Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq  “1,255,026"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,152
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$550,923,413,304
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Act of war
U.S. Troops Kill 20 in Pakistan Attack
By Hafiz Wazir
“Suspected” U.S. commandos from Afghanistan killed 20 people, including women and children, in a pre-dawn raid inside Pakistan, officials said, an attack branded as an assault on the nation’s sovereignty.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20679.htm

A Heartbroken Groom in Nangarhar
By Iqbal Sapand
“I thought American forces were in Afghanistan for our security,” said Attiqullah, his voice trembling. “I could never have imagined that they would bomb my wedding party. They killed my entire family. I will never forgive them.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20680.htm

US tries to create an ‘iron curtain’ around Russia
F William Engdahl: US in decline as Russia asserts its rising power
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 The US provoked Russia to respond militarily and the US as the dominant power is beginning to stumble and “to look desperately for ways to hold on to that power.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20682.htm

White House strategy is to help McCain win in November
The Fake U.S. Victory in Iraq
By Patrick Cockburn
Political events in Iraq are seldom what they seem. The hand-over by the US military of control of Anbar province, once the heartland of the Sunni rebellion, to Iraqi forces is a case in point. The US will keep 25,000 American soldiers in Anbar, so the extent to which the Iraqi government will really take over is debatable. But the future of Anbar is a crucial pointer to the fate of Iraq. It is a vast area and one of the few parts of Iraq that is overwhelmingly Sunni.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20681.htm

Who Is Wrecking America?
By Paul Craig Roberts
There is nothing conservative about launching wars of aggression on the basis of lies and deception in order to control the direction of oil pipelines and to enhance Israeli territorial expansion.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20683.htm

Overcoming Human Nature
The Revolution of the Meek
By: Peter Chamberlin
Americans must reconcile themselves to the horrendous truth about what has been done to the world in our name. We must face the ugly truth that we have allowed our government to rampage through the world like some rabid beast, devouring the weak and wounding the strong. We have allowed our government to assume illegitimate power to a level that rivals all predecessor progenitors of evil.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20684.htm

36 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan:
Taliban militants attacked a convoy of Afghan and US-led coalition forces in Faizabad area of Nawbahar in southern Zabul province Tuesday, sparking a three-hour gun battle in the area, Ghulom Jailani Farahi, provincial security chief, said.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/2411cd3571b4f088/id/402397/cs/1/

Canadian occupation force soldier killed in Kandahar:
Canada has lost another occupation force soldier in Afghanistan, just days after he received a medal for bravery.
www.canada.com/topics/news/story.html?id=f9315bec-f992-4188-867e-a743960f648b

Afghan Leader: Bush ‘Regrets’ Civilian Casualties In US Strike: –
U.S. President George W. Bush expressed regret over civilian casualties from a U.S.-led airstrike in western Afghanistan, the office of his Afghan counterpart said Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/5kq9jf

Army: 30 militants killed in NW Pakistan: –
Pakistan’s security forces Wednesday killed at least 30 militants and injured 35 others in fresh attacks in northwest Pakistan, the army said in a statement.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/03/content_9765862.htm

Act of war: US Troops Attack / Kill Civilians in Pakistan :
Mowaz Khan, an official in South Waziristan tribal district, said on Wednesday that helicopters dropped troops into the border village of Jalal Khel, and that the troops shot civilians who had left their homes upon hearing the helicopters.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/20089313256901630.html

Pakistan strongly condemns cross-border killing by coalition forces:
This completely unprovoked act of killing is strongly condemned and the loss of precious lives is regretted, said the statement.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/03/content_9765868.htm

Officials: Pakistan PM escapes gunfire on car:
Zahid Bashir, press secretary to Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, said two bullets struck the politician’s vehicle today on the driver’s side near the Pakistani capital, Islamabad.
news.findlaw.com/ap/i/1104/09-03-2008/20080903025015_115.html

Taliban claim they attacked Pakistani premier’s convoy :
‘Every policy of those who are currently ruling this country is against Islam and the nation. These people want to please the Americans by shedding the blood of our children,’ he added.
tinyurl.com/6m5h66

Iraq: At least 9 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in western Mosul, police said.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/L3415516.htm

U.S. occupation troops kill six Iraqi security members in N Baghdad:
U.S. soldiers in Iraq killed six Iraqi security members and wounded ten others in a mistaken fire in a town in north of Baghdad on Wednesday, Iraqi police and U.S. military said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/03/content_9764632.htm

US has three days to respond to Iraq pact proposals:
Shiite MP: Ali al-Adeeb of the Supreme Iraqi Islamic Council, a Shiite party closely allied to Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki, said Washington had asked for 10 days to come up with a response to the proposals. That period “will end after three days,” said Adeeb in a statement released on the party’s website, without specifying an exact date.
uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080903/twl-iraq-us-military-3cd7efd.html

Palin: God tasked us with Iraq war:
“Pray for our military. Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right for this country – that our leaders, our national leaders are sending them out on a task that is from God,” the Alaska governor said in her address posted on the website of the Wasilla Assembly of God.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68348&sectionid=3510203

Russia sets conditions for withdrawal of remaining troops from Georgia:
Russia will withdraw its troops from the “buffer zone” it has created in Georgia when they are replaced by international peacekeepers and once the Georgian government has signed non-aggression pacts with the breakaway regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia, Moscow’s ambassador to London, Yuri Fedotov said today.
tinyurl.com/6n3o9t

US sends Navy flagship to Georgia, plans to roll out $1 billion aid package;
In Azerbaijan, Vice President Dick Cheney said the United States had a “deep and abiding interest” in the region’s stability. It was the first stop on a tour of three ex-Soviet republics that are wary of Russia’s intentions after its war with Georgia last month.
www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/ats-ap-georgia-russiasep03,0,3791229.story

Russia reacts to NATO ships:
“We don’t understand what American ships are doing on the Georgian shores, but this is a question of taste, it’s a decision by our American colleagues,” Putin reportedly said. “The second question is why the humanitarian aid is being delivered on naval vessels armed with the newest rocket systems.”
www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Sep/20080902News018.asp

IMF to lend Georgia $750 million to rebuild:
The International Monetary Fund said Wednesday it has agreed to lend Georgia $750 million to help rebuild the economy of the pro-Western former Soviet republic after Russia’s invasion last month.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/03/america/NA-IMF-Georgia.php

Saakashvili ‘no longer’ Georgia president:
RUSSIAN President Dmitry Medvedev no longer considers his counterpart Mikheil Saakashvili to be Georgia’s leader, telling Russian television today that Mr Saakashvili is a “political corpse”.
www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24286319-5005961,00.html

David Miliband and David Cameron blunder over Russia:
The most frightening sight in recent weeks has not been the media’s metamorphosis of Russia from genial, if rather uncouth, bear into snarling wolf, but the knee-jerking of British politicians.
tinyurl.com/6b4pks

CIA Agent or English Instructor?
Russia and U.S. at Odds Over Incident in Georgia
tinyurl.com/6xouq8

Russia: A useful enemy in US polls:
The United States presidential candidates increasingly present Russia as a threat in their campaigns. Republican Senator John McCain is clearly thriving on the recent Georgia-Russia war. Escalation in the Caucasus has been lobbied by McCain since at least 2003, and he is now exploiting the conflict to his full advantage.
www.atimes.com/atimes/Central_Asia/JI04Ag01.html

Ukraine coalition set to collapse:
Viktor Yushchenko, the president of Ukraine, has threatened to call an early election, accusing his prime minister of effectively breaking the coalition government by joining forces with his rivals.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/09/200893104419217504.html

Russia warns US over missile deal:
Moscow has warned Washington that it will respond to deployment of interceptor missiles and radar facility in Poland and the Czech Republic.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68312&sectionid=351020602

Justin Raimondo: September Surprise: Get ready for it…
The Russian “threat” seems to have replaced the Iranian “threat” as the War Party’s bogeyman of choice. What we didn’t know, however, is that the two focal points are intimately related.
www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=13401

Georgia won’t affect Russian stance on Iran:
The Georgian crisis will not affect Russian cooperation with the West on tackling Iran’s nuclear program, unless Western powers make it an issue, Moscow’s ambassador to Britain said on Wednesday.
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3591777,00.html

Georgia airfields earmarked for war on Iran:
Georgia permitted Israel to use two military airfields for ‘a potential pre-emptive strike’ against Iranian nuclear sites, a report says.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68368&sectionid=351020101

Iran’s lights are going out: The cities of Iran are in darkness.
For two hours at a time, from the Gulf to the Caspian, the country believed to have the world’s third largest oil reserves doesn’t have the electricity to power homes, traffic lights, hospitals and the rest of civic life
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/02/iran.energy

Bushehr plant to come on stream by Iranian New Year:
Iranian Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki has announced that the Bushehr nuclear power plant will become operational before the Iranian New Year, which occurs on March 21, 2009.
www.payvand.com/news/08/sep/1027.html

Syria President: Door is open to peace with Israel:
Syrian President Bashar Assad said Tuesday that indirect negotiations with Israel have brought about the possibility of peace, though the two countries still have quite a way to go toward that goal.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017541.html

Palestinians to propose Arab military force for Gaza:
The Palestinian government in Ramallah will propose that Arab nations deploy a joint military force in Gaza once a coalition government has been formed between the rival factions Fatah and Hamas, the Palestinian foreign minister, Riad Malki, said today.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/03/israelandthepalestinians1

‘Jordan worried over plan to send Arab forces into Gaza Strip’:
The official reportedly said that Amman feared the initiative might encourage Israel to annex the Gaza Strip to Egypt and to pressure Jordan into accepting administrative and security responsibilities in the West Bank
tinyurl.com/5ar43d

And the winnner is? Israel:
Palin meets with AIPAC leaders:
Sarah Palin met with pro-Israel lobbyists to express her support for U.S.-Israel ties.
www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/breaking/110192.html

And the winnner is? Israel:
Biden: Obama and I will be strong on protecting Israel:
U.S. Senator and vice presidential nominee Joe Biden assured older Jewish voters Tuesday that Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama would be strong on protecting Israel, which he said is less secure now than when President George W. Bush took office.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1017551.html

McCain Campaign Tries To Block Ron Paul From Convention Floor
Paul was barred from speaking at the convention “because the the congressman would not change his position on the war in Iraq, which he opposes.”
thinkprogress.org/2008/09/02/mccain-block-paul/

Govt, India Inc plan to farm land abroad:
The government and India Inc plan to buy sizeable land abroad for cultivation. Seen as a long-term answer to keep prices of farm products under control, the grand plan envisages acquisition of large tracts of land in neighbouring countries like Myanmar and far off places like Paraguay.
tinyurl.com/64v2e5

Political Prisoner Professor Sami Al-Arian Released from Prison:
A Florida jury failed to return a single guilty verdict on any of the seventeen charges brought against him. Four of his five children met him at the prison in Fairfax, Virginia yesterday afternoon. They were reunited for the first time in more than 2,000 days. But while he is out of prison, Sami Al-Arian is not free. He must remain under house detention pending trial.
www.democracynow.org/2008/9/3/headlines