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New Haven Advocate's "Best of New Haven 2001" -- Staff Picks -- Scott Harris, Best Radio News Reporter WPKN Radio, 89.5 FM "Giving Voice to Dissent: Bridgeport's WPKN Radio Covers The News With Left-Of-Center Takes Not Found In The Mainstream Media"Hartford Courant, Feb. 26, 2003 ISSUES IN DEPTH
War And Profiteering
"The Future of Iraq: The Spoils of War," Blood and oil: How the West will profit from Iraq's most precious commodity, by Danny Fortson, Andrew Murray-Watson and Tim Webb, The Independent/UK, Jan. 7, 2007 "Cheney is Longtime Bad News for U.S.," by John Nichols, by the Madison Capital Times (Wisconsin), Jan. 16, 2007 "Bush administration provokes open war on Iran: Irbil raid, and other operations, authorized "several months ago," by Larry Chin, Global Research, Jan. 15, 2007 "Iran: The Next War," by James Bamford, Rolling Stone, July 24, 2006 Those Who Dared to Come Forward Compilation of Washington insiders speaking out on Bush administration policies and actions 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 "Pipeline Politics: Oil, The Taliban, and the Political Balance of Central Asia," World Press Review Special Report, Nov.-Dec. 2001 "War Profiteering," by The Nation editors, April 24, 2003 "An Annotated Saddam Chronology," ZNet, Dec. 15, 2003
Civil Liberties
"Martial Law Threat is Real," by Dave Lindorff, commondreams.org, July 27, 2007 "ACLU: US Constitution in Grave Danger,"United Press International, July 25, 2007 "Old-line Republican warns 'something's in the works' to trigger a police state," by Muriel Kane, Rawstory.com July 19, 2007 "Fascist America, in 10 easy steps," by Naomi Wolf, The Guardian, April 24, 2007 "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 "Fascism Anyone?" 14 Signs of Fascism, Free Inquiry Magazine, Volume 23, No. 2 "Germany In 1933: The Easy Slide Into Fascism," The Crisis Papers, June 9, 2003 |
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 Bush May Be Planning Iran Attack in Final Months in Office Interview with Phyllis Bennis, fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, conducted by Scott Harris  But in addressing the recent battles between Iraqi and U.S. forces against the Mahdi Army militia of Shiite cleric Moqtada al Sadr, Gen. Petraeus accused Iran of training and arming the so-called "special groups" of the Mahdi Army that he blames for launching Iranian rockets and mortar rounds at the U.S. headquarters and Iraqi government district in Baghdad known as the Green Zone. Patraeus went on to agree with Sen. Joseph Lieberman's assertion that the Iranian-backed special groups in Iraq are responsible for the murder of hundreds of American soldiers and thousands of Iraqi soldiers and civilians. The testimony renews concern that the administration may be lining up their rationale for a series of air strikes against Iranian military and nuclear research facilities before Bush leaves office in nine months. Although a National Intelligence Estimate in December undercut the White House contention that Iran was aggressively working to build nuclear weapons, this latest allegation of interference in Iraq could serve as an alterative justification for any future U.S. attack on Iran. Between The Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Phyllis Bennis, a fellow at the Institute for Policy Studies, who examines the allegation of Iranian interference in Iraq and what citizens can do to prevent a U.S. war with Iran. Phyllis Bennis' latest publication is titled, "Iran in the Crosshairs." Contact the Institute by calling (202) 234-9382 or visit their website at www.ips-dc.org Related links:
Former Abu Ghraib Prison Commander Says Memos Prove White House Authorized Torture Excerpt of speech by former Army Brig. Gen. Janis Karpinski, produced by Melinda Tuhus 
After the abuses at Abu Ghraib came to light, Karpinski was demoted to colonel and then retired in 2005 after almost 3 decades in the U.S. Army. She is now self-employed as a consultant for executive training programs and a self-described human rights activist who is now speaking out against the war. The former military commander was the keynote speaker at a student anti-war organizing conference at Wesleyan University in Middletown, Conn., April 12. At the gathering, Karpinski said recent revelations that top administration officials approved torture techniques back in 2001 confirmed her view that the problems at Abu Ghraib were not confined to seven low-level soldiers under her command, abusing prisoners. She also discusses the sexism she experienced at the hands of top commanders in Iraq and how sexism led to the harassment and sexual assault of many women serving in the U.S. military in Iraq. Karpinski's book, "One Woman's Army, the Commanding General of Abu Gharib Tells Her Story," was published in 2005 by MiraMax Books. Dramatic Rise in Global Food Prices Triggers Rebellions Interview with Eric Holt-Gimenez, executive director of Food First, the Institute for Food and Development Policy, conducted by Scott Harris  According to the World Bank the price of basic foodstuffs, such as corn, wheat, rice and soy, have risen 83 percent in the past three years. There are several reasons cited for the dramatic increase in global food prices, including: the higher price of energy and fertilizer for farmers; failed harvests due to droughts and floods, caused in part by climate change; increased demand for meat in developing nations and the diversion of crops and land to the production of bio-fuels. For people getting by on just a few dollars per day, even a small rise in food prices can condemn a family to starvation. Between the Lines' Scott Harris spoke with Eric-Holt Gimenez, executive director of Food First, The Institute for Food and Development Policy. He discusses the various causes of the rise in food prices and ways in which the international community should come together to repair the global food system. Contact the Institute for Food and Development Policy at (510) 654-4400, or visit their website at www.foodfirst.org
Credits: Executive producer: Scott Harris Segment producers: Scott Harris, Melinda Tuhus Senior news editor: Bob Nixon Program narration: Denise Manzari News copy editor: Chris Ferrio News reader: Elaine Osowski Senior web editor/producer: Anna Manzo Web producer: Jeffrey P. Yates Newswire editor: Hank Hoffman Photo editor: Scott Harris Outreach coordinator: Anna Manzo Distribution: Anna Manzo, Bill Cosentino and Jeffrey P. Yates Theme music: Written by Richard Hill and Jody Gray, and performed by Mikata
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