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: 4,662
icasualties.org/oif/
Number Of International Occupation Force Troops Slaughtered In Afghanistan : 1,400
icasualties.org/oef/
Cost of War in Iraq
$683,380,305,888
Cost of War in Afghanistan
$227,016,709,458
The cost in your community
www.nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
Black Propaganda
Intelligence Agencies Say No New Nukes in Iran
Secret updates to White House challenge European and Israeli assessments.
By Mark Hosenball | Newsweek Web Exclusive
The U.S. intelligence community is reporting to the White House that Iran has not restarted its nuclear-weapons development program, two counterproliferation officials tell NEWSWEEK. U.S. agencies had previously said that Tehran halted the program in 2003.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23520.htm
In Case You Missed It
Iran Intelligence Report: More Psychological Warfare?
By Soraya Sepahpour-Ulrich
Under the current administration, it is increasingly difficult to know who the enemy is, but what is certain is that the latest National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) is a brilliantly executed psychological warfare by way of misinformation. This dastardly plan is so devious that even the anti-war groups are jubilant at its release, and they are naively sharing its contents. Perhaps non are as enthusiastic about the report as the most powerful lobby group in America hostile to Iran.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article18837.htm
How the Soviet Menace Was Hyped
By Melvin A. Goodman
To understand what happened to the United States over the past three decades, a good place to start is by examining the battles fought within the CIA’s analytical division over evidence of Soviet capabilities and intentions, which were systematically hyped by Cold War hardliners.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23522.htm
For Britons, The Party Game Is Over
By John Pilger
By refusing to bring the troops home, Brown is likely to provoke an atrocity by young British Muslims who view the war as a western crusade; the recent Old Bailey trail made that clear. He has been told as much by British intelligence and security services. Brown’s own security adviser has said as much publicly. As with Tony Blair and the bombs of 7 July 2005, he will bear ultimate responsibility for bringing violence and grief to his own people.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23523.htm
U.S. Death Squads Roam The Globe
Commando Raid in Somalia is Latest in Covert Operations
By Bill Roggio
The attack in southern Somalia that targeted and killed a senior “al Qaeda leader” wanted for several deadly attacks is the latest in a series of covert operations carried out by US and allied special operations. At least four other high-profile raids by ground forces took place in Pakistan, Madagascar, and Syria over the past several years, while others have gone unreported, according to US officials.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23521.htm
Post-Bubble Malaise
By Mike Whitney
The question is, how long can the Obama administration write checks on an account that’s overdrawn by $11 trillion.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23524.htm
It’s A Cover Up, Not A Recovery
“We Are In The Early Stages Of A Revolution”
This Is a Must Watch Video
Gerald Celente – the most trusted name in trends – sits down for an exclusive interview with RT’s Anastasia Churkina to talk about what the future holds for America during and after the Great Recession, gives advice to Obama, and forecasts the unexpected.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23525.htm
Disgrace in The Hague
By Gideon Levy
There’s a name on every bullet, and there’s someone responsible for every crime. The Teflon cloak Israel has wrapped around itself since Operation Cast Lead has been ripped off, once and for all, and now the difficult questions must be faced.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23527.htm
A Moment Of Silence
By Emmanuel Ortiz
If you want a moment of silence, put a brick through the window of Taco Bell,
And pay the workers for wages lost.
Tear down the liquor stores,
The townhouses, the White Houses, the jailhouses, the
Penthouses and the Playboys.
www.informationclearinghouse.info/article23526.htm
Air raid kills 80 Yemeni civilians:
A Yemeni government air strike has killed scores of displaced civilians, mostly women and children, in the war-torn Amran province, witnesses say.
presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106422§ionid=351020206
Six Italian occupation force soldiers among 16 killed in Kabul:
A suicide car bomber killed at least 16 people, including six Italian soldiers, in an attack on a military convoy on a road in the centre of Kabul today, the worst strike suffered by Italians in Afghanistan.
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Three Pakistanis killed in Afghanistan:
The four men were sprayed with bullets and their bodies were thrown on the highway.
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Please Send Help!:
McChrystal Wants Up to 40,000 More Troops in Afghanistan:
Gen. Stanley McChrystal, the top U.S. commander in Afghanistan, is privately requesting between 30,000 and 40,000 more troops, a request that has produced “sticker shock” and “huge resistance” among key lawmakers, sources told FOX News.
www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,551120,00.html
Karzai denies major electoral fraud:
The European Union Observers have contested the preliminary results of the August 20 election, claiming that that there were around 1.5 million ‘suspicious’ ballots cast in Afghanistan’s presidential vote.
presstv.ir/detail.aspx?id=106438§ionid=351020403
Pakistan: 11 “militants” killed in DI Khan gunship copter attack:
According to reports, seven bodies of the militants were taken to the Saddar police station. The sources told our sources that the operation was launched to kill militant commander Ashraf Ali, who fled.
paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=219390
US Attack In Pakistan Kills 2:
If their deaths are confirmed, Ilyas Kashmiri and Nazimuddin, alias Yahyo, would be two of several militant leaders killed in Pakistan by missiles fired by unmanned US drones.
www.thejakartapost.com/news/2009/09/17/
pakistan-alqaeda-commander-killed-us-strike.html
US gives $3bn in aid to Pakistan:
The United States has provided more than $3bn in aid to Pakistan since President Zardari came to power a year ago, its ambassador in Islamabad says.
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/8260292.stm
Nine peacekeepers killed in Somalia suicide bombing :
A double suicide bomb attack by Islamist insurgents driving vehicles bearing United Nations logos has killed nine African Union peacekeepers, officials said Thursday.
snipurl.com/rxv58
Somali fighters set hostage demands:
Somali fighters holding a French security agent hostage have demanded the French government meet several conditions in exchange for his release.
english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2009/09/200991763031582644.html
Another Lawsuit Targets Founder of Blackwater:
The latest case accuses Blackwater founder Erik Prince of personally directing murders from a 24-hour remote monitoring “war room” at the private military company’s Moyock, N.C., headquarters.
snipurl.com/rxv6b
Why Is Obama Still Using Blackwater?:
On the second anniversary of the single worst massacre of Iraqi civilians committed by a private force since the US invasion, President Obama should be forced to explain to the American people and the people of Iraq and Afghanistan why he continues to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to this company and why he permits them to remain on the ground, representing the United States in these countries
www.thenation.com/doc/20090928/scahill3/print
Iraq: Car bomb kills 3, wounds 8 in Diala:
Three civilians on Wednesday were killed and five others were injured when a booby-trapped car bomb exploded near Diala’s Baaquba city, according to a local security source.
en.aswataliraq.info/?p=119081
Kurdish security guard killed, 2 injured in Touz Khormato:
“Unknown gunmen attacked a Kurdish security patrol in central Touz Khormato, northeast of Tikrit, and opened fire on it, killing one element and injuring two,” the source told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
en.aswataliraq.info/?p=119104
Gunmen kill district chief in Babel:
Unknown gunmen killed on Thursday the chief of a district in Babel and wounded two of his family members in an attack in the northern part of the province.
en.aswataliraq.info/?p=119126
Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Iran:
Israel ‘will attack Iran this year’ if West does not cripple Tehran with sanctions:
Ephraim Sneh, Israel’s deputy defence minister until 2007, said a nuclear-armed Iran was an unacceptable threat to Israel. No Israeli government could put its faith in President Barack Obama’s efforts to bring Tehran to the negotiating table over its nuclear programme, he said.
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Russian FM: swift Iran sanctions ‘serious mistake’:
”Today there is a real chance to conclude talks whose results should be an agreement restoring trust in the purely peaceful nature of Iran’s nuclear programme,” Lavrov said in televised remarks.
www.middle-east-online.com/english/?id=34427
Report: Barak says Iran is not existential threat to Israel:
Defense Minister Ehud Barak was quoted on Thursday as saying he does not view Iran as a threat to Israel’s existence, a view that would seem to depart from Israeli statements of the recent past.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115282.html
Iran’s Foreign Ministry has criticized France for Remarks on Nuclear Program:
He said the comments were politically motivated and far from realistic.
www.voanews.com/english/2009-09-17-voa14.cfm
Iran fails to pass IAEA resolution prohibiting attacks on its nuclear facilities:
Tehran wanted the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to pass a resolution prohibiting armed attacks or threats of armed attacks on nuclear facilities in operation or under construction. But the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM), comprised of developing countries, refused to support this proposal, leaving open the question about the support Iran could get at the general meeting. (AFP)
www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3778612,00.html
U.S. drops Europe missile shield plan as Iran threat reassessed:
U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday shelved a Bush-era plan for an Eastern European missile defense plan that has been a major irritant in U.S. relations with Russia. He said a redesigned defensive system would be cheaper and more effective against the threat from Iranian missiles.
haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115394.html
Goldstone: Punish commanders who broke laws in Gaza:
The head of a United Nations commission that charged Israel with committing war crimes in the Gaza Strip during its offensive there earlier last winter wrote Thursday that soldiers and commanders must be held accountable for serious violations during the fighting.
www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1115355.html
Israel rejects call for probe of war conduct:
Israel on Wednesday rejected a U.N. panel’s call to open an independent inquiry into its wartime conduct in the Gaza Strip and launched a diplomatic campaign to thwart any prosecution of its soldiers in an international criminal tribunal.
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Israel Struggles to Wriggle Out of the Dock:
The Goldstone Commission has delivered an unremittingly scathing report on Israel’s 22-day war against Hamas in Gaza last December and January. But the outstanding question is what kind of action the report – legal and political – will yield. Will it, in fact, result in any action at all?
ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=48463
U.K. labor unions back Israel boycott in wake assault on Gaza :
British labor unions on Thursday agreed to support a boycott of some Israeli goods in response to the offensive in Gaza last winter.
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U.S. Military Buildup in Colombia, Is the U.S. Preparing for War with Venezuela? :
The U.S. State Department has just wrapped up a deal with Colombia’s President Uribe that will lead to a massive buildup of U.S. military personnel across seven bases in Colombia.
www.workerscompass.org/vorpahl_9-16-2009.html
San Diego Sheriff says using military weapon on crowds ‘isn’t controversial’:
The purchase of the so-called “sonic weapon” by the sheriff’s department set off shockwaves after it was reported last week by East County Magazine in California.
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Who Really Crashed the Economy?:
The Wall Street corporations funding the front organizations that orchestrate these and other diversions hope we will forget that America’s number one problem is Wall Street-and the overpaid Wall Street casino gamblers who destroyed our economy in a reckless test of the theory that markets can self-regulate and that the unrestrained pursuit of individual greed is beneficial to society.
www.yesmagazine.org/blogs/david-korten/
blog-who-really-crashed-the-economy
Mixing the whitewash:
US Panel Begins Inquiry Into Financial Meltdown:
Four months after its creation, a congressionally appointed panel modeled after the 9/11 Commission and the Iraq Study Group is opening a 15-month investigation into the causes of last year’s economy-crippling financial collapse.
www.wftv.com/money/20959051/detail.html
US poverty rate hits 11-year high:
Poverty in the United States climbed to 13.2 percent in 2008, up from 12.5 percent in 2007, the highest level since 1997. The increase came as millions of workers lost their jobs in the first year of the worst economic slump since the Great Depression
www.wsws.org/articles/2009/sep2009/pove-s11.shtml