Index

. Iran:

Time against U.S. in Iran nuclear row : diplomat

Disinformation flies as US raises Iran bar

Iran to launch oil and gas exchange on Feb. 27

US pushes EU to shut down Iranian banks

Disagreements could delay Iran nuclear report: diplomats

‘US ship nearly fired at Iranians’

George Bush Delivers the Horse’s Head

Economy:

Economy Slows to Near Crawl

World Grain Demand Straining U.S. Supply

The Real Unemployment Rate is 23%:
How and Why Jobs are Vanishing from America

Deep recession feared in U.S.

Bank of America circulating confidential proposal to Congress seeking $739 billion bailout

Oil Rises to Near $100 on Turkey News

Oil, gold prices strike historic highs

Ron Paul Slams The World Bank

US banks quietly borrow massive amounts from Federal Reserve

U.S. on the offensive in bid to secure energy supplies

Auction-Bond Failures Roil Munis, Pushing Rates Up

Depression risk might force U.S. to buy assets

Budget Deficit Running at Faster Pace

Insurers of Foreclosed Homes Brace For Arson Epidemic

Escape From Recession

Mortgage Crisis Spreads Past Subprime Loans

Congress Approves Stimulus Package

Olmert to hold emergency meeting on dollar rates

Republicans Join to Block Stimulus Bill

Federal Deficits Soaring Higher, Menacing the Future

Politics:

GOP Uses Surveillance Bill to Bash Democrats

Democrats Juggle Iraq, Economy

McCain Says He Could Lose Over War Issue

For McCain, Self-Confidence on Ethics Poses Its Own Risk

CLINTON WANTS A GUN SUMMIT

McCain Picks Up Elder Bush Support

Democrats Make Populist Appeals Before Contests

Obama and McCain Sweep Three Primaries

BigBrother And The Police State:

Son who secretly taped Dog Chapman arrested

Hemet man fatally shot at end of chase; his brother questions police account

Rule by fear or rule by law?

Child Abuse by the Government

Deputy tasers high school student against direct orders

Menasha site of war games

Government Surveillance is not a Mistake

Now police are told they can use Taser guns on children

New Jersey E-ZPass Tracks Drivers Not on Toll Roads

FISA Heads for Showdown

Senate Votes for Expansion of Spy Powers

Farce: Control of the Village through Terror

FBI's Sought Approval for Custom Spyware in FISA Court

North American Union:

Holes in the Wall: Homeland Security Won't Explain Why
the Mexican Border Wall Bypasses the Rich and Connected

Sept 11-01:

FBI documents contradict 9/11 Commission report

How Mossad Deceived the U.S. Military on 9/11

Editorials

The Nation, The State, and Tradition: Good or Bad?

Iraq:

02/28/08 NYTimes: Iraq drains resources from U.S. Pacific Command

From his headquarters at the U.S. Pacific Command here, Admiral Timothy Keating is responsible for the largest geographic region in the country's military.

02/28/08 AP: Pentagon to probe delays of gear to Iraq

An investigation into allegations the Marine Corps delayed sending blast-resistant trucks to Iraq also will examine whether the Marines were negligent in delivering a laser to divert drivers and people from checkpoints and convoys...

02/28/08 Reuters: Iran president to show off influence on Iraq visit

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad makes a landmark trip to Iraq on Sunday seeking to show that Iran is an influential player in Iraqi politics which the United States can ill afford to isolate or ignore.

02/28/08 AP: US mil - Iraqi killed north of Baghdad

U.S. soldiers killed an Iraqi civilian who raised suspicion and failed to heed warnings to stop as he approached their foot patrol north of Baghdad, the military sasid. The man was wearing a bulky jacket and had his hands in his pockets Wednesday...

02/28/08 Reuters: Millions defy bombs to attend Iraqi Shi'ite ritual

Iraqi officials said on Thursday they had defused three car bombs aimed at some of the 7 million pilgrims visiting Kerbala for one of Shi'ite Islam's most important rituals.

02/28/08 AP: Iraq rewards trump risks for job seekers

Help wanted: possibly life-threatening risks, little freedom outside work, long hours but competitive pay. Must be willing to relocate to Iraq. For many around the world, that is the sound of opportunity knocking.

02/28/08 AP: No Timetable for Turkish Incursion

Turkey's military chief on Thursday refrained from setting a timetable for withdrawal from Iraq after meeting U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who urged Turkey to keep its ground incursion short and focused.

02/28/08 KUNA: Turkish Army kills 77 PKK members in N. Iraq, total at 230

The Turkish Army said Thursday that it killed 77 members of the Kurdish Workers Party (PKK) over the past few hours, bringing the total to 230 so far.

02/28/08 DominionPost: Kiwi medic in Iraq 'a hero'

A Kiwi medic in Iraq is in line for a US Government bravery award after helping save dozens of lives in a rocket attack on innocent citizens. Pat Berry, a former duty manager with St John Ambulance in Auckland, was one of the first on the scene...

02/28/08 AP: Marine Flak Jacket Delivery Halted After Complaints

The Marine Corps' top general has halted the remaining delivery of new flak jackets after his troops in Afghanistan and Iraq complained the gear was too heavy and cumbersome

02/27/08 AP: US Air Force computer expert kills his 2 young children, himself

A recently divorced airman who served with distinction in Iraq chased his ex-wife out of military housing with a pistol before killing his two young children and himself.

Iraqi Leaders Veto Law Bush Administration Hailed as Political Breakthrough

Turkey Says No Timetable for Iraq Pullout

Iraq Cabinet Demands Turks Leave Kurdish Area in North

US Voices Support as Turkey Seeks to "Eliminate" Kurdish Rebels

02/25/08 Reuters: Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms kill woman in Baquba

Gunmen wearing Iraqi army uniforms stormed a house and killed a woman near Baquba, police said.

02/25/08 Reuters: U.S. forces captured suspected Iranian-backed finance facilitator

U.S. forces captured a suspected Iranian-backed special groups finance facilitator and detained six others in the town of Suwayra, 60 km (37 miles) south of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

02/25/08 Reuters: Bodies of 8 women found in Baquba

Police found the decomposing bodies of eight women who had been blindfolded, handcuffed and shot in the head, in a grave in a town just north of Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

02/25/08 AP: Turkish Fire Artillery at Rebels in Iraq

Turkish troops fired dozens of salvos of artillery shells at suspected hideouts of Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq on Monday. The Turkish military said there were clashes with rebels in four parts of northern Iraq, but did not specify the locations.

02/25/08 Reuters: Iraq militants claim killing of 12 Nepalese

An Iraqi militant group posted a video on the Internet on Monday showing the killings of 12 Nepalese men who it said worked for a Nepalese company with a U.S. contract. In the video, posted by an Islamist group called the Army of Ansar al-Sunna...

02/25/08 BBC: Iraqi pilgrims caught in bombing

Police in Iraq say at least three Shia pilgrims have been killed in a bombing in southern Baghdad...The attack on the pilgrims occurred as the group walked towards the city of Karbala, south of Baghdad, for an annual religious ceremony.

02/25/08 Reuters: Death toll from Iraq pilgrim bombing rises to 63

The death toll from Sunday's suicide bomb attack on Iraqi pilgrims heading to a Shi'ite festival south of Baghdad has risen to 63, a health official said on Monday.

02/25/08 Xinhua: Turkish military says PKK death toll in N Iraq at 112

The Turkish General Staff said in a statement posted on its website that 33 PKK militants and eight Turkish soldiers were killed during a ground offensive into northern Iraq on Sunday.

02/25/08 KUNA: Mortar fire kills 3 civilians in Mosul

Moreover, the source said a mortar shell fell over a house in Tel Al-Rumman, eastern Mosul, killing three civilians, including a child, and wounding four women -- all belonging to the same family. (end) sbr.ema KUNA 251355 Feb 08NNNN

02/25/08 KUNA: Militants kill four policemen in Mosul

A police source told KUNA that unknown militants opened fire at a police patrol in Maarith district in Mosul, killing four policemen and wounding three others.

02/25/08 dpa: Suicide bomber in wheelchair kills senior officer in Iraq

A suicide bomber in a wheelchair killed a senior police officer and his two aides and wounded eight soldiers at a police centre in Samarra, northern Iraq Monday, according to security officials.

Iraq Fears Clash Between Turkish Troops and Iraqi Kurds

Turkish Raid Strains US-Kurd Ties

02/21/08 Reuters: Iraq's Sadr expected to extend militia truce

Powerful Iraqi Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr is expected to extend a six-month ceasefire by his Mehdi Army militia, two senior officials in his movement confirmed for the first time on Thursday.

02/21/08 AP: Attacks against American targets up around Baghdad

With deadly attacks against U.S. targets increasing around Baghdad, anti-American Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr raised the possibility Wednesday that he may not renew a six-month cease-fire widely credited for helping slash violence.

02/21/08 Reuters: Baghdad-Basra Train Connecting People

Like a stitch across a deep wound, the train between Iraq's two biggest cities reminds people of a more peaceful time before sectarian carnage nearly tore their country apart.

02/21/08 dpa: Iraqi army clashes with militants in Basra

Iraqi army forces fought for several hours with illegal militant groups in different areas in the city of Basra, some 550 kilometres south of Baghdad, security sources and media reports said Thursday.

02/21/08 AFP: Four British soldiers injured in explosions

Four British soldiers suffered minor injuries when their convoy was hit by two explosions near their base in southern Iraq, the defence ministry in London said Thursday.

02/21/08 AFP: Australia confirms Iraq troop pullout

Australia's new government confirmed Thursday that it would withdraw its combat troops from Iraq by mid-year but pledged strong ties with the United States ahead of landmark talks this week.

02/21/08 WAVE-TV: More than 180 from Ky. National Guard leave for Iraq

More than 180 members of the Kentucky National Guard are heading to Iraq. It's the second trip to the war-torn country for the National Guard's 223rd Military Police Co.

02/21/08 AP: Seeking answers in Blackwater Iraq shooting

U.S. authorities investigating Blackwater Worldwide security contractors are returning to Baghdad this week to revisit the scene of a September shooting that left 17 Iraqi civilians dead.

Pause in Iraq? Try Permanent Bases in the Region

Al-Sadr Threatens to End Cease-Fire

How Never to Withdraw From Iraq

02/20/08 AFP: Kurdish group threaten attacks on Turkey tourist sites

The Kurdistan Freedom Falcons (TAK), a shadowy group that has claimed responsibility for deadly bomb attacks in the past, threatened "days of apocalypse for Turkey... with (our) activists who have taken a vow of revenge."

02/20/08 AP: Al-Sadr Threatens to End Cease-Fire

Anti-U.S. cleric Muqtada al-Sadr threatened to lift a six-month cease-fire by the end of the week, officials said Wednesday _ a move that could send his Shiite militia fighters back out on the streets and jeopardize recent security gains that have...

02/20/08 AFP: Blast at Iraq market kills 10

A suicide bomber wearing an explosives belt blew himself up in the market of Muqdadiyah, killing at least 10 people and wounding 15 others," army General Ragheb al-Omayri told AFP.

02/20/08 Xinhua: Suicide bomber kills at least 6 in Iraq's Diyala province

A suicide bombing struck a security checkpoint near a marketplace in a town in the volatile Diyala province on Wednesday, killing at least six people and wounding 18 others, a provincial police source said.

02/20/08 AP: Iraq war vet faces trial on charges of raping a 3-month-old girl

A former Army paratrooper who served two tours of duty in Iraq has been ordered tried on charges of raping and critically injuring a 3-month-old girl. Kirk Coleman is charged with first-degree criminal sexual conduct and first-degree child abuse...

02/20/08 Reuters: Deputy minister of science and technology wounded by roadside bomb

The deputy minister of science and technology was wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near his convoy in the Zayouna district of eastern Baghdad, police said. Two of his guards were also wounded.

02/20/08 Reuters: Two suicide bombers killed in Samarra

Two would-be suicide bombers wearing explosive vests were killed by members of a neighbourhood security patrol as they tried to approach their checkpoint on Tuesday in the city of Samarra,

02/20/08 Reuters: Three bodies found in Baghdad on Tuesday

Three bodies were found in different areas of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

02/19/08 CNN: U.S. military stretched 'dangerously thin'

The Iraq war has strained U.S. forces to the point where they could not fight another large-scale war, according to a survey of military officers. ...88 percent believe the demands of the Iraq war have "stretched the U.S. military dangerously thin."

02/19/08 AP: Friends plan fundraiser for family of kidnapped businessman

Friends of an Indiana businessman kidnapped in Iraq nearly three years ago will hold a fundraiser this weekend to help ease his family's financial struggles.

02/19/08 yorkshirepost: Coroner calls for better protection for Army vehicles

A CORONER has called for military vehicles to be better protected after hearing how four soldiers, including a Catterick medic, were killed in Iraq when a bomb exploded under their vehicle.

02/19/08 wgal: York Co. Soldier Killed In Ambush

A soldier from York County has been killed in an ambush in Iraq. The Pentagon said U.S. Army Specialist Luke Runyan, 21, of West Manchester Township died Sunday.

02/19/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 4 Iraqi soldiers in Tikrit

A roadside bomb wounded four Iraqi soldiers when it targeted their patrol in central Tikrit, 175 km (110 miles) north of Baghdad, the Iraqi army said.

02/19/08 Reuters: Iraqi police kill an al Qaeda leader

Iraqi police killed an al Qaeda leader, Mohammed Yahya al-Rahmani, known as Abu Mussab, and three foreign militants on Monday in a town close to Samarra, 100 km (62 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

02/19/08 Reuters: Iraqi army arrest 11 Shi'ite militants

The Iraqi army said it had arrested 11 Shi'ite militants belonging to the Soldiers of Heaven group in Hilla, 100 km (60 miles) south of Baghdad.

02/19/08 Xinhua: Iraqi woman killed in Baghdad bomb explosion

An Iraqi woman was killed and two people were wounded in a bomb explosion in northern Baghdad on Tuesday, an Interior Ministry source said.

02/19/08 AP: Ground offensive against Kurdish rebels in Iraq an option

A Turkish ground offensive against Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq remains an option, the foreign minister said on Tuesday. "The option for a ground operation is open," CNN-Turk television quoted Foreign Minister Ali Babacan as saying.

02/19/08 AP: Key claim about Iraq WMD threat discredited by British document

An early version of a British dossier of prewar intelligence on Iraq did not include a key claim about weapons of mass destruction that became vital to Tony Blair's case for war, the newly published document showed Monday.

02/19/08 AFP: 'Anti Qaeda' family gunned down

A couple and their son as well as a woman neighbour taking part in the fight against al-Qaeda have been killed by gunmen near the restive Iraqi city of Baquba, police and relatives said on Tuesday.

02/19/08 BBC: Civilians losers in Turkey-PKK conflict

Deep in the mountains, the Khanaqa Valley is one of the most idyllic places in northern Iraq. The jagged snow-covered peaks glisten in the sunlight. Small villages hug the mountainsides and a gently flowing river runs through the valley floor.

02/19/08 AP: Rogue Shiite Leader Caught in Baghdad

U.S. troops on Feb. 18 captured a breakaway Shiite militia leader suspected of being a powerful criminal boss and providing Iranian weapons to fighters in western Baghdad, the military said.

02/19/08 AP: Trial of Iraqi officials delayed

The trial of Iraq's former deputy health minister and a security official accused of letting Shiite death squads use ambulances and government hospitals to carry out killings was delayed Tuesday just as it was about to begin.

Revealed: the First Draft of Dossier That Took Britain to War

Is the US really bringing stability to Baghdad?

02/14/08 Reuters: Masked gunmen kill former army Major General in Samarra

Masked gunmen killed a former army Major General in Staff in the city of Samarra, 100 km (60 miles) north of Baghdad, his relatives told Reuters.

02/14/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds police chief in Baaj

A roadside bomb exploded near the convoy of the police chief of the town of Baaj, 150 km (90 miles) west of Mosul, wounding him along with three of his security guards, police said.

02/14/08 Reuters: Gunmen wound Wasit Reaction Force leader

The head of the Rapid Reaction Forces in Wasit Province was wounded when gunmen attacked his convoy near the city of Kut, 170 km (105 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

02/14/08 Reuters: U.S. forces kills seven insurgents, detains 16 suspects

The U.S. army killed seven insurgents and detained 16 suspects in the past two days during operations to disrupt al-Qaeda networks operating in central and northern Iraq, the U.S. military said.

02/14/08 NPR: Relative Calm Fragile in Baghdad Neighborhoods

Neighborhoods have begun to spring back to life in Baghdad. But in some areas, there are warning signs that things could fall apart when U.S. forces begin to withdraw.

02/14/08 NPR: Soldier Loses Custody of Child After Iraq Tour

Advocates for military families say a growing number of soldiers are losing custody of their children, not because they're bad parents but because they've been deployed overseas to Iraq and Afghanistan.

02/14/08 AP: Police Kill Iraq Vet In Jersey During Alleged Stabbing

Cumberland County Prosecutor Ron Casella said German Sanabria, 26, pushed police aside early Wednesday morning when they tried to pull him away from his stepfather. A neighbor called police after hearing screams coming from the family's home...

02/14/08 AFP: Bus bomb kills five in bustling market

A bomb planted in a minibus ripped through a market in Baghdad's teeming Sadr City neighbourhood on Thursdya night...killing five people and wounding 30. The bomb exploded about midday local time when the market in the mainly-Shi'ite neighbourhood...

02/14/08 Reuters: 2 Iraqi soldiers wounded by roadside bomb on Basra

Two Iraqi soldiers were wounded when a roadside bomb exploded near their patrol in the southern city of Basra, 550 km (340 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said.

02/14/08 Reuters: Armed men hang year-old boy

Armed men hanged a three year-old boy during an attack on a school in Zaafaraniya district of southern Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

02/14/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill family of 9 in Awja

Gunmen shot dead nine members of an Iraqi family after storming their house in the village of Awja, north of Baghdad, police said.

02/14/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill member of a neighbourhood police patrol in Hawija

Gunmen shot dead a member of a neighbourhood police patrol in a drive-by shooting in the town of Hawija, 70 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

Thousands of New Prisoners Overwhelm Iraqi System

333,000 US Casualties: Are They Covered?

02/13/08 Reuters: Three gunmen killed, 63 arrested

The Iraqi army killed three gunmen and arrested 63 others during operations over the last 24 hours in different areas across Iraq, the Defence Ministry said.

02/13/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds 2 people in Falluja

A roadside bomb wounded two people when it hit their car in northern Falluja, 50 km (30 miles) west of Baghdad, police said.

02/13/08 Reuters: Iraqi soldiers kill gunman near Riyadh

Iraqi soldiers killed one gunman after he opened fire on an Iraqi army patrol on Tuesday near Riyadh, 60 km (40 miles) southwest of Kirkuk, police said.

02/13/08 Xinhua: Gunmen kill 5 construction workers in northeast of Baghdad

Unknown gunmen on Wednesday shot dead five construction workers and wounded two others in the volatile province of Diyala in northeast of the capital, a provincial police source said.

02/13/08 M&G: Missing CBS journalists could be 'free in hours'

Negotiators have struck a deal to release two CBS News journalists missing, believed kidnapped, in Iraq and they could be free in hours, a leading Shi'ite militia group and the United States military said on Wednesday

4 million Iraqis struggling for food - UN

Army Buried Study Faulting Iraq Planning

Soldier, After Bipolar Treatment and Suicide Attempts, Sent Back to War Zone

More Bombing Creates New Enemies

Key figures in the Israel lobbies support a terrorist group that has fired on US troops

Shia call on Mehdi Army to take up arms again in Iraq

Mullen: US troops are tired

States Consider Calling Back Nat'l Guards from Iraq

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