Flashpoints – June 30, 2004
Another fake transfer of power in a destroyed Haiti; an eerie quietness sweeps Baghdad, we’ll go back to Christian Parenti for a report from Iraq; remembering the Nuyorican poet Pedro Pietri; and the Knight Report.
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Flashpoints – June 29, 2004
Christian Parenti reports on the situation in Iraq a day after the secret pseudo-power transfer ceremonies; detainees in Guantanamo finally get their day in court; Israeli scholar and peace activist Tanya Reinhart in the studio in a freewheeling discussion on solutions to the ongoing illegal occupation in Palestine; a call to action against the continued … Continued
Flashpoints – June 28, 2004
Iraq and the new façade of oil-drenched, US-fashioned freedom, we’ll have an in-depth discussion with Larry Everest; Gaza under attack by Israeli forces as Nablus suffers days of extremely bloody invasions, we’ll have on-thr-ground reports from both cities.
Flashpoints – June 25, 2004
Special farewell report with our correspondent in Baghdad as U.S. Forces drop more bombs in Fallujah. President select Bush investigated at the Oval Office by the Feds and the CIA leak probe. Cheney versus the Supreme Court in questions about the Energy Task Force Meetings. Special bilingual report on Walmart versus Women.
Flashpoints – June 24, 2004
Our special correspondent in Iraq is shot at by US troops as he investigates the bloody mess in Baquba today; Nablus under seige once again by Israeli occupying soldiers in the West Bank; an update on the situation in Haiti forgotten by mainstream media; womens’ reproductive rights under fire by right-wing pharmaceutical industry heads; and … Continued
Flashpoints – June 23, 2004
Dahr Jamail reports from occupied Baghdad with a scathing report on the medical situation in Iraq; we take a look at the recent massive raids on immigrants in Southern California; excerpts from the riviting documentary Uncovered – The Whole Truth About The War in Iraq; and the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – June 22, 2004
Our special correspondent documents the ongoing surges of violence in Iraq, heating up toward the June 30th so-called handover date; Israeli occupying forces continue their rampage into Gaza and the West Bank; a report back from Barbara Lubin of the Middle East Children’s Alliance on her recent trip to both Iraq and Palestine; we take … Continued
Flashpoints – June 21, 2004
A report from occupied Baghdad with our special correspondent Dahr Jamail. We discuss the US policy of torture in Iraq. Greg Palast on the Bush-Saudi connection and new information on the election steal. And the Knight Report.
Flashpoints – June 18, 2004
An eerie calm permeates in Baghdad as the besieged Iraqi people await the next attack; Dahr Jamail shares his personal thought s on the resilience of the Iraqi people; The paranoia of US foreign policy results in further strangling of human rights for pro-Cuban residents in Florida and a conversation with author, activist John Ross … Continued
Flashpoints – June 17, 2004
An on-the-ground report from Occupied Baghdad, where upwards of forty people were killed in a car bomb earlier today; unanswered questions from the current 9/11 commission investigation, we’ll speak with former high-level Bush One official Catherine Austin-Fitts and investigative reporter Kyle Hence on what we didn’t see at the hearings; an in-depth look at grassroots … Continued