Index:

. Iran:

Economy:

Americans rich and poor pawn more to pay bills

FEDERAL DEFICIT ON PACE TO REACH RECORD $1T

RECORD U.S. NOVEMBER DEFICIT US$164.4-BILLION

HYPERINFLATION AND THEN THE SECOND GREAT DEPRESSION

RED ALERT: THE BACKWARDATION OF GOLD

U.S. FINALIZING US$15B AUTO BAILOUT

Deflation virus is moving the policy test beyond the 1930s extremes

Lessons from the Great Depression won’t help us now

Congress offer falls short of car industry’s hopes

First Georgia Community Bank Closed, Boosting 2008 Toll to 23

Record number of Americans using food stamps: report

Politics:

BigBrother And The Police State:

THIRD OHIO CITY PROPOSES CAMERA BAN

North American Union:

Sept 11-01:

Former ISI Chief: Mumbai And 9/11 Both “Inside Jobs”

Iraq:

12/15/08 Reuters: Incorrect take-off led to fatal Iraq crash

A fatal helicopter crash that killed two British soldiers in Iraq last year was mainly caused by the disorientated pilot making an incorrect take-off, the Ministry of Defence said on Monday.

12/15/08 WAPo: In Baghdad, a Pause for Beauty

Young boys chase each other through an arch of balloons and crowd onto the stage with cellphones and small cameras. The humid ballroom is packed with long tables strewn with the remains of dinner. Men sit back in their banquet chairs...

12/15/08 KUNA: Green Zone comes under missile attack during Bush''s visit

A rocket attack targeted the Green Zone, downtown Baghdad, Sunday evening while visiting U.S. President George W. Bush was holding talks with Iraqi leaders.

12/15/08 AP: Japan begins withdrawing Iraq airlift mission

Japan withdrew one of three planes involved in airlift operations to Iraq on Monday, as it neared the close of its nearly five-year noncombat mission in the region, the Defense Ministry said.

12/15/08 CBC: Thousands of Iraqis protest arrest of shoe-throwing journalist

Thousands of Iraqis protested the detention of an Iraqi journalist who was arrested after he threw his shoes at U.S. President George W. Bush during a news conference in Baghda

12/15/08 Reuters: Five people killed, 35 wounded by car bomb

Five people were killed and 35 wounded when a car bomb exploded near a police checkpoint and an adjacent market in the area of Khan Dhari, in the western outskirts of Baghdad, police said. Another police source said it was a suicide attack.

12/15/08 Reuters: Gunmen kill woman in eastern Mosul

Gunmen killed a woman in her home in eastern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

12/15/08 Reuters: Nine Iraqi policemen killed in suicide attack - police

Nine policemen were killed and 31 wounded when a suicide bomber drove a car full of explosives at their checkpoint west of Baghdad on Monday, as attacks resumed after a period of uncommon calm, a police source said

12/15/08 AFP: Seven Yazidis killed in Iraq attack

Seven members of a family belonging to the ancient Yazidi religious sect were gunned down in their home overnight in the town of Sinjar in northwest Iraq, police said on Monday.

12/15/08 Xinhua: 3 killed, 31 injured in suicide car bombing in W Baghdad

At least three people were killed and up to 31 others wounded in a suicide car bomb attack on an Iraqi security checkpoint in a town west of Baghdad on Monday, local police source said.

Bush On Al Qaeda Not Existing In Iraq Before Invasion: ‘So What?’

12/11/08 AFP: UN denounces plight of foreign workers in Iraq

The UN special representative in Iraq denounced on Thursday the plight of foreigners brought in with promises of work and then left without jobs, singling out the case of Baghdad's international airport.

12/11/08 FT: UK Iraq pull-out set for March

Britain’s 4,100 troops in Iraq will begin withdrawing in about March in a process that should lead to their full departure by the second half of 2009, Ministry of Defence sources said on Tuesday.

12/11/08 reliefweb: Iraq - Pockets of vulnerability 2007 - CAP 2009 (MAP)

Districts with the highest numbers or proportions of people and households in need (as of Oct 2008)

12/11/08 AP: Army working on details of 'stop loss' bonus

It could soon be bonus money time for soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan who are serving past the end of their enlistments. Exactly how much they'll get and when is still being determined, but Pennsylvania Rep. John Murtha says Army officials are working...

12/11/08 abcnews: Former U.S. Contractor Alleges 9-Month Detention in Iraq

For months, he worked closely with American soldiers...But when this 52-year-old translator and veteran of the U.S. Army headed for his annual leave as a contractor in Iraq, he claims he was wrongfully imprisoned for nine months by American...

12/11/08 AP: Suicide Bomber Strikes Restaurant in Iraq

Police say a suicide bomber has struck inside a restaurant near Kirkuk, killing at least 25 people and wounding dozens more...The explosion occurred Thursday at a restaurant about 2 miles north of Kirkuk...

12/08/08 AP: Iraq police chief outlines plans to boost security role

Iraq’s national police chief outlined plans Sunday for protecting key areas, including the Central Bank and historical sites and — ultimately — the American Embassy, as the Iraqis take over more responsibilities under a recently approved...

12/08/08 AP: US Army asked to review 2 troop deaths in Iraq

In recent weeks, Suarez's emotional wounds have been ripped open. A video was posted online of a chaotic firefight...raised the possibility that the private and another soldier died not by enemy fire...but by U.S. tank rounds in a friendly fire incident.

12/08/08 Reuters: Kurdish rebels halt attacks for Muslim holiday

Kurdish rebels in northern Iraq will halt attacks within Turkey in a week-long cease-fire in honour of Eid al-Adha, the Muslim holiday, an official said on Monday.

12/08/08 AP: 4 suspected Shiite militants caught in Baghdad

The military says the four members of Kataib Hezbollah were detained Monday in two separate operations in east Baghdad's Rusafa district. They say the four are responsible for recent attacks on U.S. and Iraqi forces.

12/08/08 RIA Novosti: Turkish troops bomb Kurdish positions in Iraq

The Turkish Air Force carried out a number of strikes on Kurdish separatist positions in northern Iraq, the NTV channel reported citing defense sources on Monday

12/07/08 express-news: Texans' mission - Protect convoys

A 3,000-member Texas Army National Guard infantry unit has taken over the job of running convoy missions in Iraq. But the unit's 12-month mission, one of the Army's most dangerous jobs, began amid signs of increasing strain in its ranks.

12/07/08 AP: Some Iraqi Christians poised to flee their homeland

Young Christian women in tight jeans mingle easily with Arab matrons draped in black, head-to-toe robes. Both church spires and mosque minarets rise above the low-slung houses. Violence is rare.

12/07/08 KUNA: Iraqi authorities detain 30 fugitives

Iraqi government forces detained 30 fugitives over the past 24 hours, a security official said on Sunday.

12/07/08 KUNA: Iraqi imposes extraordinary precautions on eid

Iraqi government security and military forces have been given instructions to observe extraordinary precautions during Al-Adha Eid. The command of the Baghdad operations has advised the forces to prohibit parking of vehicles on sides of main roads...

12/07/08 AP: 6 die in attacks on Iraqi police, Sunni guards

Bombers and gunmen targeted Iraqi police recruits and U.S.-allied Sunni guards in a series of attacks yesterday that killed at least six people and wounded dozens, officials said.

12/07/08 AFP: Iraqi mayor among 34 wounded in bombing

The mayor of the Iraqi city of Baquba was among 34 people wounded in a roadside bombing in the restive provincial capital northeast of Baghdad, medical and security sources said.

12/07/08 theday: For Marines, mission of mentoring turned hot

The Marines of the Two-Seven were not even supposed to deploy to Afghanistan. Their original destination was Iraq, and when they were sent here in April as a stopgap measure to help an overwhelmed NATO force, the plan had been to spend...

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