Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq “1,339,771"
www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America’s War On Iraq: 4,334
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1343
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$677,102,220,451
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$225,311,266,447
The cost in your community
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Iran “Rebel” Says US Ordered Terror Attacks
By Arab Times & Agencies
“They (US officials) told us whom to shoot and whom not to. All orders came from them. They told us that they would provide us with everything we need like money and equipment.”
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23363.htm
In Case You Missed It
The Secret War Against Iran
By Brian Ross and Christopher Isham Report:
A Pakistani tribal militant group responsible for a series of deadly guerrilla raids inside Iran has been secretly encouraged and advised by American officials since 2005, U.S. and Pakistani intelligence sources tell ABC News.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17480.htm
ElBaradei Foes Leak Stories to Force His Hand on Iran
Analysis by Gareth Porter
Western officials leaked stories to the Associated Press and Reuters last week aimed at pressuring the outgoing chief of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, to include a summary of intelligence alleging that Iran has been actively pursuing work on nuclear weapons in the IAEA report due out this week.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23365.htm
Right-Wing Mad Militarist And His Mindless Murdering Drones
By Laura Flanders
A US drone firing missiles into a village in northern Pakistan killed at least 19 people over the weekend. The targets were militants said the US military. The victims included six dead children said a local tribal elder.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23368.htm
Is This Evidence of Sri Lankan ‘War Crimes’?
Sri Lanka Execution Video
The man is young, naked, bound and blindfolded; a corpse lying across his legs. A soldier approaches him in what appears to be Sri Lankan army uniform and shoots him at point-blank range, apparently amused at the death. “It’s like he jumped,” he says.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23366.htm
The CIA’s Willing Torturers
By Peter Beaumont
The CIA report into prisoner abuse reveals a new, ugly reality: America’s torturers weren’t simply following orders.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23369.htm
Thomas Paine v. the Right’s Torture Defenders
What every American should be made to learn about the IG Torture Report
By Glenn Greenwald
“It’s bullshit. It’s disgraceful. You wonder which side they’re on. [It’s’ a] declaration of war against the CIA, and against common sense. . .
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23364.htm
Israel Turns Up The Heat To Evict Bedouin From Desert Lands
Army’s West Bank tactics imported to Negev
By Jonathan Cook in Amra
The inhabitants of the Bedouin village of Amra have good reason to fear that the harsh tactics used by the Israeli army against Palestinians in the occupied West Bank have been imported to their small corner of Israel’s Negev desert.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23373.htm
Zionism: An “Abnormal” Nationalism
By M. Shahid Alam
Jewish ‘nationalism’ was abnormal for two reasons. It was homeless: it did not possess a homeland. The Jews of Europe were not a majority in, or even exercised control over, any territory that could become the basis of a Jewish state. We do not know of another nationalist movement in recent memory that started with such a land deficit – that is, without a homeland.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23370.htm
In Memoriam: Ted Kennedy, 1932-2009
By Paul Hogarth
One year before he died, Kennedy gave this very powerful speech on health care reform – which is even more apt now that he is no longer with us.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23372.htm
The Widening Gap In America’s Two Tiered Society
By Emily Spence
If the U.S. populace somehow imagines that its members are viewed any differently than any other populations across the world that are used to produce maximal profits for the top economic class, there’s a rude awakening in store ahead. Further, most legislators simply do not care whether middle and lower class interests are or aren’t well served as long as they, themselves, can somehow make out well in the times ahead.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23371.htm
18 militants killed, 13 arrested in NW Pakistan:
According to Swat media center, Taliban commander Shahpur Kamran and his two aides were killed during the clash with security forces in Swat Wednesday.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/26/content_11948495.htm
2 policemen killed, 4 injured in SW Pakistan: –
Two policemen were killed and four others were injured in shooting in southwest Pakistan’s Balochistan province Wednesday, local TV channel reported
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/26/content_11949772.htm
Two Americans among 3 occupation force soldiers killed in Afghanistan:
Two US soldiers were among the three ISAF members killed in Afghanistan in different incidents on Wednesday.
snipurl.com/rezor
Roadside bomb kills Afghan official in N Afghanistan:
Qari Jan Gir, the chief of Justice Department of Kunduz province in northern Afghanistan, was killed on his way to office as a roadside bomb hit his car Wednesday morning, provincial police chief said.
news.xinhuanet.com/english/2009-08/26/content_11946125.htm
Taliban denies Kandahar bombing:
The Taliban has denied carrying out a bombing in the Afghan city of Kandahar that left at least 43 people dead.
english.aljazeera.net/news/asia/2009/08/2009826739225330.html
U.S. chopper accidentally dumps Afghan ballots:
A U.S. military helicopter carrying ballot boxes packed with votes from last week’s Afghan election accidentally dumped some of them somewhere over the rugged mountains of Nuristan, officials said on Wednesday.
www.msnbc.msn.com/id/32562708/ns/
world_news-south_and_central_asia/
US occupation force soldier killed in Iraq:
The Defense Department announced Tuesday the death of a 1st Cavalry Division soldier who was supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom.
www.kdhnews.com/news/story.aspx?s=35394
CIA removed station chief after detainee deaths:
The CIA removed its station chief in Iraq and reorganized its operations there in late 2003 after “potentially very serious leadership lapses” that included the deaths of detainees in U.S. custody, according to a newly released document and former senior officials.
www.northjersey.com/news/national/washington/54898977.html
Al-Hakim’s death fuels political crisis in Iraq:
The leader of one of Iraq’s most powerful Shi’ite Muslim political groups and most important religious dynasties has died, adding to political uncertainty in the war-torn country with an election looming next year.
www.euronews.net/2009/08/26/al-
hakim-s-death-fuels-political-crisis-in-iraq/
Top Sunni rebel on Iran death row says US ordered attacks:
A top Sunni rebel who is awaiting execution in Iran said on Tuesday that his militant group received orders from the United States to launch terror attacks in the Islamic republic.
www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/
ALeqM5gNJ7v88YDre7YJDSO5Gp-C3znY3A
Iran’s Khamenei says protests planned before vote: –
Iran’s supreme leader said on Wednesday he did not believe the leaders of opposition protests that erupted after the country’s June presidential vote were agents of foreigners.
uk.reuters.com/article/idUKTRE57P57J20090826?rpc=401
Israeli forces kill four Palestinians in Gaza:
The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) strongly condemns attacks perpetrated by Israeli forces in the evening of 24 August, and the morning of 25 August 2009. Three Palestinians were killed while a fourth is missing consequent to Israeli gunfire in the northern Gaza Strip and aerial bombardment along the Egyptian border, south of Rafah.
electronicintifada.net/v2/article10738.shtml
Georgia regions mark ‘independence’:
Russia has called for international recognition of Abkhazia and South Ossetia, one year after formally acknowledging the two Georgian breakaway regions as independent states.
english.aljazeera.net/news/europe/2009/08/200982682034876496.html
Chavez threatens Colombia break:
Hugo Chavez said on Tuesday that there was “no possibility” of repairing relations with the government of Alvaro Uribe, his Colombian counterpart, due to the move, which he says could allow the US to target Venezuela.
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/08/200982634958679708.html
US stops issuing visas in Honduras:
“We are suspending non-emergency, non-immigrant visa services in the consular section of our embassy in Honduras, effective August 26,” Kelly added. “We firmly believe a negotiated solution [to the political crisis in Honduras] is the appropriate way forward and the San Jose Accord is the best solution.”
english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/
2009/08/200982601353122962.html
Only Two Weeks’ Training For CIA Interrogators:
One officer expressed concern that one day officers would wind up on a ‘wanted list’ to appear before a war crimes court due to [their] activities.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23367.htm
Audio interview: Chris Hedges
Health Care, War and the New Racism
snipurl.com/rezwy
Whitney predicts more than 300 bank failures:
Meredith Whitney, the analyst who predicted that Citigroup Inc. would cut its dividend last year, said the number of U.S. bank failures will quadruple as lenders struggle with bad loans.
www.calgaryherald.com/business/fp/Whitney+predicts
+more+than+bank+failures/1917263/story.html
Peter Schiff on Aljazeera Riz Khan Global recession :
Video
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