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 4,176
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$558,510,655,218
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The Free Market Preachers Have Long Practised State Welfare For The Rich
By George Monbiot
Any subsidies eventually given to the monster banks of Wall Street will be as American as apple pie and obesity. The sums demanded may be unprecedented, but there is nothing new about the principle: corporate welfare is a consistent feature of advanced capitalism. Only one thing has changed: Congress has been forced to confront its contradictions.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20908.htm
An Emergency Bailout Plan That Americans Will Love
By Jonathan Tasini
24.5 percent of all Americans earn poverty wages ($9.60 or less) – 10 percent of all Americans-15 million Americans-earn $6.79 or less – 33.3 percent of African American works and 39.3 of Hispanic workers earn poverty wages.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20902.htm
Will Wall Street’s Meltdown Turn America Into a Police State?
By Scott Thill
Here is what we see today: Crowds protesting in the streets, the people’s money wiped out thanks to the Bush administration’s latest economic shock and awe. An army brigade matter-of-factly betraying Posse Comitatus for the purpose of crowd control. The public trust and wealth almost robbed cleanly with congressional approval.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20901.htm
Congratulations, Corporate Crime Fighters!
Coup Averted for Three Days!
By Michael Moore
Everyone said the bill would pass. The masters of the universe were already making celebratory dinner reservations at Manhattan’s finest restaurants. Personal shoppers in Dallas and Atlanta were dispatched to do the early Christmas gifting. Mad Men of Chicago and Miami were popping corks and toasting each other long before the morning latte run.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20909.htm
Americans Have Little To Be Proud Of
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
Americans cannot vote their way out of this mess. Their only real opportunity this year is to vote AGAINST the two-party plutocracy by voting for any of the four third-party presidential candidates. We need the world to see tens of millions of votes protesting the failures of both major parties. This electoral rebellion would keep faith with Thomas Jefferson’s correct view that America would need a revolution every generation or so.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20903.htm
Shearing The Sheeple
Fundamentals Of The Economy Are Solid…Remember?
By Rand Clifford
Regarding how fundamentally sound our economy was just weeks ago: our leaders are implying that they were either too stupid to know what has been building up for years, or they are liars. Certainly, any pleas of stupidity remain solidly backed up by actions. But even more fundamentally, these people are liars, always have been, always will be.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20904.htm
To Joe Biden: Time for Confession
By Ray McGovern
Ain’t no way out of your dilemma but by making a clean breast of it, Joe. She is going to wave her finger at you and quote your fulsome remarks at length-no stranger she to dangling participles. She will do a John Kerry on you, which worked so well four years ago. You were for the war before you were against it, she will wink. And she will have a field day, if not a field dressing.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20906.htm
People Before Politics!
By Cindy Sheehan
Politicians, whether Democrats or Republicans, place their own self-interest as their highest priority. Because our society is sharply divided between the “haves,” who enjoy a monopoly on power and influence, and the “have-nots,” who are alienated from the political process, politicians — for the sake of their own survival — have cynically sided with the corporations in the belief that their own political prospects will be enhanced.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20905.htm
Palin Is Ready? Please.
By Fareed Zakaria
Will someone please put Sarah Palin out of her agony?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20907.htm
Pakistan: 13 Taliban Killed In Fresh Clashes In Border Area:
Pakistani troops backed by gunship helicopters killed 13 Taliban militants in fresh clashes in the troubled tribal district of Bajaur on the Afghan border, officials said Tuesday.
tinyurl.com/42k3p3
4 Pak soldiers killed in landmine blast:
Four Pakistani soldiers were killed in a landmine blast in the southwestern Balochistan province today, officials said.
tinyurl.com/4ko8q7
Pakistan’s New Spy Chief Raises Concern About Loyalty To US:
Pakistan named a new head of its main intelligence service, a change sure to be scrutinized by American officials who have questioned the powerful spy agency’s loyalties in the war on terror.
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/30/
pakistans-new-spy-chief-r_n_130513.html
U.S. ground raids into Pakistan halted, Army Times says:
The United States has decided to halt cross-border ground raids by Special Ops forces into Pakistan, according to the U.S. Army Times. It quotes a Pentagon official as saying U.S. leaders had decided to hold off on permitting ground raids to allow Pakistani forces to press home their own attacks on militants in the tribal areas bordering Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/45v746
Continuing US losses will lead to military strikes on Pakistan:
Expert warns that Pakistan and US are on collision course
www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?
page=2008\09\30\story_30-9-2008_pg7_63
Roadside bomb kills 3 occupation force soldiers in Afghanistan:
The U.S.-led coalition says three of its occupation troops have been killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/3qqxhh
Taliban leader offers deal to West on withdrawal:
Taliban leader Mullah Omar has urged United States and NATO forces in Afghanistan to withdraw or face a similar defeat to occupying Soviet troops a generation ago.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/09/30/2378087.htm
Afghan President invites Taliban leader to join peace talks, ministry:
Afghan President Hamid Karzai made a fresh appeal to Taliban supremo Mullah Mohammed Omar to join peace negotiations, guaranteeing immunity from foreign forces.
tinyurl.com/54x394
Iraq: At least 11 killed as US occupation grinds on:
A parked car bomb killed two people and wounded four others by the national theatre in central Baghdad’s Karrada district, police said.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LU215420.htm
UK Soldiers who hand prisoners to US could face legal action, MPs warned: .
The finding has led to calls for the British government to rethink its current policy and investigate how the US treats its prisoners, and whether torture is employed against them.
www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2008/sep/29/military.law
Russia delays Iran reactor yet again, until Bush leaves office:
Iranian and Russian officials said Russia’s Atomstroiexport would be unable to begin operations of Iran’s Bushehr nuclear reactor before the second quarter of 2009.
www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/
WTARC/2008/me_iran0508_09_10.asp
Israel’s plan to attack Iran confirmed:
It is an open secret that Israel itself has an arsenal of more than 200 nuclear missiles. In order to retain its nuclear monopoly, the Israeli ruling elite is fully prepared to plunge the entire region into war through an unprovoked and criminal attack on Iran.
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/sep2008/isra-s30.shtml
IAEA ‘puts Israeli nukes on agenda’:
The UN nuclear watchdog has unanimously agreed to put the issue of Israel’s nuclear capabilities on the agenda of its annual meeting.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=70879§ionid=351020202
Olmert: We must leave most of W. Bank:
Israel will have to cease occupation of virtually all of the West Bank and east Jerusalem if it wants peace with the Palestinians, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said in a farewell interview published Monday, saying Israel faced a stark choice and needed to make a decision soon.
tinyurl.com/4nx8dp
Netanyahu: I’ll resume illegal settlement activity:
Binyamin Netanyahu will resume building in existing illegal West Bank settlements if he is elected prime minister, the opposition leader told Walla! News on Sunday.
tinyurl.com/5xvqcf
Hamas challenges Abbas term extension:
Hamas is planning to declare one of its top officials as interim president of the Palestinian Authority after Mahmoud Abbas’s term in office expires in January 2009, Hamas officials in the Gaza Strip said Sunday.
tinyurl.com/4gyv23
EU Georgia monitors fully deployed; meet Russians:
An EU mission to monitor the ceasefire in Georgia is fully deployed and has met Russian forces to discuss their pullback from positions deep inside the Caucasus country, a senior EU official said on Monday.
www.alertnet.org/thenews/newsdesk/LT522062.htm
Russia says U.S. blocking nuclear arms reduction talks:
Russia accused the United States on Monday of stonewalling negotiations on a new pact on reducing the size of the two powers’ nuclear arsenals, the latest sign of deteriorating Russian-U.S. relations.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE48S65X20080929
Six killed in Somalia bombinga:
A bomb exploded in the town housing Somalia’s parliament on Tuesday, killing six civilians and injuring 13 people.
www.gulfnews.com/region/Somalia/10248815.html
Somali government to be moved to Kenya:
Somalia’s Transitional Federal Government (TFG) will reportedly be relocated to the Kenyan capital of Nairobi amid a surge in violence.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=70950§ionid=351020501
Ethiopia’s Quagmire: The U.S.-backed occupation runs into trouble:
Nearly two years after being driven from Mogadishu, Islamists have re-taken swathes of south Somalia and may have their sights again on the capital.
www.reason.com/blog/show/129100.html
Somalia crisis deepened by Ethiopia:
The Ethiopian troops, which many Somalis consider an occupying force, are seen as a root of the violence and not a cure.
tinyurl.com/3u7wpo
Pentagon’s new Africa command raises suspicions:
U.S. officials have billed the new command, known as Africom, as a sign of Africa’s strategic importance, but many in Africa see it as an unwelcome expansion of the U.S.-led war on terrorism and a bid to secure greater access to the continent’s vast oil resources.
www.mcclatchydc.com/world/story/53234.html
Ecuador voters approve new constitution:
The new constitution entails early presidential and legislative elections. It also establishes free healthcare and education, and a more direct form of democracy, while giving the president control over monetary policy – rather than the central bank, as is currently the case.
tinyurl.com/3utsvx
Rafael Correa looks to a ‘just’ Ecuador:
Mr Correa seeks a social safety net for the 38 per cent of Ecuadoreans who live below the poverty line. He has also said the document will help eradicate a political class that made Ecuador one of Latin America’s most corrupt countries.
www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,
25197,24427796-36235,00.html
Patrick Buchanan: An Amicus Brief for Neville:
If the Russian majorities in east Ukraine or Crimea demand the right to secede and return to Mother Russia, will we go to war to keep these millions of Russians under Ukrainian rule?
www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/
09/an_amicus_brief_for_neville.html
Former CIA executive pleads guilty to defrauding government:
A former top CIA official pleaded guilty today to one count of defrauding the U.S. government for using his influence to steer intelligence contracts to a friend and former college roommate.
fairuse.100webcustomers.com/itsonlyfair/latimes0501.html
Putin Promises $50Bln For Banks:
The government will provide a further $50 billion to increase liquidity in the banking system and fight the “contagion” that has spread from the United States, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Monday.
www.themoscowtimes.com/article/1010/42/371301.htm
Dexia bank gets $9.2B bailout from governments, shareholders:
Dexia became the second Belgian bank this week to get a government and shareholder bailout Tuesday when Belgium, France and Luxembourg said they would inject almost $9.2 billion to keep it afloat.
biz.yahoo.com/ap/080930/eu_belgium_dexia.html
Fed Pumps Further $630 Billion Into Financial System:
The Federal Reserve will pump an additional $630 billion into the global financial system, flooding banks with cash to alleviate the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression.
tinyurl.com/43vbz6
You won’t believe where that $700-billion bailout figure came from:
Here’s something that John McCain and Barack Obama and Sarah Palin and even longtime Washingtonian Joe Biden probably don’t know. Not to mention Bob Barr, Ralph Nader and Ron Paul, who usually knows everything.
latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2008/09/bailout-plan.html
Let Risk-Taking Financial Institutions Fail:
The bailout will involve a transfer of wealth – from the American people to financial institutions engaging in reckless speculation – that will be the greatest in history.
www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1845209,00.html
U.S. Moves Bails Out Auto Makers :
The U.S. Congress moved Saturday to provide $25 billion in low-interest loans to the auto industry as part of an initiative to accelerate the development of fuel-efficient vehicles
online.wsj.com/article/SB122263573996183667.html?mod=googlenews_wsj