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 4,183
icasualties.org/oif/

The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$562,423,230,338
See the cost in your community
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Association of Muslim Scholars Issues Fatwa Prohibiting Long-term Pact
By Aswat al-Iraq
The Association of Muslim Scholars (AMS – Sunni organization) on Monday issued a fatwa prohibiting signing the long-term Iraqi-U.S. security agreement, accusing governmental officials and lawmakers who would approve it of betrayal, according to a release issued by the association.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21008.htm

Why The Afghan War Is Unwinnable
By Gwynne Dyer
It would make sense to announce a deadline for pulling out the foreign troops and start negotiating for a final peace settlement in Afghanistan now. Waiting is unlikely to produce a better deal. Which is probably why President Hamid Karzai said last week that he had asked the king of Saudi Arabia to mediate in negotiations with the Taliban.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21006.htm

Liquidating the Empire
By Patrick J. Buchanan
With U.S. markets crashing and wealth vanishing, what are we doing with 750 bases and troops in over 100 countries?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21005.htm

Is US Fighting Force Big Enough?
By Gordon Lubold
American’s armed forces are growing bigger to reduce the strains from seven years of war, but if the US is confronting an era of “persistent conflict,” as some experts believe, it will need an even bigger military.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21007.htm

Chomsky: Economic Crisis Will Not End US Hegemony
By Afshin Rattansi
The US military is approximately at the scale of the rest of the world combined, and far ahead technologically.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21011.htm

In New Era, U.S. to Buy $250 Billion in Bank Stakes
By Daniel Trotta
The U.S. Treasury will buy nonvoting preferred shares in major financial institutions, with stakes in each limited to $25 billion. Bank executives must accept limits on their pay, and standards of corporate governance.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21012.htm

Big Banks Get $125 Billion Cash Going Away Gift
By Robert Wenzel
Please sit down before you read this. If you have high blood pressure or heart trouble don’t even try to read this, find a decent sports page instead, this is not for you.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21009.htm

Does the Bailout Pass the Smell Test?
By Paul Craig Roberts
The explanation that has been given for the financial crisis does not match up with the solution that has been devised. Moreover, the windows into the crisis offered by the authorities are opaque rather than transparent.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21014.htm

The Final Shoe on American Consumerism is About to Fall
By Stanislav Mishin
The Chinese are about to raise prices on consumer goods as they have already raised prices on metal industrial inputs. There are three reasons for this.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21010.htm

James Bamford: “The Shadow Factory:
The Ultra-Secret NSA from 9/11 to the Eavesdropping on America”
By Democracy Now!
Two influential congressional committees have opened probes into allegations US intelligence spied on the phone calls of American military personnel, journalists and aid workers in Iraq. We speak to James Bamford about the NSA’s spying on Americans, the agency’s failings pre-9/11 and the ties between NSA and the nation’s telecommunications companies.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21016.htm

No More!
How long before we act?
By Monica Benderman
Every day they seek to divide us; to isolate us from the opportunity for joining together and fighting back.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21013.htm

Poverty in Haiti Spawns Child Slavery
2 Minute Video Report
Haiti is one of the poorest countries in the western hemisphere and the poverty has fuelled restavek, a system of domestic servitude of hundreds of thousands of children that is tantamount to modern-day slavery.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21017.htm

A Class Perspective on Ecology and Indian Movements:
“Diversity with Inequality is Not Social Justice”
By James Petras
Clearly the case studies of Ecuador and Bolivia demonstrate that ‘communitarianism’ is an ideology of the rising Indian petit bourgeois eager to undermine an intensive intra-Indian class struggle.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21015.htm

Pakistan: 42 killed in latest security forces offensive:
The security forces have claimed to have killed atleast 40 militants during the latest series of clashes in Bajaur and Swat area. Two soldiers have also been killed during the violence in the Bajaur region and the Swat valley.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?206750

160,000 flee Pakistani borders: UN report:
Nearly 190,000 people are reported to have fled fighting between Pakistani troops and militants near the border with Afghanistan, the United Nations reported today as fresh clashes in the area killed 17 militants.
www.thestar.com/News/World/article/517084

Pak warns US against border violations:
Pakistan’s president warns the US on strikes against Pakistan, saying the violation of the country’s border would not be tolerated.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=72103&sectionid=351020401

Severe economic crisis threatens Pakistan’s stability:
A worsening economic crisis in Pakistan is pushing millions more people into poverty, and experts fear that it could help Islamic extremists recruit new converts.
tinyurl.com/3wawy7

World Bank pledges $1.4 billion support to Pakistan:
The economy of Pakistan has been facing many serious challenges such as trade deficits, galloping inflation, increase in the level of poverty, power outages, water shortages, closure of industries and food insecurity.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=608805

9 Afghan civilians, four foreign occupation soldiers among 27 killed :
A remote-controlled roadside bomb hit a bus in Deh Rawood district of the southern province of Uruzgan on Tuesday morning, killing nine civilians including three children
tinyurl.com/3gwxx2

3 US-led occupation troops killed in Afghanistan:
At least three US-led soldiers have been killed after a roadside bomb struck their vehicle in eastern Afghanistan, the alliance says.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=72138&sectionid=351020403

Taliban make travel out of Kabul treacherous:
The Taliban are isolating Afghanistan’s capital city from the rest of the country, choking off important supply routes and imposing their rules on the provinces near Kabul.
tinyurl.com/3kox7v

Iraqi Christians’ murders condemned:
Muslim scholars have spoken out against a spate of attacks against Christians in northern Iraq, after more than 12 members of the community were killed in recent weeks.
tinyurl.com/4ca7f5

Friendly fire in Iraq — and a coverup:
The Army says no, but a graphic video and eyewitness testimony indicate that a U.S. tank killed two American soldiers. The mother of one soldier demands answers.
www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/10/14/friendly_fire/

Iraqi PM meets with president on US “security” pact:
Although Iraqi officials had said the issue was unresolved, Majid’s use of the phrase “final draft” suggested that negotiations have ended.
tinyurl.com/3psjwa

US deal best compromise for Iraq, says Maliki:
Maliki expressed hope that a pact with the US will be approved by the end of the year, but warned that failure to do so would force him to ask the UN to extend its mandate for all foreign troops to stay in Iraq.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=608773

Lebanon stability scraps Israel’s schemes: Ahmadinejad:
 ”The United States as well as the Zionist regime are moving towards downfall and neither one has popularity whatsoever in the Middle East.”
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=72111&sectionid=351020101

Lebanon: Nasrallah replacement chosen:
Iranian newspaper reports Safi al-Din elected chairman of Hizbullah executive council, to take over if Nasrallah assassinated
tinyurl.com/3sb7y3

Witness accounts: rioting in Acre:
We were attacked by hundreds of Jews. People in the street were throwing rocks at the house. Some came in and rampaged through the house.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7667742.stm

Israeli parties in ‘coalition deal’:
The deal, reported in Israeli newspapers on Monday, paves the way for Tzipi Livni, the foreign minister, to become the next prime minister.
tinyurl.com/3pxols

Rwanda troops ‘enter DR Congo’:
The Democratic Republic of Congo has accused its neighbour Rwanda of sending troops across the border in support of a Congolese rebel leader.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008/10/20081091535209818.html

Ahmadinejad warns of US plundering:
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has warned that Washington’s financial meltdown may pave the way for a new era of loot and plunder.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=71925&sectionid=351020101

Soros sees end of US-led globalized market system:
“This is now over. The game is out. It does mean a very serious adjustment for America,” added Soros
tinyurl.com/4anclf

Europe to U.S.: You messed up the rescue, too:
First you mess up the world’s financial system. Then you blow the rescue of it. Now let’s show you how to do it properly.
tinyurl.com/5x594e

In new era, U.S. to buy $250 billion in bank stakes:
The U.S. Treasury will buy nonvoting preferred shares in major financial institutions, with stakes in each limited to $25 billion. Bank executives must accept limits on their pay, and standards of corporate governance.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21012.htm

Think tanks say Germany on verge of recession:
A group of leading German economic think tanks say Europe’s largest economy is on the brink of a recession.
tinyurl.com/3msm73

Former Fed chief says U.S. now in recession:
Former Federal Reserve Chairman Paul Volcker said on Tuesday the U.S. housing sector faced more losses and the economy was in recession even as authorities moved to stabilize the financial system.
www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSTRE49D2QB20081014