Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,284,105"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’sWar On Iraq 4,193
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$570,308,753,472
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War is a Racket
Remembering The Victims of Those Who Profit From War
By Chycho
How unfortunate that we have a need for such a day, especially since “War is a racket It always has been. It is possibly the oldest, easily the most profitable, surely the most vicious. It is the only one international in scope. It is the only one in which the profits are reckoned in dollars and the losses in lives.” So stated Major General Smedley D. Butler, USMC, the most decorated Marine in US history.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21196.htm
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Major General Smedley Butler, USMC.
Audio Documentary – Runtime 29 Minutes
He joined the Marine Corps when the Spanish American War broke out, earned the Brevette Medal during the Boxer Rebellion in China, saw action in Central America, and in France during World War I was promoted to Major General. Smedley Butler served his country for 34 years, yet he spoke against American armed intervention into the affairs of sovereign nations.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article4377.htm
For What Did They Die?
By Joseph L. Galloway
A homeless Vietnam veteran patrols the black granite panels. He tells us that he has cancer and is having a hard time getting any benefits from the Veterans Administration. He lives in a mission that houses those who have nowhere else to go, but the doors don’t open until 11 p.m.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21198.htm
“Martin, Malcolm, Obama, and Nader.”
By Doug Tarnopol
We refuse to believe that the bank of justice is as bankrupt as our treasury. We refuse to believe that there are insufficient funds in the great vaults of opportunity of this nation. And so, whether Obama prevails or not, we must cash this check, a check that will give us upon demand the riches of freedom and the security of justice — the freedom of economic justice and the justice of economic security.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21199.htm
Common Sense: A Revolutionary Idea
10 Minute Video
Would there be a revolution, if every American saw this? The time is now.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21200.htm
Remember Arafat?
By Mike Whitney
On this—the anniversary of the death of Yasir Arafat—what better tribute to the man than some positive sign that the Palestinians will be helped by Washington to achieve their goal of establishing an independent state. It all starts with Obama and the hope that he will defend the voiceless victims of repression who desperately want peace and a better future for their children.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21197.htm
A Quiet Windfall For U.S. Banks
With Attention on Bailout Debate, Treasury Made Change to Tax Policy
By Amit R. Paley
The financial world was fixated on Capitol Hill as Congress battled over the Bush administration’s request for a $700 billion bailout of the banking industry. In the midst of this late-September drama, the Treasury Department issued a five-sentence notice that attracted almost no public attention.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21201.htm
Global systemic crisis Alert For Summer 2009:
The US Government Will Default On Its Debt
By GEAB
Our researchers anticipate that, before next summer 2009, the US government will default and be prevented to pay back its creditors (holders of US Treasury Bonds, of Fanny May and Freddy Mac shares, etc.). Of course such a bankruptcy will provoke some very negative outcome for all USD-denominated asset holders.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21194.htm
The DOW a year from now
By Denver Research Group
Without new dollars flowing on a consistent basis to middle class consumers, many analysts believe the DOW would necessarily fall below the level of the post dot.com, post 9/11 crash of 2002 (8,000)…most likely to the range of 6,500-7,000.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21195.htm
13 militants killed in Pakistan:
At least 13 Islamic militants were killed in clashes with government troops in north-west Pakistan while Taliban gunmen seized a convoy of trucks carrying military vehicles and supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan, security officials said Tuesday.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/
2411cd3571b4f088/id/428820/cs/1/
4 killed in Pakistan suicide bombing:
A suicide bomber has killed three people and injured up to 13 others outside a sports stadium in the Pakistani city of Peshawar.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/
11/12/2417058.htm?section=justin
Afghanistan: Roadside bomb kills 4: :
A ROADSIDE bomb blast in the western province of Herat has killed four people, including the province’s security chief and the head of the attorney-general’s office.
quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=2003&Itemid=48
3 Killed in fresh bombs hit Baghdad rush hour:
The two bombs exploded in quick succession in mainly Shia eastern Baghdad during the morning rush hour.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7721814.stm
U.S. draft is rejected by Iraqis:
Iraq’s government spokesman said yesterday the proposed U.S. changes to a draft security agreement were “not enough” and asked Washington to offer new amendments if it wants the pact to win parliamentary approval.
www.columbiatribune.com/2008/Nov/20081111News025.asp
Biden told not to change Iran policy:
Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni has warned the US vice president-elect against changing the Bush White House policies toward Iran.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=75051§ionid=3510203
Ex-KGB general cautions US against Iran war:
A former KGB general and Russian prime minister says a war on Iran would produce a question mark over the Republican Party’s sanity.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=75036§ionid=351020104
IAEA ‘doubts anti-Iran files authenticity’:
“The new evidence of possible fraud has increased pressure within the IAEA secretariat to distance the agency from the laptop documents,” a source close to the International Atomic Energy Agency told Raw Story.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=75077§ionid=351020104
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Iran Nuke Laptop Data Came from Terror Group: .
German officials have identified the source of the laptop documents in November 2004 as the Mujahideen e Khalq (MEK), which along with its political arm, the National Council of Resistance in Iran (NCRI), is listed by the U.S. State Department as a terrorist organisation.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article19450.htm
Europeans Get Peace Commitment From Hamas:
Following intensive negotiations with Hamas, the de facto leadership of Gaza, a group of European parliamentarians has been told by the organization that it will accept a Palestinian state within the internationally recognized 1967 borders as well as offer Israel a long-term ceasefire.
tinyurl.com/68fgdp
Hamas denies holding secret talks with Obama’s advisors:
“The government reiterates that it doesn’t reject holding such kinds of contacts or meetings, but it hasn’t happened. But if it happens, we won’t be hesitant or afraid to declare about it,” said Hamas government.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/12/content_10343719.htm
Divided Palestinians mourn Arafat:
Mahmoud Abbas, the Palestinian president, has launched a bitter attack on the rival Hamas movement as he attended events to mark the fourth anniversary of the death of Yasser Arafat, the former Palsetinian leader.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2008/11/20081111164952488446.html
UN warns Gaza food aid may end:
The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestinian refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) aid agency said Tuesday that it will have to halt food distribution to 750,000 needy Gazans by Friday if Israel keeps the territory sealed.
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Bolivia Requests US Extradite Former President, 2 Ex-Ministers:
Bolivia on Monday asked the U.S. to extradite a former Bolivian president and two of his ministers to face charges of genocide and fraud, the Bolivian Embassy in Washington said.
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Obama: No decision on trying Guantanamo detainees:
U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has made no decision on how try detainees at Guantanamo Bay but remains committed to closing the prison, a senior foreign policy adviser said on Monday as human rights groups urged swift action.
uk.news.yahoo.com/22/20081110/t
pl-uk-usa-guantanamo-81f3b62.html
New Gitmo policy will take time to formulate, advisers say:
Barack Obama has said repeatedly that he wants to shutter the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, that holds accused terrorists. But aides cautioned Monday that the president-elect isn’t close to reaching a decision on how to do it.
www.chicagotribune.com/news/chi-obama-
gitmo-webonly-nov11,0,1175272.story
Release of three prisoners highlights failures of Guantánamo:
On the eve of the Presidential election, three prisoners – one from Kazakhstan, one from Tajikistan and one from Somaliland – were released from Guantánamo, and their stories neatly encapsulate many of the chronic failures relating to the prisoners’ initial arrest and detention that still plague the prison as the new administration begins considering how to shut it down.
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Mystery of lost US nuclear bomb:
The United States abandoned a nuclear weapon beneath the ice in northern Greenland following a crash in 1968, a BBC investigation has found.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7720049.stm
Palin wants God to show her way to White House:
The devoutly religious 44-year-old mother-of-five said that if God wanted her to run for the highest office, she hoped to be shown the way.
tinyurl.com/5zlb2q
Government Announces New Program for At-Risk Mortgages:
The goal of the new program would be for borrowers’ annual mortgage payment to equal 38 percent of annual income. The companies would do that by extending the loan term, reducing the interest rate and, if necessary, delaying payment on a part of the principal of the loan. If a borrower is able to meet payments for three months, the change becomes permanent.
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Citigroup freezes US home repossessions:
Citi said it was imposing a moratorium on foreclosures for all clients willing to work “in good faith” to restructure mortgages, as long as they have sufficient income to make payments of some sort.
www.guardian.co.uk/business/2008/nov/11/citigroup-subprimecrisis
Where Homes Are Worth Less Than the Mortgage:
While home values have declined across the country, in some places the declines are so sharp that people owe more on their mortgages than their houses are worth
www.nytimes.com/interactive/2008/11/10
/business/20081111_MORTGAGES.html?hp
Fed Refuses To Identify Recipients Of $2 Trillion In Emergency Taxpayer Loans:
The Federal Reserve is refusing to identify the recipients of almost $2 trillion of emergency loans from American taxpayers or the troubled assets the central bank is accepting as collateral.
tinyurl.com/6hx87d
UK: Now banks raise credit card costs:
Banks have increased interest rates on credit and debit cards held by tens of millions of shoppers despite the cost of borrowing falling to its lowest level for more than 50 years, research for The Independent reveals today.
tinyurl.com/6gpvgl
American Express approved to be bank holding company:
American Express has announced to cut 7,000 jobs, or nearly 10 percent of its global work force after it reported last month that its profit fell 24 percent in the third quarter.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/11/content_10339938.htm
US Postal Service Looks To Cut 40,000 Jobs In First Layoff In History:
“We lost 2 billion dollars and like any other business we have to stay afloat.” And to keep from sinking, the United States Postal Service is considering cutting thousands of jobs nationwide.
www.ksla.com/global/story.asp?s=9247633
Starbucks 4Q profit drops 97 pct on closure costs:
Seattle-based Starbucks said profit in the quarter fell 97 percent to $5.4 million, or a penny a share, from $158.5 million, or 21 cents per share.
biz.yahoo.com/ap/081110/earns_starbucks.html