24n5
 
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Deal lets U.S. drones strike bin Laden:
 
The United States has a standing agreement with Pakistan that CIA-operated Predator drones may strike Osama bin Laden’s hide-out without prior permission from Islamabad, according to people familiar with the arrangement.
tinyurl.com/6lmvms
 
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Iraq: At least 18 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
A suicide bomber killed four people, including two policemen, on Monday in the town of Mandili, 100 km (60 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said
tinyurl.com/6l9ocq
 
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Iraq: New Documents Detail Civilian Deaths Caused by US Forces:
 
The ACLU today released documents from the US Naval Criminal Investigative Services (NCIS) detailing the alleged killing of Iraqi civilians by US Marines. After studying the eight cases, Campaign for Innocent Victims in Conflict (CIVIC) was dismayed that only one resulted in payment to civilians for damages and called for swift compensation to the victims and their families
www.commondreams.org/news2008/0702-03.htm
 
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Iraqi foreign minister hints at delay for U.S. security agreement:
 
At a news conference in Baghdad, Zebari said that intense negotiations under way since early March had made headway, but that many difficult issues had yet to be decided, like the extent of Iraqi control over American operations and the right of American soldiers deployed here to detain suspects.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/07/02/mideast/iraq.php
 
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US spy satellites said to watch Iraqi Army:
 
Caught off guard by recent Iraqi military operations, the United States is using spy satellites that ordinarily are trained on adversaries to monitor the movements of the US-backed Iraqi Army, according to current and former US officials.
tinyurl.com/68j9wo
 
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Iran warns about attack, refers to nuclear ‘solution’:
 
The White House expressed scepticism but it was more positively received in Brussels where EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana described it as “interesting.”
www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=239325
 
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U.S. Covert Operations In Iran:
 
Terry Gross Interviews Seymour Hersh: Audio: Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh believes that the United States may be closer to armed conflict with Iran than previously imagined.
tinyurl.com/5zqvrn
 
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US Admiral Warns Against Israeli Strike On Iran:
 
Admiral Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, on Wednesday warned against the possible Israeli strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities, saying that it would plunge the already volatile area into deeper chaos and added that it would be very stressful on the United States.
tinyurl.com/6nzgpa
 
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Russia’s Medvedev: EU sanctions on Iran not helpful:
 
The European Union’s decision to impose new sanctions on Iran could exacerbate tensions over Tehran’s nuclear program, Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said in an interview
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3563344,00.html
 
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CIA ‘ignored Iran nuclear evidence’:
 
A former CIA agent has alleged that the US intelligence agency ignored evidence Iran had suspended work on a nuclear bomb, a US newspaper has said.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/20087122240417154.html
 
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Iran to allow 100% foreign ownership :
 
Iran will allow foreign companies and nationals to purchase unlimited shares of state-run enterprises which are in the process of being sold off, said the director of Iran’s Privatization Company, Gholamreza Heidari Kord Zangeneh
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=62040&sectionid=351020102
 
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Palestinian goes on rampage in Jerusalem; 3 killed:
 
A Palestinian man plowed an enormous construction vehicle into cars, buses and pedestrians on a busy street Wednesday, killing at least three people and wounding at least 45 before he was shot dead by security officers.
www.pressofatlanticcity.com/188/story/196252.html
 
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Palestinians who approach Gaza fence will be shot, says IDF:
 
Egyptian officials told Hamas of the new procedure, which is expected to raise tensions between the two sides.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/997897.html
 
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Israeli soldiers shoot female farmer in Gaza:
 
Palestinian medical officials said the woman was shot in the lower limbs when she entered her land near the southern Gaza Strip “border” with Israel, east of Khan Younis.
tinyurl.com/64h9bd
 
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Palestinians storm Rafah crossing:
 
Hundreds of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip have stormed the Egyptian gate at the Rafah crossing, clashing with security forces.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/07/200872114349730311.html
 
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Death toll grows in occupied Somalia attacks:
 
The death toll from fighting between Somali anti-occupation fighters and Ethiopian and Ugandan forces, has risen to 53 people, according to a human rights organisation.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/07/200872184651164396.html
 
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Presstitute and propaganda alert::
 
Al-Qaeda finds three safe havens for terror training:
 
Al-Qaeda, Osama bin Laden’s terrorist organisation, driven out of Afghanistan and defeated in Iraq, is re-emerging in strength in three alternative safe havens for training, operational planning and recruiting – Pakistan, Somalia and Algeria – according to Western intelligence and defence sources.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4251551.ece
 
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Peru denies US base reports:
 
Peru has denied reported claims by Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, that it had allowed the US to establish a secret military base on its territory.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/200872173248779270.html
 
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Latam outrage at EU migrant law:
 
A new immigration law passed by the European Union has provoked an angry backlash at a summit of South American leaders.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/20087211928130274.html
 
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China Inspired Interrogations at Guantánamo:
 
The way Communist interrogation methods that the United States long described as torture became the basis for interrogations both by the military at the base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and by the Central Intelligence Agency.
tinyurl.com/5lzuae
 
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U.S. military to patrol Internet:
 
The U.S. military is looking for a contractor to patrol cyberspace, watching for warning signs of forthcoming terrorist attacks or other hostile activity on the Web.
tinyurl.com/6gpxsh
 
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Oil Prices Rise Near $144:
 
Oil prices shot to a new high near $144 a barrel Wednesday and headed for a record close as the government reported a bigger-than-expected drop in U.S. crude stockpiles and the threat of conflict with Iran weighed on traders’ minds.
www.manufacturing.net/News-Oil-Prices-Rise-Near-144.aspx?menuid=38
 
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Disorderly Dollar Drop Can’t Be Ruled Out, BIS Says :
 
A disorderly decline in the dollar remains a possibility as losses on U.S. assets pile up and the current-account deficit triggers ``a sudden rush for the exits,’’ the Bank for International Settlements said.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?sid=azRci4F1PUGI&pid=20601087
 
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Mortgage ruling could shock U.S. banking industry:
 
A lawsuit filed by a Wisconsin couple against their mortgage lender could have major implications for banks should a U.S. appeals court agree that borrowers can cancel their loans en masse when their lenders violate a federal lending disclosure law.
uk.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUKN2634924420080630
 
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What Time Is It? : Video:
 
Industrial Civilization Is Coming To An End
www.greens.org.nz/node/18811