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  • Democracy Now! March 24, 2003

    Up to 209 civilians killed in early days of U.S. invasion: Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness reports from Baghdad; 11 members of Congress vote to oppose war: We talk to Rep. Jim McDermott (D-WA); U.S. reportedly fires DU shells in Basra: Despite evidence of health and environmental effects, Pentagon denies DU is dangerous;…

  • Democracy Now! March 14, 2003

    U.S. military seeks freedom to dump spent munitions, pollute the air and poison endangered species without risk of liability: Pentagon quietly seeks major exemptions from environmental laws; Easter Bunny-dressed protester arrested at Kmart at demonstration against Easter baskets containing toy soldiers; in other protest news 11 arrested at Boeing HQ in Chicago; University of New…

  • Democracy Now! March 17, 2003

    Hour 1: Three men on an island prepare to declare war despite oceans of protest around them: President Bush gives the U.N. Security Council 24 hours to support a US invasion of Iraq as over a million protest around the world; The Clash of Fundamentalisms and The Clash of Barbarisms : part 2 of our…

  • Democracy Now! March 17, 2003

    Israeli troops kill US citizen Rachel Corrie in the town of Rafah by running her over with a bulldozer; last month, Corrie entreated US citizens to “Look. Find whatever information you can about Rafah watch what s going on here, because this isn t a place that gets a lot of attention, and people facing…

  • Democracy Now! March 18, 2003

    Hour 1: President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: Democracy Now talks to response Dennis Halliday, Ralph Nader, Leslie Cagan and Jeremy Scahill; With 300,000 troops set to invade Iraq, Gulf War veterans are concerned the safety of US forces may be compromised: We talk to Steve…

  • Democracy Now! March 18, 2003

    President Bush vows to attack Iraq if Saddam Hussein doesn t flee within 48 hours: protests intensify around the world & British government in uproar as senior officials resign; Vandenberg Air Force Base authorizes ‘deadly force’ against protesters: protesters aren t deterred; 300 New Yorkers protest the Israeli military killing of U.S. citizen Rachel Corrie:…

  • Democracy Now! January 6, 2003

    White House plans 18-month long occupation of Iraq, but remains silent on humanitarian aid: a conversation with Nobel Peace Prize nominee Kathy Kelly and Democracy Now! correspondent Jeremy Scahill; In Venezuela, thousands of supporters of President Hugo Chavez march in a funeral procession mourning the deaths of two men shot dead during protests: we go…

  • Democracy Now! October 30, 2001

    POWER/PEACE/PERIL: The Pacifica Report from Pacifica Network News |Power/Peace/Peril: Tuesday 10/30/01: The Pacifica Report from Pacifica Network News The geopolitics of the War in Afghanistan’ are non-profit charities providing relief’ and disparate viewpoints from the African-American Community’