Index:

. Iran:

Iran Warned Not To Allow War Pretext

Economy:

Foreign spigot off for US consumers

FDIC may borrow money from Treasury: report

U.S. banking giant switches billions in debt to Britain to avoid paying corporation tax for 50 years

U.S. Taxpayer to Pay for Georgia’s Wrecked Economy

Ohio Enacts Usury Law

China to overtake US as largest manufacturer

29 States Faced Total Budget Shortfall of at Least $48 Billion in 2009

Politics:

BigBrother And The Police State:

DNC Protesters Outraged Over Makeshift Razor-Wire Jail in Denver Warehouse

DHS Funds Dramatic Expansion of D.C. Area Plate Scanning

CIFA Closes, Pentagon Opens New Spy Shop

North American Union:

Sept 11-01:

Iraq:

08/27/08 Reuters: Iraq says U.S. sought troop presence to 2015

The United States asked Iraq for permission to maintain a troop presence there to 2015, but U.S. and Iraqi negotiators agreed to limit their authorization to 2011, Iraqi President Jalal Talabani said.

08/26/08 Reuters: Death toll climbs to 28 killed in N.Iraq blast

A suicide bomber wearing an explosive vest struck a crowd of Iraqi police recruits at a recruitment station in a volatile northern province on Tuesday, killing 28 people and wounding 45, a police source said.

08/26/08 AFP : Blast kills 12 security recruits in Iraq

At least 12 security recruits were killed and 40 wounded in a suicide bomb attack at Jalawla, 150 kilometres north of Baghdad, the defence ministry and police said. The attack targeted a crowd of young Iraqis outside a police recruiting office, they said.

08/26/08 AP: Police say at least 9 killed in blast in Iraq

Iraqi security officials say at least nine people have been killed in the northeastern Diyala province. Tuesday's blast struck the town of Jalula but officials have offered conflicting reports about the circumstances of the explosion...

08/26/08 AFP: Car bomb injures 13 in Saddam's home town

A car bomb in Tikrit, the central Iraq hometown of executed dictator Saddam Hussein, injured 13 people including four policemen on Tuesday, police said.

08/26/08 Reuters: Death toll climbs to 28 killed in N.Iraq blast

08/25/08 dpa: Professor assassinated in Baghdad

Unknown gunmen killed a university professor in Iraq in west Baghdad early Monday...Police found the body of Professor Khaldoun Sabry in in the capital's Yarmouk district. He was handcuffed and had gunshot wounds and bruises all over his body

08/25/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill university guard in eastern Mosul

Gunmen killed a man working as a guard for the dean of Mosul University in a drive-by shooting in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

08/25/08 Reuters: Bomb wounds 3 in western Baghdad

A bomb attached to a car wounded a man, his wife and his daughter in the Jamiaa distict in western Baghdad, police said.

08/25/08 Reuters: One body found in Baghdad on Sunday

One body was found with gunshot wounds on Sunday in Baghdad, police said.

08/25/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills two bystanders in Shirqat

A roadside bomb killed two bystanders in the town of Shirqat, 300 km (190 miles) north of Baghdad, police and hospital sources said.

08/25/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb kills 1, wounds 2 others in Mussayab

A roadside bomb was planted near the house of Basim Mohammed, a Lieutenant-Colonel of the government facilities guard force, killing his daughter and wounding two sons on Sunday in Mussayab, 60 km (40 miles) south of Baghdad, police said.

08/25/08 honoluluadvertiser: Iraq war vet readies for Paralympics

Iraq war Army veteran Melissa...Stockwell's left leg was amputated above the knee after a roadside bomb struck her vehicle as she led a supply convoy through Baghdad on April 13, 2004.

08/25/08 Reuters: Iraqi girl aborts suicide bombing

A 13-year-old Iraqi girl wearing a vest packed with explosives turned herself in rather than go through with a suicide bombing in a violence-torn city north of Baghdad, the U.S. military said.

08/25/08 telegraph: MoD struggling to maintain aircraft and supplies to troops

The Ministry of Defence faces such a critical shortage of civilian staff, engineers and technical expertise that it is struggling to maintain its aircraft, and the supply of equipment to troops in Afghanistan and Iraq is under threat....

08/25/08 AFP: Iraq power generation finally hits pre-invasion levels

Iraq is now producing as much power as it did on the eve of the US-led invasion of 2003 but is still meeting barely 50 percent of peak demand, a senior electricity ministry official said.

US contractors: true Iraq war winners

08/11/08 NYTimes: Iraq Private Sector Falters; Rolls of Government Soar

Hampered by years of violence, a decimated infrastructure, a lack of foreign investors and a flood of imports that undercut local businesses, Iraq’s private sector, particularly its small non-oil economy, has so far failed to flourish...

08/11/08 Reuters: Pipe bomb kills man in Mosul

A pipe bomb attached to a car killed a man on Sunday in Mosul, police said.

08/11/08 Reuters: Two bodies found in Baghdad on Sunday

The bodies of two men and a woman were found shot in Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

08/11/08 Reuters: Car bomb wounds 2 people in eastern Mosul

A car bomb exploded near a petrol station and wounded two people in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police sa

08/11/08 Reuters: Four womwn killed by roadside bomb in Baquba

Four women were killed and four others wounded, including a woman, when a roadside bomb exploded by their pick-up vehicle near Baquba, 65 km (40 miles) northeast of Baghdad, police said.

08/11/08 AFP: US veterans help Iraqi refugees

It has been more than two years since Ali Salah arrived in Jordan, one refugee among hundreds of thousands who have fled the violence in Iraq.

08/10/08 AP: Iraq demands 'clear timeline' for US withdrawal

Iraq's foreign minister insisted Sunday that any security deal with the United States must contain a "very clear timeline" for the departure of U.S. troops.

08/07/08 AP: Iraqi election bill falls to ethnic rivalry

Iraqi lawmakers failed Wednesday to agree on a provincial election law and adjourned for the month, casting doubt whether U.S.-backed balloting can be held this year in the country's 18 provinces.

08/07/08 AFP: Eight Iraq family members killed by old landmine

Eight members of one Iraqi family, including three woman and two children, were killed Thursday when an old mine brought home by one of their children exploded inside their house, police said.

08/07/08 AP: Iraqi official defends spending

An Iraqi lawmaker close to Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki defended the government's record on spending for reconstruction, saying Thursday that U.S. critics were overlooking Baghdad's progress over the past three years.

08/07/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill local leader of Iraqi Islamic Party in Mosul

Gunmen killed Mahmoud Younis, a local leader of the Iraqi Islamic Party in Mosul...He was shot dead along with his body guard near his house in western Mosul, police and the head of the party in the city said.

08/07/08 Reuters: 2 neighbourhood patrol members killed in northern Baghdad

Three U.S-backed neighbourhood patrol group members were killed and two wounded on Wednesday when gunmen in a car opened fire at their checkpoint in the Sulaikh district of northern Baghdad, police said.

08/07/08 Reuters: Body found in Baghdad

The body of a man was found with gunshot wounds in Baghdad on Wednesday, police said.

08/07/08 Reuters: Iraqi army forces kill two gunmen in eastern Mosul

Iraqi army forces killed two gunmen and seized their weapons after chasing them on Wednesday in eastern Mosul, police said.

08/07/08 Reuters: U.S. military captures 2 suspected insurgents in Baghdad

The U.S. military said it had captured two suspected insurgents in Baghdad believed to be associated with "special groups", a term it uses for Shi'ite militias it says are linked to Iran.

08/07/08 Reuters: Roadside bomb wounds civilian in central Kirkuk

One person was wounded when a roadside bomb went off on Wednesday in central Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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