Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,267,401"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,160
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$554,869,520,582
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The American War Moves to Pakistan
Bush’s War Widens Dangerously
By Tariq Ali
Why, has the U.S. decided to destabilize a crucial ally? Within Pakistan, some analysts argue that this is a carefully coordinated move to weaken the Pakistani state yet further by creating a crisis that extends way beyond the badlands on the frontier with Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20784.htm
Washington Is Risking War with Pakistan
By Robert Baer
As Wall Street collapsed with a bang, almost no one noticed that we’re on the brink of war with Pakistan. And, unfortunately, that’s not too much of an exaggeration.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20786.htm
Pakistan Invades America—“Without Permission”
By M. Junaid Levesque-Alam
American papers reported that under the new policy, the Pakistani military will no longer seek America’s permission in killing Americans, but will inform American diplomats about these killings as a friendly gesture between close allies.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20788.htm
Bush Could Still Attack Iran
By Stefan Simanowitz
The US is massing the largest armada of warships in the Gulf since 2003. Two aircraft carrier task forces are already there and a third was dispatched on August 22. French and British warships and carrier groups are also reportedly on their way.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20785.htm
From Irgun to AIPAC:
Israel Lobby’s US Treasury Follies Hurt
By Grant F. Smith
According to the Jerusalem Post, the US Department of Treasury’s new Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI) unit is going after the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. – Trade with Iran and the rest of the Middle East is based on real comparative advantages. US workers, many facing home foreclosures due to junk mortgages, will be the unknowing victims of the latest US Treasury gambit.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20792.htm
Military Industrial Complex 2.0
Cubicle Mercenaries, Subcontracting Warriors, and Other Phenomena of a Privatizing Pentagon
By Frida Berrigan
In fiscal year 2005 (the last year for which full data is available), the Pentagon spent more contracting for services with private companies than on supplies and equipment — including major weapons systems.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20791.htm
America Needs a Shadow Government
By Timothy V. Gatto
During the past two terms of this Presidency we have learned in-depth about signing statements, the “Unitary Presidency”, numerous Executive Orders that remain secret from the Congress, extraordinary “rendition”, and torture to include inflicting injuries on another human being “to the point of, but not exceeding organ failure”. We know of places such as Abu Graib, and Guantanamo and watched as our Army dropped white Phosphorus on innocent civilians in a city called Fallujah.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20793.htm
Life And Death
By Peter Chamberlin
The life or death struggle I am referring to is not with some shadowy terrorist group, or with an axis of foreign governments, but with our own government. We are in an existential struggle with the Bush Administration and everyone in government who supports the violence they carry-out upon the world.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20794.htm
The Wall Street Crisis and the Failure of American Capitalism
By Barry Grey
A sea change is unfolding in the US and world economy that portends a catastrophe of dimensions not seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20790.htm
Bolivia: Fascism Seizes Power – Morales Complains
By James Petras
If there is one lesson that Morales can learn from the peasants who have been degraded and horsewhipped in the streets of Santa Cruz, the trade unionists who have been burned out of their headquarters and homes in Pando and the street vendors who have been driven from the markets in Tarija, is that you cannot ‘make deals’ with fascists. You don’t defeat fascism through elections and concessions to their big property-owning paymasters.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20790.htm
Cuba and Haiti: Children of Prometheus
By John MaxwellMaxwell
If a hurricane misses the United States, it doesn’t exist in the minds of many Americans. This has been an especially cruel hurricane season for Cuba and Haiti, the countries that “destroyed slavery” and “European empire in the Western hemisphere,” and “successfully asserted the right of any country, no matter how small to choose its own path to development,” respectively.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20789.htm
Pakistan troops kill 19 Al-Qaeda linked militants: official:
At least 19 Al-Qaeda linked militants were killed Wednesday when Pakistani fighter aircraft bombarded their hideouts in a tribal region near the Afghan border, a security official said.
tinyurl.com/4lljqm
At least 10 killed as bomber rams Pakistan security post:
“A vehicle laden with explosives was used by the bomber in a compound housing a large number of security forces – a mix of paramilitary and military forces.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/09/200891616738235168.html
6 Killed in Suspected U.S. Missile Strike in Pakistan:
A suspected U.S. missile strike killed at least six people Wednesday, hours after the top U.S. military officer told Pakistani leaders that America respected Pakistan’s sovereignty amid a furor over American strikes into Pakistan’s northwest.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,424023,00.html
US Joint Chiefs Mullen Makes Unannounced Visit To Pakistan:
Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral Michael Mullen, arrived in Pakistan on an unannounced visit Tuesday to discuss operations underway on the Afghanistan frontier with Pakistan’s leaders, the Pentagon said.
tinyurl.com/5xuep7
Taliban to abide by Wana peace deal’:
The Taliban have agreed to abide by a peace agreement with the Ahmedzai Wazir tribes in South Waziristan, and to defer attacks on the government forces in retaliation for US drone attacks against suspected Al Qaeda terrorists and Taliban, a tribal source said on Tuesday.
dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008\09\17\story_17-9-2008_pg7_5
4 US coalition, occupation troops killed in Afghanistan:
It did not identify the nationalities of all the victims, but the majority of occupation troops in eastern Afghanistan are American.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/17/asia/AS-Afghanistan.php
Taleban kill top Afghan official, wife:
Gunmen shot dead an Afghan intelligence agent and his wife and their two sons in their beds early yesterday, officials said, pinning the murders on Taleban-linked militants
tinyurl.com/4r7pwz
UN: 1,445 Afghan civilians killed in 2008 violence:
U.S., NATO and Afghan troops killed 577 civilians, or 40 percent, including 395 deaths caused by airstrikes, the report said. That was up 21 percent from the 477 deaths that the U.N. said were inflicted by pro-government forces in 2007.
www.tribtoday.com/page/content.detail/
id/59824.html?isap=1&nav=5030
Top U.S. General in Afghanistan Says Far More Troops Needed: –
Even after an extra U.S. Army brigade joins the fight against the insurgency here in January, three times that many reinforcements will be needed shortly thereafter, the highest- ranking U.S. general here said Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/4hvdoo
Canada Afghan mission ‘ends 2011':
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pledged to withdraw most of Canada’s troops from Afghanistan when their current mandate ends in 2011.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7610165.stm
Ambush at U.S. Embassy in Yemen leaves 16 dead:
Suspected militants armed with automatic weapons, rocket-propelled grenades and at least one suicide car bomb assaulted the U.S. Embassy in the Yemeni capital on Wednesday. The coordinated attack killed 16 people, including six assailaints, officials said.
www.omaha.com/index.php?u_page=1100&u_sid=10435442
11 killed, dozens injured in central, northern Iraq – Summary:
Eleven people were reported killed Wednesday in violence in central and northern Iraq, with the largest number killed in a double car bombing in western Baghdad, police said.
tinyurl.com/4tmxtt
4 Killed as US occupation grinds on;
A leader of a U.S.-backed Sunni Arab neighbourhood patrol was killed when a bomb attached to his car exploded in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/AMMF-7JKCJ4?OpenDocument
Three US soldiers charged with Iraq murder:
US soldiers accused of premeditated murder of blindfolded, handcuffed Iraqi prisoners.
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=27933
IAEA shows photos alleging Iran nuclear missile work:
The U.N. nuclear watchdog showed documents and photographs on Tuesday suggesting Iran secretly tried to modify a missile cone to fit a nuclear bomb, diplomats said, and Tehran again dismissed the findings as forged.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=353250
The nuclear issue hasn’t gone away:
And the IAEA’s latest report on Iran has some harsh words for the regime. With Bush mindful of his legacy, this phoney war could soon turn real
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/16/iran.middleeast
Iran warns IAEA not to expect any favors after tough report:
”We do not think there should be an open forum so America can bring up a new claim every day and pass it on to the agency, expecting Iran to address any claim,” Borujerdi was quoted as saying by the official Islamic Republic News Agency.
tinyurl.com/4dv6n4
U.S. could use Georgia as bridgehead to attack Iran – Rogozin:
At a news conference at NATO headquarters in Brussels Dmitry Rogozin said that Russian intelligence had obtained information indicating that the Georgian military infrastructure could be used for logistical support of U.S. troops if they launched an attack on Iran.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080917/116887622.html
Iranian foreign minister in Russia for talks:
Russia, a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council, has played a prominent role in negotiations with Tehran over its nuclear ambitions.
tinyurl.com/46wexp
Iran will safeguard Strait of Hormuz:
He then expressed Iran’s willingness to hold joint military maneuvers with the neighboring states “as the restoration of security to the Persian Gulf requires such moves.”
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69688§ionid=351020101
CIA chief says strike on Syria was collaboration with ‘foreign partner’:
A U.S. intelligence official declined to specify the partner Hayden referred to or to say whether it was Israel.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1021792.html
Bunker-busting bombs added to U.S. arsenal:
The Pentagon is expanding its arsenal of bunker-busting bombs to knock out suspected programs to make weapons of mass destruction, such as Iran’s, interviews and military planning documents show.
www.usatoday.com/news/military/2008-09-14-bombs_N.htm
Clinton cancels spot at Jewish groups’ anti-Iran rally over Palin invite:
Both McCain and Obama have made strong appeals to Jewish voters, particularly in critical states like Florida. Obama has emphasized to Jewish audiences his commitment to Israel’s security, and has worked to dispel doubts created by false rumors that he is Muslim
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1022090.html
Russia in Georgia separatists pact:
Dmitry Medvedev, Russia’s president, has signed treaties with South Ossetia and Abkhazia, commiting Moscow to defend the Georgian breakaway regions from any outside attack.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/09/2008917135841359667.html
Russian Navy to remain off Abkhazia until U.S. ships leave region:
Russia sent warships from its Black Sea fleet (Image gallery) to ensure security along the coast of Georgia’s breakaway province of Abkhazia following an attempt in early August by Georgian forces to retake South Ossetia, another breakaway republic.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080917/116885370.html
U.S. intelligence gathering ship enters Sevastopol harbor:
The U.S. Pathfinder ship entered on Tuesday the Sevastopol harbor that is home to the Ukrainian navy and Russia’s Black Sea Fleet (Image gallery), a Russian naval source said.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080916/116831865.html
Russia eyes Mediterranean as alternative to Sevastopol naval base:
Russia could build up its presence in the Mediterranean to make up for the loss of its naval base in Ukraine’s port of Sevastopol, a Black Sea Fleet official said on Monday.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080915/116801633.html
Russian bombers conduct patrols along South American coast: –
The two Russian Tu-160 Blackjack strategic bombers that landed in Venezuela last week have successfully carried out a patrol mission along the South American coast, a Russian Air Force spokesman said on Tuesday.
en.rian.ru/russia/20080916/116834364.html
Russia to help Cuba build space center:
Moscow is ready to help Cuba develop its own space center, Russia’s space agency chief said on Wednesday after talks in Caracas with Venezuelan and Cuban officials, Itar-Tass news agency reported.
www.reuters.com/article/scienceNews/
idUSLH47851920080917?rpc=401&
Bush adds Bolivia to drug blacklist – Summary:
“I hereby designate Bolivia, Burma, and Venezuela as countries that have failed demonstrably during the previous 12 months to adhere to their obligations under international counter-narcotics agreements,” Bush said.
tinyurl.com/44nnyq
Morales: US has ‘no moral authority’ to blacklist Bolivian anti-drug efforts:
Morales sees pure politics in the U.S. decision to place Bolivia on an anti-narcotics blacklist, the latest turn in a diplomatic feud.
tinyurl.com/3wkugc
Russian Government Condemns “Outside Interference” In Bolivia:
“We consider unacceptable the attempts to threaten its territorial integrity, as well as any form of outside interference in the affairs of this sovereign Latin American nation,” the foreign ministry said in a statement.
tinyurl.com/4wvjxr
Rebel Bolivian governor in genocide arrest:
Leopoldo Fernandez, the governor of the easternmost Pando province, is being held on suspicion of ordering an attack upon a pro-Evo Morales demonstration that killed 15 and wounded 37.
tinyurl.com/4qwkjc
Morales and Bolivian opposition scheduled talks for this :
Bolivian President Evo Morales and the governors who led a violent rebellion against his administration’s reforms agreed on Tuesday on a road map to end the confrontation. Once all governors sign the round of negotiations is scheduled to begin Thursday.
www.mercopress.com/vernoticia.do?id=14568&formato=HTML
U.S. plans evacuation flights from Bolivia:
The State Department is organizing at least two evacuation flights for Americans who want to leave Bolivia amid widespread and worsening political unrest there.
tinyurl.com/3vbwbp
Settlers face down IDF, prevent evacuation of an illegal West Bank outpost:
The Israel Defense Forces backed off of a planned evacuation of an illegal West Bank outpost after a throng of settlers who learned of the plan gathered at the site before dawn on Wednesday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1022031.html
Olmert: Future of Israel not in W. Bank:
The future of Israel will not come from mixing with the Palestinians (in the West Bank), but rather by investing in currently unpopulated areas of the state (the Negev),” said Olmert during a tour of a student community in the Negev. (Ilana Korial)
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3598199,00.html
Israel Restrictions Undermine Palestine Economy – World Bank:
It pointed out official poverty rates of 51.8% in Gaza and 19.1% in the West Bank soar to 79.4% and 45.7% respectively if remittances and food aid are excluded and the rates are based on household income only.
tinyurl.com/4ag8sf
U.S. Jews outraged over phone campaign alleging ‘Obama gave money to PLO’:
Jewish voters have been receiving telephone calls from figures claiming to be pollsters yet trying to dissuade them from supporting Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama in the upcoming election.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1021786.html
US House passes offshore oil bill:
The Democrat-contolled house voted on Tuesday by 236 to 189 in favour of allowing states to choose whether they can drill between 80 and 160km off their shores.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2008/09/2008917346514439.html
McCain Blasts Wall Street Failure, Neglects To Mention His Adviser Helped Cause It:
If McCain wants to hold someone accountable for the failure in transparency and accountability that led to the current calamity, he should turn to his good friend and adviser, Phil Gramm.
tinyurl.com/5ocu55
Senior advisor disses McCain on economy:
A senior economic advisor to the Republican Party says neither John McCain nor his running mate is capable of running a large business.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69745§ionid=3510203
Financial turmoil accelerates in Russia:
Russian financial turmoil accelerated Wednesday as trading on the country’s major exchanges was halted for a second day and the finance ministry announced plans to loan the country’s three largest banks up to $44 billion.
tinyurl.com/44u2mj
US government rescues insurer AIG:
AIG will get an $85bn loan, in return for an 80% “public” stake in the firm.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7620127.stm
Rush to cancel AIG policies;
The Singapore office of insurance giant AIG has been besieged by people desperate to cancel their policies.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7621137.stm
Regulators gauging other banks’ interests in WaMu:
Shares of Washington Mutual have plummeted in recent weeks amid continued concerns about mounting losses in the bank’s lending portfolios. In early trading Wednesday, they rose 6 cents, or 2.6 percent, to $2.38.
ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5g0hpF581
O6fDNrN-Es3GXc6ZKUtwD938GJTO0
Is the U.S. going overboard on bailouts?:
Industry and government officials say the handouts are cheaper in the long run than doing nothing. But critics say they encourage bad behavior by removing the consequences.
www.latimes.com/news/la-fi-bailout17-200
8sep17,0,4352836.story?track=ntothtml
Housing starts at 17-1/2-year low:
Construction starts on new homes plunged to a 17-1/2-year low during August as builders scaled back sharply to try to cope with the worst slump in U.S. housing since the Great Depression.
www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSN1225498420080917
U.S. current account trade deficit rises to $183.1 billion:
The U.S. Commerce Department says the current account trade deficit increased by 4.3 per cent to US$183.1 billion in the April-June quarter, compared to a revised deficit of $175.6 billion in the first quarter. The deficit represents the amount of money the country is borrowing from foreigners.
canadianpress.google.com/article/ALeq
M5gXshPdF4zmw7q1pgtdQGUz6xI-UQ