Russia and Iran OFFICIALLY Talking of Dumping U.S. Dollar

Russia’s prime minister says it and China ‘is ready to consider using the Russian and Chinese national currencies instead of the dollar in bilateral oil and gas dealings’, Ria Novosti reports.

Chance of U.S. Shooting Down Israel Planes to Attack Iran ‘Less Than Zero’

Israel Lobby conference highlights encouraging U.S. support of an Israeli military strike on Iran.

U.S.-Backed Faction ‘Claims Responsibility’ for Attack in Iran, Killing Dozens

Jundallah has claimed responsibility for attacking a “unity gathering between Sunni and Shia tribal leaders”. The rising death toll was last reported at 49.

Officials: 80,000 Additional Troops Sought for Afghan Occupation

General Stanley McChrystal proposed a “low risk” option to the White House calling for an additional 80,000 troops in Afghanistan.

Cliff Notes on Just War Theory

Scrutinizing the legitimacy of authority is a basic foundation of any discourse on whether or not war is justified.

Administration Aides Paid Millions By Wall Street

Advisers to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner have “reaped millions working for banks”, Robert Schmidt reports at Bloomberg.

Escalated Afghanistan Occupation ‘Buys Some Time’

David Ignatius at The Washington Post, claims the U.S. has a “responsibility” to use its military to simply “buy some time” for Kabul’s effort to forge relations with the Taliban. What he calls “Mission Impossible” is chronicled in Dexter Filkins’ feature at The New York Times Magazine, “Stanley McChrystal’s Long War.”

Report: ‘Substantial Increase’ in U.S. Troops Toward Afghanistan Expected Soon

London’s Daily Telegraph reports: U.K. Prime Minister Gordon Brown has approved 500 more troops to Afghanistan with the assurance that the Obama Administration will soon approve another Afghan Surge.

Despite War of Aggression, Clinton Vows Continued Support for Georgia

The E.U. report released October 1 concluded Georgia’s aggressive “shelling” of South Ossetia with the full backing of the Bush Administration was what prompted Russian response that led to the Five Day War in August 2008. The Obama Administration will continue enabling the tyrannical regime of President Mikhail Saakashvili.

U.S. Volunteer Military Recruiting Surges at Historic Level

Surging unemployment thanks to the increasingly powerful oligarchs at the Federal [sic] Reserve, Pentagon baiting and the avatar of a president for peace has created a surge in military recruiting to avoid hopelessness.

Gold Hits Another Record-High, Dollar Hits New Low

This morning, gold hit a new high nearing $1,070/oz. showing the U.S. dollar ‘reaching a breaking point’ as it hits another new 14-month low.

Peace Prize Winner’s Occupation Force in Iraq and Afghanistan

This graphic posted at The Washington Post website showing 65,000 troops in Afghanistan and 124,000 in Iraq at the end of September. By the end of October, 68,000 will be in Afghanistan and 120,000 in Iraq. The Obama Administration has approved 13,000 more “support troops” and is considering sending over 60,000 more troops to Afghanistan in 2010 for a full-scale counterinsurgency operation with no endgame–doomed by design with no end in sight. The so-called “withdrawal” from Iraq will leave up to 50,000 troops there, indefinitely in August 2010.

Chomsky Banned From Gitmo Library

Professor Noam Chomsky’s post-9/11 bibliography was rejected as a donation from a Pentagon lawyer to the library at the Guantánamo Bay prison complex.

McChrystal Seeks Over 60,000 More Troops for Afghanistan

A U.S. official familiar with Gen. McChrystal’s confidential troop request submitted to the White House confirms that it exceeds 60,000.

Nobel Committee: War is Peace

Mr. Obama wins the Nobel Peace Prize for promoting just about everything but peace.