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
$553,176,404,840
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A Murderous Theatre of the Absurd
By John Pilger
The bombing of civilian areas has doubled, along with the deaths of civilians, says Human Rights Watch. Last month, “our” aircraft slaughtered nearly 100 civilians, two-thirds of them children between the ages of three months and 16 years, while they slept, according to eyewitnesses. BBC television news initially devoted nine seconds to the Human Rights Watch report.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20733.htm
Iran’s Road Less Traveled to Nukes
By Ray McGovern
Thomas Fingar, the U.S. government’s top intelligence analyst, in a public speech on Sept. 4, repeated the intelligence community’s key judgment that Iran’s work on the “weaponization portion” of its nuclear development program “was suspended” in 2003.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20741.htm
Ossetia-Russia-Georgia
Noam Chomsky
In August 2008 during the Russia-Georgia-Ossetia war. George Bush, Condoleezza Rica and other dignitaries solemnly invoked the sanctity of the United Nations, warning that Russia could be excluded from international institutions “by taking actions in Georgia that are inconsistent with” their principles. The sovereignty and territorial integrity of all nations must be rigorously honored, they intoned – “all nations,” that is, apart from those that the US chooses to attack: Iraq, Serbia, perhaps Iran, and a list of others too long and familiar to mention.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20737.htm
Israeli Military Occupation is not a Bar to EU Partnership
By David Morrison
Israel was allowed to become an EU partner in 1995, even though large swathes of territory not its own had been under Israeli military occupation for many years, and is allowed to remain a partner even though most of this territory remains under Israeli military occupation today.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20734.htm
Bolivia: a Coup in the Making?
By Jeffery R. Webber
One indication of the seriousness of the situation is that Morales just announced that US ambassador Philip Goldberg is no longer welcome in Bolivia and will be asked officially to leave the country in the coming hours. Morales accused Goldberg of meeting with the oppositional prefects (governors) of the five departments in rebellion, to help coordinate what has become a full-scale destabilization campaign.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20736.htm
Foreign Bondholders Drove the Fannie/Freddie Bailout
By William Patalon III
For anyone who still doubted the growing global influence of such emerging powerhouses as China, consider this: The U.S. government’s decision to take control of foundering mortgage giants Fannie Mae (FNM) and Freddie Mac (FRE) was driven not by worries about the fading U.S. housing market, but by concerns that foreign central banks in China, Japan, Europe, the Middle East and Russia might stop buying our bonds.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20738.htm
Should Biden Share Blame for Foreclosure Crisis?
By JUSTIN ROOD
Experts say hundreds of thousands of Americans may have lost their homes due to a bill championed by Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Barack Obama’s vice-presidential running mate.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20732.htm
White House Claims Bin Laden Was Not The ‘Mastermind’ of Sept. 11
By Satyam
In a press conference, a reporter asked White House Press Secretary Dana Perino about the administration’s ongoing efforts to find Osama bin Laden, calling him the “mastermind” of 9/11. Perino interrupted the reporter, claiming bin Laden was not the true “mastermind” of the attacks:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20735.htm
Olbermann Slams Republicans For Exploiting 9/11
Video
On the eve of the seventh anniversary of 9/11, Keith Olbermann delivered a special comment slamming Republicans for their exploitation of 9/11 for political purposes.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20739.htm
Zero
An Investigation Into 9/11
Video
ZERO: An Investigation into 9/11, has one central thesis – that the official version of the events surrounding the attacks on 9/11 can not be true. This brand new feature documentary from Italian production company Telemaco explores the latest scientific evidence and reveals dramatic new witness testimony, which directly conflicts with the US Government’s account. Click to view
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20731.htm
In case you missed it
Afghan Massacre – The Convoy of Death
50 min -Jamie Doran
Produced and directed by Irish filmmaker and former BBC producer Jamie Doran, the film tells the story of thousands of prisoners who surrendered to the US military’s Afghan allies after the siege of Kunduz. According to the film, some three thousand of the prisoners were forced into sealed containers and loaded onto trucks for transport to Sheberghan prison. When the prisoners began shouting for air, U.S.-allied Afghan soldiers fired directly into the truck, killing many of them.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20740.htm
Pakistani forces kill up to 100 militants:
Pakistani security forces killed up to 100 al-Qaida-linked militants in fierce clashes in a volatile tribal region near the Afghan border on Thursday, a security official said.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26660809/
Over 25 killed in mosque attack in Pakistan:
According to Dawn News, the District Police Officer of Lower Dir has confirmed that a militant attack on a mosque during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan has led to at least a dozen dead and many more injured on Thursday evening.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=605814
Bush Approved Military Raids in Pakistan:
President George W. Bush secretly approved U.S. military raids inside Pakistan against alleged terrorist targets, according to a former intelligence official with recent access to the Bush administration’s debate about how to fight al-Qaida and the Taliban inside the lawless tribal border area.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,420902,00.html
Suicide bomber kills 2 civilians in Afghanistan:
A suicide bomber attacked a private security company’s convoy in Afghanistan’s second largest city Thursday, killing two civilians and wounding four other people, a police officer said. A British soldier was also killed in the south.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/11/asia/AS-Afghan-Violence.php
3 US-led troops killed in Afghanistan:
Taliban insurgents have killed three US-led coalition soldiers in three separate attacks in southern and eastern Afghanistan, officials say.
tinyurl.com/4gpp5m
GI slain in Afghanistan makes ‘08 deadliest yet:
An insurgent attack on an eastern compound killed a U.S. soldier on Thursday, bringing the year’s death toll to 112 and making 2008 the deadliest for American forces in Afghanistan since the U.S. invaded the country in response to the Sept. 11 attacks.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26658611/
US at the ‘edge of historical defeat’: Taliban:
Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban movement said on Thursday that the United States was at the “edge of historical defeat” in Afghanistan seven years after invading following the 9/11 attacks.
tinyurl.com/4xotw8
US at the ‘edge of historical defeat’: Taliban:
Afghanistan’s insurgent Taliban movement said on Thursday that the United States was at the “edge of historical defeat” in Afghanistan seven years after invading following the 9/11 attacks.
tinyurl.com/3tpkxk
Maliki and the story of the White Coup:
Former members of the Baath Party and supporters of former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein have reportedly conspired to launch a bloodless coupe against the government of Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
www.presstv.ir/Detail.aspx?id=68843§ionid=3510303
German spies ‘helped’ US Baghdad bombing:
Two German spies are to testify over allegations that they delivered targeting information for US air strikes on Baghdad, despite Germany opposing the war in Iraq.
tinyurl.com/44vgll
U.S. Intelligence Sees It Russia’s Way:
American intelligence confirms that the latest military actions in South Ossetia were started by Georgia and Russia’s position in the conflict was correct, says Republican California Congressman Dana Rohrabacher.
www.kommersant.com/p-13183/r_538/Russia_Georgia_conflict_U.S._hearings/
South Ossetia does not want to join Russia, says Moscow:
Leader of breakaway Georgian region backtracks on earlier statement of intent to become part of Russian Federation
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/11/georgia.russia
On visit to Poland, Lavrov calls U.S. shield a threat to Russia: “
We cannot fail to see the risks emerging as a result of U.S. strategic forces coming close to our borders,”
www.iht.com/articles/2008/09/11/europe/poland.php
Russia Boosts Defense Budget to Record $50 Billion :
Defense spending, including arms purchases and pay raises, will reach 1.28 trillion rubles ($50 billion) in 2009, Kudrin told lawmakers in Moscow today. The increase was approved before the conflict with Georgia, said Kudrin, who is also a deputy prime minister.
tinyurl.com/3tgg3u
Israel asks U.S. for arms, air corridor to attack Iran:
The security aid package the United States has refused to give Israel for the past few months out of concern that Israel would use it to attack nuclear facilities in Iran included a large number of “bunker-buster” bombs, permission to use an air corridor to Iran, an advanced technological system and refueling planes.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1019989.html
Report: Israeli occupation forces kill Palestinian in Nablus:
Palestinians say Israeli occupation army raided home during attempt to arrest wanted Fatah operative, who had previously been given amnesty. They say troops fired ‘all over the place,’ killed bystander
tinyurl.com/3madnq
At least three dead in Bolivia protests – government:
Gamarra told reporters two of the dead were pro-government peasant farmers who were “attacked with firearms” by officials from the opposition-controlled local government.
africa.reuters.com/energyandoil/news/usnN11192623.html?rpc=401&
Bolivia tells US envoy to leave:
“The ambassador of the United States is conspiring against democracy and wants Bolivia to break apart,” Mr Morales said, in a speech at the presidential palace in La Paz.
news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7609487.stm
US: Bolivia’s ousting of US envoy, ‘grave error’:
“President (Evo) Morales’ action is a grave error that has seriously damaged the bilateral relationship,” State Department spokesman Sean McCormack said
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3595533,00.html
Bolivia protests deepen, tensions with U.S. rise:
Violent anti-government protests mounted in Bolivia on Thursday, creating havoc with its key natural gas industry and increasing tensions with the United States.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20080911/pl_nm/bolivia_dc
BOLIVIA: “Twenty Families Are Obstructing Governability” – Expert:
The Bolivian government’s determination to hold a referendum, by presidential decree, on a new constitution that it hopes will “re-found” the nation as a “plurinational state,” has ceded to pressure from the rightwing opposition. The vote has been postponed several weeks, and Congress will be setting the rules.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43840
Venezuela cuts U.S. carriers’ flights in spat:
The government of President Hugo Chavez is cutting back Venezuelan flights by U.S. airlines, creating a new source of tension between the United States and one of its leading oil suppliers.
africa.reuters.com/energyandoil/news/usnN11523251.html