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Faces of the Fallen – Iraq


US & Coalition
Casualties, War in Iraq

Trends, Iraq Casualties

US Fatalities City Map
Coalition Fatalities by location across time.

Metric Conversion

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meter: 39.37 inches
centimetre: 0.3937 inch
millimetre: 0.03937 inch
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Click on image for org. to impeach Bush & Cheney. Click here for talking points paper pdf. file download.



Chart showing National Debt & Annual Deficits with Presidents. Democrat administrations are blue, Republican in Red. Green reflects projected Bush debt. Click chart for larger image.

2006 update (2.25.06)

Compare the current tables from OMB, "Mid-Session Review," http://www.whitehouse.gov with 2005 tables in this sidebar. The Chart Showing the National Debt above is still valid. The debt projection for 2009 is now $10.3 Trillion. Actual debt for 2005 is $7.990 Trillion. Deficit projected for 2004 was $435 billion; now is $445 billion.

Interest on Debt 2006
Federal Debt 2006
Fed. Budget Summary 2006


Interest exceeds Group A outlays. Click here for chart

Gross Domestic Products. Click here for image.

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sandesh.org : network to improve women's rights in Islam


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This monster's own words will
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Definition of fatwa (fatwah)
Maravot News Comment

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August 1996


Maps of interest
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Bulgaria & neighbors
Russia, Belarus & neighbors
Israel-Iraq & neighbors
Iran-Afghanistan-Pak.-India; Gulf of Hormuz oil lane Iran threatens to block
Kazakhstan & neighbors

Historical map of Israel. Figure 2 shows the area allocated to
Israel by the UN in 1948. Compare to Israel' s interactive map below of its controversial security wall

Israel's Security Fence. Click on image for larger view or here for interactive link.

(AP) Click photo for story


Middle East Watch

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Al-jazeera
bakutoday.net, Azerbaijan
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Khabar.kz


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RIAN
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ukrainianjournal.com
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news.com.au

theaustralian.news.com.au


More newspapers

The Romance of Anais, an Arthurian-style tale written 1996 describing how Bush got us in the mess in Iraq with a short commentary on the
Chang-an cheat
Tapestry of One – on the creed of Buddha,
Duty & Profit, Nov. 1994
Against Leviathan, Jan. 1993
Immoral Coercion, Dec. 1994
Philistia Triumph thou
because of me
, Dec. 1993
Quest for Human Dignity, July 1994
What Price Justice? Sept. 1992


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Classics on-line

On the Crown, by
Demosthenes

The Art of War, Sun-tzu

On Liberty, J. S Mill
Works of Josephus

Juvenal, Sixteen Satires

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Leviathan (Hobbes)
The Secret History
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Herodotus
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TRENDS: NEWS TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON

SOUTH ASIA TSUNAMI 12.26.04

12.30.04 Tsunami Help & Resources
12.27.04 Massive 9.0 Richter Scale earthquake in Sumatra
12.28.04 Update on Massive 9.0 Richter Scale earthquake in Sumatra

US DEBT & ECONOMICS

2.03.05 Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid provides rebuttal to President's address
2.03.05 Greenspan to testify to panel
1.26.05 Chinese economist: China has lost faith in stability of US dollar
1.26.05 Weak US dollar threatens worldwide economic stability: UN
1.19.05 2004 inflation measure highest in 4 years
1.16.05 Social Security agency is enlisted to push its own revision
1.12.05 US trade deficits hit records; swells to $60.3 billion
1.08.05 Senator Feinstein comments on the fight to stop Bush cuts in Medicaid
1.07.05 The US at the center of a world doughnut that is crumbling
12.30.04 Korea's current-account surplus to top $28 billion in 2004
12.25.04 Governors fear Bush is cutting off Medicaid
12.23.04 Dollar slumps to lowest level; foreigners fear it's Washington's plan

BUSH & WAR CRIMES

1.31.05 Judge declares military tribunals in Guantanamo 'unconstitutional'
1.27.05 Bush softens pitch on ending tyranny worldwide
1.26.05 Iran: US tops list for threatening world peace
1.26.05 Rice is confirmed amid criticism
1.25.05 Kennedy, Dems assail Iraq policy, Rice

PALESTINE AND KASHMIR SOLUTION

2.01.05 Israel ordered to rescind land grab law
1.31.05 Russia to support Abbas
1.31.05 Israeli government to bring all Falashmura from Ethiopia by 2007
1.28.05 Hamas wins overwhelming victory in Gaza vote
1.28.05 An unholy alliance
1.27.05 If Pakistan and India can do it, so can Israel and Pakistan: Peres
1.26.05 Israel warned over impending health disaster in Gaza
1.24.05 Palestinian land in Jerusalem seized
1.24.05
Israel resumes work on illegal wall
1.21.05 Abbas instructs PA police to fire on Qassam launchers
1.20.05 Israel plans big Jerusalem land grab
1.19.05 Israel allows Palestinian talks
1.18.05 Rice: I will personally oversee Israel-Palestinian contacts
1.14.05 Sharon suspends contacts with Palestinian Authority
1.13.05 Israeli High Court freezes building of separation fence near Jerusalem
1.12.05 Musharraf seek US help in resolving Kashmir
1.11.05 Prime Minister Ariel Sharon calls Abbas, both leaders agree to meet in coming weeks
1.07.05 Barghouti expelled from Jerusalem for campaigning on Temple Mount
1.04.05 U.S. preparing post-election boost in Palestinian aid
12.23.04 Palestinians vote for first time in 30 years
12.21.04 World Bank offers carrot to Palestinians
12.12.04 Latest talks on Kashmir hold promise
12.06.04 Prime Minister Blair refuses to mediate Kashmir dispute
12.04.04 Musharraf says talks with India on Kashmir "moving well"
12.01.04 Musharraf repeats position: Kashmir and Palestine disputes ripe for solution
11.26.04 President Musharraf sees common solutions in the disputes in Kashmir and Palestine
12.04.04 Indian Prime Minister Singh's response to Musharraf

IRAN & SYRIA

2.03.05 Bush outlines vision of Mideast freedom
1.28.05 Iran-Afghanistan sign 3 cooperation documents
1.27.05
Assad warns Middle East states face break-up threat
1.25.05 Syria looks to Moscow for stronger regional role
1.25.05 Assad: Russian missiles would not pose threat to Israel
1.24.05 Iran replies to Bush: If Bush really wants to end tyranny, he should help liberate the Palestinians
1.24.05 Germany says force should not be used to resolve nuclear issue with Iran
1.24.05 Israel says Egypt, Syria, Saudi Arabia have nuclear programs
1.24.05 Iran rules out possibility of talks with US
1.23.05 British Foreign Minister Straw snubs US hawks on Iran
1.22.05 GC spokesman denies report women can run for presidential post in Iran
1.21.05 Russia slams US for accusing Syria of terror ties
1.21.05 NATO stresses need for unity on Iran
1.20.05 Khatami: US not in a position to attack, but Iran is ready to defend
1.20.05 Cheney expresses concern that Israel may attack Iran
1.19.05 Iran ready for security cooperation with Europe
1.19.05 Iran's supreme leader labels Rushdie an apostate who can be killed
1.18.05 Bush doesn't rule out war on Iran
1.18.05 Pentagon attacks New Yorker's Iran report
1.18.05 "No country can attack us," Iran says
1.18.05 Pakistan not helping US against Iran
1.18.05 US imposes sanctins on 9 firms over trade with Iran
1.18.05 UN to revisit Iranian military site
1.14.05 Ancient seal corroborates Bisitun Inscription text
1.14.05 Ruins of 9th - 12th century city found in Iran
1.14.05 New plan under study for rest of oil fields in southern Iran
1.13.05 Vietnam's FM hails Iran's nuclear stance
1.11.05 Halliburton wins Iran gas contract despite sanctions
1.11.05 India and Iran close oil deal
1.07.05 UN watchdog, IAEA, to inspect Parchin military site in Iran
1.07.05 Reporters Without Borders condemns mistreatment of cyberjournalists and webloggers in Iran
1.02.05
US says Syria has made progress on Iraq but must do more
2.25.04 Rafsanjani lashes out at Iran's critics in Iraq
12.21.04 Bush renews threats against Syria
12.21.04 UN General Assembly criticizes Iran's human rights violations
12.18.04
Afghan warlord assets frozen
12.17.04
Neoconservatives on the way to Damascus
12.17.04 Syria & Iran rebut Iraqi minister's charge
12.16.04 Iraq accuses Syria and Iran of backing terror
12.16.04 US man involved in smuggling arms to Israel and possibly Iran
12.14.04 US War games to invade Iran
12.13.04 UN atomic watchdog, Mohamed ElBaradei says Iran's nuclear program not a threat
12.12.04 Iran looking to Russia to build nuclear power-plants
12.10.04 Singapore and Iran looking to closer ties
12.09.04 Pakistani scientist's link to nuclear technology sales to Iran
12.07.04 Yawar warns Iran against meddling in Iraqi election
12.07.04 Al-Quaeda members tried and convicted in Iran
12.03.04 US continues to rattle sabres at Iran
12.02.04 Defense Secretary Rumsfeld's office & the "Iran's secrets to Israel" papers
11.30.04 Iran's freezing of uranium enrichment activites verified by IAEA
11.29.04 Bush administration rattling sabers over Iran nuclear agreement
11.28.04 Suicide mission recruiters more active in Iran – 30, 000 recruits
11.24.04 Syria wants to have "unconditional" negotiations with Israel
11.14.04 Iran agrees to suspend uranium enrichment
.
10.31.04 Iran signs $70 Billion energy contract with China

RUSSIA

1.31.05 'Time ripe for India-Russia-China cooperation'
1.31.05 South Korea to contribute to construction of oil pipeline in Siberia
1.26.05 Putin happy over new Indo-Russian strategic partnership
1.25.05 Russian inflation will leap over 11% this year
1.24.05 Putin notes sincerity of talks with Yushchenko
1.21.05 Russia's Atomic Energy Ministry recognizes problem of nuclear waste storage in Murmansk
1.21.05 Russian spy satellite missing
1.21.05 Gazprom's CEO discussed oil and gas cooperation with North Korea
1.19.05 Russia and Europe sign space agreement
1.18.05 Russia, US meet on chemical weapons
1.14.05 Japan wants to help finance Russian Siberian-Pacific Pipeline
1.14.05 Russia denies sales of missiles to Syria
1.13.05 Russia's Putin and Turkey's Erdogan celebrate booming trade relations
1.12.05 Russian deputy FM explains to Israel Russia's planned sales of missiles to Syria
1.11.05 Turkey supports Russia becoming a member of the World Trade Organization
1.02.05
Terrorist base discovered in Daghestan
12.31.04 East Siberia-Pacific oil pipeline will be laid
12.30.04 China may aquire one-fifth stake in Russian oil company Yukos
12.30.04 East Siberia oil pipeline endorsed
12.25.04 Iraq invites Russian help
12.23.04 YUKOS deal ruined Russia's reputation says Richard Boucher
12.23.04 Russian state oil firm Rosneft bought YUKOS's core unit Yuganskneftegaz
12.23.04 Russian president accuses US of attempting to isolate Russia
12.21.04 Yukos auctioned to 2-day-old company; owners unknown
12.18.04
Yukos affair a test of Bush imperialism
12.17.04 Yukos sale proceeding despite court ruling
12.12.04 Cold War being revisited by Bush administration?
12.12.04 Russian-Chinese strategic partnership
12.10.04
Russia and Spain partnership prospects
12.08.04 US Colin Powell and Russian Sergey Lavrov verbally duke it out over Ukraine – conference scuttled
12.08.04 Elections in Iraq unimaginable under occupation by foreign troops, says Putin
12.08.04 Turkey economically strategic to Russia
12.06.04
Russian President Putin accuses US of dictatorial foreign policy
12.04.04 Russia and India sign strategic partnership
12.04.04 Russian & American bases in Kyrgyzstan growing
12.01.04 New oil deal between India and Russia in the making
12.01.04 Russia announces ambitious space program
12.01.04 Russia rolls out new naval ships
11.29.04 Russia tests anti-missile system in Kazakhstan

CHINA

2.03.05 China responds to Bush address on Iran Issue
2.01.05 China: US irrational on arms embargo<