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 4,204
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$573,150,709,147
See the cost in your community
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Secret Dossiers Kept on Muslims ?
Former Marine Outlines Secret Dossiers
By Rick Rogers
In interviews with The San Diego Union-Tribune, Gary Maziarz, 39, said “dozens of files” he gave the Los Angeles Terrorism Early Warning Group while serving as an intelligence specialist at the base were dossiers on Muslims and Arabs living in Southern California.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21295.htm
Rahm Emanuel’s Israeli gate
By Paul J. Balles
Paul J. Balles considers the racist, anti-Arab comments made by the father of Rahm Israel Emanuel – President-elect Barack Obama’s chief of staff – and asks why these comments are acceptable to the American public whereas if they had been referring to Jews, African Americans or Hispanics they would have caused uproar.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21298.htm
War or Peace?
The World After the 2008 U.S. Presidential Election
By Richard C. Cook
Whatever agreements U.S. bankers and politicians may once have made with China for them to take over U.S. manufacturing while the nation lived off financial profits have grievously backfired. Solving this conflict with China peacefully may be the next president’s greatest challenge.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21296.htm
Clinton Decides to Accept Post at State Dept
By PETER BAKER
Hillary Rodham Clinton has decided to give up her Senate seat and accept the position of secretary of state, making her the public face around the world for the administration of the man who beat her for the Democratic presidential nomination, two confidants said Friday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21289.htm
The Third Clinton Administration
By RALPH NADER
While the liberal intelligentsia was swooning over Barack Obama during his presidential campaign, I counseled “prepare to be disappointed.” His record as a Illinois state and U.S. Senator, together with the many progressive and long overdue courses of action he opposed during his campaign, rendered such a prediction unfortunate but obvious.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21297.htm
Israel Continues Starvation of Gazans Despite UN Pleas
By The Irish Sun
In what the UN has described as collective punishment, the Israeli blockade of the Gaza Strip continues. Notwithstanding 56% of the 1.5 million Gazan population consists of children, Israel has shut down access to the region refusing to allow desperately needed food trucks to reach their destination.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21294.htm
Bearing Out The Betrayal
By Saleh Al-Naami
With Israel’s breach of the ceasefire in Gaza, Saleh Al-Naami laments yet another example of Israeli-PA collusion which victimises Hamas.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21293.htm
Forgotten Victims
Inside Kandahar’s Main Hospital
3 MinuteVideo
Civilians in Afghanistan have paid the heaviest price for the conflict in their country, caught up almost daily in both Taliban attacks and air raids by US force. Al Jazeea’s David Chater has been to the main hospital in the Afghan city of Kandaha , where he heard some of their stories.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21287.htm
Imperial Presidency
Has the US become over-dependent on military force?
By Al Jazeera
Riz Khan speaks with Andrew Bacevich, author of The Limits of Power: The End of American Exceptionalism.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21288.htm
US Power ‘to Decline by 2025' : US National Report
By Al Jazeera and agencies
The current global financial crisis is the beginning of a weakening of the US dollar to the point where it becomes “first among equals”, said the National Intelligence Council’s (NIC) Global Trends 2025 report published on Thursday.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21290.htm
US Global Trends Report: Key points
By The BBC
Brazil, Russia, China and India are picked as countries which might benefit, boosted by rising oil and commodity price rises that have generated windfall profits for the Gulf states and Russia, as well as a shift in manufacturing and some service industries to Asia.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21291.htm
Update
Dick Cheney and Alberto Gonzales Indicted
By Democracy Now!
A Texas judge has set an arraignment date for Friday for Vice President Dick Cheney and former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales. They were indicted this week by a Texas grand jury on state charges accusing them of responsibility for prisoner abuse in a privately run federal jail. We speak with Willacy County District Attorney Juan Angel Guerra.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21292.htm
6 killed in Iraq:
Three people were killed and another 20 were wounded, mostly in Baghdad. Three U.S. servicemembers died in three separate incidents as well.
www.antiwar.com/updates/?articleid=13799
Iraqis hold protest against US pact:
Thousands of followers of Muqtada al-Sadr, a prominent Shia leader, have protested in central Baghdad against a security pact with the United States.
tinyurl.com/6g4m7k
Mahdi Army warns of new insurgency in Iraq if US troops stay until 2011:
At one point the effigy of the outgoing US President, dressed in a black suit and carrying a suitcase labelled “security agreement”, was hoisted up a parapet where the Saddam statue once stood in Firdous Square.
tinyurl.com/5gzsf9
Iraq war illegal – bring on the trial:
A senior British law lord, former Lord Chief Justice Lord Bingham, stated yesterday in a speech at the British Institute of International and Comparative Law in London that the decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 was “a serious violation of international law”.
tinyurl.com/5aus3f
17 Killed In Mogadishu Fighting:
At least 17 people were killed after the government troops repelled an insurgent attack on the house of district commissioner in the Somali capital of Mogadishu on Friday, said officials and witnesses
tinyurl.com/5egupy
Is Somalia on the verge of an “Islamist” takeover?:
After a two-year “insurgency”, “Islamist” fighters are within nine miles (six km) of the capital and President Abdullahi Yusuf admits his Western-backed government is on the verge of collapse. The Islamists or aligned groups now control most of the south, except Mogadishu and the seat of parliament, Baidoa.
africa.reuters.com/country/ET/news/usnLL429900.html
“Islamists” hunt tanker hijackers:
Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port yesterday hunting the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world’s biggest hijack, a local elder said.
tinyurl.com/6pgzxq
10 killed in Pakistan blast:
At least 10 people were killed and 20 injured in a bomb attack on a Shia funeral procession in Pakistan’s troubled North-West Frontier Province on Friday.
www.hindu.com/2008/11/22/stories/2008112256011300.htm
Militant commander among 7 killed in shelling in Pakistan:
A local militant commander and six others were killed in fresh shelling by the Pakistani security forces in Bajaur tribal region on Friday, TV channels reported.
www.mathaba.net/rss/?x=612158
Pakistan army practices shooting drone aircraft:
Anti-aircraft guns and short-range surface-to-air missiles were used during the exercise conducted at a desert range near the city of Muzaffargarh in the central Pubjab province.
tinyurl.com/6mvloj
Menace of US drones:
While so-called cross border terrorism is not causing any harm to homeland of USA, cross border terrorism from Afghanistan into Pakistan is directly impinging upon the integrity and existence of Pakistan. As a policy, US military is extending support to warlords and officials in Afghanistan that are friendly with India and are anti-Pakistan.
www.asiantribune.com/?q=node/14327
US asks china not to help Pakistan build new nuclear plants:
‘We have communicated our position clearly to our Chinese and Pakistani interlocutors at multiple levels in Washington, Beijing, and Islamabad, and have made plain our view that proposed cooperation on Chasma III and IV should not move forward,’ Reynolds wrote.
story.irishsun.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/
2411cd3571b4f088/id/433136/cs/1/
Pervez may quit Pak, applies for UK visa:
Former Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf, who ruled the country for almost nine years from 1999, has finally decided to leave Pakistan for good, a source close to the former President said.
tinyurl.com/65z7ym
8 killed in Afghanistan: –
A suicide attack in southern Afghanistan left four civilians dead and wounded four soldiers Friday. In separate incidents, four insurgents were killed and eight arrested in operations in the north and east of the country.
tinyurl.com/5zr6w3
US to move five new brigades to Afghanistan:
US Defense Secretary Robert Gates said today he expected to move five combat brigades into Afghanistan next year and wanted at least some of them in place before the country’s election next autumn, stressing this was a top priority.
tinyurl.com/6562x8
Australia unlikely to send troops for US Afghan troop surge:
“They understand that we’re at about capacity and we’re not in a position to do a whole lot more,” he said.
www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/
11/22/2426966.htm?section=justin
Prospect of Israel war on Iran ‘stronger’:
Israeli sources told the Times on Friday that in the past few weeks Tel Aviv has witnessed an increase in the chances of launching an airborne attack on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=76137§ionid=351020104
Iran rejects NY Times atom bomb report:
On Friday, Iran’s ambassador to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Ali-Asghar Soltaniyeh, categorically rejected the report as ‘unjustified and politically motivated’.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=76129§ionid=351020104
UNRWA chief: Gaza on brink of humanitarian catastrophe:
Gaza faces a humanitarian “catastrophe” if Israel continues to prevent aid reaching the territory by blocking crossing points, the head of the main UN aid agency for the Palestinians said on Friday.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1039834.html
Gaza blockade will continue, says Israel:
Israel said yesterday it will maintain its closure of the Gaza Strip despite international concern over a deterioration of the humanitarian situation in the aid-dependent Palestinian territory.
tinyurl.com/6oab53
UN calls Israel’s blockade of Gaza ‘unacceptable’:
The U.N. humanitarian chief urged Israel Friday to end what it called the “unacceptable” closure of border crossings with Gaza, as the United Nations stepped up its criticism in the latest exchange with the Jewish state.
tinyurl.com/6e4qy8
Jordanian king warns Israeli leaders against military offensive in Gaza:
“His majesty warned (Israel) against any escalation of military operations and said these measures will not bring Israel the security it seeks,” the source, who was familiar with the talks, told Reuters.
tinyurl.com/5kbaol
Gaza activists ‘on hunger strike’:
Three International Solidarity Movement activists detained with 15 Palestinian fishermen off Gaza by the Israeli navy say they have gone on hunger strike.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7742299.stm
Hebron settlers desecrate mosque:
Jewish “settlers” protesting against an official Israeli eviction order have desecrated Muslim buildings in the flashpoint West Bank town of Hebron.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/7739433.stm
Australia’s aborigines fall through the cracks:
Rampant alcohol and substance abuse is destroying aboriginal communities in Western Australia. Al Jazeera’s Tony Birtley reports from the isolated town of Halls Creek.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYS_gMW10HA
Bush out’: APEC protesters blame Bush for global crisis:
Protesters have demanded that US President George W Bush get out of Peru where he is attending an Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit, blaming him for the world economic crisis.
tinyurl.com/5f4trb
Brazil recalls Ecuador ambassador:
Brazil has recalled its ambassador from Ecuador over the Andean country’s suspension of payments on a Brazilian loan worth at least $320 million.
tinyurl.com/6mdrqt
CIA lied over attack on plane:
An internal investigation by the CIA has found that agency officials engaged in a cover-up to hide negligence in the downing in Peru of a private aircraft suspected of carrying illegal narcotics.
tinyurl.com/6j62n3
Guantánamo Judge Throws Out More Evidence Obtained Through Torture in Jawad Case:
Jawad, now about 23, has been in custody since he was captured at the age of 16 or 17 and is one of two Guantánamo prisoners the United States is prosecuting for acts allegedly committed when they were juveniles. Jawad is accused of throwing a grenade at two U.S. service members and an Afghan interpreter.
www.commondreams.org/newswire/2008/11/20-10
UN expert: 100 Guantanamo inmates need new homes:
The U.N.’s torture investigator said Thursday that European countries should take in those Guantanamo inmates who cannot be sent home when the U.S.-run prison closes.
wiredispatch.com/news/?id=461296
Gates seen more likely to stay as Pentagon chief:
– What Robert Gates once called “inconceivable to me” – his remaining as defense secretary beyond Inauguration Day – is looking a bit more conceivable to the rest of Washington.
news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081120/ap_on_go_ca_st_pe/gates_defense
Obama Said to Pick Geithner as Treasury Secretary :
Geithner helped lead the U.S. response to the deepest financial crisis in seven decades, including the takeover of American International Group Inc. and Bear Stearns Cos. rescue, and decision to let Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. fail.
tinyurl.com/5p8yvl
Why Washington Cannot Prevent Depression:
The dire reality: Washington is not God. It cannot save the world. It cannot prevent the next depression. Hard to believe? Here’s the proof:
tinyurl.com/6axs34
Dennis Kucinich “Racketeering On A Scale This Country Has Never Seen Before!!!”
4 Minute video
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAaUkmAKw4A
Citigroup May Get Government Rescue, Investors Say:
Citigroup Inc. will probably get rescued by the U.S. government after a crisis in confidence erased half its stock-market value in three days, investors and analysts said.
tinyurl.com/5jl9gl
In case you missed it:
Professor Ngaire Woods: The death of the dollar?:
We are living in economic chaos. Banks, homes, jobs, and businesses are at risk.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/7684397.stm
GM May Have Weeks, Not Months, Without Aid, York Says:
Chief Executive Officer Rick Wagoner ``all but said’’ at congressional hearings in the past two days that GM can’t continue to operate until a new U.S. administration takes over in January, York said in a Bloomberg Television interview today.
tinyurl.com/5os9n2
White House to extend unemployment benefits:
With weekly jobless claims benefits at a 16-year high, the White House said Thursday that President George W. Bush would sign quickly legislation pending in Congress to provide further unemployment benefits.
www.iht.com/articles/2008/11/20/business/20usecon.php