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For The Week Ending Jan. 10, 2003
THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMLISTEN to this week's half-hour program of Between The Lines by clicking on one of the links below. MP3 files available until Jan. 14, 2003.
Bush Plan for War Against Iraq
Interview with Denis Halliday,
United Nations inspectors are at about the midway point in their work of investigating Iraq's capacity for making weapons of mass destruction. The process continues despite pronouncements from the Bush administration that Saddam Hussein's government is in material breach of the resolution, establishing the return of U.N. teams to Iraq. Meanwhile, the Pentagon continues to move war ships, thousands of troops and military equipment to the Persian Gulf region in their preparation for war.
As part of the U.N. inspection framework, Baghdad has delivered a list of more than 500 scientists who have worked on Iraq's chemical, biological and nuclear weapons projects. But in releasing a 12,000-page Iraqi weapons declaration to non-permanent members of the U.N. Security Council, the Bush administration acted to censor the names of 24 U.S. and dozens of European companies that sold Baghdad materials for its weapons programs over the past several decades. Among the companies purportedly on the list, as revealed by a German newspaper, are: Bechtel, Dupont, Eastman Kodak, Hewlett-Packard, Honeywell and Rockwell.
Denis Halliday, former under-secretary general at the United Nations, just returned from a conference in Cairo, Egypt where he witnessed growing hostility in the Arab world toward America's foreign policy in the Middle East. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Halliday, who led the oil for food program in Iraq before resigning in protest in 1998, about the anger he observed in Egypt and the backlash he fears may be triggered by an American war against Baghdad.
To get more information on the international campaign to end economic sanctions on Iraq that target civilians, call Voices in the Wilderness at (773) 784-8065 or visit their Web site at www.vitw.org
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in Care of Gulf War Veterans Exposed to Toxic Chemicals and Radiation
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Major Doug Rokke is a 30-year Army combat veteran and a health physicist who was in charge of the Pentagon's Depleted Uranium Project in the mid-1990s after the Gulf War. On a recent speaking tour, Rokke quoted from several memos and reports that he says revealed a lack of commitment on the part of the U.S. military to clean up depleted uranium that became airborne from targets, such as tanks destroyed by DU ammunition, after the war ended. He also asserts that the Pentagon lacks a commitment to test and treat U.S. Gulf War veterans who were exposed to depleted uranium, chemical weapons, oil well fires and who experienced negative reactions to anthrax vaccine.
Rokke believes these exposures contributed to, if not caused, illness among hundreds of thousands of Gulf War veterans and the deaths of more than 10,000.
Rokke recently spoke at a Connecticut Peace Coalition event in New Haven, Conn., where he detailed his allegations of U.S. military irresponsibility. We present an excerpt of this talk recorded and produced by Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus Nov. 10.
For more information, contact the Gulf War Veterans Resource Center at 1-(800) 882-1316 Ext. 162 or visit the Center's Web site at www.ngwrc.org
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Citizens Building Democratic Community Institutions
Interview with Todd Tucker,
One year later, as the broken Argentine economy continues to devastate the lives of millions, workers, professionals, and students are building grassroots democratic structures to cope with the crisis such as: local barter markets, direct action cells, and neighborhood assemblies. With Argentina's November and December default on debt payments to the World Bank, the International Monetary Fund, under pressure by the Bush administration, now demands deeper cuts in social programs and increased fees for public services. On Dec. 20, solidarity actions with the Argentine people were launched in the U.S to commemorate the uprising which many activists hope will contribute to the creation of a more just economic and political system in the South American nation and elsewhere. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Todd Tucker of the Center for Economic Justice, who discusses Argentina's economic crisis and the grassroots movements organizing to resist U.S.-imposed neoliberal policies. Contact the Center for Economic Justice by calling (202) 393-6665 or visit the Center's Web Site at www.econjustice.net
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