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 4,209
icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$577,649,300,771
See the cost in your community
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Bush Regime Declares Itself Above the Law
By Paul Craig Roberts
Isn’t it great to be an American. Our laws don’t apply to us, only to every other nation. This is what it means to be the moral light of the world, the unipower, the salt of the earth.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21405.htm
U.S. Collective Dictatorship Enlarges
By Michael S. Rozeff
Dictatorship is unlimited rule. Collective dictatorship is unlimited rule by an assembly. National government in the U.S. has tended toward collective dictatorship over its entire history.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21402.htm
Analysis: Obama Defense Agenda Resembles Gates’
By Robert Burns
For a Democrat whose opposition to the Iraq war was a campaign centerpiece, President-elect Barack Obama is remarkably in sync with Defense Secretary Robert Gates on many core defense and national security issues – even Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21399.htm
Obama and the World Crisis
By Richard C. Cook
Even as preparations are underway for Barack Obama to assume office as the 44th president of the United States on January 20, the U.S. military juggernaut that is roaring toward global conquest hasn’t missed a beat. This is shown by the team of hawks-including holdover Robert Gates at Defense and Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State-that Obama has assembled to handle the levers of the war machine and its diplomatic front.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21408.htm
War Made Easy
Must Watch Video
War Made Easy reaches into the Orwellian memory hole to expose a 50-year pattern of government deception and media spin that has dragged the United States into one war after another from Vietnam to Iraq.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21400.htm
Peace
By Cindy Sheehan
If the USA had a national Peace Movement, Obama would not be our President-Elect right now. Dennis Kucinich (D-Oh) would have been the nominee for the Democrats and Ron Paul (R-Tx) would have been nominated from the GOP and Cynthia McKinney (G) and Ralph Nader (I) would have had seats at debates. What we have here in the US is an “anti-war” movement that is selective in its opposition to war.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21406.htm
One Thriving Sector:
The Business Of War
By Robert Weisman
Across the nation, companies are lopping off hundreds of thousands of jobs, retailers are shuttering stores, and automakers are tottering on the edge of bankruptcy. But here in the Merrimack River Valley, and over the state line at several industrial sites around Massachusetts, defense contractor BAE Systems is hoisting “Help Wanted” signs.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21404.htm
Company Crashes Set to Hit Record Next Year
By Richard Milne and Anousha Sakoui in London
Record numbers of companies will go bankrupt next year with 200,000 insolvencies in Europe alone and “an explosion” of failed businesses in the US, according to the world’s largest credit insurer.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21407.htm
Memo For Obama
From: Uri Avnery, Israel.
The following humble suggestions are based on my 70 years of experience as an underground fighter, special forces soldier in the 1948 war, editor-in-chief of a newsmagazine, member of the Knesset and founding member of a peace movement:
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21401.htm
Indian police arrest police officer in Mumbai investigation:
One of the two Indian men arrested for illegally buying mobile phone cards used by the gunmen in the Mumbai attacks was a counterinsurgency police officer who may have been on an undercover mission, security officials said Saturday, demanding his release.
tinyurl.com/5d495j
Pakistan forces takes over Lashkar camp: Witnesses:
Pakistani security forces took over a camp used by Lashkar-e-Toiba militants in Pakistani Kashmir on Sunday, a witness and an official from a charity linked to Lashkar said
tinyurl.com/62gpjj
Demonizing Pakistan:
McCain warns Pakistan of Indian air strikes:
If Pakistan did not act swiftly to arrest the people involved, the Senator said, India would be left with no option but to conduct aerial operations against select targets in Pakistan.
www.hindu.com/2008/12/07/stories/2008120757500100.htm
Demonizing Pakistan:
Pak on track to being named terrorist state:
The United States is dusting off a long-discarded proposal to declare Pakistan a state sponsor of terrorism. But with the Bush administration now in its final six weeks in office, a decision in this regard is being left to the incoming Obama government
tinyurl.com/698fnq
14 killed in Pak clashes:
Thirteen militants and a soldier were killed and five others were injured in incidents of violence in the troubled Swat valley in northwestern Pakistan today.
www.tmcnet.com/usubmit/2008/12/07/3839343.htm
Pakistan attack destroys more than 160 vehicles destined for US-led troops in Afghanistan:
Khan said armed men flattened the gate before dawn with a rocket-propelled grenade, fatally shot a guard and set fire to 106 vehicles, including about 70 Humvees.
www.startribune.com/world/35675279.html
12 Militants, 5 Soldiers Killed In Afghan Violence:
Twelve Taliban militants and five Afghan soldiers were killed in separate violence across the country over the weekend, officials said Sunday.
tinyurl.com/5e4xvy
U.S. Plans a Shift to Focus Troops on Kabul Region: –
Most of the additional American troops arriving in Afghanistan early next year will be deployed near the capital, Kabul. It will be the first time that American or coalition forces have been deployed in large numbers on the southern flank of the city, a decision that reflects the rising concerns among military officers, diplomats and government officials about the increasing vulnerability of the capital and the surrounding area.
tinyurl.com/6s6p9d
Mullah Omar calls on Afghans to boycott election:
“Do not allow yourselves to be deceived by this dishonest election announcement. In reality, the choice will be made in Washington,” he said in an email released on the eve of the Eid-ul-Adha festival in Afghanistan.
tinyurl.com/5tujdn
US cannot kill its way to victory, says Gates:
“The Taliban were dispatched within three months; Saddam’s regime was toppled in three weeks,” Mr Gates writes.
www.thenational.ae/article/20081207/FOREIGN/692285321/1002
Olmert slams Hebron settler ‘pogroms’ against Arabs:
“As a Jew, I was ashamed at the scenes of Jews opening fire at innocent Arabs in Hebron. There is no other definition than the term ‘pogrom’ to describe what I have seen,” he said at the weekly cabinet meeting.
news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20081207/wl_
mideast_afp/mideastconflictsettlerolmert
UN agency warns of food shortage in Gaza due to Israeli blockade:
A UN agency in Gaza warned on Sunday that food aid would run out within the coming couple of days due to the ongoing Israeli tight blockade imposed on the Gaza Strip for a month.
www.reliefweb.int/rw/rwb.nsf/db900
SID/RMOI-7M4MGU?OpenDocument
Israel blocks ‘siege-busting’ ship:
Israeli forces on Sunday morning also seized a truck carrying the humanitarian supplies that were to be transferred onto the ship, Karram said.
english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/
2008/12/20081277125376365.html
Obama spells end of blank cheques for Israel:
Israel can no longer expect “blank cheques” from Washington once president-elect Barack Obama’s administration takes over in January, a former US ambassador to the Jewish state said on Sunday.
ca.news.yahoo.com/s/afp/081207/world/
mideast_israel_us_diplomacy_obama
6 Are Killed Amid Violence Across Iraq:
In Kirkuk, a suicide bomber attacked a police academy, killing one person and wounding 15, the authorities said. Saman Ghafour, a police captain who witnessed the attack, said that the bomber appeared to be 12 to 16 years old.
www.nytimes.com/2008/12/07/world/
middleeast/07baghdad.html?ref=world
Iran shells remote area of northern Iraq:
The artillery bombardment was intermittent, said Azad Asso, a district mayor for Jarawa district on the Iranian border, around 195 km (120 miles) northeast of Sulaimaniya. He said the shelling started in the afternoon and continued into the evening.
www.focus-fen.net/?id=n162184
Obama Warns Iran Over Nuke Policy:
US President-elect Barack Obama says he is prepared to offer Iran economic incentives to stop its nuclear programme, but he also warned that sanctions could be toughened if it refuses.
tinyurl.com/6xzt5t
Obama recruits critic of Bush’s Iraq strategy:
Barack Obama chose a general sacked by the Bush administration for doubting its Iraq war strategy for his cabinet yesterday to appeal to leftwing supporters.
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/dec/
08/barack-obama-george-bush-iraq-war
Situation in occupied Somalia Seems About to Get Worse:
Somalia’s transitional government looks as if it is about to flatline. The Ethiopians who have been keeping it alive for two years say they are leaving the country, essentially pulling the plug.
tinyurl.com/5a99e8
16 Killed as Ethiopia stalls on Somalia pullout:
The country’s foreign ministry made the announcement on Saturday, a day after Somali witnesses said Ethiopian troops killed at least 16 people in the Somali capital.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/
2008/12/2008126114040629638.html
Sudan confirms troop build-up in oil region:
Sudan’s government on Sunday confirmed it had moved troops to a volatile energy-rich central region, telling state media it wanted to halt “feverish attempts” to attack the area by Darfur rebels.
news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081207/wl_nm/us_sudan_troops
US ‘riled up by LatAm’s awakening’:
In a meeting on Monday with visiting Bolivian President Evo Morales, Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei said that hegemonic powers would certainly exert pressure on Latin American countries because they were unsatisfied with the trend of developments in the continent.
www.presstv.com/detail.aspx?id=68172§ionid=351020101
Anti-police riots rage in Greece:
Anti-police riots have been raging in Greece for a second day despite the arrest of two officers over the killing of a 15-year-old boy.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2008/
12/200812719955757576.html
UK: Has your child been CAFed?:
How the Government plans to record intimate information on every child in Britain:
tinyurl.com/5nc5wa
Angry laid-off workers occupy factory in Chicago;
“Across cultures, religions, union and nonunion, we all say this bailout was a shame,” said Richard Berg, president of Teamsters Local 743. “If this bailout should go to anything, it should go to the workers of this country.”
www.startribune.com/nation/35652259.html
Unemployed and hungry in the US:
Jobless numbers highest in 15 years, food stamp users hit record 31.6 million or 1 in 10 Americans
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21403.htm
Obama plans US infrastructure boost:
The plan, if approved, will “save or create” 2.5 million jobs and includes schemes to build roads and bridges and make public buildings more energy-efficient, Obama said in his weekly radio address on Saturday.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2008/12/2008126201050213732.html
States’ highway projects wish list has $64B tag:
More than 5,000 highway projects are ready to go, state transportation officials say, if Congress will only pony up $64.3 billion as part of an economic aid plan.
tinyurl.com/67fm8t
First Georgia Community Bank Closed, Boosting 2008 Toll to 23:
First Georgia Community Bank of Jackson, with four offices southeast of Atlanta, was closed by regulators, becoming the 23rd U.S. bank failure this year amid losses tied to record mortgage delinquencies and foreclosures.
tinyurl.com/5pt7ot
Foreclosures soar 76% to record 1.35 million:
Foreclosure rate hits nearly 3% in the third quarter, while another 7% of borrowers fell behind on their mortgages.
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