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 4,121
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$537,217,549,580
 
See the cost in your community
nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
 
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US Troops Poised to Invade Pakistan
 
By Zahid Hussain in Islamabad .
 
US occupation troops in Afghanistan massed close to the border yesterday for a possible attack on al-Qaeda and Taleban bases in the “lawless” North Waziristan tribal belt in Pakistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20292.htm
 
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A Blatant Act of War
 
The Zionist Power Configuration in America
 
By James Petras
 
The entire spectrum of major Jewish organizations unquestioningly and unconditionally give their active support, as they have in the past, to AIPAC’s domination of the US Presidential candidates as well as to the twists and turns in Israel’s war preparations via military exercises and phony peace gestures.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20293.htm
 
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Little War Criminals Get Punished, Big Ones Don’t
 
By Paul Craig Roberts
 
The Great Moral West does not commit war crimes. War crimes are charges fobbed off on people demonized by the Western media, such as the Serbian Milosovic and the Sudanese al-Bashir.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20294.htm
 
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What?
 
Court Backs Bush on Military Detentions
 
By Adam Liptak
 
President Bush has the legal power to order the indefinite military detentions of civilians captured in the United States, the federal appeals court in Richmond, Va., ruled on Tuesday in a fractured 5-to-4 decision.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20288.htm
 
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Big Brother Database Recording All Our Calls, Texts And E-mails
 
By Matthew Hickley
 
In an Orwellian move, the Home Office is proposing to detail every phone call, e-mail, text message, internet search and online purchase in the fight against terrorism and other serious crime.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20291.htm
 
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Revealed: How Guantanamo Pushes Inmates To The Edge
 
By Leonard Doyle in Washington
 
An unprecedented glimpse into the harsh conditions at Guantanamo Bay has emerged via a grainy video of a weeping Canadian teenager undergoing interrogation after he had been tortured by sleep deprivation for three weeks.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20289.htm
 
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Financial Collapse Edges Closer
 
By Martin Hutchinson
 
A total collapse of the US financial system, while not inevitable, is a contingency which should now be planned for.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20295.htm
 
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It’s a Failed System
 
“Something Big is Happening”
 
By Rep. Ron Paul, M.D.
 
The world economy and political system will share in the chaos about to be unleashed.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20290.htm
 
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Occupied Iraq: Blast in northern Iraq kills at least 15, nearly half of them children:
 
About 70 others were injured when a parked car rigged with explosives struck late afternoon shoppers in Tal Afar, about 260 miles (420 kilometers) northwest of Baghdad. A local police official says at least seven of the dead were children.
tinyurl.com/5jvxyq
 
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Two US occupation force soldiers killed in Iraq:
 
Two US occupation force soldiers were killed in separate incidents in the Iraqi provinces of Diyala and Anbar, according to the Multi-National Force (MNF) on Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/6nktzz
 
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Turkey ‘kills 11 Kurdish rebels’:
 
Eleven Kurdish separatist rebels have been killed by Turkish troops during an ongoing operation in south-east Turkey, the country’s military has said.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7510117.stm
 
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US occupation forces kill another eight Afghan civilians: :
 
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan admitted Wednesday to killing eight civilians during an air strike against militants, as an Afghan official said nine women and a boy had died.
tinyurl.com/64rsc5
 
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US troops flee Afghan outpost:
 
US and Afghan troops have abandoned a remote village in eastern Afghanistan where militants killed nine US soldiers and wounded a dozen more on Sunday.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7509315.stm
 
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Taliban control more of Kandahar: analysis:
 
More districts of Kandahar are controlled by the Taliban than by the Afghan government, according to a U.S. assessment that casts doubt on Canada’s upbeat view of the war.
tinyurl.com/5ndtcw
 
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Nato attacks ‘rebels in Pakistan’:
 
Nato-led forces in Afghanistan say they have fired into Pakistan after coming under attack from there by suspected militants.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7510464.stm
 
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NATO denies Afghan troop buildup, urges Pakistan action:
 
The NATO military alliance denied Wednesday that it was massing troops on the Afghan side of the border with Pakistan but urged Islamabad to do more to stop Taliban militants taking refuge.
tinyurl.com/6zg9r6
 
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Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:
 
U.S. says Iran has missile that could hit Europe:
 
Air Force Lt. Gen. Trey Obering, director of the Missile Defense Agency, told reporters he believes Iran now has a missile with a range of 2,000 km, but he declined to say whether the weapon has been test-fired.
tinyurl.com/5wcaz5
 
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Top senators agree on expanding Iran sanctions:
 
Two “influential” senators sealed an agreement Tuesday to seek expansion of punishing economic pressure on Iran in an accelerating drive to change its international behavior through sanctions.
tinyurl.com/6rx4hs
 
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US official to attend Iran talks:
 
This is a first under the Bush administration and represents a significant policy shift.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7508748.stm
 
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Gilad Atzmon: Détente or Hidden Agendas? A sign of “The Times” :
 
The only way to save the Jewish state from its merciless parade of belligerent omnipotence is to let Iran join the nuclear club ASAP. The only thing that may cool down the Zionist militant genocidal enthusiasm is an overwhelming Iranian might of deterrence.
tinyurl.com/5klndx
 
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Kucinich Denounces Bush Policy on Gaza:
 
The responsibility to care for the civilian population in Gaza is Israel’s, pursuant to the Fourth Geneva Convention (FGC) which defines the protection afforded civilians in times of war and military occupation. Israel’s right to national security indeed affords it the right to take action against Hamas. However that action should not and cannot amount to collective punishment as it does today.
www.commondreams.org/news2008/0716-02.htm
 
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Haniya hails prisoner exchange victory for Hezbollah:
 
Hamas leader Ismail Haniya on Wednesday hailed the exchange of prisoners between Israel and Hezbollah as “a victory” for the militant Lebanese Shiite movement and armed resistance against Israel.
tinyurl.com/5s73x7
 
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Former U.S. diplomat gets year in prison for anti-Arab remarks :
 
A retired U.S. diplomat was sentenced on Friday to one year in prison and fined $10,000 for sending racist, threatening messages to an Arab-American group, the Justice Department said.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1001295.html
 
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Russia will defend interests abroad: Medvedev:
 
Russia will robustly defend its interests abroad, President Dmitry Medvedev said on Tuesday in a speech that made clear he would not soften the assertive policies that irked the West under his predecessor.
tinyurl.com/5m75vc
 
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Aristide supporters rally in Haiti:
 
Police have fired tear gas to disperse protesters in Haiti who had gathered during a rally marking the 55th birthday of Jean Bertrand Aristide, the former president.
tinyurl.com/6fpfvm
 
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Ecuador and Venezuela in oil pact
 
Rafael Correa, the Ecuadorian president, and Hugo Chavez, his Venezuelan counterpart, have entered into an agreement to build the biggest oil refinery on South America’s Pacific coast.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/07/20087161250585971.html
 
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The Prosecution of George W Bush: For Murder: Video:
 
Vincent Bugliosi (the man who prosecuted Charles Manson), believes that George W. Bush should be charged with the murders of over 4,000 American soldiers who have died in Iraq since the American-led invasion of that country because of the strong evidence that Bush launched that invasion under false pretenses
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20287.htm
 
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Bush claims executive privilege on CIA leak:
 
President Bush has asserted executive privilege to protect information that a House panel has subpoenaed on the leak of CIA operative Valerie Plame’s identity, the White House said Wednesday.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25703772/
 
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Court seeks to stay US executions:
 
The US has been advised not to execute five Mexican nationals on death row by the International Court of Justice in The Hague
www.stuff.co.nz/4621347a12.html
 
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US inflation rate at 26-year high:
 
US inflation accelerated at the fastest rate in 26 years in June, fuelled higher by surging energy prices, official figures have shown.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7509729.stm