Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,273,378"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html

Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,177
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$560,137,878,263
 
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French Premier Francois Fillon:
We’re on “The Edge of The Abyss”
By Mike Whitney
People are scared and removing their money from the banks and money markets which is intensifying the freeze in the credit markets and driving stocks into the ground like a tent stake. Meanwhile, our leaders are “caught in the headlights”, still believing they can “finesse” their way through the biggest economic cataclysm since the Great Depression. It’s madness.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20954.htm

Down the Road to Serfdom
By Ann Berg
So here we are: a phony monetary system, $3 trillion wasted on wars, and a citizenry mired in debt. And what does Congress do? It adds more debt – a trillion dollars, just for starters, since once starting down this slippery slope, it won’t be able to stop.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20952.htm

It’s a Worldwide Crash
By Jim Cramer
We know the truth now. The Fed has been put out to pasture, a victim of being theoretical, not practical, an organization that simply didn’t take seriously those of us who warned them in person and on TV.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20951.htm

The End of American Hegemony
By Paul Craig Roberts
Bush’s wars and economic policies are destroying the basis of the US dollar as reserve currency. The day the dollar loses its reserve currency role, the US government cannot pay its bills in its own currency. The result will be a dramatic reduction in US living standards.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20955.htm

The US Simply Doesn’t Get It
By Robert Fisk
Biden and Palin hid like rabbits from the centre of the Middle East earthquake. Continue
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20953.htm

Iraq, US agree on troops’’ withdrawal timetable before end of 2008:
Iraqi Vice President Adel Abdul Mahdi said his country set the end of 2008 as the date for US troop withdrawal from Iraq.
tinyurl.com/4cnb7x

Turkish warplanes bomb Kurd bases in northern Iraq:
Turkish warplanes have bombed Kurdish rebel bases in northern Iraq, the military said, just days after rebels killed 15 soldiers in an attack staged partly from Iraqi soil.
www.iht.com/articles/ap/2008/10/05/europe/EU-Turkey-Kurds.php

15 killed in suicide terror attack in Pakistan :
The suicide blast took place in the house of Rasheed Akber Khan Nawani, a member of national Assembly, in Bhakkar district of Punjab province, it reported.
tinyurl.com/4ehh5x

Pakistan Insists No Deal Made With U.S. on Air Strikes:
President Asif Ali Zardari reportedly told The Wall Street Journal that “India has never been a threat” to his country, while calling Islamist militant groups in the disputed Kashmir region “terrorists.”
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,433002,00.html

Brits Say: We Can’t Win in Afghan:
“The current situation is bad, the security situation is getting worse, so is corruption, and the government has lost all trust. … The presence of the coalition, in particular its military presence, is part of the problem, not part of its solution. Foreign forces are the lifeline of a regime that would rapidly collapse without them.
news.yahoo.com/s/thenation/20081006/cm_thenation/1096368911

Top UN envoy in Afghanistan says war can’t be won “militarily”:
‘We all know that we cannot win it militarily. It has to be won through political means. That means political engagement,’ Kai Eide, UN special envoy to Afghanistan, told a press conference in Kabul.
tinyurl.com/3qtrw4

Taliban, Afghan Officials Met in Saudi Arabia
Abdul Salam Zaeef, the Taliban’s former ambassador to Pakistan, said he was invited by Saudi King Abdullah to share Iftar – the meal that breaks the daily fast during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Taliban representatives, Afghan government officials and a representative for the powerful warlord Gulbuddin Hekmatyar were also at the meal, he said.
abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=5963344

Pakistan begins deporting Afghan migrants:
Officials have said they plan to deport all of the estimated 50,000 Afghans living and working illegally in the tribal areas.
tinyurl.com/3tyvwp

Iran has no reason to drop uranium enrichment:
There is no reason for Iran to drop uranium enrichment as there is no guarantee that West would meet the country’s demand on nuclear fuel, senior Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Monday.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=608058

Iran sends nuclear complaint to EU:
The Islamic Republic has called on the West to use the language of reason and not force when dealing with Iran over its nuclear issue.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=71454&sectionid=351020104

Israel to press Russia not to sell air defences to Iran:
The Israeli prime minister will press Russian President Dmitry Medvedev not to sell anti-aircraft defences to Iran amid growing speculation the Jewish state will bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities.
tinyurl.com/4qztcw

Iran yet to receive Russian anti-aircraft system:
Iran has not received Russia’s advanced S-300 anti-aircraft system as the two countries continue discussions on the purchase, say Israeli defence sources, revising earlier statements that a deal was imminent.
www.radionz.co.nz/news/stories/2008/10/06/1243793c9f0b

Israel: Russia destabilizing Middle East:
Israeli Defense Minister Ehud Barak has claimed that Russia’s ‘controversial’ arms sales to some states are destabilizing the Mideast.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=71444&sectionid=351020202

‘US considers lifting Syrian sanctions’”:
A US official said there were several encouraging signals from the Syrians, including the decision to open diplomatic ties with Lebanon.
tinyurl.com/3hsmzy

Financial crisis: Stock market suffers its worst fall in history:
The UK stock market has suffered its worst one-day fall in history as the banking crisis intensified.
tinyurl.com/3hgp4o

Global markets in meltdown as London and New York shares plunge to four-year low:
London shares had £100bn wiped off their value today in the biggest ever fall as the bank crisis swept around the world. The FTSE-100, which had at one point collapsed by 430 points or nearly 9%, closed 391.1 down at 4,589.2.
tinyurl.com/42antl

Worst-case scenario is approaching rapidly:
The credit crisis, which has been building slowly for the past year, is now moving so fast that governments around the world are finding it impossible to keep pace.
business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/columnists/article4888251.ece

Credit doors are closing :
A crucial source of financing for companies and banks is making some ominous grinding sounds. The market for commercial paper, which is high-quality, short-term debt, shrank by a record $95 billion last week, to $1.6 trillion, according to the U.S. Federal Reserve. That’s down from nearly $2 trillion before the credit crunch.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/05/business/views06.php

Full of Doubts, U.S. Shoppers Cut Spending:
Cowed by the financial crisis, American consumers are pulling back on their spending, all but guaranteeing that the economic situation will get worse before it gets better.
tinyurl.com/48tvgy