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For The Week Ending May 9, 2003
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Rising Opposition to Occupation of Iraq
Interview with Mansour Farhang,
As the Bush administration works to pacify and restructure post-war Iraq, continuing violence and power struggles between various factions are creating an unstable and dangerous situation. In the latest in a series of confrontations between the U.S. military and Iraqi civilians opposed to American occupation, U.S. troops shot and killed 15 civilians and wounded 75 demonstrators who were protesting the soldier's presence in the town of Fallujah. Despite the U.S. central command's effort to prevent Iraqis from celebrating the 66th birthday of ousted leader Saddam Hussein, a number of commemorations did take place, especially around the former leader's hometown of Tikrit.
Retired Lt. General Jay Garner, the man appointed by the Bush administration to rule post-war Iraq, organized an April 28th closed-door meeting of handpicked Iraqi citizens and exiles to begin the formation of a U.S.-backed "transitional government." But this heavily guarded assembly drew the ire of several thousand Shiite protesters who claimed that the meeting did not represent the interests of the Shiite religion, practiced by 60 percent of Iraq's population. Concerned about the growing political strength of Shiite clerics in Iraq, the White House warned the government of neighboring Iran -- also a majority Shiite nation -- not to interfere in Iraq's internal affairs.
News that the Bush administration was considering the selection of former CIA director James Woolsey as an advisor to any new U.S.-appointed Iraqi minister of information and the inclusion of the former chief executive of Shell Oil Company on an American-created council to oversee Iraq's oil industry - has done little to quell suspicion of America's motives in the country. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Mansour Farhang, professor of political science at Bennington College in Vermont, a native of Iran, who assesses the religious and political opposition facing the Bush administration as it attempts to install a new government in Baghdad.
Read Mansour Farhang's March 17 Nation Magazine article, "The Triangle of Realpolitik" online at www.thenation.com
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Triggered by Washington's Funding of Dissident Groups
Interview with Philip Agee,
The speedy trial and sentencing of dissidents as well as the swift execution of three hijackers in Cuba has been condemned by the U.S. charging Cuban President Fidel Castro with gross human rights violations. However, Cuba's Foreign Minister Felipe Perez-Roque, stated that the Cuban government has not charged these individuals with just criticizing Cuba's leadership but that they had conspired with James Cason, the head of the U.S. Interest Section in Havana in blatant subversion.
Cason has unabashedly been organizing dissidents in high-profile and provocative meetings reportedly even in his own home in gross violation of diplomatic norms. Cuba asserts that these so-called dissidents were receiving money from the U.S. government and had total access to the U.S. Interest Section. Oswaldo Paya, principal architect of the Varela Project and Elizardo Sanchez are two well-known dissidents who were not arrested in Cuba. Some claim it's because they are not known to receive U.S. dollars as the 75 who were recently convicted. Millions of dollars have been funneled by Washington through USAID and other groups to help organize opposition in Cuba. Seven acts of terrorist hijackings have taken place in the past seven months as a result of U.S. law, which provides asylum to all Cubans who can make their way to the U.S.
Philip Agee is a former Central Intelligence Agency officer who served in Latin America during the early 1960s and later resigned. He spoke with Between The Lines' Denise Manzari from Havana, where he now lives, and provides his perspective on the recent events in Cuba.
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Bush Administration's Post-9/11 Targeting of Immigrants
John Wilhelm, president of the International Union
Since September 11th, the labor movement has become increasingly vocal in its opposition to the Bush administration's targeting of immigrants in the "war against terrorism." Wilhelm was the keynote speaker at an April 26th conference on the USA Patriot Act & other threats to civil liberties held at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Conn. His talk focused on the need for immigrant workers in the U.S. labor force, and the importance of defending immigrants' rights as a bulwark against the further erosion of civil liberties of all Americans. This segment was recorded and produced by Between the Lines' Melinda Tuhus. For more information, contact HERE at (202) 393-4373 or visit the union's Web site at www.hereunion.org
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