Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,236,604"
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
$535,549,434,156
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Reality Bites Back
 
Why the U.S. Won’t Attack Iran
 
By Tom Engelhardt
 
IPossessing the world’s second largest reserves of oil and natural gas, Iran is no speed bump on the energy map. The National Security Network, a group of national security experts, estimates that the Bush administration’s policy of bluster, threat, and intermittent low-level actions against Iran has already added a premium of $30-$40 to every $140 barrel of oil.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20264.htm
 
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The New Era
 
By Peter Zeihan
 
The Middle East is a region rife with petit geopolitics. Since the failure of the Ottoman Empire, the region has not hosted an indigenous grand player. Instead, the region serves as a battleground for extra-regional grand powers, all attempting to grind down the local (petit) players to better achieve their own aims.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20263.htm
 
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The FBI’s Plan to ‘Profile’ Muslims
 
By Juan Cole
 
After Sept. 11, the DOJ called thousands of Muslim men in the United States for what it termed voluntary interviews. Not a single terrorist was identified in this manner.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20265.htm
 
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From The Bad To The Really Sinister
 
By The Mogambo Guru
 
The Plunge Protection Team (composed of the US Federal Reserve, the Treasury and bank insiders) tried to drive the stock markets up on Monday, June 30 – to make those account statements look not quite as bad, and, hopefully, prevent people from dumping all of their stock and bond holdings in a desperate attempt to save something before the whole idiotic, fiat-currency, unlimited-fractional-banking thing just collapses.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20262.htm
 
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Bomb attacks kill 13 Iraqis, 1 U.S. soldier:
 
The U.S. general who led efforts to train Iraq’s army and police units warned yesterday that progress is mixed and long-term U.S. help will be needed.
tinyurl.com/5s4k9g
 
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Iraq: Another 7 killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
A suicide car bomber killed two civilians and wounded 11 people when it hit an Iraqi army vehicle in Mansour district, central Baghdad, police said. Three soldiers were among the wounded.
uk.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUKL1024910420080710
 
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Iraq toughens stance on U.S. troop withdrawal:
 
“Our stance in the negotiations with the Americans will be strong. We will not sign any memorandum of understanding without specifying a date for the withdrawal of foreign troops from Iraq,” al-Rubaie told reporters in the Shi’ite holy city.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/10/content_8520414.htm
 
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US: Pull-out Demand Signals Final Bush Defeat in Iraq:
 
The official Iraqi demand for U.S. withdrawal confirms what was becoming increasingly clear in recent months — that the Iraqi regime has decided to shed its military dependence on the United States.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43140
 
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U.S. ground troops in Iraq done by mid-2009: general:
 
U.S. ground troops in Iraq will be “mostly” finished with security operations by the middle of 2009, the senior U.S. Army officer in charge of training Iraqi forces said on Wednesday.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080709/ts_nm/usa_iraq_training_dc_1
 
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Security firms lose immunity in Iraq deal:
 
The Iraqi armed services are likely to target widely-hated American security contractors when they lose their immunity to Iraqi law under a new agreement between the US and the Iraq.
tinyurl.com/67r4jj
 
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Israeli jets using Iraq’s airspace?:
 
The US has allowed Israeli jets to use US airbases in Iraq and fly over Iraqi airspace for a likely attack against Iran, Iraqi media say.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=63218&sectionid=351020201
 
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Iran test-fires more missiles:
 
Thursday’s tests, which included the firing of shore-to-sea, surface-to-surface and sea-to-air missiles, have added to growing tensions between Iran and the West, with officials on both sides issuing warnings to the other.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2008/07/200871082147567839.html
 
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Israeli defense sources: Iran missile test not an advanced Shahab-3 as Tehran claims:
 
From what I saw, this is an old version of the Shahab-3, and contrary to their claims, it is not capable of reaching 2,000 kilometers, only 1,300 kilometers,” he said yesterday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1000650.html
 
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In an Iranian Image, a Missile Too Many: ,
 
Agence France-Presse retracted its four-missile version this morning, saying that the image was “apparently digitally altered” by Iranian state media.
tinyurl.com/6n5bx5
 
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Israeli occupation troops kills unarmed Gazan :
 
Palestinians respond with two Qassams : The Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigade, a military offshoot of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah faction, said the 18-year-old Palestinian killed earlier in the day belonged to its ranks and vowed revenge for his death. The group later claimed responsibility for the Qassam strike.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1000881.html
 
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Hamas: Israel waging ‘dirty war’:
 
Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh accused Israel on Wednesday of waging a “dirty war” against Hamas. He also accused the Palestinian Authority of “participating” in the Israeli campaign.
tinyurl.com/6xj8xh
 
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250 Afghan civilians killed, injured in last 6 days :
 
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has repeatedly urged foreign forces to exercise more care.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7498041.stm
 
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Karzai ‘axes leader for US rebuke’:
 
An Afghan governor who criticised a recent US air raid which killed at 15 civilians has been sacked by Hamid Karzai, the Afghan president, Al Jazeera has learned.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/07/2008710134241675953.html
 
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2 Indians among 6 killed in attack on Indian consulate, claims Taliban:
 
The Taliban reportedly carried out an attack on the Indian consulate in Jalalabad, Afghanistan, early on Thursday, killing six persons, including two Indians, and injuring eight others, reported The Daily Times .
tinyurl.com/6f9atd
 
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2 NATO soldiers killed in Afghanistan; villagers kill 2 Taliban to defend aid workers: :
 
A group of villagers in northwestern Afghanistan used a machine gun, sticks and stones to kill two Taliban militants and chase 10 others away, a provincial police chief said Thursday.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/07/10/asia/AS-Afghan-Violence.php
 
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Four Pakistani troops killed in militant ambush:
 
Gunmen attacked a Pakistani military supply convoy in a northwestern region near the Afghan border, killing four paramilitary soldiers and wounding four, a government official said on Wednesday.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=244812
 
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Pakistan Rejects Foreign Troops:
 
Pakistan’s top diplomat Wednesday rejected the idea of any foreign troops operating inside Pakistan, reinforcing its refusal to accept U.S. military aid in battling insurgents near the Afghan border.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/09/ap/world/main4246668.shtml
 
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Militants sign peace pact in Pakistan’s Khyber: officials:
 
Militants and authorities in a troubled northwest Pakistan tribal district signed a peace pact Wednesday after a 10-day military operation to clear the area of Islamic militants.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5jFwFIV3RKLrkd88osIj6OGy5ao2g
 
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Somalia:Al-Shabaab kill 7 Somali troops:
 
Al-Shabaab fighters have captured the southwestern Somali town of Daynunay killing seven government troops and wounding 10 others.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=63263&sectionid=351020501
 
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7 peacekeepers killed in ambush in Darfur:
 
In a brazen attack on horseback and from SUVs mounted with anti-aircraft weapons, some 200 gumen ambushed peacekeepers from a joint U.N.-African Union force in Sudan’s Darfur region, killing seven in fierce battles that lasted more than two hours, U.N. officials said
tinyurl.com/5gg9bp
 
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U.S. may secretly deploy ballistic missiles in Poland – expert: –
 
The U.S. may station intermediary and shorter-range ballistic missiles in Poland under the guise of interceptors, a Russian expert said Thursday.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080710/113709664.html
 
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Russia must punish states hosting U.S. missile shield – analyst:
 
Russia must use economic and political means, and military ties with Asia, to punish European states that agree to host U.S. missile defense elements, a Russian political analyst said on Wednesday.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080709/113618929.html
 
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FARC: Uribe plans to kill Chavez:
 
FARC leader Ivan Marquez has alleged that President Uribe plans to kill the Venezuelan and Ecuadorian leaders with a help from the US.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=59755&sectionid=351020704
 
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Forensics expert says ex-Chilean president was assasinated:
 
A court forensics expert said yesterday that former Chilean president Eduardo Frei Montalva was assassinated in January 1982 after a simple hernia operation during the rule of dictator Augusto Pinochet.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/10/chile.pinochet
 
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Bolivia: USAID Expelled from Chapare:
 
The mayors of Chapare province in central Bolivia have elected to expel USAID from their territory, a move applauded by the country’s president, Evo Morales.
tinyurl.com/6n2uab
 
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Congress votes to immunize lawbreaking telecoms, legalize warrantless eavesdropping:
 
Barack Obama joined every Senate Republican (and every House Republican other than one) by voting in favor of it, while his now-vanquished primary rival, Sen. Hillary Clinton, voted against it. John McCain wasn’t present for any of the votes, but shared Obama’s support for the bill.
www.salon.com/opinion/greenwald/2008/07/09/fisa_vote/index.html
 
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US officials can now tap phones officially :
 
Intelligence agents will be able to tap phones and Internet services without permission from a judge and telecoms companies will also be protected from claims for damages from their bugged clients.
feeds.bignewsnetwork.com/index.php?sid=380492
 
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Foreclosures Rose 53% in June, Bank Seizures Triple:
 
U.S. foreclosure filings rose 53 percent in June from a year earlier and bank repossessions rose the most on record as deteriorating property values and higher rates on adjustable mortgages forced more people to give up their homes.
tinyurl.com/5rzuek
 
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Fannie, Freddie `Insolvent’ After Losses, Poole Says :
 
Fannie Mae shares tumbled 13 percent yesterday in New York to the lowest level in almost 14 years.
tinyurl.com/6k3ejk
 
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Crisis wipes $1 trillion from financial stocks:
 
U.S. financial companies have lost more than $1 trillion in value this year, and yet another decline on Monday shows concerns aren’t going away soon.
tinyurl.com/6ap85s
 
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Bernanke, Paulson outline strategy to make working class pay for Wall Street crisis:
 
In speeches delivered Tuesday, Federal Reserve Board Chairman Ben Bernanke and Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson outlined the ruthless class policy being carried out to place the burden for the financial and housing crisis on the backs of working people.
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/jul2008/bern-j10.shtml