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Today on Flashpoints, a special report from Nora Barrows Friedman on the last day of her two week investigation in Occupied Palestine. Also, a reading by Poets for Peace with keynote poet Gerald Stern. He’ll join us in the studio for a mini-reading and some political talk. And of course, the Knight Report.
Today on Flashpoints, US pounds Falluja and opens fire on civilian vehicles. We’ll continue our on-the-ground reports from Baghdad. Also, Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from Nazareth on life for occupied Palestinians inside the Green Line. Bush and Cheney do the 9-11 shuffle before the Kean Commission. We’ll feature an in-depth interview with Katherine Austin-Fitts on the … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, Falluja up in flames. UN officials fear the worst. We’ll have a special report from Baghdad on the growing rebellion. Also, Israeli Forces continue their attacks on young Palestinians. Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from Occupied Palestine. We’ll have an in studio discussion with the founder of Al-Fowwad, a cultural and arts center for … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, Falluja under heavy attack by US Occupation Forces using fighter jets, attack helicopters, tanks, and heavily armed ground forces. Eyewitnesses accounts report as many as ten explosions a minute for extended periods. We’ll have a report from the field and speak with regional experts about the ramifications of the US’ all out … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, murder, mayhem, and growing resistance to the US Occupation of Iraq. Israeli occupiers continue to execute Palestinian children throwing stones. Senior producer Nora Barrows-Friedman continues to report on the impacts of the Occupation. And, remembering the catastrophe called Chernobyl, a lookback eighteen years after the worst nuclear accident in history. And of … Continued
Israeli colonizers continue their murders of young children. More violence in Baghdad with a report from our special correspondent Dahr Jamail. In Haiti, US marines close in on entire neighborhoods where President Aristide had his strongest support. Cesar Cruz on a march and fast against draconian budget cuts in the school system. And of course, … Continued
A live report from Flashpoints Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman on the ground in Hebron; Dahr Jamail in Fallujah on the ongoing US massacre; also special excerpts from a teach-in on the occupation of Haiti with Pierre Labossiere, founder of the Haiti Action Network; and the bittersweet worldwide celebration of the 50th birthday of political prisoner … Continued
More bloodshed on the ground in Iraq as fighting breaks out in Falluja, and a series of bombings in Basra kill more than 70 and wound more than a hundred. And a special report on the tremendous violence and poverty fostered by World Bank policies in the Narmada Valley of India. And of course, the … Continued
Rahul Mahajan reports from Baghdad on potential US war crimes; also a report on the Saudi connection and why the Bushes are silent about it; plus an account from Gaza on the killing of the second Hamas leader in the last two weeks; and an in-depth look at the implications of recent elections in South … Continued
US troops create a medical nightmare in Iraq by raiding hospitals and emergency rooms even as people are being treated. We’ll feature a special report from Iraq on the situation on the ground in Baghdad and on the failure of US Corporations to rebuild the crumbling medical infrastructure. Also John Negroponte becomes the new US … Continued
