Pacifica National Programming

Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

Hour 1: An icon of civilian suffering: Dr.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: "Can you help me get my arms back? Do you think the doctors can get me another pair of hands?

"A stupendous source of strategic power, and one of the greatest material prizes in world : That s how the State Department described Iraq s oil resources in 1945 notes Noam Chomsky as he discusses the invasion of Iraq, U.S. global dominance, oil and how Washington is helping to ignite a new arms race.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 Noam Chomsky on the invasion of Iraq, U.S. global dominance, oil and how Washington is helping to ignite a new arms race. Baghdad is still in a dangerous state of chaos. London Independent correspondent Robert Fisk writes that in Saddam City, now renamed Sadr City, the streets are barricaded by Shia Muslims.

Democracy Now! April 17, 2003

U.S. forces kill at least a dozen civilians in Mosul: Independent journalist May Ying Welsh looks at what the city looked like before the invasion; Did U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: Earlier this week the Iraqi city of Mosul made headlines around the world when US troops fired on a crowd of civilians there. Al Jazeera reports over a dozen people died in the shooting. Dozens more were injured.

Democracy Now! April 17, 2003

Hour 1: U.S. forces kill at least a dozen civilians in Mosul: Independent journalist May Ying Welsh looks at what the city looked like before the invasion; Did U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: Earlier this week the Iraqi city of Mosul made headlines around the world when US troops fired on a crowd of civilians there. Al Jazeera reports over a dozen people died in the shooting. Dozens more were injured.

Democracy Now! April 16, 2003

U.S. Marines raid the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad: We go to the Iraqi capital to speak with a reporter inside the hotel; We believe your very public criticism of President Bush at this important -- and sensitive -- time in our nation's history helps undermine the U.S.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:10 Headlines 9:10-9:11 One Minute Music Break 9:11-9:20: US Marines raided the Palestine Hotel this morning. That is where foreign journalists are staying, and is also where the US has set up a temporary operations base. Marines kicked down doors, rousing journalists from their beds and pointing M-16s in their faces, according to the Associated Press.

Democracy Now! April 16, 2003

The unexploded bombs of Baghdad: Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson reveals how cluster bombs are still killing Iraqis; When you add up the corruption, moral, and human costs (of war) they far out weigh the dollar costs, and the dollar costs are astronomical : former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney speaks out on the unseen costs of war.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:25: A two-inch-long black cylinder hangs on a white "stabilizer" ribbon from the branch of a lemon tree, a deadly fruit in a leafy Baghdad neighborhood. It's one of the unexploded cluster bombs fired by US forces last week that still litter several residential areas of the city.

Democracy Now! April 16, 2003

Hour 1: The unexploded bombs of Baghdad: Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson reveals how cluster bombs are still killing Iraqis; When you add up the corruption, moral, and human costs (of war) they far out weigh the dollar costs, and the dollar costs are astronomical : former U.S. Rep. Cynthia McKinney speaks out on the unseen costs of war. Hour 2:U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:25: A two-inch-long black cylinder hangs on a white "stabilizer" ribbon from the branch of a lemon tree, a deadly fruit in a leafy Baghdad neighborhood. It's one of the unexploded cluster bombs fired by US forces last week that still litter several residential areas of the city.

Democracy Now! April 15, 2003

Did U.S. antiques collectors have plans to loot Iraq s historical artifacts themselves? International outrage continues at U.S. failure to protect the famous National Museum or Baghdad s National Library and Archives; Congressman Jerrold Nadler on the endless war: Is Iran & Syria next?; International attorneys announce plans to investigate war crimes in Iraq: Alleged crimes by both U.S.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:10 Headlines 9:10-9:11 One Minute Music Break 9:11-9:25: After international outrage at the failure of US troops to protect hospitals and the looting of the famous National Museum, Baghdad s National Library and Archives went up in flames yesterday. Almost all of the contents of the library are destroyed.

Democracy Now! aPRIL 15, 2003

u.s. SETS ITS EYES ON sYRIA: wASHINGTON DIPLOMATICALLY AND ECONOMICALLY THREATENS iRAQ S NEIGHBOR AS THE REGION S NEWEST ROGUE STATE; cOLUMBIA uNIVERSITY PROFESSOR eDWARD sAID AND sYRIAN EXPERT pATRICK sEALE DISCUSS THE STATE OF THE mIDDLE eAST AFTER THE INVASION OF iRAQ

8:00-8:01 bILLBOARD 8:01-8:06 hEADLINES 8:06-8:07 oNE mINUTE mUSIC bREAK 8:10-8:30: sO NOW sYRIA IS IN aMERICA'S GUNSIGHTS. fIRST IT'S iRAQ, iSRAEL'S MOST POWERFUL ENEMY, POSSESSOR OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION NONE OF WHICH HAS BEEN FOUND.

Democracy Now! April 15, 2003

Hour 1: U.S. sets its eyes on Syria: Washington diplomatically and economically threatens Iraq s neighbor as the region s newest rogue state; Columbia University professor Edward Said and Syrian expert Patrick Seale discuss the state of the Middle East after the invasion of Iraq Hour 2: Did U.S. antiques collectors have plans to loot Iraq s historical artifacts themselves?

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:10-8:30: So now Syria is in America's gunsights. First it's Iraq, Israel's most powerful enemy, possessor of weapons of mass destruction none of which has been found.

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