Flashpoints

Flashpoints – August 15, 2006

Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wildnerness reports from the wreckage of Lebanon, as people begin to return to the areas left in ruins by the month-long US-Israeli siege; also, British MP George Galloway challenges the media’s racism; Mexican federal police beat pro-Obrador parliamentarians bloody as the battle to uncover Mexico’s election steal continues; plus, … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 14, 2006

Thousands of Lebanese head south to assess the destruction following thirty-three days of Israeli bombings and shellings; also, the cease-fire does not include Gaza, where Israeli tanks and warplanes killed three members of the same farmer family, blown up in their own fields by Israeli attackers; an in-depth discussion with Dr. Helen Caldicott on the … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 3, 2006

Our daily war summary from the South with Bilal El Amine: A view from Congresswoman Barbara Lee on US backed war against Lebanon: Eight more dead in Gaza; We speak to Dr Mona Al- Farra about the killings and the latest Israeli seige of Gaza: Lebonese Writer, Elmaz Abinader, counteracts the war with poetry; JR … Continued