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’s War On Iraq 4,160
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$555,147,920,946
See the cost in your community
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George Bush Desperate for “Trophy Strike”
By StopTheWarCoalition
George Bush has signed a secret order allowing US troops to operate in Pakistan, without permission from the Pakistani government or agreement by the United Nations, contravening numerous international laws and conventions.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20795.htm
China Paper Urges New Currency Order After “Financial Tsunami”
By Reuters
Threatened by a “financial tsunami,” the world must consider building a financial order no longer dependent on the United States, a leading Chinese state newspaper said on Wednesday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20798.htm
America and China Joined at the Hip
By DAVE LINDORFF
With the government now having spent over $800 billion in less than a year shoring up tottering financial companies that had become little more than casinos (and rigged ones at that), America is looking increasingly like China, a country where the state has been gradually getting out of the business of directly owning companies.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20797.htm
In Case You Missed It
The Meaning of the Collapse of Lehman Brothers
By Sam Marcy
The following article, written by Workers World Party chairperson Sam Marcy in the April 26, 1984, issue, holds tremendous lessons today as a growing number of Wall Street firms are collapsing with no end in sight. The root cause of the Lehman Brothers’ crisis 24 years ago was attributed to its merger with Shearson/American Express.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20801.htm
Socialism or Barbarism
By Frank Scott
While the dreadful Bush regime nears its end, the policies in place since long before it took power will continue destroying the American empire no matter which new gang attempts to control the crumbling operation. But so long as major media serve as stenographers for establishment power, the public will continue to be treated as preschool children and given naps between sweet treats and nursery rhymes. In fact, if we let under paid child care workers take over our government and media, we’d all be much better served.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20805.htm
No Bull
On Ethics, Deregulation and Financial Chaos
By William A. Cohn
US government policy has encouraged recklessness – most recently by taking extraordinary measures to privatize gains while socializing losses. As part of the agenda of its so-called ownership society (excepting ownership of responsibility by powerful bankers and insurers who fail) the govt. even sought to privatize public obligations – recall the Bush proposal to privatize social security. So why not play fast and loose if the rules are heads I win tails you lose?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20800.htm
You’ve Been “Shafted” (Again)
By Larry Dorshkind
The ultimate tax obligation of your family figure is humongous? Just to give you a little sense of the scale, though, the present $9.5 trillion National Debt works out to be $38,000 per person (based on 250,000 Americans who can be expected to pay taxes). Therefore, for your 6-member family unit, your obligation for the current National Debt is $228,000.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20802.htm
The MSM Jumps on the Economic Bandwagon
By Kathy Sanborn
So the US economy is on the brink? Yawn. Tell me something I didn’t know at least two years ago. Now the mainstream media have been given the green light to announce, bold as you please, that we are in for some pretty tough times, but Internet news and blog readers have known about our faltering financial system for a long, long time. Now, in the mainstream press, it has become popular to state the obvious: the country is broke.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20806.htm
In Case You Missed It
Corporations Not Paying Income Tax
By LYNNLEY BROWNING
Two out of every three United States corporations paid no federal income taxes from 1998 through 2005, according to a report released Tuesday by the Government Accountability Office, the investigative arm of Congress.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20799.htm
Senate Passes $612 bln Defense Spending Bill
By Jim Wolf
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $612.5 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2009, including $70 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. As passed on an 88-8 vote, the measure would authorize $103.9 billion for Pentagon procurement, $1.2 billion more than President George W. Bush’s request. Overall, Bush had asked for $611.1 billion for national defense.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20796.htm
The Lobby Has Spoken
Biden and Israel
By SUSAN ABULHAWA
Mr. Biden, the self-proclaimed Zionist, assuages Israeli and Jewish American fears that Mr. Obama might not be so accommodating to Israel.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20803.htm
Palestinian Unity: Goal or Mantra?
By Ramzy Baroud
Following Hamas’s majority victory in Legislative Council elections in January 2006, Arab countries could have congratulated the winner, promised cooperation and urged unity among rivals. Instead, some chose to do the exact opposite, ostracising Hamas from their meetings and conferences, playing favourites and smoothing the way for US-led international sanctions that have devastated Palestinian society in Gaza, leading to utter desperation and strife.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20804.htm
Pakistan Says Military Offensive in Bajaur Kills 700 Militants:
At least 19 gunmen were killed in a battle yesterday, Major Murad Khan, a military spokesman, said by telephone from the capital, Islamabad.
tinyurl.com/4e9kdl
Missile strike by unmanned U. S. aircraft kills 6 in Pakistan:
A U. S. missile strike Wednesday in Pakistan further inflamed relations between the two antiterrorism allies, just hours after the American military chief vowed to “respect Pakistan’s sovereignty.”
www.buffalonews.com/nationalworld/international/story/441884.html
Gilani: US clearly warned not to attack inside Pakistan:
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani said on Thursday that the US has been notified that it cannot continue to carry out aerial strikes on its territory, a day after a US attack killed six people near the border with Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/3elp4e
Pakistan: U.S. did not warn of missile strike:
Pakistan said Thursday it was not warned about a suspected U.S. missile strike in its northwest that came the same day a top American official assured Pakistani leaders of U.S. respect for the Muslim nation’s sovereignty.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26772175/
CIA using missile strikes to `tickle’ terrorists:
“We use military operations to excite the enemy, prompting him to respond. In that response we learn so much,” said Hayden, a retired Air Force general who has led the CIA since 2006.
tinyurl.com/4q2vrn
‘Tribesmen to fight US if incursions continue’:
Every Ahmedzai Wazir tribesman will fight US forces on Afghani soil if their incursions into South Waziristan continue, a 3,000-strong jirga ruled on Wednesday.
dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008\09\18\story_18-9-2008_pg7_9
US seeking sole command of Nato’s war against the Taliban:
The Bush administration is pushing for sweeping changes to the military command structure in Afghanistan, so that the head of international forces would report directly to US Central Command instead of Nato.
tinyurl.com/463w7t
Five soldiers, one civilian killed in Afghanistan blast:
Taliban militants, meanwhile, said in a statement posted on their website that they attacked a US battle tank in Khoshamand district of the southeastern province of Paktika with a roadside mine Wednesday, killing five US soldiers and destroying their vehicle.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/
2411cd3571b4f088/id/407619/cs/1/
Karzai Ally Killed in Gunbattle:
Foreign troops killed an ally of President Hamid Karzai in southern Afghanistan during an overnight gunbattle, officials said Thursday. The Afghan president said the death resulted from a “misunderstanding between foreign and local forces.”
tinyurl.com/4cuvx4
Green Beret accused of killing Afghan civilian, cutting off his ear to face court-martial:
The Army Special Operations Command at Fort Bragg said Thursday that Master Sgt. Joseph D. Newell has been arraigned on charges of murder and desecration of a body. A military trial for the 38-year-old is scheduled for early next year.
tinyurl.com/3ssecs
Caught in the crossfire:
Civilian deaths in Afghanistan reach a new high: 577 people were killed by pro-government forces, two-thirds of these in air strikes. Last month, an American attack killed up to 90 civilians, enraging many Afghans.
tinyurl.com/6yy2y6
Russia envoy warns NATO on air space to Afghanistan:
Russia threatened to block NATO from using its air space for operations in Afghanistan if member states did not stop “hostile” policies toward Moscow, the Kremlin’s top diplomat in Kabul said.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idU
SISL10905220080918?rpc=401&
U.S. Soldier Sentenced To 7 Months In Iraq Killings:
A U.S. soldier pleaded guilty to conspiracy to murder and was sentenced to seven months in prison Thursday in the deaths of four Iraqis, saying he stood guard from a machine-gun turret while the bound men were shot.
tinyurl.com/3qaz3l
Maliki: US hesitant to respond to Iraq on security deal:
``They (US negotiators) requested 10 to 14 days to respond to our demands and the time is over now. American negotiators have not responded to our proposals,`` Iraqi Premier Nouri al-Maliki told a group of Iraqi television journalists on Wednesday.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=606441
Official: U.S. considering new steps against Russia: –
The United States is considering to take further actions against Russia after the latter’s invasion of Georgia, Under Secretary of State William Burns said here Wednesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-09/18/content_10070999.htm
Russian arms sales to Iran and Venezuela:
Russia snubbed its nose at the United States today by announcing plans to sell military equipment to both Iran and Venezuela
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/europe/article4781027.ece
“Bullying” Russia must be stopped: Condoleezza Rice:
The West must stand up to “bullying” by Moscow and keep Russia from benefiting from its military move into Georgia, US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said in a harshly-worded speech on Friday.
tvnz.co.nz/view/page/536641/2088475
Crimea Defies Kiev On Georgia:
Lawmakers in Ukraine’s Crimea Peninsula, defying the country’s pro-Western leaders, called on the national parliament to follow Russia’s example and recognize Georgia’s two separatist regions.
www.moscowtimes.ru/article/1010/42/371034.htm
Rice says Russia will fail in bid for regime change in Georgia:
“Russia’s leaders will not accomplish their primary war aim of removing Georgia’s government,” Rice said, according to excerpts of a speech released by the State Department ahead of the secretary’s appearance at a German Marshall Fund event later Thursday.
en.rian.ru/world/20080918/116940744.html
The hypocrisy of the West:
The dominant Western politicians and media are describing the conflict in Georgia without considering the responsibility of the US and NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organisation) for unleashing the crisis.
www.deccanherald.com/Content/Sep
182008/editpage2008091890622.asp
Saakashvili gives pledge on $2bn aid:
Mikheil Saakashvili, the president of Georgia, has pledged that his country will use international financial donations wisely to “re-ignite the economy”, even though he described some of the conditions attached to the aid as “nonsense”.
www.ft.com/cms/s/0/d1855a0e-85a
4-11dd-a1ac-0000779fd18c.html
Pravda: Bulgaria playing dangerous game with Russia, Georgia:
Supplying weapons to the Georgian aggressor, granting military bases to NATO, playing with Russia and even hoping to become a conductor of energy resources in Europe. For the small Bulgaria this is far too much – it could prove to be more than it can take, the Pravda daily comments in its online edition.
www.focus-fen.net/?id=n153152
Bolivian governors agree to end crisis:
The governors pledged to end occupations of government buildings, after a wave of violent protests left 17 dead last week, and Morales said he would discuss their demands for more autonomy and a greater share of state energy revenue.
tinyurl.com/3zme7h
U.S. Ties to Bolivian Opposition “Shrouded in Secrecy”:
Who in Bolivia is receiving millions of U.S. taxpayer dollars? That is what many Latin America policy analysts in Washington want to know.
www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=43922
Lula confirms ‘logistics’ support for Bolivia against armed groups:
Brazil is to provide “logistics” support to Bolivia, to dismantle armed groups in the northern province of Pando, Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said Wednesday. Lula, however, made it clear that Brazil will not be sending troops to its Andean neighbour.
tinyurl.com/3km2nb
Bolivia acquires Shell’s stake in pipeline company:
Bolivia’s state-run energy firm YPFB will pay Shell (RDSa.L: Quote, Profile, Research) some $120 million for its 25 percent stake in natural gas pipeline company Transredes, which the government nationalized in June, state news agency ABI said on Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/4yn9dv
Paraguay: New Government Faces Elite Resistance:
Barely two weeks after being sworn in on Aug. 15, a coup plot to oust newly elected President Fernando Lugo of Paraguay was exposed on Sept. 2.
www.worldpress.org/Americas/3250.cfm
Latin American leftists shrug off U.S. influence:
Russian bombers swoop over the Caribbean, Bolivia and Venezuela expel American ambassadors and once-trusty Washington ally Honduras aligns with Cuba as Latin America’s left dents U.S. influence in its back yard.
www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.htm
l?id=e03e2932-5b2d-4fdf-b4db-24240a1ef2ff
Report accuses Chávez of undermining democracy in Venezuela:
Human Rights Watch, a New York-based watchdog, today accused the socialist revolutionary of betraying a promise to shore up the rule of law and turn Venezuela into a progressive beacon.
tinyurl.com/4hfuql
Senate Passes $612 bln Defense Spending Bill:
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday overwhelmingly approved a $612.5 billion defense spending bill for fiscal 2009, including $70 billion for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20796.htm
Trillions of dollars are missing from the US government.
What’s going on? Where is the money? How could this happen?
solari.com/archive/missing_money
Israel FM declares victory, prepares for new gov’t:
Israel’s foreign minister eked out a victory Thursday in a surprisingly tight race to replace Prime Minister Ehud Olmert as the head of the governing party, putting her in a strong position to become the country’s first female leader in 34 years. Tzipi Livni, 50, said she would immediately turn to the task of trying to cobble together a new government.
tinyurl.com/3m2j9q
Hamas: Livni will continue aggression:
Palestine’s democratically-elected Hamas government says Livni’s election as Israeli premier signals the pursuit of a policy of aggression.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69829§ionid=351020202
Damning UN report on Gaza strike;
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has delivered a scathing report to the UN Human Rights Commission on Israel’s shelling of Beit Hanoun in Gaza in 2006.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7623583.stm
UN Report human on rights situation in Palestine and other occupied Arab territories::
On three occasions, the mission attempted to travel to Beit Hanoun via Israel. Each of these attempts was frustrated by the refusal of the Government of Israel to cooperate with the mission
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900
SID/VDUX-7JLMVK?OpenDocument
Ahmadinejad: The idea of Israel whether ‘Greater’ or ‘Lesser’ will not survive:
ranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad lashed out at Israel on Thursday, saying the Jewish state would not survive, even if it gave up land for a Palestinian state. He also dismissed allegations that his country is trying to make nuclear arms.
tinyurl.com/4uu2hu
Russia must set borders in oil-rich Arctic:
Medvedev: Patrushev added that Russia should control the Northern Sea Route, a passage that stretches from Asia to Europe across northern Russia that is expected to become safer and less ice-bound with global warming.
tinyurl.com/4mgt64
Psychologists Will No Longer Help Government In Interrogations:
The nation’s leading psychologist’s association has voted to ban its members from taking part in interrogations at the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and other military detention sites.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/18/
psychologists-end-guantan_n_127416.html
Rattled Russia orders markets to stay closed:
Medvedev says they can open Friday, vows to prevent meltdown
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26771176/
China accuses US of financial WMD:
Chinese state media has blamed the US for unleashing financial “weapons of mass destruction” and sparking a global market “tsunami”.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=69805§ionid=351020404
Morgan Stanley in Talks with China’s CITIC;
Morgan Stanley is in talks to possibly be acquired by China’s CITIC, sources in the U.S. and China have told CNBC.
www.cnbc.com/id/26763431
‘Lehmans abandoned its UK staff’: Ex-employee reveals riddle of missing billions :
The US side of collapsed investment bank Lehman Brothers abandoned its employees at the London office, a senior insider at the bank has claimed.
tinyurl.com/5tblno
UK bank Lloyds buys rival HBOS:
British bank Lloyds TSB has bought rival HBOS to create a £28bn ($50bn) mortgage company, after HBOS shares plummeted over fears for its financial stability.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/
2008/09/200891822634355831.html
Consumer Confidence Plummets, Down 8% Overnight:
Consumer confidence held up during the first few days of this tumultuous week on Wall Street, but fell 8% overnight. Investor confidence is still heading south at a more rapid pace and has fallen 15% since the weekend.
www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/
business/indexes/rasmussen_consumer_index
McCain: US is not in decline:
“I reject the doom and gloom that says our nation is in decline. America’s best days are ahead of us,” McCain said in a visit to a factory of US car manufacturer General Motors, in Lake Orion, Michigan.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=69836§ionid=3510203