Month: June 2005

Foreign Purchases of US Debt 30% Below Estimate

In April 2005, foreigners purchased a net total of 47.4 billion dollars of long-term US Securities.  This data is best viewed in comparison to the US trade deficit, which was 58 billion dollars last month, and 57 billion in...

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Hemorrhaging Money for Homeland Security

Fear can be a lucrative business. That, at least, is what American companies selling security gadgets are finding out as the US government continues to spend billions of dollars on a variety of different Homeland Security...

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Israel Democracy Day ΒΆ Keep A Date June 17

.     Sent by: Courage to Refuse Subject: Israel Democracy Day 17-06-05 Dear Friends, On June 17th a national day of struggle against the occupation will be marked in Israel. If you haven’t been there yet, visit...

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Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 39

image: Akhlas Alalaa Ahmad’s father grieves over her dead body after she was killed in crossfire in the Iraqi town of Samara June 14, 2005. Attacks in various parts of the country left over 20 people dead and over 70...

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