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For The Week Ending Feb. 21, 2003
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAMThis week we present Between The Lines' summary of under-reported news stories and:
Key U.S.-European Allies Continue to Resist Bush War Plan
Interview with Susan Wright,
Secretary of State Colin Powell's presentation of the Bush administration's case justifying their drive for war against Iraq before the U.N. Security Council Feb. 5 met with mixed reviews. The former U.S. Army general presented satellite photos, monitored communications and uncorroborated accusations in an effort to convince the world that Saddam Hussein is in league with al Qaeda and continues to conceal and build weapons of mass destruction. While the U.S. media offered little in the way of critical analysis as to the "facts" presented by Mr. Powell, the European press expressed serious skepticism. In his speech Powell cited a "fine paper" distributed by British intelligence of which substantial portions embarrassingly turned out to have been the plagiarized work of a California graduate student.
But even as the White House put its public relations machine in overdrive to win public support for a war with Baghdad, President Bush faced a rebellion among powerful U.S. allies in Europe. France, Germany and Russia criticized Washington's intention to attack Iraq and advocated more time for intensified U.N. weapons inspections. The Bush agenda for war has also sparked discord within NATO where a request from Turkey, for military defense assistance in the event of a future war with Iraq, was blocked by France, Germany and Belgium.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Susan Wright, a research scientist at the University of Michigan and co-author of "Biological Warfare and Disarmament: New Problems, New Perspectives." Wright takes a critical look at the Bush administration's justification for launching a war against Iraq and the gathering international opposition to Washington's approach to disarmament.
"Biological Warfare and Disarmament: New Problems, New Perspectives" is published by Rowman Littlefield.
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Interview with Ralph Nader,
Consumer advocate and former Green Party presidential candidate Ralph Nader is wearing an additional hat these days as an anti-war activist. He held a news conference in Washington, D.C. last week with other groups opposed to war in Iraq, where he accused the Bush administration of allowing its ties to the oil industry to lead the country to battle and was quoted as saying the administration is "marinated in oil." Nader criticized Bush for refusing to meet with retired military officers, former intelligence agents, academics, clergy and business leaders who support pursuing a diplomatic resolution to the Iraq crisis.
Nader spoke at a fundraiser for the New Haven Green Party, in his home state of Connecticut Feb. 8, where he again emphasized the number of top retired military officials who oppose the war, but he said Bush isn't listening. He urged Americans to continue to speak out against the war, and described the terrible consequences he fears will likely to result from a full-scale U.S. attack on Iraq.
Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Ralph Nader about his views on the White House drive for war and the growing international peace movement.
Ralph Nader's latest book is titled. "Crashing the Party," published by St. Martin's Press. Contact organizations affiliated with Nader by visiting Essential Information at www.essential.org
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White House Tax Cut Proposal
Interview with Lawrence Mishel,
The economists who gathered hundreds of signatures for their statement in only one week, pointed out in a full -page ad in the New York Times Feb. 11, that the dividend tax cut and other features of the White House proposal will constitute a "permanent change in the tax structure and not the creation of jobs and growth in the near-term." Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Lawrence Mishel, president of the Economic Policy Institute, the group which coordinated the joint statement. Mishel explains why so many influential economists have come out to denounce the president's tax cut plan as the wrong approach. Contact the Economic Policy Institute by calling (202) 775-8810 or visit their Web site at: www.epinet.org
of under-reported news Compiled by Bob Nixon and Brita Brundage
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