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For The Week Ending May 16, 2003
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Under White House Control, Iraq's Oil Wealth
Interview with Michael Renner,
While U.S. military and civilian appointees of the Bush administration attempt to restore order and repair Iraq's infrastructure, protests against American occupation continue across the wartorn nation. Over the last several weeks, U.S. soldiers shot and killed 18 civilians and wounded nearly 100 demonstrators who took to the streets angrily objecting to the presence of American forces in the city of Fallujah. Meanwhile, Lt. General Jay Garner, the man appointed by president Bush to rule post war Iraq, is working to establish an interim government by selecting delegates to a national assembly. The provisional assembly, to be handpicked by Iraqi exiles and Bush administration allies, would then in turn select an executive council or prime minister.
One of the biggest questions confronting the White House is the administration of Iraq's oil industry with the second largest proven reserves in the world. A partial answer to that question was revealed when the U.S. appointed former Shell Oil Company CEO Philip J. Carroll to be chairman of an advisory committee that will oversee Iraq's oil industry. But, even before the U.S. launched its war against Baghdad in violation of the United Nation's charter, the State Department was meeting with oil company executives and exile groups to plan for the management and possible privatization of Iraq's oil sector.
Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Michael Renner, a senior researcher with the World Watch Institute, who discusses the role Iraq's oil wealth may have played in the Bush administration's decision to prosecute a war against Baghdad and the likelihood that the industry will soon be privatized and offered up to U.S.-based oil companies.
Contact World Watch Institute by calling (202) 452-1999 or visit their Web site at www.worldwatch.org
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to Build New U.S. Nuclear Power Plants
Interview with Michael Mariotte,
When the Bush administration first took office, Vice President Dick Cheney held a series of closed-door meetings with corporate executives, including officials from Enron, to assist in the formulation of White House energy policy. After the collapse of Enron and the scandals surrounding California's electricity deregulation, Congress unsuccessfully sought records of those meetings to determine how much influence people like Enron CEO Ken Lay may have had on the president's energy policy. With Republicans in control of the White House and Congress, the Bush administration is continuing its push to weaken environmental regulations now preventing the exploitation of oil and coal reserves in wilderness areas.
Another cornerstone of Bush and Cheney's secretly-arrived at energy policy is promotion of nuclear power. The Republican-controlled Congress is ready to go along. An energy bill already passed by the GOP-led House offers corporate subsidies for the construction of new nuclear power plants across the U.S. A companion bill is now being debated in the Senate.
Since the 1979 nuclear accident at Three Mile Island in Pennsylvania, grassroots opposition to nuclear power has effectively prevented the construction of more new atomic power plants than currently operate in the U.S. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Michael Mariotte, executive director of NIRS, the Nuclear Information and Resource Service, who discusses provisions in the Republican energy bill and what opponents are doing to mitigate its worst aspects.
Contact the Nuclear Information and Resource Service by calling (202) 328-0002 or visit their Web site at www.nirs.org
Activists Now Focus on Cleanup of Navy's Toxic Legacy
Robert Rabin,
Some witnesses charge hooded protesters burned Navy vehicles and destroyed government property there. Almost 25,000 acres on the east side of Vieques, roughly two-thirds of the island, were expropriated through a series of U.S. laws at the beginning of the second World War. The Navy took immediate possession of all lands needed for military purposes and used the island of Vieques, described by the Navy as "the crown jewel in the Caribbean" for bombing, artillery and for amphibious landing exercises. Families and farmers had to leave the area with little or no compensation. Organizers have long claimed the military exercises on Vieques caused the population of 9,000 there to suffer one of the highest cancer rates in Puerto Rico, in addition to other chronic illnesses. The last three years brought intensive campaigning, demanding the Navy leave Vieques, triggered by the accidental death of 24-year-old David Sanes-Rodriguez on April 19, 1999. More than a thousand demonstrators have been arrested for engaging in nonviolent civil disobedience and other forms of protest. Israel Medina and Ismael Guadelupe remain incarcerated, though both will be released on May 13 and on June 10 of this year. Puerto Rican Governor Sila Calderon announced she will ask Congress to put Vieques on the National Priority List for an environmental cleanup of the bombing range. Robert Rabin is with the Committee for the Rescue and Development of Vieques. He spoke with Between The Lines' Denise Manzari about the vigilance necessary to ensure a thorough cleanup of the explosives and toxic waste left behind by the Navy. For more information, call (787) 741-0716 or visit the committee's Web site at www.viequeslibre.org
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