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A report from Iraq on the bloody situation in Fallujah, where the death toll has risen to more than 450 with over a thousand wounded; we’ll also feature a report on the situation in Baghdad, where gun battles and bomboings have punctuated another day of the unraveling of the US occupation; also, Military Families Speak … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, Sunni and Shia Muslims unite against U. S. occupiers in Iraq; we’ll feature a report from our special correspondent on the growing number of innocent Iraqis been killed by U.S. occupiers; also we hear a report from Baghdad on what U.S corporations aren’t doing with the billions they been given to recreate … Continued
US forces open fire on Mosques as the situation continues to worsen in occupied Iraq, we’ll feature reports from the ground as well as an interview with Robert Fisk; also, an in-depth discussion on the climate of political terror in Haiti as the death squads and former military continue their reign of terror, we’ll be … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, a dozen more marines are killed in Ramadi during a fierce confrontation with Shia muslims loyal to Moqtada Sadr; Meanwhile US attack helicopters kill more than twenty in Falluja; We feature reports from the ground in Iraq and interviews with two middle eastern scholars: Also Flashpoints Special Correspondent Lynn Duff reports from … Continued
Iraq is in flames: we’ll go to occupied Baghdad with a full report from Pretap Chatterjee; we’ll speak with Dr. Paul Farmer about the current political situation in Haiti as well as the dire medical catastrophe that is worsening by the day; a look at the juvenile justice system after California Youth Authority guards violently … Continued
Israeli security forces attack Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the heels of a raid against a mental hospital in Bethlehem; we’ll have a discussion on the implications of the expanding resistance in Iraq; we’ll have an update from the ground in Haiti; and we’ll open the phones to discuss the situation in Iraq … Continued
Robert Fisk dissects the latest violence in Iraq as the death tolls of Iraqis and American soldiers continue to spike, we will have a report from him on the ground in Baghdad; and we’ll speak with Brian Concannon, a lawyer for president Aristide about the latest legal issues facing the exile president and the increasing … Continued
Special Correspondent Lyn Duff on the ground in Haiti; An in-depth interview with author David Ray Griffin about the events surrounding 9/11; What the Bush Administration knew, when they knew it and how the current investigation is playing out; The Robert Knight Report.
The US government pressures Jamaica to evict Aristide from the region as the repression in Haiti continues, we’ll feature a special report from Brian Concannon, attorney for President Aristide just back from the Dominican Republic; also, we’ll hear from a leader of Lavalas who risked his life to leave the country to testify before Congress; … Continued
An exclusive interview with Haiti’s former drug czar and defense minister, Patrick Elie, on CIA involvement with terrorists and drug traffickers in Haiti; also, a report from Lyn Duff on a member of Lavalas in hiding from the death squads; Phyllis Bennis on Sharon’s indictment and the killing of Sheikh Yassin; a family member from … Continued
