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 4,155
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$552,916,477,073
See the cost in your community
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Clash in the Caucasus:
Rolling Back The “Unipolar” World
By Mike Whitney
The battle-lines have been drawn, the fleet has been deployed, and the armies are being moved into place.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20729.htm
Temporary Respites from Permanent Decline
By Paul Craig Roberts
The US is dependent on foreigners to finance its $600 billion annual government budget deficit and its $800 billion annual trade deficit. The US government relies on foreigners to recycle their $800 billion trade surplus dollars to buy US Treasury bonds and mortgage debt.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20727.htm
The Red White and Blue Roots of Terrorism
By: Peter Chamberlin
The “extremists” who are using violence and terror are America’s extremists.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20728.htm
Islamic Democracy: The Way I Perceive It
By Dr. Ghayur Ayub
Islamic Democracy can work in Pakistan without antagonizing western systems. If introduced in its true essence, it would reverse the existing corrupted electoral system and change it into a working structure in which people with political decency, moral integrity, ethical reliability and spiritual propensity represent us in the parliament. It doesn’t need Plato’s logic to foresee a bright future for Pakistan in the presence of such parliament in coming years.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20726.htm
Reflections on 9-11
By Cindy Sheehan
Our famous “freedoms” that the terrorists “hated” have been eroded due to the PATRIOT ACT, the Military Commissions Act and the violent response to protest from our robo-clad police state.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20730.htm
Was America Attacked by Muslims on 9/11?
By David Ray Griffin
Much of America’s foreign policy since 9/11 has been based on the assumption that it was attacked by Muslims on that day. – Is it conceivable that this assumption might be false? Insofar as Americans and Canadians would say “No,” they would express their belief that this assumption is not merely an “assumption” but is instead based on strong evidence. When actually examined, however, the proffered evidence turns out to be remarkably weak. I will illustrate this point by means of 16 questions.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20722.htm
9/11 and the Great American Decline
By Glen Ford
In its convulsive “response” to 9/11 – the worldwide “War on Terror” – the United States seized the opportunity to put in motion planetary aggressions that already existed in the blueprints of the neo-con’s Project for a New American Century (PNAC). In effect, Washington was claiming revenge as the motive for crimes that it had long been planning to commit. Precise causality for the specific events of 9/11 becomes near-irrelevant, submerged in the much larger aggression that was conceived long before the towers fell.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20725.htm
9/11 The Falling Man
Full length video
Not yet released in the U.S.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17405.htm
Three occupationn troops among 44 killed in Afghanistan:
Three US-led coalition troops and an Afghan working with them were killed in a bomb blast in Afghanistan on Tuesday as government officials said that roughly 40 rebels, some of them foreigners, died in air strikes.
www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id
=10&categ_id=2&article_id=95857
Fighting erupts close to Kabul :
A spokesman for the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, said Taliban fighters destroyed five trucks belonging to the government’s security forces and killed all 15 men on board.
quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=1570&Itemid=48
Admiral: US military ‘running out of time’ in Afghanistan:
The US military is not winning the war in Afghanistan and is “running out of time” for a workable strategy to combat the insurgency there, the Pentagon’s uniformed leader said today
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/10/usa.usforeignpolicy
Canada PM: Troops home from Afghanistan in 2011:
Canada’s prime minister vowed Wednesday to pull troops from Afghanistan in 2011, the first time he has said Canadian forces will leave the country.
www.newsobserver.com/1635/story/1213470.html
Afghanistan’s army to double to 134,000: UN:
The Afghan government and its international partners agreed Wednesday to expand the national army to 134,000 soldiers, almost double its current strength, the United Nations said.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080910/wl_
sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestmilitary
Pakistan’s sovereignty, territorial integrity to be defended at all cost: Gen Ashfaq Kayani :
”There is no question of any agreement or understanding with the Coalition Forces whereby they are allowed to conduct operations on our side of the border”, says an ISPR press release issued here .
tinyurl.com/6kef64
36 militants, six troops killed in fierce clashes in Pakistan:
Fierce clashes between security forces and militants in north-west Pakistan resulted in the death of 36 militants and six troops Wednesday, reports quoting an army spokesman said.
tinyurl.com/5q87kv
11 killed in attack on Pakistan mosque:
At least 11 worshippers have been killed and dozens wounded in a grenade attack on a mosque in northern Pakistan.
www.rte.ie/news/2008/0910/pakistan.html
Iraq: at least 4 killed as US occupation grinds on;
The bodies of two men were found in different districts of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/RAS034529.htm
Qaeda group head calls to kill Sunni leaders:
The purported leader of an Al Qaeda-dominated insurgent umbrella group in Iraq has called for the murder of all members of the country’s main Sunni Arab political party, in an audio message posted on Tuesday on militant websites
tinyurl.com/5dhq7t
A strange sort of victory:
If George Bush’s recent speech is anything to go by, Iraq has been a success. Does anyone in their right mind believe him?
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/10/georgebush.iraq
Russia urged to halt arms to Iran, Syria:
Israel’s envoy to the United States urged Russia on Tuesday not to sell advanced weapons to Iran and Syria despite Moscow’s anger over Israeli military cooperation with Georgia.Ambassador Sallai Meridor also said that the main reason his government began indirect talks with Syria earlier this year was to “bring about a strategic repositioning” in the region by breaking up Damascus’ alliance with Iran.
tinyurl.com/6pyj95
Israel temporarily ‘halts’ arming Georgia:
Israel claims it has halted its lucrative weapons sales to Georgia in a bid to dissuade Russia from increasing military ties with Iran.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69054§ionid=351020606
Iran Won`t Get Russian Missile System Soon — US:
The United States does not expect Iran to receive a Russian air defense system this year, a Pentagon official said on Tuesday of the shield that would make any strike on Tehran’s nuclear sites more difficult
www.javno.com/en/world/clanak.php?id=180716
Fact or propaganda: Croatia has sold S300 to Iran:
Croatia has recently sold advanced S-300 air defense missile systems to Iran, a newspaper in Zagreb reported this week amid conflicting opinions in Israel over whether Teheran has obtained the advanced anti-aircraft system.
tinyurl.com/654aau
U.S. approves $330 million in arms deals for Israel:
The U.S. government on Tuesday said it had approved up to $330 million in three separate arms deals for Israel, and sources tracking a much bigger deal for 25 Lockheed Martin Corp F-35 fighter jets said that agreement could be approved later this month.
tinyurl.com/654aau
‘Iranian nukes mean end of Zionism’:
Iran’s success in obtaining a nuclear capability will deter Jews from immigrating to Israel, cause many Israelis to leave and will be the end of the “Zionist dream,” former deputy defense minister Ephraim Sneh said Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/65jjb5
Gaza needs Arab support not troops:
“Gaza needs effective Arab role not Arab troops. This support is needed to lift the Israeli siege and defy the American-Israeli arrogance,” Ismail Haniya said. “Gaza is now free, secure and stable, therefore, it is determined to restore the national unity on correct basis, away from any American dictations or Veto” he said during a celebration ceremony of 2500 memorizers of the Islamic holy book of Qur”an.
www.moqavemat.com/?lang=en&
state=showbody_news&row_id=33197
Hamas a powerful ‘cancer,’ says Israeli general:
The retired Israeli general responsible for indirect talks with Hamas described the radical Islamic group, which controls Gaza, as “a cancer” and said Wednesday it had become more powerful than the Palestinian Authority.
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/story.html?id
=c6b15642-af9a-4c60-b696-4fc3b41e536a
Car bomb kills Lebanese politician:
A Lebanese Druze politician has been killed and three others injured in a car bomb attack in the Mount Lebanon region, according to a Lebanese army spokesman and a security official.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2008/09/2008910191932791866.html
Audio interview with the distinguished Middle East Correspondent Robert Fisk –
Broadcast By Plains FM – New Zeland
plainsfm.org.nz/on-demand/robert-fisk/
South Ossetia says finds 500 of 1,600 civilian dead:
“Preliminary information received by the investigation team by questioning neighbors and relatives showed that over 1,600 people died in South Ossetia as a result of the invasion by the Georgian army,” South Ossetia’s Prosecutor-General, Taimuraz Khugayev, told Interfax news agency.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSL953954020080909
Russian peacekeepers deny involvement in Georgia police death: –
A Georgian Foreign Ministry claim that Russian peacekeepers opened fire on a Georgian police checkpoint near South Ossetia, killing a policemen, is a poorly-staged provocation, a top military officer said Wednesday.
en.rian.ru/world/20080910/116694999.html
US demands Russia leave Georgia: –
In a sign of growing impatience, the Bush administration is accusing Russia of trying to find excuses to keep thousands of troops in Georgia.
www.wavy.com/Global/story.asp?S=8985726
Czech govt. agrees terms for U.S. forces at missile radar base:
The government of the Czech Republic has approved the treaty that will govern the deployment of U.S. military personnel at the radar station for its missile defense shield, the Czech defense minister said Wednesday.
en.rian.ru/world/20080910/116689135.html
Russia threatens to target US missile shield sites: reports:
Russia could point missiles at strategic US targets in central Europe, including planned American missile shield sites in Poland and the Czech Republic, a senior Russian general said Wednesday
tinyurl.com/5r532n
U.S. warplanes to patrol Baltic airspace from October:
The U.S. Air Force will patrol the airspace over the Baltic states from October, the Latvian Defense Ministry said on Wednesday. A group of U.S. F-16 fighter jets will replace the current German planes on a rotation basis.
en.rian.ru/world/20080910/116687115.html
Russian strategic bombers land in Venezuela:
The Tu-160 Blackjack is a supersonic, variable-geometry heavy bomber, designed to strike strategic targets with nuclear and conventional weapons deep in continental theatres of operation.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080910/116695660.html
Russia’s Venezuela gambit a test for US:
Russia’s decision to send warships to the Caribbean is not just a riposte to US navy manoeuvres in the Black Sea, but a sign of Moscow’s determination to contest American influence, say analysts.
www.thenews.com.pk/daily_detail.asp?id=134887
Reduced Dominance Is Predicted for U.S.:
An intelligence forecast being prepared for the next president on future global risks envisions a steady decline in U.S. dominance in the coming decades, as the world is reshaped by globalization, battered by climate change, and destabilized by regional upheavals over shortages of food, water and energy.
tinyurl.com/5pz2sj
Federal Shortfall To Double This Year: Next President To Inherit Deficit Of $500 Billion:
A weak economy and a sharp increase in government spending will drive the federal budget deficit to a near-record $407 billion when the budget year ends later this month, and the next president is likely to face a shortfall in January of well over $500 billion, congressional budget analysts said yesterday.
tinyurl.com/5tqxgl
In case you missed it:
The War On Waste:
Defense Department Cannot Account For 25% Of Funds – $2.3 Trillion
www.cbsnews.com/stories/2002/01/29
/eveningnews/main325985.shtml
Lehman losses hit world stocks:
World stocks have slipped after Lehman Brothers, the fourth largest US investment bank, reported a massive third-quarter loss of about $4 billion.
tinyurl.com/693vb5
OPEC Production Cut Surprises the Market:
In a slap to Saudi Arabia, the cartel’s hawks hope a return to 2007 output targets will stabilize oil’s price at around $100 a barrel
tinyurl.com/5whtkq