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 4,185
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$560,137,878,263
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America’s Coup D’État in the Making
Deception and Self-Deception
By Claes G. Ryn
People of great ambition who want to exercise the power being abdicated by Americans are trying to make us accept and even welcome the final disappearance of American constitutionalism and its culture of modesty and self-restraint.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21040.htm
“The New Kleptocracy”
“The largest financial theft in American history”
This is a must listen Interview – – By Guns & Butter
Economist Dr. Michael Hudson on Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson’s “Plan” passed by Congress on October 3, 2008. We discuss what is being purchased, the congressional vote, what this means for the oligarchs, and what this means for the rest of us.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21041.htm
Is Israel’s High-tech Industry A Branch of the Mossad?
By Yossi Melman
The fear and suspicion currently is directed not only toward Check Point, but also other Israeli high-tech companies like Verint, Comverse, NICE Systems and PerSay Voice Biometrics, some of which work in data mining and engage in software development for tapping telephones, fax machines, e-mail and computer communications.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21039.htm
In Case You Missed It
Israel Is Spying In And On The U.S.?
By Fox News – Video and transcript
Fox News has learned some U.S. investigators believe Israelis are engaged in spying in and on the U.S., who may have known things they didn’t tell us before September 11. Fox News correspondent Carl Cameron has details in the first of a four-part series.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7545.htm
At least 60 militants killed in airstrikes in north-west Pakistan:
Jets and helicopter gunships pounded several suspected Taliban hideouts in north-west Pakistan, officials said. The army claimed that two hideouts were bombarded in Piochar and surrounding areas of restive Swat district in the North West Frontier Province.
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Suspected US spy killed by Pak militants:
Militants shot dead an Afghan national in Miranshah on Friday accusing him of spying for the United States, officials said, reports our Pakistan correspondent.
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Pakistan does some US dirty work:
Pakistan’s seven-year association with the United States’ “war on terror” has moved to a new and dangerous level: the US has given it a contract to build 1,000 Humvees for use by troops in Afghanistan against the Taliban-led insurgency.
www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/JJ18Df01.html
Pakistani Agencies Warn Of Attack On U.S. Mission:
Pakistani intelligence agencies have issued a warning that “Islamic terrorists” could launch a fresh wave of attacks in the national capital, targeting President Asif Ali Zardari’s residence and the U.S. embassy in Islamabad, media reports said.
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NATO airstrike killed over 25 civilians, Afghans say:
Residents claiming to have witnessed the airstrike said at least 18 bodies, all women and children – including one only 6 months old – were pulled from the rubble and taken to the provincial governor’s compound in protest.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/10/17/asia/afghan.php
Afghan mayor turns Taliban leader:
Ex-official now runs 20 mountain bases training fighters to push foreign troops out.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2008/10/200810173815406492.html
Back from Afghanistan, Journalist Nir Rosen Says Taliban Takeover Looks “Irreversible”:
Within about 30 minutes of leaving Kabul, we were in the middle of a war zone, and Taliban were fighting the Americans. And we had to wait a few hundred meters away with a few hundred other people for the fighting to stop. A little bit further down the road, there was more fighting.
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‘We need 30,000 more soldiers to beat Taliban,’ says general: Exclusive:
General Sir David Richards, who will today be named as the British Army’s new head, appeals for a dramatic ‘surge’ in Afghanistan
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35 Kurdish Rebels Killed Near Iraq Border – Turkish Army:
The Turkish army said Friday that up to 35 Kurdish rebels may have died in a military offensive near the Iraqi border earlier this week.
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Clashes with PKK kills 10: :
An upsurge of violence on the Turkish border with northern Iraq has claimed the lives of ten soldiers and Kurdish rebels, Turkish military announced, while the PKK claims to have shot down a Turkish helicopter in a rocket attack.
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Baghdad mosque blast kills 3:
“At around 1:30 p.m. (1030 GMT), as worshippers were leaving the Saeed Haydar mosque in the Shaab neighborhood, a bomb went off killing three people and wounding seven others,” AFP quoted an Iraqi security official as saying.
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Another 3 killed in Iraq:
The U.S. military said it killed two suspected members of ‘special groups,’ its term for Shi’ite militants it “believes” are backed by Iran, on Thursday in eastern Baghdad.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900SID/FBUO-7KHC54?OpenDocument
U.S. occupation force soldier killed in Iraq’s Diyala:
An American soldier was killed by indirect fire attack in the volatile province of Diyala, the U.S. military said on Friday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-10/17/content_10210489.htm
Sadrists refuse presidential invitation to discuss US security pact :
The bloc loyal to Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, which holds 30 of 275 seats in the parliament, opposes the agreement and has demanded a timeline for US troops’ withdrawal. Movement loyalists have taken to the street several times to protest the deal.
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Americans could face jury-less trials in Iraq:
Under U.S.-Iraq security agreement, three-judge panel would hear cases
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Pentagon seeks to calm concerns over Iraq troop pact:
U.S. officials have not publicly discussed the deal. But they have not disputed the description offered by Iraqi officials, which appears to contain many caveats that mean U.S. forces would face Iraqi justice only in very rare cases.
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Iraq’s PM slams top US soldier over Iran comments:
Iraq’s prime minister said in remarks aired Friday that the top U.S. commander in Iraq “risked his position” by alleging Iran was trying to bribe lawmakers to vote against the proposed security agreement with the United States.
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Iran slams assault on Iraqi Christians:
The recent violence in the city of Mosul which resulted in deaths, injuries and displacement of a large number of Christians, is an inhumane act being carried out in line with the insurgents movements to destabilize the security, create unrest and derail the political trend of the country, the embassy said in a statement.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=72345§ionid=351020101
Propaganda and Presstitute alert:
Iran Has Changed, Says Former Middle East CIA Agent:
“What we are not watching is that they have backed away from terrorism, have become much more of a conventional power, as threatening, probably more threatening. But they are someone that we can deal with.
www.voanews.com/english/2008-10-16-voa55.cfm
Manufacturing Consent For An Attack On Iran?
US Treasury plans more Iran terror finance actions:
The U.S. Treasury on Thursday vowed to take additional actions to target the risk of terrorist financing emanating from Iran following a new warning from an international anti-money-laundering body.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=421675
Private Military Contractors Writing the News? The Pentagon’s Propaganda at Its Worst
Despite reforms, Congress hides $3.5B in defense earmarks: A Seattle Times investigation released Sunday of the 2008 defense bill has found 155 hidden earmarks worth $3.5 billion. House members broke the new rules 110 times by not disclosing who was getting the favors.
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Crisis may make 1929 look a ‘walk in the park’:
As central banks continue to splash their cash over the system, so far to little effect, Ambrose Evans-Pritchard argues that things risk spiralling out of their control
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Germany passes $675bn bank bailout:
The plan, which was handed to the lower parliament after its approval on Monday by Germany’s cabinet, was voted for under a fast-track procedure, with 476 politicians in favour, 99 against and one abstention.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/10/20081017152115123883.html
Nader: Tax Wall St. for bailout:
“Make Wall Street pay for its own bailout, by implementing a securities speculation tax, starting with derivatives,” Nader told a crowd of several hundred in front of the New York Stock Exchange in lower Manhattan.
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Housing Starts Hit 17-Year Low:
Home construction took its third tumble in a row during September, falling to the lowest level in 17 years, and a sign points to further decline in the fourth quarter.
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On top of everything else: Manufacturing sector hits a wall:
The manufacturing sector, reasonably strong until lately, is taking a severe tumble to recessionary levels as credit tightens, exports slow and domestic demand falls.
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Automaker Lays Off Detroit Office With Blog Post:
Tesla notifies Detroit workers today they were laid off two days ago…today! In a sign of what this new Financiapocalypse might bring, employees in the Metro Detroit branch of electric car maker Tesla Motors were laid off via a blog post
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UK: 10,000 jobs go as crunch hits the public sector:
Nearly 10,000 jobs are to be lost and up to 100 courts could close as budget cuts hit the public sector.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/politics/article4945283.ece
European markets tumble as confidence collapses:
Share prices in the UK plunged yet again yesterday, piling more misery on Britons saving for their pension, as world markets continued to come to terms with the prospect of a recession.
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Need a laugh?
Paulson regrets mistakes on economy:
Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson on Thursday expressed regret for the many errors made that led to the biggest financial crisis in seven decades, but he insisted the administration is pursuing the correct course now to end the debacle.
biz.yahoo.com/ap/081016/meltdown_paulson.html