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 4,168
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$556,108,244,812
See the cost in your community
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Mushroom Cloud over Wall Street
“All Hail Caesar!” The days of the republic are over.
By Mike Whitney
“The bill gives Paulson the ability to nationalize unlimited amount of private debt and force you and your children to pay for it.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20839.htm
US Tax Payers To Bail Out Foreign Banks
Paulson: Foreign Banks can use U.S. Rescue Plan
By Mark Felsenthal
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson said Sunday that foreign banks will be able to unload bad financial assets under a $700 billion U.S. proposal aimed at restoring order during a devastating financial crisis.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20838.htm
In Case You Missed It
The Shock Doctrine
The Rise of Disaster Capitalism
By Stephen Lendman
Naomi Klein is the author of “The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism” that explodes the myth of “free market” democracy. It shows how neoliberal Washington Consensus fundamentalism dominates the world with America its lead exponent exploiting security threats, terror attacks, economic meltdowns, competing ideologies, tectonic political or economic shifts, and natural disasters to impose its will everywhere.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18430.htm
U.S. Orgy of Debt
By ERIC MARGOLIS
America has reveled for two decades in an orgy of debt. The U.S. national debt is now twice its net worth. From Wall Street’s “masters of the universe” financial powerhouses such as Goldman Sachs, Merrill Lynch, Lehman, and Morgan Stanley, to the humblest homeowners, America’s national motto became “borrow to the hilt and bet.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20837.htm
For The Love Of Money
When Corporations Rule the World
By David C. Korten
Most everyone is aware that we live in an unequal world. Few realize, however, just how extreme the inequality has become or how fast the gap between the poor and the super rich is growing. Forbes tells us the world now has 358 billionaires. Their combined net worth exceeds the combined net worth of the world’s poorest 2? billion people. This is but one manifestation of the extreme economic and social distortions created by the globalized free market economy idealized by business publications such as Forbes and Business Week.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20829.htm
The New New Deal
We’re Footing the Bill and Holding the Bag
By Mike Rivage-Seul
Presently (following the Great Crash of 2008), we’re in the midst of yet another reshuffling and redistribution of cards – another New Deal. But whereas 30s version shifted money from the haves to the have-nots, the re-run promises an income redistribution from the disappearing middle class to the super-rich. They’re the gambling addicts who got us here in the first place.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20841.htm
A Note of Appreciation From the Rich
By Author Unknown
Society could be intelligently organized to meet the real needs of the general population. You and others like you could collectively fight to free yourselves from our domination. But you don’t know that. In fact, you can’t even imagine that another way of life is possible. And that’s probably the greatest, most significant achievement of our system — robbing you of your imagination, your creativity, your ability to think and act for yourself.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20833.htm
Propaganda is a Two-Way Street
Iran, Israel and the Looming Threat of War
By Sadegh Kabeer
Iran’s relation to Israel is more complicated than it has been widely portrayed in the mainstream media. It is not one of unremitting hostility and even amongst hardliners has in the past proven to be tempered by pragmatic considerations and calculated self-interest. Mashaei’s distinction between the Israel government and the Israeli people attests to the factional nuances that are so often overlooked by those beating the drum for military conflict.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20834.htm
In Case You Missed It
The Zionist Plan for the Middle East
Translated and edited by – Israel Shahak
The plan operates on two essential premises. To survive, Israel must 1) become an imperial regional power, and 2) must effect the division of the whole area into small states by the dissolution of all existing Arab states. Small here will depend on the ethnic or sectarian composition of each state. Consequently, the Zionist hope is that sectarian-based states become Israel’s satellites and, ironically, its source of moral legitimation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20832.htm
In Case You Missed it
Israel’s Sacred Terrorism
A study based on Moshe Sharett’s Personal Diary, and other documents. Foreword by Noam Chomsky
By Livia Rokach, – Third Edition
To all the Palestinian victims of Israel’s unholy terrorism, whose sacrifice, suffering and ongoing struggle will yet prove to be the pangs of the rebirth of Palestine.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20831.htm
Pakistan’s Balkanization
By SHAHID R. SIDDIQUI
American strategists favor fracturing and weakening the national unity of Islamic states that could become strongholds of Islamic militants. They want oil rich territories like Kurdistan, Eastern Arabian Peninsula and Balochistan carved out, unified and controlled by puppet regimes, while splintering other Muslim countries.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20840.htm
McCain and the POW Cover-up
The “war hero” candidate buried information about POWs left behind in Vietnam
By Sydney H. Schanberg
Very few Americans are aware of the POW story and of McCain’s role in keeping it out of public view and denying the existence of abandoned POWs. That is because McCain has hardly been alone in his campaign to hide the scandal.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20835.htm
‘Never Again,’ Again
New York Times Editorial
Hurricane Gustav gave the state of Louisiana a test for which it had three years to prepare. – One simple test. The state flunked.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20836.htm
Iraq: At least 18 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
A roadside bomb struck a minibus, killing three occupants and wounding six others in an area near Jalawla, 115 km (70 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LL290755.htm
US soldier accused of abusing and killing Iraqi:
Military prosecutors accused a U.S. soldier Sunday of taking an Iraqi detainee to a remote desert location, stripping him naked, shooting him in the head and chest and then watching as another soldier set fire to the body with an incendiary grenade.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080921/ap_on_re
_mi_ea/ml_iraq_soldiers_charged_2
Baghdad Mayor: US Tanks Run Amok and There’ll Never be a Street Named for Bush in Baghdad :
Mayor al-Isawi seems to be more cordial toward Iran than toward the US.
www.juancole.com/2008/09/baghdad-
mayor-us-tanks-run-amok-and.html
Afghanistan: 13 killed in hydro-dam attack:
Eleven police officers and two insurgents were killed in a rebel attack in western Afghanistan’s Herat province Sept. 21.
www.ww4report.com/node/6057
Coalition soldier killed, Taliban blamed for violating “Peace Day” pledge:
A soldier of the US-led coalition and two local civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the military said on Monday.
tinyurl.com/4d7ad2
French parliament approves military reinforcement plan in Afghan occupation:
The lower house of the French parliament approved the government’s move to reinforce its military presence in Afghanistan, under which, 100 extra troops and helicopters and drones would back up its 2,600-strong force in the terror-stricken country.
tinyurl.com/43nleg
Afghan ambassador kidnapped in north-west Pakistan:
Gunmen on Monday kidnapped Afghan ambassador to Pakistan Abdul Khaleq Farahi in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, a spokesman of Afghan Consulate said.
tinyurl.com/4c3rq9
Suicide car bomber kills 9 Pakistani troops:
Army spokesman Maj. Murad Khan said the attacker detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at a checkpoint in Madian, a town in the Swat valley, on Monday.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/22/
asia/AS-Pakistan-Suicide-Attack.php
Intruding US choppers fired at in NWA:
Pakistani troops reportedly fired at two US gunship helicopters that intruded into Lowara Mandi area of the North Waziristan Agency (NWA), forcing them to fly back to Afghanistan on Sunday night
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?205933
Pakistan Accuses U.S. Of New Incursion:
Two intelligence officials said Pakistani troops and tribesmen opened fire on two U.S. helicopters after they crossed from Afghanistan into the northwest tribal region, where Taliban and al-Qaida militants are operating.
www.channel3000.com/news/17528581/detail.html
Pakistan’s ‘bleakest moment’:
Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid says Pakistan is facing its bleakest moment, months after getting a new democratic government.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7620767.stm
Pakistan leaders narrowly escaped suicide bombing:
Interior Ministry chief Rehman Malik said President Asif Ali Zardari, as well as the prime minister and army commander, had been due to attend a dinner at the hotel on Saturday night but the venue was changed on the prime minister’s advice.
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/breaking/2008/0922/breaking17.htm
Shadowy group claims Islamabad bombing: Al-Arabiya TV:
A shadowy group calling itself “Fedayeen of Islam” has claimed responsibility for the deadly bombing of Islamabad ‘s Marriott Hotel in a telephone call to Dubai-based Al-Arabiya television, the channel said on Monday.
tinyurl.com/4pemfy
Islamabad bombing an “inside job”?:
”It has to be an inside job by someone in the army. Even if the Taliban were involved, there is very likely to have been links with the military.
tinyurl.com/3lhg7h
Another Terrorist Attack in Pakistan by U.S and India :
The elements involved in these terrorists acts inside Pakistan are being trained and financed by CIA and India’s RAW in Afghanistan headed by former Guantanamo Bay detainess Baitullah Mahsud who is presently working closely with Indian backed Northern Aliiance in Afghanista.
tinyurl.com/3qcw26
Was Marriott Hotel Islamabad an attack on US Marines and What Was Stored On Floors 4 And 5 :
Was there a top secret and mysterious operation of the US Marines going on inside the Marriott when it was attacked on Saturday evening? No one will confirm it but circumstantial evidence is in abundance.
tinyurl.com/4cgvb7
Official: warning on terrorist attack in Islamabad received 3 days ago:
Pakistan’s interior ministry said on Sunday that the authorities had information three days ago that terrorists would carry out a attack in the capital Islamabad.
english.people.com.cn/90001/90777/90851/6503467.html
Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran:
‘Iran halfway to first nuclear bomb’:
Iran is halfway to a nuclear bomb, and Hizbullah, Hamas and Syria are using this period of relative calm to significantly rearm, Brig.-Gen. Yossi Baidatz, the Military Intelligence’s head of research, told the cabinet Sunday during a particularly gloomy briefing on the threats facing the country.
www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=12220173484
28&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FPrinter
Presstitute and war pimp alert: :
Ex-IDF chief: Israel can’t avoid a military confrontation with Iran:
Former Israel Defense Forces chief of staff Moshe “Boogie” Ya’alon on Sunday said Israel will not be able to avoid a military confrontation with Iran and called on the international community to stand up to Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad like they did against Adolf Hitler and Nazi Germany.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1023056.html
Iranian president Ahmadinejad vows to outline nuclear activities in UN meeting:
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said that he would outline Iran`s nuclear activities in the UN General Assembly meeting during his visit to New York, the official IRNA news agency reported.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?205982
Iran pushed for nuclear answers:
Without more information from Iran, the IAEA cannot provide assurances about the country’s nuclear programme, says the agency’s head, Mohamed El Baradei.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7629905.stm
White House warns Iran about its nuclear inaction:
The White House on Monday expressed concern about Iran’s lack of cooperation with the U.N. nuclear watchdog and said Tehran must provide “substantial information and access” to the agency.
tinyurl.com/4f4ztb
AJC Appalled by UN General Assembly President’s Role at Dinner Honoring Ahmadinejad: –
The American Jewish Committee, in a letter to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, has protested the scheduled address by the UN General Assembly president at a dinner Thursday honoring Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
tinyurl.com/3qhg3g
Group of rabbis hail Ahmadinejad’s NY visit:
A group of American rabbis welcome Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s visit to New York in a move aimed at countering an anti-Iran protest.
www.payvand.com/news/08/sep/1256.html
‘Syrian site passes first nuclear probe’:
Partial results of samples from a Syrian site bombed by Israel show nothing to back up US assertions that the target was a secret nuclear reactor, diplomats said Saturday.
tinyurl.com/5x6toh
US generals planning for resource wars:
The US military sees the next 30 to 40 years as involving a state of continuous war against ideologically-motivated terrorists and competing with Russia and China for natural resources and markets, writes Tom Clonan
www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/opinion/2008/0922/1221998220381.html
Chavez says Latin America needs Russia:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said in an interview broadcast Sunday that Latin America needs strong friendship with Russia to help reduce U.S. influence and keep peace in the region. The interview aired as a Russian Navy squadron prepared to sail to Venezuela.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/21/europe/EU-Russia-Venezuela.php
Venezuela To Buy Planes, Create $6 Billion Investment Fund In China:
Chavez, a staunch foe of the U.S. government, confirmed that during his stay in Beijing, he will purchase 24 K-8 aircraft “to train fighter pilots.” The planes could be part of Venezuela’s air force by next year. The president also confirmed that while in Beijing, he will arrange the construction of tanker vessels in Chinese shipyards, with the aim of installing a shipyard in Venezuela in the future.
tinyurl.com/4kgfbf
Hiding in Plain Sight: Why is Sarah Palin granting so few interviews?:
Mr. McCain’s selection of an inexperienced and relatively unknown figure was unsettling, and the campaign’s decision to keep her sequestered from serious interchanges with reporters and voters serves only to deepen the unease. Mr. McCain is entitled to choose the person he thinks would be best for the job. He is not entitled to keep the public from being able to make an informed assessment of that judgment.
tinyurl.com/53ympp
Default by the US government is no longer unthinkable:
But September 2008 marks the moment when the scale of our excesses, the extent of our debts and the moral bankruptcy of our financial regulatory system finally began to be truly exposed.
www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?
xml=/money/2008/09/21/ccliam121.xml
Fury at $2.5bn Lehman bonus:
STAFF at Lehman’s New York office who helped to cause the world’s biggest corporate bankruptcy are to share in a $2.5 billion bonanza.
tinyurl.com/4n85x9
BAD MONEY: RECKLESS FINANCE, FAILED POLITICS, AND THE GLOBAL CRISIS OF AMERICAN CAPITALISM:
Video and transcript:
Bill Moyers sits down with former Nixon White House strategist and political and economic critic Kevin Phillips.They explores the role that the crumbling financial sector played in the now-fragile American economy.
www.pbs.org/moyers/journal/09192008/watch2.html
$1,000,000,000,000: The astonishing cost of US government’s desperate bid to rid the economy of toxic debt:
There are some members of Congress who are unhappy at the thought of the taxpayer taking on hundreds of billions of dollars of currently worthless debt. But the leader of the Democrats in the House of Representatives, Steney Hoyer, said he expected quick action
news.scotsman.com/latestnews/10000000000
00-The-astonishing-cost-of.4513002.jp
Treasury Seeks Asset-Buying Power Unchecked by Courts:
``He’s asking for a huge amount of power,’’ said Nouriel Roubini, an economist at New York University. ``He’s saying, `Trust me, I’m going to do it right if you give me absolute control.’ This is not a monarchy.’’
tinyurl.com/442mrm
Many economists skeptical of bailout:
Many of the same economists and opinion-makers who’d provided a bipartisan sheen of consensus to Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson’s previous moves have quickly begun casting doubts on the wisdom of a policy that would allow Treasury to purchase without oversight hundreds of billions of dollars of difficult-to-price assets from financial institutions.
news.yahoo.com/s/politico/20080921/pl_politico/13689
Bank of China buys into Rothschild bank:
BANK of China said yesterday it will buy a 20 percent stake in La Compagnie Financiere Edmond de Rothschild for 236.3 million euros (US$340 million) and the two will develop private banking and asset-management services.
www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=374296&type=Business