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 4,197
icasualties.org/oif/
 
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$570,552,036,232
See the cost in your community
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Beware The Obama Hype
What “Change” In America Really Means
By John Pilger
 He says he wants to build up US military power; and he threatens to ignite a new war in Pakistan, killing yet more brown-skinned people. That will bring tears, too. Unlike those on election night, these other tears will be unseen in Chicago and London.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21205.htm

Obama and the Imperial Presidency
By Jack Balkin
The Bush administration has worked hard to increase presidential power. Will Barack Obama give it up?
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21203.htm

Driving Mister Barack
By Mickey Z. 
As you know, the Empire has selected a new emperor. The Mafia has chosen a new don. The corporation has hired a new CEO. Are you brimming with hope yet? Read on…
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21206.htm

US May Lose Its ‘AAA’ Rating
By CNBC
“The U.S. might really have to look at a default on the bankruptcy reorganization of the present financial system” and the bankruptcy of the government is not out of the realm of possibility, Hennecke said.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21207.htm

Too Poor for Bankruptcy
By David Glenn Cox
Most all of our problems seem to evolve from a falling standard of living in America’s working class, and yet when we call for help for America’s working poor we are told that it can’t be helped. Here in Atlanta a local food pantry advertises that 40% of all its recipients are employed.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21204.htm

Senate Finance Chief Calls for Making Health Coverage Mandatory
By Aliza Marcus
Senator Max Baucus, presenting the first Democratic health plan since President-elect Barack Obama’s victory, said all Americans should be required to have insurance once coverage is made affordable.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21202.htm

“Making a Killing from Hunger.”
Global Starvation Ignored by American Policy Elites
By Peter Phillips
It turns out that while farmers grow enough food to feed the world, commodity speculators and huge grain traders like Cargill control the global food prices and distribution. Starvation is profitable for corporations when demands for food push the prices up.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21208.htm

Spate of attacks leave 26 dead in Iraq:
At least 26 people were killed in a string of attacks in Iraq on Wednesday, including a dozen people who lost their lives in a rushhour bombing in Baghdad
tinyurl.com/65h8b4

Iraqi Soldier Shoots 8 U.S. Troops; at Least 2 Die:
An Iraqi soldier shot eight U.S. troops, killing at least two of them, before being killed himself, the U.S. military said.
tinyurl.com/5z4aug

Iraq to vote on US pact at weekend: minister:
“The cabinet will meet (Saturday or Sunday) to see the last draft and then the cabinet will vote … They have to vote, yes or no.”
afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g5uSCAHIWRBQuhHoW3RW4sYFKtTA

How the Iraq war humiliated the British:
The fact that we’re hanging around there still today (over 4,100 soldiers) is a testimony to President Bush’s desire not to lose the fig leaf of his biggest partner in the entire endeavour. Only now, with Obama preparing to move into the White House, can the British finally leave – a reality that Maliki confirmed in October when he sealed the humiliation, tersely informing the British that “their services were no longer required”.
www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/nov/12/iraq-afghanistan

Iraqi Minister: Iraq will not used for raids on Syria:
Al-Moallem also said that uranium traces found at an alleged nuclear facility by the United Nations nuclear watchdog IAEA may have been left by Israeli warplanes that attacked the site.
tinyurl.com/5wztzd

IAEA irked at ‘premature’ Syria nuclear disclosures:
The UN nuclear watchdog criticised on Tuesday diplomatic disclosures that it had found uranium traces at a Syrian site under investigation, saying this was an effort to prejudge the agency’s conclusions.
www.reuters.com/article/worldNews/idUSTRE4AA45820081111

Syria suggests Israeli bombs may be source of uranium traces:
“No one has ever asked himself what kind of Israeli bombs had hit the site, and what did they contain?” said al-Moallem, adding that the United States has used bombs containing depleted uranium in Iraq and Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/6et82o

U.S. denounces Iran’s missile test:
The United States denounced Iran’s test of a generation missile on Wednesday, saying the development of ballistic missiles could be used as a delivery vehicle for nuclear weapon.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/13/content_10349510.htm

‘Bush ruined prospect of Iran-US talks’:
Former US National Security Adviser: The former US Air Force official said that the Bush administration’s Iran policy has been inspired by a neoconservative worldview, which has been counterproductive for American interests.
www.payvand.com/news/08/nov/1110.html

Tanker bomb kills 6 in Afghan city of Kandahar:
A bomb-filled tanker exploded outside the office of the provincial council in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar Wednesday, killing six people and wounding 42, a governor said.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081112/wl_
sthasia_afp/afghanistanunrestkandaharblast

US air-strike kills three civilians in Ghazni :
A US air-strike on an engagement party has killed three civilians in the province of Ghazni, officials in the area say.
quqnoos.com/index.php?option=com_
content&task=view&id=2007&Itemid=48

Get out or face ‘shame,’ Taliban warn President-elect Obama:
The Taliban warned President-elect Barack Obama on Tuesday to retreat from Iraq and Afghanistan or his fate will be more “shameful and despicable” than President Bush’s.
tinyurl.com/62dk82

American shot dead in Pakistan:
Gunmen killed a U.S. aid official Wednesday outside his home in Peshawar, police said, the Pakistani city that has borne the brunt of an Islamist insurgency spreading from tribal lands bordering Afghanistan.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081112/ts_nm/us_pakistan_violence

4 dead as Israelis, Palestinians battle in Gaza:
Palestinian militants said the battle began when they spotted Israeli forces crossing into Gaza and fired upon them. The military would not say whether Israeli forces entered Gaza.
tinyurl.com/6fzqqo

Israel deploys remote-controlled guns along Gaza:
The system allows female soldiers watching television screens in control rooms in the rear to spot targets and open fire.
dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=
2008\11\12\story_12-11-2008_pg7_4

Report: Obama views ‘have serious implications for Israel’:
The Begin-Sadat Center cited Obama’s plans to withdraw U.S. troops from Iraq and reconcile with Iran and Syria in concluding that the forthcoming Obama administration was likely to clash with the next Israeli government.
www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/
WTARC/2008/ss_israel0694_11_11.asp

Olmert: Arabs Suffer ‘Intolerable’ Discrimination:
“For sixty years there has been discrimination against Arabs in Israel. The discrimination is built-in and intolerable,” Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said on Wednesday at a session of the Knesset committee that is investigating why Arab citizens have not been incorporated into the public service.
www.israelnationalnews.com/News/Flash.aspx/155747

At least 50 civilians killed in DR Congo last week:
HRW: At least 50 civilians, far more than previously thought, were killed during a battle last week in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, Human Rights Watch said yesterday
tinyurl.com/68codk

3 Central African Republic Soldiers Killed In Ambush-Relatives:
At least 13 soldiers were killed in an ambush by rebels at Kabo, near the Central African Republic’s border with Chad, 400 kilometers north of Bangui, their families told AFP Wednesday
tinyurl.com/5gbkt2

Somali fighters seize port town:
The heavily armed fighters rolled into Marka, located 100km south of the capital Mogadishu, after pro-government forces fled. The Shebab is the armed wing of the Islamic Courts’ Union, which in 2006 seized most of the country before being ousted by an Ethiopian military intervention.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2008
/11/20081112111850237733.html

Sudan announces Darfur ceasefire:
Omar al-Bashir, Sudan’s president, has announced a unilateral ceasefire by government forces in the country’s western Darfur region.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2
008/11/20081112103647266882.html

Bolivia Creates New Anti-Drug Agency Without US:
The new body will be made up of military and police officers and will take on tasks carried out by the departing U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration officials, newspapers said.”We have had initial contact with France, which has a fair amount of experience in this area,” Defense Minister Walker San Miguel told the daily La Razon.
tinyurl.com/6zrde5

In Peru, a Rebellion Reborn:
After years in relative obscurity, the Shining Path, one of Latin America’s most notorious guerrilla groups, is fighting the Peruvian military with renewed vigor, feeding on the profits of the cocaine trade and trying to win support from the Andean villagers it once terrorized, according to residents and Peruvian officials.
tinyurl.com/64ts2e

Germany rejects General Motors’ plea for state aid:
The German government on Tuesday rejected a plea from U.S.-based General Motors (GM), the world’s biggest carmaker, for targeted aid for its German factories.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-11/12/content_10345187.htm

UK: Bank rates head for zero per cent:
Governor Mervyn King said the official cost of borrowing would be cut to “whatever level is necessary” to boost confidence and stave off a long and deep recession.
tinyurl.com/5z5bpj

Paulson: Government won’t buy troubled bank assets:
The government has abandoned the original centerpiece of its $700 billion rescue effort for the financial system and will not use the money to purchase troubled bank assets.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/financial_meltdown

Fannie Mae warns of insolvency:
Fannie Mae, the troubled US mortgage finance giant, has said that the $100 billion bailout it recieved from the US government may not be enough to keep it solvent.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2008/11/200811111134451494.html

New federal mortgage plan offers relief to only a few:
 Officials involved in the plan acknowledged that it might reach only 200,000 or so homeowners next year. That’s a fraction of the 2.8 million who are thought to face foreclosure this year.
www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/55692.html

One third of homes sold for a loss:
Nearly one out of three homes sold in the last year was sold at a loss, and an estimated one in seven U.S. homeowners were “upside down” on their loans at the end of September, according an analysis of public records in 163 markets by Zillow.
www.inman.com/news/2008/11/12/one-third-homes-sold-a-loss

AmEx Said to Request $3.5 Billion in U.S. Aid:
American Express Co. which is being hit by slowing consumer spending and rising defaults, is seeking roughly $3.5 billion in taxpayer-funded capital from the federal government, according to people familiar with the situation.
online.wsj.com/article/SB122646207021420153.html