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 4,190
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$568,624,550,632
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The Slaughter Continues
US Kills Dozens of Wedding Guests
By JESSICA LEEDER AND ALEX STRICK VAN LINSCHOTEN:
The bodies of at least 36 women have been identified, and hundreds more men and women have been injured. Local leaders have yet to establish a firm casualty count because many of the victims remain buried beneath rubble, said Abdul Hakim Khan, a tribal elder from the district.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21153.htm
Pakistan’s Secret Cooperation with America
By David Ignatius
The secret accord was set after the September visit to Washington by Pakistan’s new president, Asif Zardari. It provided new mechanics for coordination of Predator attacks and a jointly approved list of high-value targets.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21155.htm
Now That the Election Is Over,
The Fight for Economic Justice Begins!
By Medea Benjamin and Arun Gupta
Just like the 1930s, this unprecedented crisis has given us the opportunity to fix America and create a productive, sustainable economy for all. Let’s get to work!
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21161.htm
An Obama Presidency
More Of The Same Only Worse
By Larry Pinkney
If the masses of people in this nation knew or had known the pertinent facts pertaining to the war mongering “we can fight the war better,” pro-apartheid Zionist, corporate Wall Street-backed, slippery tongued Barack Obama, it is doubtful they would have been so thoroughly bamboozled and hoodwinked to their own detriment and that of the world.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21159.htm
A New False Dawn
By Seth Freedman
Obama won four in every five Jewish votes as Israel’s invasion of Gaza continued overnight. Does his victory change anything?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21154.htm
A Parasitical and Rapacious Empire.
By Fidel Castro Ruz
It is the largest producer and exporter of weapons. The military industrial complex also has an insatiable market within the same country. Its air and naval forces are concentrated on dozens of military bases in other countries. The strategic missiles of the United States, which carry nuclear warheads, can reach any point in the world with total precision.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21156.htm
Pelosi Defeats Cindy Sheehan to Win 12th Term
By ERICA WERNER
Pelosi was elected to a 12th House term representing San Francisco with 71.56 percent of the vote, compared to 17.19 percent for Sheehan, with 67 percent of precincts reporting.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21157.htm
I Will Never Concede Defeat
By Cindy Sheehan
If we never level the playing field to allow the people’s voice and message to be heard, the tyranny of incumbency and the obscene amount of money spent on these circuses will continue and true progressive change will never happen.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21158.htm
Mass Media and Mass Politics
Conservative, Liberal and Marxist Perspectives
By James Petras
The role of the mass media (MM) in influencing mass and class behavior has been a central concern among critical writers, especially since the turn of the Twentieth century. Debates and studies on the MM have focused on its political bias, ownership and links to big business, relationships and ties to the state, relative openness and diversity, promotion of wars and corporate interests among other major issues affecting the relations of power, wealth and empire.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21160.htm
US Airstrike kills 90 in Afghan wedding party:
“It was a mistake – they hit the wedding party and thought it was the Taliban,” Gov. Rahmatullah Raufi told a late afternoon news conference.
www.thestar.com/News/World/article/530904
Karzai demands Obama end civilian deaths:
The bombing Monday afternoon of the remote village of Wech Baghtu in the southern province of Kandahar destroyed an Afghan housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate. Body parts littered the wreckage and nearby farm animals lay dead.
tinyurl.com/5ac8xx
Kabul rocket attack kills two people; injures three :
The rocket landed on a civilian house at 5am on Wednesday in the Pakiakot district of Kabul, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Zmari Bashari, said.
tinyurl.com/575fzh
British occupation force solder killed in Afghanistan:
A British soldier from 2nd Battalion The Royal Gurkha Rifles has been killed by enemy fire in Afghanistan, the British Ministry of Defence said today.
www.breakingnews.ie/world/mhideyididql/rss2/
Pakistan: 15 person including 9 militants killed in Bajur air strikes:
Gunship helicopters bombed suspected hideouts of local militants’ situated in Gattagarra, Airab, Dammadola and Jangzai Badan areas of Mamond, killing at least 15 more militants. The death toll may rise, sources said. Several hideouts of local militants were also destroyed in bombing.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?207567
Three killed in Pakistan explosion:
Three people were killed in an explosion Wednesday in a Pakistani northern Sawat valley, said sources.
www.kuna.net.kw/NewsAgenciesPublicSite/
ArticleDetails.aspx?id=1950366&Language=en
Suicide bomber kills 6 in Baghdad:
A suicide bomber rammed his car into a police patrol on the road to Baghdad’s airport Wednesday, killing six people and wounding 12 others, police said.
www.usatoday.com/news/world/iraq/2008-11-05-iraq-bomber_N.htm
Three policeman killed, four injured in attacks in Iraq:
Three policemen were killed in separate attacks around Iraq on Wednesday, reports said.
tinyurl.com/5fwb8s
Iraq VP calls for national referendum on US status of forces agreement:
Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, one of two Iraqi vice presidents, called Tuesday for a national referendum on a proposed US-Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
tinyurl.com/65a2wc
Iran army warns US forces to steer clear of borders:
Iran will “take down” any overflying aircraft which fails to respond to warnings, a high-ranking Iranian air force commander was quoted by Fars newsagency as saying.
paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?207568
Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire, assassinates six:
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of six Palestinians carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip yesterday evening and this morning
electronicintifada.net/v2/article9937.shtml
Gaza Militants Pound Southern Israel With Rockets After Raid Kills Six: –
Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have fired some 20 Qassam rockets into southern Israel just hours after an Israeli raid killed six militants in the Palestinian territory, said Israeli officials and Palestinian militants on Wednesday.
tinyurl.com/6xnoyd
Israel orders all Israel-Gaza goods crossings full closure:
Earlier on Wednesday morning, Israel airstriked central Gaza Strip and killed six Palestinians, including five Islamic Hamas militants and a Palestinian woman.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/05/content_10312060.htm
Gaza residents ‘terribly trapped’:
A former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, has told the BBC she was taken aback by the “terrible” conditions in Gaza on a recent visit.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7708670.stm
Peres to attend meeting with Saudi king:
President Shimon Peres plans to join Saudi Arabia’s King Abdullah at a UN interfaith conference this month, Peres’ office said Wednesday, raising the possibility of an unprecedented public meeting between the heads of state of the longtime adversaries
www.focus-fen.net/?id=n158495
Russia to deploy missiles near NATO border:
In his first state of the nation speech, Medvedev also blamed the U.S. for the war in Georgia and the global financial crisis. He said he hoped Barack Obama would act to improve relations with Russia but he did not offer congratulations to the president-elect.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27551326/
Half of the Zimbabwe population faces starvation:
Aid charities and the United Nations estimate that 5 million people in Zimbabwe, half the population, face starvation.
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/nov2008/zimb-n05.shtml
Peru declares state of emergency in south after protests:
The measure, announced by Prime Minister Yehude Simon after an extraordinary cabinet meeting, will see soldiers and police take over the city, which lies close to the border with Chile.
tinyurl.com/5qhr9f
Lula salutes Obama, asks him to lift Cuba embargo:
Lula, however, also cautioned that there is “a very big difference between winning an election and governing a country like the United States … Let us wait until he is inaugurated to see what happens.”
tinyurl.com/59vo9l
Chávez reasserts interest in restoring dialogue with the US:
Venezuela’s President, Hugo Chávez, congratulated Barack Obama for his “historic election” on Tuesday and confirmed his desire to establish “new relations” with the United States and re-launch “a constructive bilateral agenda” for the wellbeing of the two peoples.
tinyurl.com/6zxnxk
In case you missed it:
General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes:
The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who’s now retired, came in a new report that found that U.S. personnel tortured and abused detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using beatings, electrical shocks, sexual humiliation and other cruel practices.
www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/41514.html
Spain offers mortgage relief to 500,000 workers:
The Spanish government said on Monday it will allow unemployed workers to delay making half their mortgage payments for two years as it seeks to cushion the impact of rising joblessness and economic slowdown.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/feedarticle/7978974
Collapse of US auto sales points to deep recession:
Sales fell by a staggering 31.9 percent last month over the previous year in a further sign the US economy has entered a deep and protracted downturn, threatening the jobs of millions of working people.
www.wsws.org/articles/2008/nov2008/auto-n05.shtml