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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


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Flashpoints – August 1, 2006

Our special correspondent Bilal el-Amine tours the destroyed south of Lebanon, where thousands still remain trapped and many dead lie along the highway; also, a report from Beirut on the human rights nightmare presented by hundreds of thousands of displaced Lebanese; we’ll also hear about the emerging environmental nightmare as a result of Israel’s bombing … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 31, 2006

We spend the hour looking at US-supported Israeli massacre policy in Lebanon and Palestine. Our special correspondent Dahr Jamail reports from on the ground in Beirut, Lebanon, where he describes the scene after the Israeli massacre yesterday in Qana, in which over 50 people were killed, including 37 children, and the Israeli targeting of ambulances; … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 28, 2006

Today on Flashpoints: We devote most of the show to the ongoing destruction of Lebanon and the battle raging at the south border of lebanon between Hezbollah and Israeli invaders; We begin the coverage with a report from our special correspondent Bilal El-Amine from the south of Lebaon; We move from the south to Beirut … Continued


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Flashpoints – July 26, 2006

Israeli Invaders in South Lebanon take heavy casualities: we feature a frontline report from Bilal El Amine in the south; also Ali Abunimah on the breakdown of diplomacy in Rome and on the latest Isreali slaughters in Gaza; and an outraged panel on the Block Report, as JR and the crew confront police brutality head … Continued