PRISONERS OF WAR
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Democracy Now! April 28, 2003
Hour 1: South Africa awards reparations to apartheid victims, some complain the payments of $3,900 are pitifully low : A discussion with Alex Boraine and Dumisa Ntsebeza formerly of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and apartheid victim Thando Shezi; Halliburton, Bechtel and URS profit from the privatization of the military: Charles Lewis of the Center…
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Democracy Now! April 28, 2003
US soldiers strip naked four suspected looters and parade them through the streets: The Norwegian reporter who broke the story joins us from Baghdad; Who really saved Private Jessica Lynch? The capture of the American POW might be one of the most heralded stories of the Iraqi invasion but a British reporter claims the U.S.…
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Democracy Now! March 24, 2003
Hour 1: Red Cross says humanitarian crisis is looming in Basra; TV networks are preoccupied with action footage from reporters embedded with U.S. military; US says Iraq s treatment of American POWs breaks Geneva Convention; legal experts call Bush administration hypocritical, citing US treatment of Taliban prisoners and the invasion of Iraq; A report from…
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Democracy Now! March 24, 2003
Red Cross says humanitarian crisis is looming in Basra; TV networks are preoccupied with action footage from reporters embedded with U.S. military; US says Iraq s treatment of American POWs breaks Geneva Convention; legal experts call Bush administration hypocritical, citing US treatment of Taliban prisoners and the invasion of Iraq; A report from Baghdad during…
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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;…
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Democracy Now! March 25, 2003
Hour 1: US and British warplanes begin intense bombardment of Republican Guard positions outside the Iraqi capital: We go to Baghdad for report from May Ying Welsh; Kurdish officials say 150 killed by U.S. bombing, scores of Iraqi civilian casualties elsewhere: British writer Milan Rai analyzes the opening days of the U.S. invasion; From broadcasting…
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Democracy Now! March 25, 2003
US and British warplanes begin intense bombardment of Republican Guard positions outside the Iraqi capital: We go to Baghdad for report from May Ying Welsh; Kurdish officials say 150 killed by U.S. bombing, scores of Iraqi civilian casualties elsewhere: British writer Milan Rai analyzes the opening days of the U.S. invasion; From broadcasting images of…
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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…
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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…
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Morning Show April 16, 2002 : Sonali Kolhatkar, Host, On Jenin, Pows, International Criminal Court, Sexual Abuse In Catholic Church, Haiti, Medical Marijuana.
MORNING SHOW APRIL 16, 2002 : SONALI KOLHATKAR, HOST Content: First Hour: Topic: Destruction in Jenin, Israel Guest: KATHY KELLY, Director of Voices in the Wilderness, reports by phone on conditions in the Palestinian Jenin refugee camp in Israel Topic: Treatment of POWs by Israel and U.S.A. Amnesty International Memo reported on by Guest: MICHELLE…