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 4,119
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$536,954,752,212
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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Help Me – Help Me – Help Me
 
Another proud moment in US history
 
Omar Kahdr’s Interrogation Video From Guantanamo.
 
Click to view
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20286.htm
 
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Iran Shows Its Cards
 
By Scott Ritter
 
I’ve always pointed out that no plan survives initial contact with the enemy, and furthermore one can never forget that, in war, the enemy gets to vote. On the issue of an American and/or Israeli attack on Iran, the Iranian military has demonstrated exactly how it would cast its vote.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20284.htm
 
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A Phony Crisis – And a Real One
 
By Patrick J. Buchanan
 
A Democratic House that came to power denouncing the rush to war on Iraq is about to vote to demand that Bush commit an act of war against Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20283.htm
 
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Kicking Sand In Russia’s Face
 
By Eric Margolis
 
Bush’s paranoia and obsession with Iran is causing him to risk provoking a military clash with Russia. He is fast pushing Russia’s new President Dimitri Medvedev and PM Vlad Putin to the wall.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20285.htm
 
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This Date In History
 
British Embassy Burnt in Iraq
 
Tuesday July 15, 1958
 
Reported assassination of Crown Prince and Nuri Pasha. A full meeting of the Cabinet was held last night to discuss the situation in Iraq, where the Army was yesterday reported to have seized power and proclaimed a republic
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20282.htm
 
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Two suicide bombers kill 37 at Iraq base:
 
Suicide attacks against Iraqi security forces killed at least 37 people, including 28 when two bombers blew themselves up among recruits at an army base.
tinyurl.com/5uklnf
 
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At least 17 more killed as US occupation grinds on:
 
A suicide car bomber killed eight people and wounded a policeman in an attack on a police checkpoint in eastern Mosul, the U.S. military said.
uk.reuters.com/article/gc05/idUKANW52445120080715
 
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Iraqis demand end to ‘occupation:
 
Iraqi opposition and resistance groups have renewed their demands for an end to all negotiations with the United States while US troops remain on Iraqi soil.
tinyurl.com/6kdtxe
 
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Brown ends hopes of withdrawal from Iraq:
 
Gordon Brown dashed hopes that he was about to announce a withdrawal of British troops from Iraq when he rejected calls by Labour MPs and the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nouri al-Maliki, for a clear timetable to pull out. “I cannot set an artificial timetable,” the Prime Minister said yesterday.
tinyurl.com/62ne8t
 
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Iraq says hope slim for security deal with current U.S. gov’t:
 
“There is a large possibility of postponing the signing of the long-term agreement between Iraq and the U.S., until a new U.S. administration is elected,” Ali al-Dabbagh was quoted as saying by the Voice of Iraq news agency.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8545482.htm
 
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U.S.: Torture, murder at Iraqi juvenile prison:
 
American investigators probing allegations of torture at an Iraqi-run juvenile prison in Baghdad found clear evidence earlier this year that Sunni children had been murdered by their Shiite captors, according to a lead officer on the investigative team.
www.sltrib.com/news/ci_9866059
 
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Two Turkish troops die in clashes with PKK rebels:
 
Two Turkish soldiers were killed in a clash with separatist Kurdish rebels in the country’s southeast near the border with Iraq, a security source said Monday.
tinyurl.com/68f3ms
 
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Demonizing Pakistan:: Afghan Leaders:
 
Pakistan Behind Bloodshed: Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s government on Monday directly accused Pakistan’s intelligence agency of being behind a recent series of attacks by Taliban militants that has killed scores of people
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/07/14/world/main4261417.shtml
 
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Kabul to boycott Pakistan meetings:
 
Afghanistan has announced it will boycott a series of meetings with Pakistan, in response to attacks it blames on its neighbour’s spy agency, unless “bilateral trust” can be restored.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/07/20087158031534803.html
 
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Demonizing Pakistan: Taliban Flexing Muscle in Afghanistan:
 
This weekend’s deadly attack on an American combat outpost in remote eastern Afghanistan that killed nine U.S. servicemen was a highly organized assault by as many as 200 Taliban fighters that coalition military officials believe was staged from neighboring Pakistan.
abcnews.go.com/International/story?id=5373104&page=1
 
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Torture: British MPs call for inquiry into MI5 role:
 
New allegations that abuse of Britons was outsourced to Pakistani agencies
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/jul/15/humanrights.civilliberties
 
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Karzai opposes U.S. use of Afghan soil against Iran:
 
“Afghanistan should not become the battleground of differences of any country,” he said in a wide-ranging interview. “Afghanistan does not want its soil to be used against any country and Afghanistan wants to be a friend of Iran as a neighbour which shares the same language and religion.”
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080714/ts_nm/afghan_iran_usa_dc_1
 
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Army chief: Iran to hold another air force war game soon:
 
In the wargame dubbed “the protectors of Velayat air,” “we will demonstrate our strength and will give the message to our enemies that in case they have the dream of any offense, they will receive a very crushing blow,” he told reporters.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-07/15/content_8550648.htm
 
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Grave mistake to attack Iran, warns Syria:
 
Bashar al-Assad, the Syrian president, warned yesterday that any attack on Iran’s nuclear programme would have grave consequences for the US, Israel and the whole world.
tinyurl.com/6ab3qq
 
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Iran to powers: No more “condescending” atom talks:
 
Iran has told big powers it will enter no more “condescending” talks meant to scrap its nuclear program but wants to negotiate a broader peace and security deal, according to an Iranian letter leaked on Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/6ncg9g
 
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Gwynne Dyer : Tehran calls Washington’s bluff in high-risk war game:
 
The Iranians have clearly concluded that all the American and Israeli threats to attack them are mere bluff. Israel could not destroy all of Iran’s nuclear facilities unless it was willing to drop several nuclear weapons on Iran.
www.nzherald.co.nz/section/2/story.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10521518&pnum=0
 
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Iran’s Missile: The Goose, the Sauce and the Gander:
 
The saying that the sauce that is good for the goose is also good for the gander – in other words, that the principle of equality should extend to personal and international conduct – has been stood on its head by absurd western reaction to Iran’s missile tests.
www.counterpunch.org/cloughley07152008.html
 
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Saudis offer Moscow billions to break with Tehran:
 
Saudi Arabia has offered to buy Russian arms worth 2.4 billion dollars (1.5 billion euros) if Moscow stops supporting Iran, a Russian newspaper reported Tuesday, citing diplomatic sources.
tinyurl.com/6dcdnf
 
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Russia denies reports of freezing ties with Iran:
 
The Russian government Tuesday brushed aside press reports suggesting Moscow’s development of ties with Riyadh was at the expense of freezing ties with Tehran.
tinyurl.com/6a99ks
 
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Russian warships to return to Arctic waters:
 
Russia announced Monday that it is sending warships to patrol Arctic waters for the first time since the breakup of the Soviet Union – the latest move to increase the country’s global military presence.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-07-14-russian-warships_N.htm
 
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Russian oil supplies to Czech Republic cut after missile defence deal with US:
 
Russian cut oil supplies to the Czech Republic have been cut by half, just days after the United States signed an agreement to build a missile shield radar station on Czech territory.
tinyurl.com/57gknb
 
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Israeli troops abduct 12 Hamas members in West Bank:
 
Israeli troops abducted 12 Hamas members in a dawn raid in the Occupied West Bank on Tuesday, a Palestinian security official said
tinyurl.com/6ey9so
 
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Food aid worker shot dead in Somalia:
 
“We have been forced to live in the open, we have no shelter from the sun and the rain, and now they are killing and abducting our helpers?” said protester Said Dahiro
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25691877/
 
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Somali unrest could rival 90s famine: UN:
 
“If sufficient assistance cannot be delivered … in the coming months, parts of southern and central Somalia could well be gripped by a disaster similar to the 1992-1993 famine.” Hundreds of thousands died then.
tinyurl.com/6lomw9
 
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China backs Sudan in row over Darfur war crimes charge:
 
China yesterday attacked the International Criminal Court prosecutor’s decision to seek an arrest warrant for Sudan’s president on charges of genocide in the African country’s war-torn Darfur region.
tinyurl.com/5sela4
 
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Lawyers release Guantanamo video:
 
The footage from February, 2003 covers seven and a half hours of questioning over three days of Khadr, who was just 15 years old when he was captured in Afghanistan in 2002.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/2008715121240167554.html
 
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One million on US terrorist watch list: rights group:
 
Among those on the watch list are deceased people, such as former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein who was hanged in 2005, decorated war veterans, and US Senator Ted Kennedy, the ACLU said.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gTWB6jfThurHemV1Z2uaVtNdOoeQ
 
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Analysts say more U.S. banks will fail:
 
As home prices continue to decline and loan defaults mount, U.S. regulators are bracing for dozens of American banks to fail over the next year.
www.iht.com/bin/printfriendly.php?id=14461194
 
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Cops to IndyMac bank customers: Remain calm or face arrest:
 
Police ordered angry customers lined up outside an IndyMac Bank branch to remain calm or face arrest Tuesday as they tried to pull their money on the second day of the failed institution’s federal takeover.
www.dailynews.com/breakingnews/ci_9887404
 
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Banks hit by fallout from the crisis at IndyMac:
 
Some depositors at the failed thrift, seized by regulators, leave without all of the funds that were in their accounts. Bank shares slide, but institutions say they are well-capitalized.
www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-indymac15-2008jul15,0,431088.story
 
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Fannie Plan a `Disaster’ to Rogers; Goldman Says Sell :
 
The U.S. Treasury Department’s plan to shore up Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac is an ``unmitigated disaster’’ and the largest U.S. mortgage lenders are ``basically insolvent,’’ according to investor Jim Rogers.
tinyurl.com/62aow8
 
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GM Suspends Dividend, Cuts Payroll to Raise Cash :
 
General Motors Corp., buffeted by a U.S. sales collapse and three years of losses, will suspend its dividend for the first time since 1922, cut the management payroll by 20 percent and sell assets to raise at least $15 billion in the next 18 months.
tinyurl.com/6j4wh4
 
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From his office in clouded cuckoo land: Bernanke’s Dour Message:
 
The Fed chief says the economy should improve “gradually” over the next two years, but warns of “considerable uncertainty” about that outlook
tinyurl.com/5ndmul