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 4,173
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$557,653,031,308
See the cost in your community
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Trouble in Banktopia
The financial system is blowing up. Don’t listen to the experts; just look at the numbers.
By Mike Whitney
The carnage from Greenspan’s low interest rate, “easy money” binge is now visible everywhere. Inflated home and stock values are crashing as the gas continues to escape from the massive equity bubble. The FDIC will have to be recapitalized—perhaps, $500 billion—to account for the anticipated loss of deposits from failing banks caught in the cross-hairs of asset-deflation and steadily contracting credit.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20883.htm
$700 billion or Armageddon? Sounds like sci-fi
Put $700 billion in the bag and no one gets hurt.
By Ken Kam
The more I hear about Henry Paulson’s plan, the less convinced I am it’s worth $2,000 from every American. The predictions of financial Armageddon without it don’t ring true.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20884.htm
The End of Voodoo Economics
By Ian Williams
No one can say that current events are a one-off. The get-government-out-of-business brigade, the masters of the universe, have in their three decades of unbridled power produced the savings and loan bail-out, the Mexican bond bail-out, the Asian currency crisis, the Enron and other related scandals, the tech bubble, the Long-Term Capital Management collapse and rescue, a wage freeze for working Americans and now this.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20885.htm
Tragedy in the Making in Washington and on Wall Street:
The Canadian Solution
By Rodrigue Tremblay
This is something that the Bush administration and the U.S. Congress might want to consider if they hope to get out of the ideological and political deadlock they have talked themselves into.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20888.htm
Keating 5 Ring a Bell?
McCain’s past collides with the present Wall Street debacle.
By Rosa Brooks
Once upon a time, a politician took campaign contributions and favors from a friendly constituent who happened to run a savings and loan association. The contributions were generous: They came to about $200,000 in today’s dollars, and on top of that there were several free vacations for the politician and his family, along with private jet trips and other perks.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20889.htm
Obama Out-Hawks McCain
By Katrina Vanden Heuvel
Obama risks creating a bipartisan consensus that will entrap the US in another costly occupation---draining resources needed to fulfill his (already limited) promises for economic growth, health care and social justice at home. Such escalation will also crowd out other international initiatives and alienate those allies we need to reengage the world on terms other than the so-called “war on terror.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20890.htm
U.S. Raids on Pakistan
Violations of Sovereignty
By Brian Cloughley
Henry Kissinger was no amateur when it came to illegally bombing and invading countries that he and the evil President Nixon considered did not meet American requirements of unconditional servility, but even he must be intrigued about the latest antics of Washington’s finest.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20882.htm
Iran Resolution Shelved in
Rare Defeat for ‘Israel Lobby’
By Jim Lobe
In a significant and highly unusual defeat for the so-called ‘Israel Lobby’, the Democratic leadership of the House of Representatives has decided to shelve a long-pending, albeit non-binding, resolution that called for President George W. Bush to launch what critics called a blockade against Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20880.htm
Statement of Senator Obama on President Ahmadinejad’s Remarks
By Amanda Scott
I strongly condemn President Ahmadinejad’s outrageous remarks at the United Nations, and am disappointed that he had a platform to air his hateful and anti-Semitic views.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20879.htm
The Illusion of Sovereignty
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Perhaps sovereignty is relative; how else can one explain the subjugation of the most powerful industrial nations to the will of another while under the delusion of independence, national interest, democracy, and even capitalism? A single country, Israel and its powerful lobby AIPAC have altered the course of history in America and by extension, the rest of the world.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20887.htm
King David Recruited to Expel Palestinians
By Jonathan Cook
Archaeology becomes a curse for Jerusalem village.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20881.htm
Human Rights Watch in Venezuela
Lies, Crimes and Cover-ups
By James Petras
HRW’s systematic failure to mention the advances experienced by the majority of Venezuelan citizens, while peddling outright lies about civic repression , is characteristic of this mouthpiece of Empire.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20886.htm
Over 30 die in fighting in restive Pakistani region:
Pakistani security forces killed 30 militants loyal to “al Qaeda and Taliban” in the latest fighting in a strategically important tribal region on the Afghan border, officials said on Saturday.
tinyurl.com/4sh3to
Pakistan warns US troops after exchange of fire:
Pakistan warned U.S. troops not to intrude on its territory on Friday, a day after the two anti-terror allies traded fire along the volatile border with Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/3ubjcu
US attacks in Pakistan halted:
U.S. special operations forces have paused ground operations in Pakistan’s tribal areas, but military and civilian government officials differ over why the cross-border raids have been halted.
tinyurl.com/4p58s3
Dangerous liaisons:
Sarah Palin had a lively interaction with recently elected Pakistani president, Asif Ali Zardari, in New York. It’s both surreal and frightening that these two upstart political figures could very well be significant actors in deciding the fate of modern, global relations. It’s fitting that the neophytes met in such an awkward and theatrical fashion.
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/27/pakistan.sarahpalin
Five Taliban said killed in Afghanistan:
Troops backed by gunship helicopters killed five Taliban-linked militants in a central Afghan province where seven policemen were found dead in two days, an official said Saturday.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080927/wl_sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrest
No more British troops to be deployed despite Taleban resurgence:
Britain will not increase troop numbers in Afghanistan, despite the escalation in violent attacks by the Taleban, a senior defence official said yesterday.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4834570.ece
Car bomb near Syrian security base kills 17:
Security forces cordoned off the area but witnesses said the security complex’s main building appeared to have suffered little damage.
tinyurl.com/3epalx
Iraq: At least 10 killed as US occupation grinds on:
A roadside bomb targeting an Iraqi army patrol killed two Iraqi soldiers and wounded 14, south of the town of Balad Ruz, 90 km (55 miles) northeast of Baghdad
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/ANS727544.htm
Three Iraqi children killed in blast S. Baghdad — US Army:
“At approximately 6:45 p.m., policemen from the 2nd Battalion, 5th Brigade, 2nd National Police Division, reported that three Iraqi children were killed and two were injured when an improvised-explosive device detonated”, the statement added.
tinyurl.com/3tnnvs
Iraq: Kurdish politician killed in disputed region: –
Iraqi police fatally shot a Kurdish politician in one of Iraq’s most volatile provinces as he entered police headquarters Saturday to settle a dispute over the arrest of a colleague, officials said.
tinyurl.com/4z7uex
Turkey planes bomb “PKK rebels” in Iraq:
According to the PKK spokesman a number of mountain villages were hit by the Turkish planes, and school and civilian homes were damaged.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7637378.stm
British troops ‘will leave Iraq within a year’:
Britain’s war in Iraq will end by this time next year, a highly placed defence source said yesterday. But asked whether the pullout from Iraq would mean reinforcements being sent to combat a resurgent Taliban, the senior officer responded: “Emphatically no.
tinyurl.com/4fa8t7
Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran
US: 5 Iran-backed extremists arrested in Iraq:
A military statement says the extremists are suspected of links to the Hezbollah Brigades, a Shiite extremist group that the U.S. believes is backed by Iran. Tehran denies U.S. allegations that it is supporting violence in Iraq.
tinyurl.com/4t7r7v
House approves tougher sanctions on Iran:
The top Republican on the committee, Rep. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen of Florida, said she supported the bill but said it didn’t go far enough. “This weak legislation will send a message to our enemies of a weakened U.S. position on the issue of Iran.”
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080927/ap_on_go_co/iran_sanctions
US deploys radar, troops to Israel:
U.S. European Command has deployed to Israel a high-powered X-band radar and the supporting people and equipment needed for coordinated defense against Iranian missile attack, marking the first permanent U.S. military presence on Israeli soil.
www.armytimes.com/news/2008/09/defense_xband_092608/
A New and Revealing Study of the Influence of the Neocons: ,
The Transparent Cabal: The Neoconservative Agenda, War in the Middle East, and the National Interest of Israel,
www.counterpunch.org/christison09202008.html
Nine killed in Somalia after firing at airport:
Islamists fired mortars at Mogadishu airport on Saturday and government troops fired back, leaving nine people dead in the clash, an airport worker and residents said.
africa.reuters.com/top/news/usnJOE48Q0A5.html?rpc=401&
Russians send warship to Somalia:
A Russian warship is heading toward Somalia after pirates seized a Ukrainian freighter carrying rocket-propelled grenades, anti-aircraft guns and 30 Russian T-72 tanks.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/africa/article4835610.ece
US watching Belarus elections for signs of opening:
The United States is looking to the conduct of parliamentary elections in Belarus this weekend for signs that a government it has denounced as a dictatorship wants improved relations.
tinyurl.com/3jmklk
Europe’s ‘last dictator’ set to reap rewards for courting the West:
Relatives of Belarus’s disappeared dissidents, and beleaguered opposition parties, warn that the EU and US may temper criticism of a tightly-controlled general election in an attempt to woo President Alexander Lukashenko away from traditional ally Russia.
tinyurl.com/4o8nyd
The question is: Can Palin give a coherent answer?:
Even as members of the American media strive to avoid appearing snobbish or elitist in their treatment of Mrs Palin, most commentators seemed unable to disguise their sheer consternation at a performance that at times seemed worthy less of a candidate for vice-president than for school president.
tinyurl.com/4ckq38
President of Paraguay Turns Down Meeting with Sarah Palin:
With all due respect to Paraguay and its great citizens, something is really wrong when the Paraguayan President won’t even hang with Palin.
www.thewashingtonnote.com/archives/2008/09/president_of_pa/
Venezuela orders 1 million laptops from Portugal:
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Saturday ordered 1 million low-cost laptops from Portugal – one of several bilateral deals that Portuguese officials valued at more than US$3 billion.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/09/27/europe/EU-Portugal-Venezuela.php
U.S.: Soldiers Tell of Detainee Abuse in Iraq:
Torture and other abuses against detainees in U.S. custody in Iraq were authorized and routine, even after the 2004 Abu Ghraib scandal, according to new accounts from soldiers in a Human Rights Watch report released today.
www.hrw.org/english/docs/2006/07/19/usint13767.htm
Contractor says immune from Iraq torture lawsuits:
Defense contractor CACI (KA’-kee) claims it should be immune from lawsuits alleging torture at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq, saying it was doing the U.S. government’s work as a supplier of interrogators.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080926/ap_on_re_us/abu_ghraib_lawsuits
Frank Expects Bailout Agreement By Sunday:
“I’m convinced that by Sunday we will have an agreement that people can understand on this bill,” predicted Massachusetts Rep. Barney Frank, a key Democrat in eight days of up-and-down talks designed to stave off an economic crisis.
tinyurl.com/4u7lfs
Economics Expert: Fiscal Cracks Extend Beyond U.S.:
Johnson says the presidential candidates both avoided questions about the bailout in their Friday debate. The U.S. has to look outside itself – “This is a global problem,” he says, and it’s worrisome that other nations haven’t wanted to step up and help find a solution.
www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=95128699&ft=1&f=1006
ROYAL Bank of Scotland will get ‘billions’ in US bail-out:
The bank’s share of the bail-out will enable RBS to offload billions of dollars of questionable assets.
www.sundayherald.com/news/heraldnews/display.var.2453817.0.0.php