OIL & GAS

  • Democracy Now! April 17, 2003

    “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…

  • Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

    Hour 1: An icon of civilian suffering: Dr. April Hurley, recently back from Baghdad, speaks about Ali Ismaeel Abbas, the badly-burned child amputee wounded in a missile strike on his house; Christian missionary groups head to Iraq to combine aid with evangelization: A debate between the Southern Baptist Convention, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and…

  • Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

    Bechtel Group wins first major Iraq reconstruction contract: This comes 20 years after Donald Rumsfeld met with Saddam Hussein seeking approval of a Bechtel-owned pipeline to run from Iraq to Jordan; The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color-line : On the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Souls of…

  • 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. antiquities dealers plan to loot Iraq themselves?: A debate between the American Council for Cultural Policy and the Cambrian Archaeological Association; The Pentagon, Propaganda & PR:…

  • Democracy Now! March 26, 2003

    How oil interests obscured U.S. government focus on Saddam Hussein s dictatorship: A look at the role of Bechtel and Halliburton; UK + US = United to Kill Us All: An ordinary Iraqi citizens speaks out on the war from Baghdad near where U.S. forces bombed a busy market killing 15; Could protesting become a…

  • 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

    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 for Iraq…

  • 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 26, 2003

    Hour 1: The Arabic CNN comes under fire for its Iraq coverage: An Al Jazeera producer discusses the broadcast of the POW footage, the network’s banning from the NYSE & NASDAQ and the launching (and hacking) of an English-language site; U.S. escalates Iraq war in Kurdish-controlled area: We go to northern Iraq for a report…

  • Democracy Now! March 26, 2003

    The Arabic CNN comes under fire for its Iraq coverage: An Al Jazeera producer discusses the broadcast of the POW footage, the network’s banning from the NYSE & NASDAQ and the launching (and hacking) of an English-language site; U.S. escalates Iraq war in Kurdish-controlled area: We go to northern Iraq for a report from Christian…