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Flashpoints – June 21, 2006

Commemorating World Refugee Day, we spend the entire hour looking at the unraveling situation in Palestine; Israel kills three children yesterday in a missile strike in the Jebaliya refugee camp, the most populated area on the planet, and today, Israeli warplanes launch a strike against a home, killing a mother and wounding 13 children as … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 20, 2006

US warplanes and helicopter gunships begin their assaults on Ramadi, an exclusive interview with a resident who fled the oncoming US-led seige and in-depth analysis with our special correspondent Dahr Jamail; also, Jeff Goodell, author of the hard-hitting new book, Big Coal: The Dirty Secret Behind America’s Energy Future, tears the lid off the Bush … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 15, 2006

Legendary filmmaker John Pilger talks about the wars and occupations in Iraq and Palestine, and the pathetic state of Western journalism; also, a report on the brutal free trade zones in Jordan, where raping and beating slave wage workers is not uncommon; an update on Paul LaRudee, a piano tuner, human rights activist and friend … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 14, 2006

Human Rights Watch rejects Israel’s claim that Hamas was responsible for the Israeli shelling that killed 7 members of the same family last Friday in Gaza, we speak with the investigator; also, as 75,000 US and Iraqi security forces crash down on Baghdad, US forces prepare to raze the city of Ramadi; an update on … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 12, 2006

We speak with a doctor who treated the victims of Israel’s crowded beach attack last Friday, which wiped out a picknicking family of seven; also, Patrick Cockburn reports on the situation in Iraq; Michael Berg blames the US government for the beheading of his son, Nick; Michael Ratner of the Center for Constitutional Rights talks … Continued


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Flashpoints – June 8, 2006

The killing of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi aids and abets the US killing fields in Iraq; the Center for Constitutional Rights sues a former high-level Israeli official for war crimes and human rights violations; on Earth Matters, Karen Pickett of Earth First! talks about the Green Scare, the latest FBI witch hunt for environmental activists; and … Continued