Index:

Italy convicts Air Force O-6 in CIA kidnap case

Out in the cold: Intel agent says U.S. 'betrayed' her

BREAKING: Possible hostage situation in Jeff City

FBI tracked Hasan in December 2008

The Responsibility of the US in Contaminating Iraq with Depleted Uranium

Where Will They Get the Troops?
Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front

Suspected gunman in custody at school

UPI Editor Equates 9/11 Truth Activists With Fort Hood Killer

News blackout on PM, Obama meeting

Prosecutors: We can frame you with impunity

Blackout: Military Personnel Banned From H1N1Vaccine Sites

Environment boss wants to put carbon tax on driving, heating and holidays

The GOP Should Dump the Neocons

Mark Dice: Buy Gold for $50 an Ounce!

Do not be alarmed by Black Hawk helicopters swooping over Los Angeles

A Brilliant Bit of Analysis

Fuel convoy hit in eastern Afghanistan

Obama is white power in black face, protesters say

Blackwater used 'child prostitutes in Iraq'

PM heads to U.S. under threat of Palestinian statehood declaration

Hurricane Ida Moving Into The Gulf

House Approves Sweeping Health Care Bill, Now All Eyes on Senate

Japanese protest against US base

Taliban Still Working for the CIA?

The Evil Empire

Empire of Illusion

Afghan gov't says UN representative out of line

Spymaster Warns of Georgian Attack

Obama’s Prize tells world ‘War is Peace’

The Money That Is Sold Abroad Is You

Israel: UN 'detached from reality' for adopting Goldstone report

JIMMY CARTER ON GOLDSTONE AND GAZA

Barney Frank present during marijuana bust

Senator Accuses Anti-Gun Group of Exploiting Fort Hood Massacre

Dutch pull Pfizer vaccine batch after infants die

Nidal Hasan: Ft. Hood Shooter Participated in Homeland Security Disaster Preparation

Mark Levin: Congressmen Who Want to Force Americans to Buy Health Insurance Are Saying ‘The Hell With the Constitution'

Swine Flu -- One of the Most Massive Cover-ups in American History

Pelosi Breaks Pledge to Put Final Health Care Bill Online for 72 Hours Before Vote

What is Martial Law and how does it apply to you?

ANOTHER STATE INTRODUCES FIREARMS FREEDOM ACT

Americans’ income and spending drop, despite stimulus

Venezuela sends 15,000 troops to Colombia border

Pak has lost control of rogue military officers, says book

Italian judge convicts 23 in CIA kidnap case

The Oath Keepers

U.S. agrees to settle lawsuit in which CIA officials are accused of misconduct, fraud

Simon Mann puts Sir Mark Thatcher in the frame as he lands in Britain

Seeking atonement, El Salvador will honor 6 Jesuits slain by military 2 decades ago

C.I.A. Rendition Trial Nears Verdict

Pelosi Arrested Us for Asking for Healthcare

Voters are not stupid

U.S. hope dims for high-level Israeli-Palestinian talks over state

Leaked ACTA Internet Provisions: Three Strikes and a Global DMCA

CFR Recording Suggests Creating False Scarcity To Drive Up Demand For H1N1 Vaccine

. Iran:

Israel Warns IDF Ready to Roll Against Iran

Deputy FM: Israel threat to attack Iran is not bluff

IAEA found nothing serious at Iran site: ElBaradei

Economy:

Safeway workers in Arizona may strike

Airlines, hotels face bleak holidays

Doubt, Worry and Fear: New York Faces Dramatic Consequences of Crisis

Gold rises towards $1,120/oz as dollar slides

The Sorry State of Modern Economics

Government is top employer in southern Calif., report reveals

Goldman's Profits Come from Our Pockets: Why We Need a Tobin Tax

Russia Joins Dollar Interventionists, Shifts Position Diametrically As It Now Plans To Buy Gold

Suicides in the downturn raise worries about recession’s real cost

As Foreclosure Nightmares Increase, Will More Homeowners

Pay Off Their Bankers in Violence?

If Incomes are Down, Where is the Economic Spending coming from? Industrial Production Still Lower, Credit Contraction, and Average Work Week at Record Low. Wells Fargo Considering Converting Option ARMs to Interest Only Loans.

Failure written into 'too big' policy

Fannie Mae to allow borrowers in foreclosure to lease back homes

Credit Card Firms Hurry to Raise Rates

The Government Will Default on Its Debts

Geithner, Brown Split on Tobin Tax at Group of 20 Meeting

ExxonMobil-led consortium nets 'supergiant' Iraq oil field

SEPTA Strike Drags On

Broader Measure of U.S. Unemployment Stands at 17.5%

The Feds Have No Faith in Recovery

Energy famine is turning into a glut

Gold taps new record as U.S. joblessness hits 10%

Banks Gone Wild

Fed Signals “All Systems Go” for More Inflation

U.S. unemployment rate hits 10.2 percent

Fannie Mae seeking extra $US15 billion in aid after quarterly loss

Politics:

BigBrother And The Police State:

Justice Dept. Demands News Site Server Logs

Spying on Americans: Obama Endorses Bush Era Warrantless Wiretapping

North American Union:

Sept 11-01:

Iraq:

11/12/09 Reuters: Three prisoners escape from a prison in central Basra

Three prisoners accused of carrying out militant attacks escaped on Wednesday from a prison in central Basra, 420 km (260 miles) southeast of Baghdad, police said

11/12/09 Reuters: Gunmen wound policeman in a drive-by shooting in southern kirkuk

Gunmen wounded a policeman in a drive-by shooting on Wednesday in southern kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

11/12/09 Reuters: Bomb wounds 4 people in eastern Baghdad

A bomb attached to a car wounded four people in eastern Baghdad on Wednesday. police said

11/12/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill policeman, wounded 3 others near Balad

Gunmen killed a policeman and wounded three others at a checkpoint near Balad, 80 km(50 miles) north of Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

11/12/09 Bloomberg: KBR Improperly Billed Security Services, Senator McCaskill Says

KBR Inc., the largest contractor in Iraq and Afghanistan, improperly billed the Pentagon and was paid about $103 million for armed security guard services, according to a U.S. senator.

11/11/09 Reuters: Bomb wounds 2 people in central Kirkuk

A bomb attached to a car wounded two people in central Kirkuk, 250 miles (155 miles) north of Baghdad on Tuesday, police said.

11/11/09 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds police officer in western Mosul

A roadside bomb wounded one police officer in western Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

11/10/09 DoD: Army Casualties Identified (2 of 2)

Chief Warrant Officer Mathew C. Heffelfinger, 29, of Kimberly, Idaho...assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii...died Nov. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained when their OH-58D helicopter crashed.

11/10/09 DoD: Army Casualties Identified (1 of 2)

Chief Warrant Officer Earl R. Scott III, 24, of Jacksonville, Fla...assigned to the 2nd Squadron, 6th Cavalry Regiment, 25th Brigade Combat Team, 25th Infantry Division, Schofield Barracks, Hawaii...died Nov. 8 in Tikrit, Iraq, of injuries sustained when their OH-58D helicopter crashed.

11/10/09 NYTimes: Blackwater Said to Approve Iraqi Payoffs After Shootings

Top executives at Blackwater Worldwide authorized secret payments of about $1 million to Iraqi officials that were intended to silence their criticism and buy their support after a September 2007 episode in which Blackwater security guards fatally shot 17 Iraqi civilians in Baghdad, according to former company officials.

THE LIE OF THE CENTURY

11/10/09 NYTimes: In Iraq, Tensions Bubble Inside and Outside an Iranian Exile Camp

There seems, as with many problems in Iraq, no good answer for Camp Ashraf, as tensions here rise and American soldiers get closer to leaving: what to do with the few thousand Iranian dissidents here trained in explosives and proficient with tanks and machine guns who have sworn to overthrow the government in Tehran?

11/09/09 NYTimes: Prominent member of Awakening movement arrested in Iraq

Paramilitary leader Mustafa Kamal Shibeeb, a Sunni who hopes to become a lawmaker, had escaped arrest with the help of U.S. and Iraqi forces. An Interior Ministry unit detains him on murder charges.

11/09/09 NYTimes: Women Ascend to Iraq’s Elite Police Officer Corps

As one, the stony faces broke into a free-for-all of kisses, hugs and tears on Monday as the 50 women who called themselves the Lioness group became the first female graduates of Iraq’s police officer training academy.

11/09/09 timesonline: Soldiers Donald Payne and Aaron Cooper accused of killing Iraqi

A former soldier described yesterday watching two comrades kick and punch a handcuffed Iraqi prisoner minutes before he died at a British detention centre in Basra.

11/09/09 Reuters: Grenade fire wounds 10 people in Mosul

An attacker threw a hand grenade at an Iraqi police patrol, wounding 10 people in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

11/09/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill man in southern Kirkuk

Gunmen stormed the home of Hadi Luaibi, a local leader of the Sadrist movement, and killed him in southern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on Sunday, police said.

11/09/09 DoD: Army Casualty Identified

Spc. Tony Carrasco Jr., 25, of Berino, N.M., died Nov. 4 in Ad Dawr, Iraq, of a gunshot wound suffered when enemy forces attacked his unit. He was assigned to 2nd Battalion, 32nd Field Artillery Regiment, 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Riley, Kan.

11/09/09 Reuters: Women fight new battle in Iraq's insurgent corner

In what was once one of Iraq's deadliest areas, women who survived sectarian carnage and insurgency now fight a new battle to feed families whose menfolk have been killed, jailed or left jobless.

11/09/09 MNF: Two pilots killed in hard landing

Two U.S. Army pilots were killed when a helicopter experienced a hard landing in Salah ad Din Province, Nov.8. The names of the deceased are being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense.

11/09/09 MNF: MNF-W Marine dies in non-combat related incident

A Marine attached to Multi National Force – West died as the result of a non-combat related incident here Nov. 8. The name of the deceased is being withheld pending notification of next of kin and release by the Department of Defense

11/07/09 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills policeman in central Mosul

A roadside bomb targeted a police patrol on foot, killing one policeman and wounding another in central Mosul on Friday, police said.

11/07/09 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds wounds 5 people in western Mosul

A roadside bomb struck an Iraqi police patrol on Friday, wounding three policemen and two civilians in western Mosul, police said.

11/07/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill Iraqi policeman in central Mosul

Gunmen shot dead an Iraqi policeman at a checkpoint in central Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

11/07/09 Reuters: Gunmen kill pro-government militia member in southwest Kirkuk

Gunmen shot dead a local pro-government militia member in southwest Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad on Friday, police said.

11/07/09 Reuters: Bicycle bomb kills local Sunni Arab leader in Abu Ghraib

A bicycle loaded with explosives killed a local Sunni Arab leader and wounded three bystanders in Abu Ghraib in the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said.

11/07/09 burlingtonfreepress: Iraq veteran accused of sex assault

A 27-year-old Iraq war veteran was arrested early Friday after he walked into the South Burlington Police Department and told officers he had just sexually assaulted a woman, Chittenden County’s top prosecutor said...Donovan’s office will explore “any PTSD connection” to the incident, he said, referring to post-traumatic stress disorder. “It’s an odd case,” Donovan said. “You just don’t see this.”

11/06/09 DoD: Army Casualty Identified

Staff Sgt. Amy C. Tirador, 29, of Albany, N.Y., died Nov. 4 in Kirkush, Iraq, of injuries sustained from a non-combat related incident. She was assigned to the 209th Military Intelligence Company, 1st Squadron, 14th Cavalry Regiment, 3rd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Infantry Division, Fort Lewis, Wash.

11/06/09 NYTimes: Impasse in Iraq threatens election

Iraq’s Parliament failed again yesterday to approve a law to regulate a national election in January, deepening doubts about whether the nation can hold the vote on schedule.

11/06/09 Reuters: Iraq election body seeks vote delay due to law row

Iraq's electoral authorities called on Friday for polls due next January to be delayed after parliament failed once more to agree on how to hold the vote.

11/06/09 Xinhua: Civilian killed in Iraq's Diyala violence

An Iraqi civilian was killed and two others were wounded in gunfire attack and roadside bomb explosion in Iraq's volatile province of Diyala northeast of Baghdad on Friday, a provincial police source said.

11/06/09 Reuters: Bomb kills 1 civilian, wounds 3 others in Ramadi

A bomb attached to a car belonging to a police officer exploded with no casualties in Ramadi, 100 km (60 miles) west of Baghdad. A second bomb exploded when people were trying to extinguish the fire, killing at least one civilian and wounding three others, police said.

11/05/09 todayszaman: Baghdad asks Turkey to treat 18 injured Iraqis

The Iraqi government made an urgent request to Turkey on Thursday to treat 18 individuals who sustained critical injuries during the worst bombing of the year in Baghdad on Oct. 25.

11/05/09 NYTimes: 12 Dead, 31 Wounded in Base Shootings

At least one gunman killed 12 people and wounded 31 in a shooting on Thursday afternoon at Fort Hood in Texas. Military police killed one shooter, who had two guns, and at least two soldiers are in custody.

11/05/09 AP: Iraq lawmakers end session with no election deal

Iraqi lawmakers ended their session Thursday without agreeing on an election law needed to carry out the country's January vote, raising concerns about the country's ability to carry out the crucial election as planned.

11/05/09 NPR: U.S. Taxpayers Fueled Iraqi Campaign

U.S. taxpayer money that was supposed to be used for emergency purposes in Iraq was spent to buy a special advertising issue for an Anbar businessman in a British trade magazine, a U.S. government investigation has found.

11/05/09 beverleyguardian: Soldier's death still a mystery for family

The family of a Grimsby soldier found dead at his army barracks in Oxfordshire months before he was due to serve in Iraq have said they may never know why he died. Private Mark Payne loved army life, his sister told an inquest in Oxford.

11/05/09 AP: Exxon-Shell consortium wins West Qurna 1 deal

A consortium grouping U.S. and European oil giants Exxon Mobil Corp. and Royal Dutch Shell PLC won the right to develop one of Iraq's most prized oil fields, Iraq's Oil Ministry spokesman said on Thursday, as the OPEC nation looks to revamp its battered energy sector.

11/05/09 MJ: We're Still at War: Photo of the Day for November 5, 2009

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Samson Barini, assigned to Charlie 422nd Civil Affairs Battalion, tries to communicate with a small Iraqi boy, as they sit in the court yard of the Manara primary school, north of Mosul, Iraq, Oct. 24.

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