Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,331,578"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq 4,315
icasualties.org/oif/
The War in Iraq Costs
$681,715,088,474
See the cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
U.S. Dollars Support Iranian “Dissidents”
By Ken Dilanian
The Obama administration is moving forward with plans to fund groups that support Iranian dissidents, records and interviews show, continuing a program that became controversial when it was expanded by President Bush.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22919.htm
Deadly US Air-strike on Afghan Village
Channel 4 Video Report
– Warning – The report by Jonathan Rugman contains scenes which viewers may find distressing.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22924.htm
Deadly Reasons to Oust Incumbents in 2010
By Ed Ciaccio
All those of us who claim to care about others both here and abroad, about justice, and about peace, must become relentless in our efforts to fundamentally change the current pro-corporate, anti-human system of our country, starting with the current members of Congress.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22913.htm
Congress Just Gave Itself Nearly 4 Billion For Expenses
By Greg Bacon
How sweet it is! How would you like a job with a six figure salary and the ability to vote yourself an additional healthy chunk of taxpayer money to be used for “expenses?”
informationclearinghouse.info/article22918.htm
Hillary Is Wrong About the Settlements
By Elliott Abrams
Mr. Bush said, “In light of new realities on the ground, including already existing major Israeli populations centers, it is unrealistic to expect that the outcome of final status negotiations will be a full and complete return to the armistice lines of 1949.” Several previous administrations had declared all Israeli settlements beyond the “1967 borders” to be illegal.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22911.htm
Auschwitz Survivor
“I Can Identify with Palestinian Youth”
By Adri Nieuwhof
In the past, the European media have written extensively about extreme right-wing politicians like Joerg Haider in Austria and Jean-Marie Le Pen in France. But when Ariel Sharon was elected [prime minister] in Israel in 2001, the media remained silent. But in the 1980s I understood the deeply fascist thinking of these politicians.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22912.htm
Author Naomi Klein Calls for Boycott of Israel
By Agence France Presse
Bestselling author Naomi Klein on Friday took her call for a boycott of Israel to the occupied West Bank village of Bilin, where she witnessed Israeli forces clashing with protesters.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22920.htm
No Reason to Favor Private Health Insurers
By Joel S. Hirschhorn
What we are now witnessing in Congress and the White House is a total, ugly capitulation to the money and power of the private health insurance industry. If the private health insurance industry maintains its stranglehold on the national system, then taxpayers will pay even more money for the worst national health care system in the world.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22915.htm
Wary of Dollar, China Wants Super-sovereign Currency
By Zhou Xin and Chris Buckley
China’s central bank renewed its call on Friday for the creation of a super-sovereign reserve currency to reduce the dollar’s global domination, which it said had worsened the financial crisis.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22923.htm
Will the ‘Dollar Wars’ Kill What’s Left of the American Dream?
By Scott Thill
Countries yoked to America’s currency, and therefore its cratering empire, want to kick the dollar to the curb. And that’s bad news for the U.S.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22921.htm
Who’s A Low Level Terrorist? Are You?
By Emily Spence
Recently, an American Civil Liberties Union report pointed out, “Anti-terrorism training materials currently being used by the Department of Defense (DoD) teach its personnel that free expression in the form of public protests should be regarded as ‘low level terrorism.”
informationclearinghouse.info/article22917.htm
Gun Control: What is the Agenda?
By Paul Craig Roberts
Why is the gun control agenda a propagandistic one draped in lies?
informationclearinghouse.info/article22914.htm
Back To The Point Of Departure
By John Pilger
TS Eliot wrote that the point of any journey was to find out where you came from. As I bore my bulging canvas bag to the wharf at Circular Quay, not far from where my Irish great-great-grandparents had landed in leg irons, I hoped the point of my journey would become clearer once my ship had sailed.
informationclearinghouse.info/article22916.htm
A People’s History Of The United States – (The 20th Century)
By Howard Zinn
The complete audio book.
Click here to listen
informationclearinghouse.info/article22922.htm
Afghan blasts kill four:
Two bomb blasts on Friday killed four Afghan civilians, one of whom worked for the US military as an interpreter, in the latest attacks in an insurgency led by Taliban militants, authorities said.
news.iafrica.com/specialreport/afghanistan/1764100.htm
Foreign troops’ death toll rising in Afghanistan:
Medical personnel at the US-run Bagram military hospital in Afghanistan say there has been an increase in troop casualties and that they expect more in the coming days.
www.military-world.net/Afghanistan/1761.html
114 Democrats and 164 Republicans Vote Against Leaving Afghanistan …
EVER
www.afterdowningstreet.org/node/43929
Pakistan: 3,500 militants killed in Swat, FATA: Reham Malik:
In an interview with Financial Times, he said a good number have been injured. “The setback which the militants have received, it will take a lot of time for them to recoup.
www.pakistantimes.net/pt/detail.php?newsId=1909
Motorcycle bombs kill 20 in Baghdad attacks:
Motorcycle bombs killed at least 20 people in separate attacks in Baghdad Friday, most in a crowded bazaar, part of an apparent trend toward increased use of motorcycles to thwart stepped-up security measures.
www.magicvalley.com/articles/2009/
06/26/ap/international/d992hgro0.txt
A Withdrawal in Name Only:
The failure to fully comply with the withdrawal agreement indicates the United States is looking to withdraw from Iraq in name only, as it appears that up to 50,000 military personnel will remain after the deadline.
www.fpif.org/fpiftxt/6211
Guardian council rules out fresh Iran election:
Country’s top legislative body declares vote was ‘healthiest’ since 1979 Islamic revolution
www.guardian.co.uk/world/2009/jun/26/iran-middleeast
Arrest of entire Iranian newspaper staff condemned:
Reporters Without Borders attacks arrest of journalists on Mir-Hossein Mousavi’s newspaper, Kalemeh Sabz
www.guardian.co.uk/media/2009/jun/
26/iranian-newspaper-staff-arrested
Iran claims FBI blocking Web sites:
The Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting network claims the FBI ordered Washington to disconnect 80 news, social networking and other Web sites, including the Beirut bureau of Press TV, because of depictions of government protesters.
snipurl.com/ky9vl
Chavez sees US, Europe behind Iran protests:
He said protests and violence that have rocked Iran since the contested vote appear part of a recurring strategy by U.S. and European intelligence agencies to destabilize “enemy” governments.
www.etaiwannews.com/etn/news_
content.php?id=986145°¥=eng_news
US ‘has agents working inside Iran’:
Brent Scowcroft said on Wednesday that “of course” the US had agents in Iran amid the ongoing pressure against the Iranian government by protesters opposed to the official result of its presidential election.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/06/2009624225744811593.html
Iranian envoy: CIA involved in Neda’s shooting?:
Though the video appeared to show that she had been shot in the chest, Ghadiri said that the bullet was found in her head and that it was not of a type used in Iran.
edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/meast/06/25/iran.ambassador/
Obama rejects Iran apology call:
“I don’t take Mr Ahmadinejad’s statements seriously about apologies, particularly given the fact that the United States has gone out of its way not to interfere with the election process in Iran,” Obama said during a news conference on Friday in Washington with German Chancellor Angela Merke
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/06/2009626183654681469.html
Obama Raises Doubts About Dialogue With Iran:
In Washington, President Obama accused Tehran of violating “universal norms, international norms,” and saying that the bravery of the Iranian people is “a testament to their enduring pursuit of justice.”
snipurl.com/ky9yl
US denied Iran official visa for UN meeting:
Tehran’s U.N. envoy on Friday accused the United States of denying Iran’s first vice president and members of his delegation visas to attend a three-day U.N. conference on the global financial crisis.
snipurl.com/ky9zs
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran :
‘Ahmadinejad win requires primed IDF’:
“The scope of threats against us has widened from Hamas and Islamic Jihad terrorists to Iran, which is working to attain nuclear capabilities. We will not remove any option from the table and advise others to do the same,” the defense minister said
snipurl.com/kya0h
Israeli Army amasses troops, military hardware along Lebanese border:
The Israeli Army stepped up its presence along the border with Lebanon deploying armored tanks and setting up fortifications as it intensified airspace violations in the area, Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency reported
snipurl.com/kya19
Nixon administration pressured Israel on nukes:
The memorandum, part of a collection of memos and tape recordings released Tuesday by the Nixon Presidential Library, shows efforts to get Israel to sign the 1968 Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty. This would have required Israel to open itself to international inspection and dismantle any nuclear weapons program it had.
www.kansascity.com/437/story/1276898.html
Israel tries to block Jordan’s nuclear cooperation with others:
Israel is trying to block Jordan’s bids to obtain nuclear technology for peaceful uses through agreements with the world’s leading nuclear powers the daily Alarab Alyawm reported Wednesday, citing a senior diplomat.
snipurl.com/kya2q
Somalia violence kills more than 250 civilians: UN:
Clashes between Islamist rebels and Somalia’s government have killed some 250 civilians and forced more than 160,000 to flee their homes since last month, the UN refugee agency said on Friday.
snipurl.com/kya3l
US sending weapons to Somalia:
The US has revealed it is sending weapons and cash to the Somali government to aid its fight against al Shabab.
english.aljazeera.net//news/americas/
2009/06/200962520481752248.html
Official: U.S. to Bolster Aid to Train Somali Forces:
The Obama administration has decided to bolster efforts to support Somalia’s embattled government by providing money for weapons and helping the military in neighboring Djibouti train Somali forces, U.S. officials said Thursday.
www.foxnews.com/politics/2009/06/26/
official-bolster-aid-train-somali-forces/
Rights body: AU should investigate peacekeepers’ actions in Somalia:
An AU peacekeeping force of 4,300 troops from Uganda and Burundi is propping up the Somali government, which is wobbling under a fierce onslaught
snipurl.com/kya8w
N. Africa “Qaeda” says it shot American in Mauritania: –
“Al Qaeda’s” North Africa wing claimed responsibility for the shooting of an American aid worker in Mauritania, saying it was done in retaliation for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
snipurl.com/kya9y
US won’t use force on NK ship:
THE United States will not use force to inspect a North Korean ship suspected of carrying banned goods, an American official was quoted as saying yesterday. North Korea has in response escalated threats of war, with a slew of harsh words including warnings that it would unleash a “fire shower of nuclear retaliation” and “wipe out the (US) aggressors” in the event of a conflict.
www.shanghaidaily.com/article/?id=405557&type=World
US needs to be able to search NKorea ships:
Top lawmaker: His comments came after a US Navy destroyer began tracking the Kang Nam 1, a North Korean ship suspected of carrying weapons to Myanmar in what would be a violation of a United Nations embargo on Pyongyang’s arms sales.
snipurl.com/kyac2
Obama administration seeks to quash suit by 9/11 families:
The Obama administration has intervened to quash a civil suit filed against Saudi Arabia by survivors and family members of victims of the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
www.wsws.org/articles/2009/jun2009/saud-j26.shtml
Telecoms Aided Iran Government to Censor Internet:
A new report finds telecoms in Europe have helped the Iranian government develop one of the world’s most sophisticated mechanisms to censor the internet. It’s called deep packet inspection, and it’s also being used here at home.
www.democracynow.org/2009/6/23/deep
_packet_inspection_telecoms_aided_iran
Night chopper flights over L.A. are tied to military training:
Since June 15, Blackhawk helicopter pilots have been practicing dives and climbs around the city to prepare for assignments overseas. The sessions end Saturday.
www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me
-copters26-2009jun26,0,5276214.story
The Sickening Influence of Campaign Contributions:
If Congress fails to enact health care reform this year-or if it enacts a sham reform designed to bail out corporate medicine while excluding the “public option”-then the public will rightly blame Democrats, who have no excuse for failure except their own cowardice and corruption.
www.truthdig.com/report/item/20090624_
the_sickening_addiction_that_may_kill_reform/