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Project for the New American Century's Letter to President Clinton on Iraq, Jan. 26, 1998 Urges President Clinton to remove the threat that Iraq poses by stating a strategy to do so in his "upcoming State of the Union Address."
"Iraq On The Record," U.S. Rep. Henry Waxman report, March 16, 2004
"Greenspan Testimony Highlights Bush Plan for Deliberate Federal Bankruptcy," by Michael Meurer, truthout.org, March 2, 2004
"Noam Chomsky on Middle East Conflict and U.S. War Plan Against Iraq," Between The Lines interview with Noam Chomsky, conducted by Scott Harris, for the Week Ending May 3, 2002
"The Iraq War & The Bush Administration's Pursuit of Global Domination," Counterpoint, Sept. 15, 2003
The Iraq Crisis, a Global Policy Forum, U.N. Security Council section on the 13 years of sanctions and other background of the war, the humanitarian situation, the importance of Iraq's huge oil resources, and disputes over a post-war government and reconstruction plan
"Occupation, Inc." Southern Exposure, Winter, 2003/2004
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"An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
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"The Global Gulag: Into The Shadows," by Tom Engelhardt, TomDispatch.com, April 5, 2004
"Keeping Secrets: The Bush administration is doing the public's business out of the public eye. Here's how--and why," by Christopher H. Schmitt and Edward T. Pound, U.S. News & World Report, Dec. 12, 2003
"FBI Memo: Tactics Used During Protests And Demonstrations" Federal Bureau of Investigation, Oct. 15, 2003
"F.B.I. Scrutinizes Antiwar Rallies" by Eric Lichtblau, New York Times, Nov. 23, 2003
"Fascism Anyone?" 21 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2
"Germany In 1933:
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THIS WEEK'S PROGRAM
Interview with Phyllis Bennis,
After suffering a massive stroke on Jan. 4, Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon lies in critical condition at a Jerusalem hospital. According to doctors, the extent of the 77-year-old former general's brain damage is not yet known, and he is unlikely to resume his duties in government. While much of the U.S. media has described Sharon as "a man of peace," praising his unilateral withdrawal from the Gaza strip, many observers disagree. Sharon, who lead the 1982 Israeli invasion of Lebanon, is held responsible by many in the Arab world for the massacre of hundreds of Palestinians in the Sabra and Shatilla refugee camps in Beirut. Many critics also believe Sharon's construction of a separation wall and expansion of West Bank settlements have been an obstacle to peace. Before his stroke, polls predicted that Israeli voters would have re-elected Sharon in a March 28th parliamentary ballot. Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert, is likely to take Sharon's place leading the new Kadima party in the coming election. Palestinians are scheduled to hold their own parliamentary ballot on Jan. 25. Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, who examines Ariel Sharon's legacy and the shape of Middle East politics after his departure from the political scene. Phyllis Bennis' latest book is titled, "Challenging Empire: How People, Governments and the U.N. Defy U.S. Power." Contact the Institute by calling (202) 234-9382 or visit their website at www.ips-dc.org.
Interview with Moira Feeney,
On Jan. 6, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, based in Atlanta, reversed its earlier ruling on a seminal human rights case. The court had originally sided with the defendants, Generals Jose Guillermo Garcia and Carlos Eugenio Vides Casanova, who had both served as defense minister in El Salvador during the 1980s. The men served in governments which tortured its citizens with impunity during the civil war in which 70,000 Salvadorans died, mostly at the hands of the military and its allied death squads. After three torture survivors won an initial court victory suing the men for their grave human rights abuses, the U.S. appeals court ruled last February that the statute of limitations had expired for bringing suit against the generals, who moved to the U.S. in 1989. But in its new decision, the court ruled that the clock on the 10-year statute of limitations didn't begin ticking until 1992, after a peace agreement ended the war in El Salvador. So the ruling reinstated the finding for the plaintiffs Neris Gonzalez, Juan Romagoza and Carlos Mauricio, who are now eligible to collect damages. Between The Lines' Melinda Tuhus spoke with Moira Feeney, a lawyer with the Center for Justice and Accountability in San Francisco, the group which brought the law suit. She explains the mission of the Center, founded in 1998, and summarizes the case against the Salvadoran generals. For information on this and other human rights lawsuits the group is pursuing, call the Center for Justice and Accountability at (415) 544-0444 or visit their website at www.cja.org
Interview with Chris Kutalik,
An underground explosion at West Virginia's Sago Coal Mine on Jan. 2, trapped 13 miners and led to the deaths of 12 of those men. Although media attention on the mining accident initially focused on the tragic miscommunication that led family members to believe that all the miners had been saved when only one was actually found alive, more important issues of mine safety have been glossed over. Over the past two years, the non-union Sago Mine was cited 273 times for safety violations by the Labor Department's Mine Safety and Health Administration, or MSHA. Sixteen violations, occurring in the past eight months at Sago, were classified as serious safety infractions for which the operator had already received warnings. Eighteen of the 46 most recent violations were issued for inadequate measures to prevent the mines' roof collapsing and insufficient ventilation to avert the build-up of dangerous gases. A Knight Ridder investigation concluded that since taking office in 2001, the Bush administration has issued fewer and smaller major fines on the coal industry and collected less than half of the money that violators owed. Under Bush, the number of mining inspectors has been reduced by 100. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Chris Kutalik, editor of the magazine Labor Notes, who takes a hard look at mine safety issues surrounding the 12 deaths at the Sago Mine. Contact Labor Notes' Detroit office by calling (313) 842-6262 or visit the magazine's website at www.labornotes.org Related links:
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