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 4,189
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$568,049,667,054
See the cost in your community
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The End of International Law?
By Robert Dreyfuss
A parallel new Bush doctrine is emerging, in the last days of the soon-to-be-ancien regime, and it needs to be strangled in its crib.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21150.htm
Silence on War Crimes
By Andy Worthington
I can only note that it’s a sad indictment of a country’s state of mind when the ruling administration has been devoted to dictatorial powers and war crimes, but an election campaign comes and goes as though it had never happened.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21147.htm
Bush’s Last 100 Days the Ones to Watch
By Jesse Jackson
Bush and Vice President Cheney represent a failed conservative era — and they know it. As the administration moves into its last 100 days, there seems to be a flurry of activity: regulations to forestall Obama’s new era of accountability; a flood of contracts to reward friends and lock in commitments; a Wall Street bailout that is pumping money out the door.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21151.htm
Misconceptions Of Obama Fuel Republican Campaign
2 Minute Video
Misconceptions and rumours abound and many voters have their facts about the candidates all wrong. Some believe that Democrat Barack Obama is a Muslim, for instance. Casey Kauffman talked to some Republican supporters after a rally by Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential candidate, in Ohio.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21149.htm
Only Nader Is Right on the Issues
By Chris Hedges
Sen. Barack Obama’s vote to renew the Patriot Act, his votes to continue to fund the Iraq war, his backing of the FISA Reform Act, his craven courting of the Israeli lobby, his support of the death penalty, his refusal to champion universal, single-payer not-for-profit health care for all Americans, his call to increase troop levels and expand the war in Afghanistan, his failure to call for a reduction in the bloated and wasteful defense spending and his lobbying for the huge taxpayer swindle known as the bailout are repugnant to most of us on the left. Nader stands on the other side of all those issues.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21152.htm
In Case You Missed It
“Hacking Democracy”
Must Watch Video
“On Tuesday, 40 percent of voters will cast ballots on electronic touch-screens. If you’re not worried already about the dangers of paperless voting, this HBO documentary will blow your mind.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21145.htm
Protecting Democracy
Must Watch 22 Minute Video Report
In 2006, Sarasota County’s election suffered 18,412 lost votes, votes that were apparently cast, but never recorded by voting machines.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21146.htm
Pakistan: 18 Taliban killed in Bajaur strikes:
Four Taliban died in artillery shelling in different areas of Mamond tehsil on Monday morning, while 14 Taliban were killed in bombing by jet fighters in the afternoon, officials said.
tinyurl.com/68uwym
Suicide Bomber Kills 1, Wounds 7 in Northwestern Pakistan:
Police in northwestern Pakistan say a suicide bomber detonated an explosives-filled car at a security post Tuesday, killing a Pakistani soldier and wounding at least seven others.
www.voanews.com/english/2008-11-04-voa13.cfm
Zardari seeks urgent Saudi funds:
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari has arrived in Saudi Arabia on a two-day visit to seek assistance for Pakistan’s cash-strapped economy.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7708267.stm
Intelligence official, militants killed in Afghanistan:
Gunmen on a motorbike killed an intelligence officer in the city of Kandahar on Monday evening, and US-led coalition troops killed two militants while a civilian was injured in an ISAF firing on his vehicle in southern Afghanistan, security officials said, Tuesday
tinyurl.com/5t7hlk
U.S. civilian kills Afghan after fire attack:
A U.S. civilian shot dead an Afghan civilian who tried to set fire to another American on Tuesday, the U.S. military said.
tinyurl.com/6day8t
Afghan Officials Helped Taliban Attack U.S. Soldiers:
An Afghan police chief and district governor helped Taliban militants attack a U.S. outpost in eastern Afghanistan that killed nine American soldiers, the New York Times said, citing a military report on the incident.
www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=20601104&sid=aHUpzqBEJbp4
Pakistan, Afghanistan to seek contacts with militants:
Pakistani and Afghan officials and tribal leaders agreed Tuesday to make contact with Taliban militants in an attempt to end the raging insurgent violence along their porous border.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5iXxSpkidka2hP18Kog7gxcF3eqxA
15 Killed In Baghdad Bomb Attacks :
Bombs exploded at a bus station and a small market in Baghdad, killing 15 people and wounding 29 others on Tuesday, police and hospital officials said.
tinyurl.com/6y2zeq
MP: Ayatollah’s SOFA conditions not met:
An Iraqi lawmaker says none of the conditions set by Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani for signing the US-Iraq security pact have been met.
www.presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=74204§ionid=351020201
Iraqi Ministry of Defense ready to replace US occupation force:
Deputy Head of the parliamentary committee of security and defense on Monday said that Iraqi Ministry of Defense’s military commanders announced that they are ready to replace Multi National Forces (MNF) throughout Iraq, in case a security pact is not agreed upon with the U.S.
en.aswataliraq.info/?p=102424
Syria asks foreign staff of U.S. institutions to leave country:
Syrian authorities have asked the staff of the American school and cultural center in Damascus to leave Syria within 48 hours, Lebanese radio reported Monday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1033940.html
Report: Alleged Lebanon spy was tracking Hezbollah for Israel:
The Lebanese army had reported Sunday that security officials had detained Jarrah and one other alleged spy suspected of working for the Mossad since the 1980s.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1033846.html
Members of Israeli spy ring ‘related to 9/11 hijacker’:
Two men arrested for running an Israeli spy ring in the Bekaa Valley are relatives of a suicide hijacker who piloted a plane in the September 11, 2001, attacks, a security source told The Daily Star on Sunday.
tinyurl.com/5t9hjk
Demonizing Ahmadinejad:
Israel’s UN envoy: Dangerous words, like Ahmadinejad’s, sparked the Holocaust:
“The gas chambers were not the starting point of the Holocaust, but rather the end. The Holocaust began with dangerous words uttered by people,” said Israel’s new United Nations Ambassador, Professor Gabriella Shalev, in a speech at the UN assembly on Tuesday.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1034258.html
Egypt opens Rafah crossing for 3 days:
Ihab al Ghussein, spokesman for the Hamas Interior Ministry said Tuesday more than 1,000 people have already signed up to travel through the crossing, which opened at 8 am local time.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=74280§ionid=351020202
Congo-Kinshasa: U.S. Urged to Take Military Action:
The US should help initiate multilateral military action against rebels in the Democratic Republic of Congo if a UN force fails to stabilise areas now rocked by turmoil, an influential US-based think tank said last week.
allafrica.com/stories/200811031419.html
Bolivia Gives US Anti-Drug Team Three Months To Leave:
President Evo Morales, a staunch foe of the U.S. government, announced Saturday he was suspending the work of the U.S. DEA Administration in Bolivia, accusing it of having encouraged political unrest that killed 19 people in September.
tinyurl.com/5qn3dt
Colombia’s Army Chief Resigns Amid Scandal:
Colombian army commander Mario Montoya resigned Tuesday after the government acknowledged that army personnel may have been involved in extrajudicial killings.
tinyurl.com/5dwmxr
Payments to Informants in Colombia Revealed:
The Drug Enforcement Administration has paid more than $3.3 million to four confidential informants in an investigation that led to the arrest of a man prosecutors called an international arms dealer, according to court documents.
www.nytimes.com/2008/11/04/nyregion/04arms.html?ref=world
Lawyer says US trumped up Russian arms dealer charges:
A lawyer for alleged Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout accused the US government Tuesday of trumping up charges against him in a bid to secure his extradition from Thailand.
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5hvz7lXbuCsk_jHyQhqys8R7NIBsw
Counting on Democracy: Video:
A must see for those concerned by Fair Elections
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21148.htm
Economic Darkness Descends on Putin’s Russia:
Privately, bankers and businessmen warn of a lack of currency to import food and the failure of local producers to replace imports. The supplies of foodstuffs available on Moscow supermarket shelves are shrinking as importers struggle to raise credit to replenish their stocks.
www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1856037,00.html?iid=tsmodule
Goldman fund loses $990m after 10 months:
One of Goldman Sachs’s flagship hedge funds, run by two of the Wall Street bank’s most talented traders, has lost close to $1bn since its launch in January in further evidence of the crisis facing the industry.
tinyurl.com/69b6bo