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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
An on the ground report from Haiti where the body count continues to rise; Palestinian leaders question the circumstances of today’s capture on-camera of an alleged Palestinian bomber; ISM activist Lora Gordon talks about her time in Gaza in part two of our interview; an excerpt of an discussion on the questions surrounding 9/11 and … Continued
An on-the-ground report from Haiti, where the body count continues to rise; Palestinian leaders question the circumstances of today’s capture on camera of an alleged Palestinian bomber; ISM activist Laura Gordon talks about her time in Gaza, in part 2 of our interview; an excerpt of a discussion on the questions surrounding 9/11 and the … Continued
A report from a woman in hiding and in fear of her life in Haiti; dissecting the US-Israeli relationship in the context of the recent assassination of Sheikh Yassin in Gaza; protesters in San Francisco descend on the Israeli Consulate, denouncing the targeted assassination of Sheikh Yassin and the complicity of the United States; ISM … Continued
