HUSSEIN, SADAM

  • Democracy Now! August 9, 2002

    ACTIVISTS DISRUPT CHENEY S SPEECH ON CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY/IMF ANNOUNCES IT WILL LEND BRAZIL $30 BILLION |The International Monetary Fund Will Lend Brazil $30 Billion: as Treasury Secretary Paul O Neill ends his Latin America tour, the IMF will lend debt-laden Brazil more than it has ever provided any other country. The Bush Administration s Plans…

  • Democracy Now! August 19, 2002

    WASHINGTON S COVERT SUPPORT FOR SADDAM/ALTERNATIVE VIGILS FOR SEPTEMBER 11TH ANNIVERSARY |Washington’s covert support for Saddam: a covert Reagan Administration program helped Iraq plan battles against Iran even though us intelligence agencies knew Iraq would use chemical weapons. Alternative vigils for September 11th anniversary: human rights groups have formed a coalition called United for Peace…

  • Democracy Now! August 28, 2002

    YOUNG PEOPLE TALK ABOUT THE JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY/A DATABASE OF POTENTIAL CRIMINALS |24-year-old Toronto Patterson is set to die today at the hands of the State of Texas for a crime he is accused of committing when he was 17: we ll hear his story in his own words, and talk to the young people…

  • Democracy Now! July 29, 2002

    SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS COMMITTEE PREPARES TO HOLD HEARINGS ON IRAQ THIS WEEK |Top US generals and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff say Iraqi President Saddam Hussein poses no immediate threat. But as more than 20,000 US marines are readied for deployment in the Gulf by mid-October, the Senate Foreign Relations Committee prepares to…

  • Democracy Now! August 5, 2002

    WHAT WAS DEFENSE SECRETARY DONALD RUMSFELD S DOING IN IRAQ IN 1983? |Collateral Voices: A Report From the Frontlines of Iraq. Tomorrow is the 12th anniversary of the sanctions on Iraq. Activists launch a 40-day fast outside the UN in New York. The Saddam in Rumsfeld s Closet: What was Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld doing…

  • Democracy Now! Ju;y 15, 2002

    “THE NEW RULERS OF THE WORLD:” AN INTERVIEW WITH JOHN PILGER |The hidden agendas of US foreign policy: today, an interview with investigative journalist and filmmaker John Pilger, who has been named Journalist of the Year twice in Britain. All that and more coming up. 9:01-9:06 Headlines: 9:06-9:07 One Minute Music Break 9:07-9:20 Preparations are…