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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Time To Face The Facts On Afghanistan
By Eric S. Margolis
Both Barack Obama and John McCain are wrong about Afghanistan. It is not a `good’ fight against `terrorism,’ but a classic, 19th century colonial war to advance western geopolitical power into resource-rich Central Asia. The Pashtun Afghans who live there are ready to fight for another 100 years.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20971.htm

Former Officials Say Iran Helped On al-Qaida
By BARRY SCHWEID
Leverett, who said she negotiated with Iran for the Bush administration in the 2001-3 period, said Iran sought a broader relationship with the United States. “They thought they had been helpful on al-Qaida, and they were,” she said. For one thing, she said, suspected al-Qaida operatives were not given sanctuary in Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20968.htm

Judge Orders 17 Released From Guantanamo Bay
By David G. Savage
For the first time, a federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release prisoners held at the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling Tuesday that 17 Chinese Muslims must be brought to his courtroom by the end of the week so that they can be set free.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20969.htm

I Survived The Georgian War. Here’s What I Saw.
By Lira Tskhovrebova
I know this because I was in Tskhinvali, the capital of South Ossetia, on Aug. 7 when Georgian troops marched into the city and killed my friends and neighbors.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20974.htm

“To the Bunkers!”:
Central banks slash rates in emergency “midnight” meeting
By Mike Whitney
The United States is headed into another Great Depression and has probably dragged the rest of the world along with it. The global financial system will look very different by the time we reach the other end of the tunnel.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20976.htm

Thousands of Troops Are Deployed on U.S. Streets
Ready to Carry Out “Crowd Control”
By Naomi Wolf
Members of Congress were told they could face martial law if they didn’t pass the bailout bill. This will not be the last time.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20975.htm

The Debate That Made No Difference
By Timothy V. Gatto
If what happened last night is any indication of what is in the future for America, we may as well brace for it. There was no mention of civil liberties being returned to Americans, no lessoning of the military budget that brought us into this debt, along with the declining housing market.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20977.htm

Bush, McCain Abuse Their Legacy
By Robert Scheer
I am not a conventionally religious man, or even a very superstitious one, but I do wish George W. Bush would stop asking God to bless America.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20972.htm

McCain Linked to Group in Iran-Contra Affair
By PETE YOST
In the 1980s, McCain served on the advisory board to the U.S. chapter of an international group linked to ultra-right-wing death squads in Central America.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20970.htm

The Financial Crisis Could be the Euro’s Death Knell …
and even end the shambolic EU
By Christopher Booker
The truth is that this massive banking crisis has exposed the hollowness, the impotence and the hypocrisy of the European Union like nothing before in its history.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20973.htm

Israel: Wedded To War?
By Ben White
Far from learning the lessons of past conflict, the country’s military seem ever more willing to resort to brute force.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article20967.htm

Iraq: At least 17 killed in another bloody day of US occupation:
Eleven people were killed and 19 more were wounded when a female suicide bomber struck outside a courthouse in central Baquba.
www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13567

New U.S. intelligence report warns ‘victory’ not certain in Iraq:
The findings seem to cast doubts on McCain’s frequent assertions that the United States is “on a path to victory” in Iraq by underscoring the deep uncertainties of the situation despite the 30,000-strong U.S. troop surge for which he was the leading congressional advocate.
www.mcclatchydc.com/244/story/53605.html

Turkish parliament reauthorizes Iraq incursions:
Lawmakers have voted in favor of extending the Turkish military’s mandate to carry out operations against the terrorists belong to the outlawed Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) in northern Iraq.
tinyurl.com/4tlhvv

Afghanistan : 30 Civilians killed in US attack :
U.S. Inquiry Finds: The investigator, Brig. Gen. Michael W. Callan of the Air Force, concluded that many more civilians, including women and children, had been buried in the rubble than the military had asserted, one of the military officials said.
tinyurl.com/3jtyls

Germany to extend Afghan mission 14 months:
With the new mandate, the ceiling for the number of German troops serving with the NATO-led international force is expected to increase this year by 1,000 to 4,500 overall.
tinyurl.com/49grcy

Secret Saudi dinner, Karzai’s brother and the Taliban:
The Afghan government of President Hamid Karzai has been involved in secret negotiations with Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the former Mujaheddin leader now labelled a terrorist by the US and Britain.
tinyurl.com/4zq6js

‘Biggest Threat’ to U.S. in Afghanistan Is Aided by Pakistanis:
When Jalaluddin Haqqani fought Soviet troops in Afghanistan in the 1980s, the U.S. showered him with praise, guns and money. The congressman celebrated in ``Charlie Wilson’s War,’’ the movie and book about that conflict, called him ``goodness personified.’’ Now the U.S. is trying to kill Haqqani
tinyurl.com/4dneye

Jim Lobe: ‘Play or no pay’ warning for Pakistan: –
Calling Pakistan the “greatest single challenge” to the next United States administration, a bipartisan group of South Asia experts recommends cutting aid to the Pakistani army unless it commits itself to the counter-insurgency struggle against the Taliban and al-Qaeda.
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JJ09Df04.html

Pakistani troops kill 20 “militants” in restive tribal region:
Helicopter gunships and artillery pounded several positions of rebels in Bajaur district, where the military and paramilitary troops are carrying out a major offensive against al-Qaeda and Taliban fighters since early August.
tinyurl.com/44owt8

Five militants killed in Pakistan:
The APP quoted security officials as saying that the security forces targeted militants with artillery and pounded their suspected hideouts in Tor Chapar, Akhurwal and Peerwal Khel areas in North West Frontier Province (NWFP).
tinyurl.com/3rc5yl

Only Pakistan to take action in case of knowledge of Osama’s location within borders: Sherry :
We will not allow anyone to challenge our sovereignty and no country should violate Pakistan’s territorial integrity,” the minister said talking to news channels on comments by US Presidential candidates John McCain and Barack Obama over Osama Bin Laden.
tinyurl.com/4p8zlp

Iran: Intruding jet belonged to NATO:
A Falcon jet that violated Iranian airspace and was forced to land in the Islamic Republic belongs to the NATO forces, a report says.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71581&sectionid=351020101

Somali mortar attack claims lives:
At least 15 people have been killed in mortar attacks in Mogadishu, the Somali capital, local residents say.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/2008106185758207696.html

14 Somali soldiers killed:
Heavily armed fighters from the military wing of the Union of the Islamic Courts (UIC), al-Shabab, attacked and took control of Sarkuusta checkpoint near an Ethiopian base in southern Mogadishu, Press TV’s Somali correspondent reported Wednesday.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71630&sectionid=351020501

Scores of would-be African migrants die at sea:
Efto Ali, an Oromo woman aged 20, was among 61 African migrants to make the perilous journey to Yemen from the Somali port of Bossaso a week ago. She said she experienced unforgettable hardship during the three-day boat journey that cost her US$100.
www.irinnews.org/report.aspx?ReportID=80804

Russia completes Georgia pull-out:
Russian troops have completely withdrawn from a ‘buffer zone’ surrounding Georgia’s independent-seeking regions of South Ossetia and Abkhazia.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71622&sectionid=351020606

Olmert fails to get Russian guarantees on arms sales to Iran:
While Russia has yet to sell the system to Iran, Tehran claimed last year that Moscow was to equip them with S-300 systems and media reports have quoted senior Israeli officials saying that they will be delivered by the end of 2008.
www.thejc.com/node/6738

Lieberman: ‘I Worry About’ Whether Obama Has ‘The Right Stuff To Bomb Iran’:
In an interview with the right-wing magazine Newsmax yesterday, Sen. Joe Lieberman (I-CT) called Sen. Barack Obama’s worldview “naive.” Asked if Obama had “the right stuff to bomb Iran if it came to that level,” Lieberman replied, “I worry about that”:
www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/10/08/lie
berman-i-worry-about-w_n_132969.html

Hamas: Israeli military training on Gaza border prelude to offensive:
The armed wing of Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday said Israeli army exercises and training on Gaza Strip borders prove that Israel prepares for offensive.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/08/content_10166935.htm

Police ban Paris rally by “anti-Israel” groups:
The first pro-Palestinian “Jerusalem Day” to be held in Paris has been banned by police, following alerts on possible altercations and incitement.
www.thejc.com/node/6530

Hijacked tanks ‘for South Sudan’:
The BBC has seen evidence suggesting that the Ukrainian ship being held by pirates off Somalia is carrying weapons and tanks destined for South Sudan.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/7656662.stm

Judge Orders 17 Released From Guantanamo Bay:
For the first time, a federal judge has ordered the Bush administration to release prisoners held at the U.S. military facility at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, ruling Tuesday that 17 Chinese Muslims must be brought to his courtroom by the end of the week so that they can be set free.
us.oneworld.net/article/357897-judge
-orders-17-released-guantanamo

AP Exclusive: Documents say detainee near insanity:
A U.S. military officer warned Pentagon officials that an American detainee was being driven nearly insane by months of punishing isolation and sensory deprivation in a U.S. military brig, according to documents obtained by The Associated Press.
tinyurl.com/3ud5tl

Hutchins defends covert spying by state police:
Hutchins, who was the Maryland State Police superintendent at the time of the surveillance, did say the agency was at fault for classifying 53 individuals of the anti-death penalty and war groups as terrorists in the state police database.
www.mddailyrecord.com/article.cfm?id=148915&type=Daily

Brazil, Argentina abandon US dollar:
Brazil and Argentina have launched a new payment system in their bilateral trade, doing away with the US dollar as a medium of exchange.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=71493&sectionid=3510213

IMF: World economy to slow sharply, led by US:
“The world economy is now entering a major downturn in the face of the most dangerous shock in mature financial markets since the 1930s,” the IMF said in its report.
tinyurl.com/4aodc6

Russian stock exchanges shut down until Friday as prices plummet:
The RTS and MICEX stock exchanges halted trading until Friday after opening for barely more than half an hour on Wednesday as prices plummeted in tune with the overall situation in the world’s stock markets and falling oil prices.
biznes.onet.pl/7,1839974,wiadomosci.html

FTSE falls 2.6 percent on commodities;:
Britain’s top share index slid 2.6 percent by midday on Wednesday as recession fears stemming from a credit crisis battered commodity stocks
www.reuters.com/article/email/idUSTRE4972XU20081008

Central banks cut interest rates:
The US Federal Reserve on Wednesday cut its key interest rate by half a percentage point, as did the European Central Bank, Bank of England and Swiss, Canadian and Swedish central banks.
english.aljazeera.net/business/2008/10/2008108114540195243.html

Bush to America: Hang in there:
President Bush on Tuesday told a country engulfed by dire economic news that it should not expect a sudden recovery, but rather a gradual rebound that will test people’s patience.
tinyurl.com/5yvwn9

‘Economic 9/11' exacting grim psychological toll in US:
The murder-suicide of a Los Angeles financial manager who shot dead five members of his family before killing himself has highlighted the psychological toll of the economic meltdown.
tinyurl.com/3w9u3o

Retirement accounts have lost $2 trillion so far:
Americans’ retirement plans have lost as much as $2 trillion in the past 15 months – about 20 percent of their value – Congress’ top budget analyst estimated Tuesday as lawmakers began investigating how turmoil in the financial industry is whittling away workers’ nest eggs.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081007/ap_on_bi_ge/meltdown_retirement

Americans’ Satisfaction at All-Time Low of 9%:
Only 9% of Americans are satisfied with the way things are going in the United States — the lowest such reading in Gallup Poll history.
tinyurl.com/3hslck

McCain is heading for defeat, says Republican analyst:
Voters lose faith in party amid economic meltdown
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/oct/08/uselections2008.johnmccain