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Flashpoints – August 25, 2005

Bush Supreme Court Nominee tied directly to the Administration’s wide-ranging program of illegal detention, abuse and torture, we’ll have a special report on what appears to be an illegal conflict of interest on the part of Judge Roberts; plus, Ali Abunimah on today’s Israeli undercover attack that left five young Palestinians dead; a reading of … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 24, 2005

California’s immigrant community shocked by a pro-Minutemen position taken by Fabian Nunez, the speaker of the California Assembly; plus, Israelis continue to tighten their grip on illegally-seized land in the West Bank, providing more and more homes for the violent settlers from Gaza; organizers prepare for major national demonstrations as opposition to the Bush wars … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 23, 2005

Gazans left in ruins and in the lurch as Israelis solidify their holds in the West Bank, we’ll feature a report from Gaza with Toufic Haddad; also, televangelist Pat Robertson calls for the assassination of President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela; in Iraq, Constitution or no, the slaughter continues; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – August 22, 2005

A large, spirited antiwar demonstration led by Gold Star Mothers greets Bush in Salt Lake City, considered the most conservative area in the country; also, an update on Haiti’s expanding killing fields; the meltdown between Hugo Chavez and the US continues as Chavez removes immunity for US agents; and the Knight Report.


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Flashpoints – August 18, 2005

Massive demonstrations in Haiti demanding justice and the return of President Jean Bertrand Aristide, we’ll go to Port-au-Prince with Kevin Pina; plus, an in-depth look at the life of Palestinian refugees, we’ll speak with community leader and journalist Ziad Abbas of the Ibdaa Cultural Center in the Dheisheh refugee camp, here in the Flashpoints studio; … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 17, 2005

Legendary Haitian Priest Father Gerard Jean-Juste collapses in prison, we’ll get a report on his condition from Port-au-Prince; plus, Robert Fisk in Baghdad talks about today’s series of deadly car bombs after he visits the city morgue; an Israeli settler opens fire on a group of Palestinian workers in the West Bank, killing three, as … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 16, 2005

Israel’s theatrics in Gaza play out in the West Bank as settlements and the apartheid wall expand and settlers attack Palestinians, we’ll speak with Ali Abunimah on the latest news from occupied Palestine; plus, stand up and take to the streets: the September 24th massive march and rally to end the occupations of Iraq, Palestine … Continued


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Flashpoints – August 15, 2005

We hear from Palestinian journalists and activists in the occupied Gaza strip and the West Bank about what the Gaza pullout means for the future of Palestine; is this is just another smokescreen to distract from Israel’s illegal land theft in the West Bank? Also, a judge rules that providing Iraqi children basic medical care … Continued