AFGHANISTAN

  • Democracy Now! May 23, 2003

    Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death broadcast for the first time ever in the US: eyewitnesses testify that US troops were complicit in the massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban prisoners during the Afghan War |9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:20: Today, on Democracy Now!, the U.S. broadcast premiere of a documentary film called Afghan Massacre: The Convoy…

  • Democracy Now! May 26, 2003

    Afghan Massacre: The Convoy of Death, Part 2: Award-Winning Director/Producer Jamie Doran Alleges a Media Cover-Up of US Complicity in the Massacre of up to 3,000 Taliban Prisoners |9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:06 Headlines 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:58: Today, part two of our series on a controversial documentary film that has already been broadcast on…

  • Democracy Now! May 23, 2003

    Hour 1:U.N. Security Council Lifts a Decade of Devastating Sanctions Responsible for the Deaths of up to One Million Iraqi Children; Was the Invasion of Iraq the Deadliest U.S. Military Campaign for Civilians Since Vietnam?; U.S. Threatens to Withhold AIDS Drugs from African Countries That Bar Genetically Engineered Foods; Children s Programming is at Risk…

  • Democracy Now! May 26, 2003

    Hour 1: Memorial Day Special: We speak with a group of Ploughshares activists. For years these Catholics have tried to raise awareness about the brutality of war and how specific warships, weapons, and bases are complicit in the killing of innocent civilians; Three Dominican nuns await sentencing for damaging nuclear site in Colorado; Five members…

  • Democracy Now! March 21, 2003

    Hour 1: Tens of thousands of US troops race through southern Iraq seizing oil installations as the bombing of Baghdad continues: a report on civilian casualties from Baghdad; Former CIA officials call for intelligence officers to leak documents that challenge Bush Administration propaganda: we ll talk to 27-year CIA veteran Ray McGovern; US attack plans…

  • Democracy Now! March 21, 2003

    Bridge to Baghdad : on this second day of war, students in Baghdad talk with students in New York students; 1,500 arrested in San Francisco as millions more take to the streets around the globe: We hear the voices of dissent from around the country; The new Afghanistan? U.S. launches a major attack in Afghanistan…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible threat; A bigger…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    U.S. chains & shackles naked detainees to the ceiling in Afghanistan: Is the U.S. using torture? ; Bush delays plans for Israeli-Palestinian peace plan: Israeli forces kill over 60 Palestinians since Feb. 15; Former FBI chief calls for the Supreme Court to halt the execution of Delma Banks in Texas: We talk to Banks mother…

  • Democracy Now! March 11, 2003

    Hour 1 :: Anti-war protesters plan for massive civil disobedience in Washington next week; Immigrant rights groups prepare for a fourth round of mass deportations of Pakistani detainees; Police in Montpelier, Vt. photograph student protesters & ask for surveillance help from the local media: Meanwhile in Minnesota, law enforcement identifies student anti-war group as possible…

  • Democracy Now! January 31, 2003

    Part 2 of our discussion on depleted uranium: we talk to Scientific Secretary with the European Committee on Radiation Risk Dr. Chris Busby, and U.N. human rights lawyer Karen Parker; A new U.N. report finds Afghanistan s environment ravaged by war; A judge fines a women s center $500 a day for refusing to hand…