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I don't care who does the electing, so long as I get to do the nominating." -- William Marcy Tweed - (1823-1878) American politician, "Boss Tweed" was convicted for stealing millions of dollars from New York City, died in jail. Tweed was head of Tammany Hall, the Democratic Party political machine that played a major role in the politics of 19th century New York.
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Number Of Iraqis Slaughtered Since The U.S. Invaded Iraq "1,273,378"
http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/iraq/iraqdeaths.html
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Number of U.S. Military Personnel Sacrificed (Officially acknowledged) In America'sWar On Iraq 4,190
http://icasualties.org/oif/
The War And Occupation Of Iraq Costs
$568,624,550,632
See the cost in your community
http://nationalpriorities.org/index.php?option=com_wrapper&Itemid=182
=== The Slaughter Continues US Kills Dozens of Wedding Guests By JESSICA LEEDER AND ALEX STRICK VAN LINSCHOTEN: The bodies of at least 36 women have been identified, and hundreds more men and women have been injured. Local leaders have yet to establish a firm casualty count because many of the victims remain buried beneath rubble, said Abdul Hakim Khan, a tribal elder from the district.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21153.htm === Pakistan's Secret Cooperation with America By David Ignatius === Now That the Election Is Over, The Fight for Economic Justice Begins! By Medea Benjamin and Arun Gupta === An Obama Presidency More Of The Same Only Worse By Larry Pinkney If the masses of people in this nation knew or had known the pertinent facts pertaining to the war mongering "we can fight the war better," pro-apartheid Zionist, corporate Wall Street-backed, slippery tongued Barack Obama, it is doubtful they would have been so thoroughly bamboozled and hoodwinked to their own detriment and that of the world.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21159.htm === A New False Dawn By Seth Freedman === A Parasitical and Rapacious Empire. By Fidel Castro Ruz It is the largest producer and exporter of weapons. The military industrial complex also has an insatiable market within the same country. Its air and naval forces are concentrated on dozens of military bases in other countries. The strategic missiles of the United States, which carry nuclear warheads, can reach any point in the world with total precision.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21156.htm === Pelosi Defeats Cindy Sheehan to Win 12th Term By ERICA WERNER === I Will Never Concede Defeat By Cindy Sheehan If we never level the playing field to allow the people's voice and message to be heard, the tyranny of incumbency and the obscene amount of money spent on these circuses will continue and true progressive change will never happen.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21158.htm === Mass Media and Mass Politics Conservative, Liberal and Marxist Perspectives By James Petras The role of the mass media (MM) in influencing mass and class behavior has been a central concern among critical writers, especially since the turn of the Twentieth century. Debates and studies on the MM have focused on its political bias, ownership and links to big business, relationships and ties to the state, relative openness and diversity, promotion of wars and corporate interests among other major issues affecting the relations of power, wealth and empire.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article21160.htm === US Airstrike kills 90 in Afghan wedding party: === Karzai demands Obama end civilian deaths: The bombing Monday afternoon of the remote village of Wech Baghtu in the southern province of Kandahar destroyed an Afghan housing complex where women and children had gathered to celebrate. Body parts littered the wreckage and nearby farm animals lay dead.
http://tinyurl.com/5ac8xx === Kabul rocket attack kills two people; injures three : The rocket landed on a civilian house at 5am on Wednesday in the Pakiakot district of Kabul, a spokesman for the Interior Ministry, Zmari Bashari, said.
http://tinyurl.com/575fzh ===
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British occupation force solder killed in Afghanistan: === Pakistan: 15 person including 9 militants killed in Bajur air strikes: Gunship helicopters bombed suspected hideouts of local militants' situated in Gattagarra, Airab, Dammadola and Jangzai Badan areas of Mamond, killing at least 15 more militants. The death toll may rise, sources said. Several hideouts of local militants were also destroyed in bombing.
http://paktribune.com/news/index.shtml?207567 === Three killed in Pakistan explosion: === Suicide bomber kills 6 in Baghdad: === Three policeman killed, four injured in attacks in Iraq: === Iraq VP calls for national referendum on US status of forces agreement: Iraqi Sunni Vice President Tariq al-Hashemi, one of two Iraqi vice presidents, called Tuesday for a national referendum on a proposed US-Iraqi Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
http://tinyurl.com/65a2wc === Iran army warns US forces to steer clear of borders: === Israel breaks Gaza ceasefire, assassinates six: The Palestinian Centre for Human Rights (PCHR) condemns in the strongest possible terms the killing of six Palestinians carried out by the Israeli Occupation Forces (IOF) in the Gaza Strip yesterday evening and this morning
http://electronicintifada.net/v2/article9937.shtml === Gaza Militants Pound Southern Israel With Rockets After Raid Kills Six: - Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip have fired some 20 Qassam rockets into southern Israel just hours after an Israeli raid killed six militants in the Palestinian territory, said Israeli officials and Palestinian militants on Wednesday.
http://tinyurl.com/6xnoyd === Israel orders all Israel-Gaza goods crossings full closure: === Gaza residents 'terribly trapped': === Peres to attend meeting with Saudi king: President Shimon Peres plans to join Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah at a UN interfaith conference this month, Peres' office said Wednesday, raising the possibility of an unprecedented public meeting between the heads of state of the longtime adversaries
http://www.focus-fen.net/?id=n158495 === Russia to deploy missiles near NATO border: In his first state of the nation speech, Medvedev also blamed the U.S. for the war in Georgia and the global financial crisis. He said he hoped Barack Obama would act to improve relations with Russia but he did not offer congratulations to the president-elect.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/27551326/ === Half of the Zimbabwe population faces starvation: === Peru declares state of emergency in south after protests: The measure, announced by Prime Minister Yehude Simon after an extraordinary cabinet meeting, will see soldiers and police take over the city, which lies close to the border with Chile.
http://tinyurl.com/5qhr9f === Lula salutes Obama, asks him to lift Cuba embargo: Lula, however, also cautioned that there is "a very big difference between winning an election and governing a country like the United States ... Let us wait until he is inaugurated to see what happens."
http://tinyurl.com/59vo9l === Chávez reasserts interest in restoring dialogue with the US: Venezuela's President, Hugo Chávez, congratulated Barack Obama for his "historic election" on Tuesday and confirmed his desire to establish "new relations" with the United States and re-launch "a constructive bilateral agenda" for the wellbeing of the two peoples.
http://tinyurl.com/6zxnxk === In case you missed it: General who probed Abu Ghraib says Bush officials committed war crimes: The remarks by Maj. Gen. Antonio Taguba, who's now retired, came in a new report that found that U.S. personnel tortured and abused detainees in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, using beatings, electrical shocks, sexual humiliation and other cruel practices.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/41514.html === Spain offers mortgage relief to 500,000 workers: === Collapse of US auto sales points to deep recession: ===
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