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 4,154
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$551,476,525,048
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Murder In Pakistan
US attack inside Pakistan threatens dangerous new war
By Peter Symonds
The attack was unprovoked. US troops landed by helicopter in the village of Jalal Khei in South Waziristan at around 3 a.m. and immediately targetted three houses. The engagement lasted for about 30 minutes and left between 15 and 20 people dead, including women and children.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20693.htm

Turning Away From American State Terrorism
By: Peter Chamberlin
In Pakistan we find the complete history of the American “war on terrorism,” from its Cold War origins nearly thirty years ago to its present incarnation in the illegal American aggression in Pakistan’s Frontier region (FATA, Federally Administered Tribal Areas) and in American attempts to reignite the Cold War with Russia.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20696.htm

U.S. Spied on Iraqi Leaders, Book Says
Woodward Also Reveals That Political Fears Kept War Strategy Review ‘Under the Radar’
By Steve Luxenberg
During the interviews with Woodward, the president spoke of the war as part of a recentering of American power in the Middle East. “And it should be,” Bush said. “And the reason it should be: It is the place from which a deadly attack emanated. And it is the place where further deadly attacks could emanate.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20691.htm

10 Reasons Why We Need a New (Cold?) War
By Gary Corseri
Haven’t the Putin reforms gone far enough?  Wouldn’t we rather have a good-ole-boy vodka-boozer like Yeltsin in place, selling off the state’s resources to well-placed Russkie frat-boy-like oligarchs close to Western frat-boy-like oligarchs?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20695.htm

Ichabod!
By Laurence M. Vance
It wouldn’t normally matter whom the Republican Party nominated. Bigger government and less liberty have always been the result. And if you think Reagan was an exception then you are sadly mistaken.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20692.htm

Where Protest Is Terrorism
RNC 8 Charged as Terrorists Under State Patriot Act
By Bruce Nestor
“The charges represent an abuse of the criminal justice system and seek to intimidate any person organizing large scale public demonstrations potentially involving civil disobedience, he said.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20690.htm

The Lone Assassins?
By Rev. Richard Skaff
Ivins joined the rank of the lone assassins or patsies like Sirhan Sirhan, and Lee Harvey Oswald. That can only mean that the truth regarding the anthrax case will never be discovered.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20694.htm

Another missile strike kills civilians on Pakistan-Afghan border: officials:
Three children and two women were killed when missiles fired by a suspected unmanned US aircraft hit a village on the Pakistan-Afghanistan border Friday in the third such attack in as many days, officials said.
tinyurl.com/5psk88

US Drone air strike kills six in North Waziristan:
According to sources, in Muhammad Khale area, 25 km away from Miramshah, a guided missile fired by spy plane hit Farman Dawar home killing six innocent people including him (Farman) and leaving four seriously injured.
www.thenews.com.pk/updates.asp?id=54179

Presstitute and propaganda alert: Pakistan raid may signal more U.S. attacks: –
U.S. commandos attacked an al Qaeda target in Pakistan this week in an operation that could signal more intense American efforts to thwart militant attacks in Afghanistan, U.S. officials said on Thursday.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/N04280052.htm

Try not to laugh:
US respects Pakistan’s sovereignty, always grieves loss of innocent life- White House
The United States respects Pakistan’s sovereignty and always grieves loss of innocent life, a White House official said Friday without specifically commenting on any US-led coalition forces action on the Pakistani side of the Afghan border. “We respect their sovereignty and we support their new civilian government,”White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said.
tinyurl.com/6hojhb

Pakistan Angry, But Vows To Fight “Terror”:
Pakistan’s presidential front-runner said in a newspaper column Thursday he stands with the U.S. against international terrorism, comments that appeared amid growing furor over an American-led cross-border attack in Pakistani territory.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/04/terror/main4414231.shtml

Zardari (Mr. 10%) may be Pakistan’s new president:
Four years ago, Asif Ali Zardari was languishing in prison, derided throughout Pakistan as “Mr. 10 Percent” because of the numerous corruption allegations against him.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/2008-09-04-pakistan_N.htm

Pakistan set for presidential poll:
Asif Ali Zardari, the widower of Benazir Bhutto, the assassinated former prime minister and leader of the ruling Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP), is widely expected to win the parliament vote on Saturday and replace Musharraf, who resigned on August 18 under threat of impeachment.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/20089511858382700.html

Pakistani Tortured, Her Attorney Says:
The attorney for an American-trained behavioral scientist charged with trying to kill U.S. personnel in July said in court Thursday that she believes that her client was imprisoned and tortured for several years before the incident and now could be mentally incompetent.
tinyurl.com/6hs7t7

Pakistani woman suspect refuses US strip search:
 She was due to appear in Manhattan federal court Thursday where her lawyer, Elizabeth Fink, said Siddiqui was “unbelievably damaged” and in need of psychological care. The lawyer also denied allegations that Siddiqui was plotting to attack New York City landmarks.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=330263

Two civilians, eight Taliban killed in Afghan raid: army: –
A U.S.-led coalition air strike killed a woman and child and eight Taliban fighters in western Afghanistan on Friday, a top Afghan army official said.
tinyurl.com/6jrtcy

British occupation force soldier killed by landmine in Afghanistan:
Britishoccupation forces have now suffered their most deadly period of fighting in Afghanistan since the campaign began, with 20 deaths in less than three months.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article4677908.ece

Maliki drops the mask?:
With his tough stance on US withdrawal, Sunni militias and the Kurds Iraq’s leader risks doom
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/05/iraq.middleeast

Iran slams French OK for Israeli strike:
Earlier on Thursday in Syria, President Nicolas Sarkozy said, “Iran is taking a major risk by continuing the process of seeking nuclear technology for military ends.”
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68534&sectionid=351020104

Ahmadinejad threatens West with sanctions:
“Any sanctions against our country are illegal,” he said in an interview with Japanese broadcaster NHK, carried by Iranian national media. “We have not so far demonstrated a tough response to sanctions.” “ …the Iranian nation might respond, and Iran might impose sanctions against those states,” Ahmadinejad said, without elaborating.
en.rian.ru/world/20080905/116579329.html

Iran, Russia agree on intelligence sharing:
Iran`s Minister of Information, Gholam-Hossein Mohseni Ejeie, on Friday met new head of Russian Federal Security Service, Alexander Bortnikov. The two sides in the meeting discussed mutual extensive cooperation for information and intelligence sharing, Iran’s Embassy to Russia said on Friday.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=605195

Bush Poised To Punish Russia For Invasion: 
President Plans To Cancel Once-Celebrated Nuclear Deal Between Nations: Withdrawing the agreement from Capitol Hill would have little actual impact, as the deal very likely would not gain approval during Bush’s presidency.
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/09/04/world/main4417480.shtml

US warship at Georgian port partly held by Russia:
The flagship of the U.S. Navy’s Mediterranean fleet anchored outside a key Georgian port Friday, defiantly bringing in tons of humanitarian aid to a city still partly occupied by hundreds of Russian troops.
tinyurl.com/55qw6k

Russian Lawmaker Says Moscow to Deploy Weapons Near Poland:
A senior Russian lawmaker says Moscow will deploy high-precision weapons near Poland, in response to a U.S. – Poland missile defense agreement signed in Warsaw last month.
www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-05-voa7.cfm

Russia plans to sell $6.1 bln worth of weaponry in 2008:
Russia has doubled annual arms exports since 2000 to $7 billion last year, becoming the world’s second-largest exporter of conventional weapons after the United States.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080905/116580478.html

Jordan transfers 1,000 Kalashnikovs to Palestinian Fatah group:
Jordan has sent 1,000 Kalashnikov rifles to Fatah with the blessing of Israel, which hopes the weapons will help the Palestinian party to better promote security and oppose Hamas, local radio said Friday.
en.rian.ru/world/20080905/116582308.html

Abbas says doubts peace deal possible this year:
“It appears as if we will not be able to reach full agreement on the issues of Jerusalem, borders, refugees and water by the end of the year,” Abbas told Israeli President Shimon Peres, Peres’s office said in a statement.
tinyurl.com/5corqx

Angolans vote after 16-year wait:
It is the first attempt to hold a poll since failed elections in 1992, but European Union observers have already started to cast doubt on efficiency, describing the organisation of the poll as a “disaster”.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/09/20089573253261188.html

Venezuela arrests Colombian ex-minister:
Venezuela arrested a former Colombian farming minister wanted in his home country on charges of kidnapping a political rival and accused of links to right-wing military groups, state television said today.
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0905/breaking61.htm

Pierre-Louis named new Haiti premier:
The US-educated economist and educator and her cabinet faces a daunting task. While the storms have left at least 200 dead, many parents are unable now to afford school fees, and lawmakers are now asking that the beginning of the school year be delayed until October.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68540&sectionid=351020706

Canada set for general election as economy softens:
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper is preparing to call an election on Sunday that looks set to be dominated by the softening economy and a carbon tax plan proposed by his chief opponent.
www.reuters.com/article/bondsNews/idUSN0421044120080905

Chabad envoy to Alaska: Palin staunch friend of Israel:
The Chabad envoy to Alaska on Thursday praised State Governor and recently nominated Republican candidate for Vice President Sarah Palin for her steadfast support for Israel.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1018326.html

Mexico drug plane used for US ‘rendition’ flights: report: –
A private jet that crash-landed almost one year ago in eastern Mexico carrying 3.3 tons of cocaine had previously been used for CIA “rendition” flights, a newspaper report said here Thursday, citing documents from the United States and the European Parliament.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080904/wl_afp/mexicouscrimedrugs

U.S. Must Buy Assets to Prevent `Tsunami,’ Gross Says:
``Unchecked, it can turn a campfire into a forest fire, a mild asset bear market into a destructive financial tsunami,’’ Gross said. ``If we are to prevent a continuing asset and debt liquidation of near historic proportions, we will require policies that open up the balance sheet of the U.S. Treasury.’’
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=206
01087&sid=aZLLPW9YEa60&refer=home