The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 9, 2004

Police and a hotel employees say a bomb has ripped through a Baghdad hotel used by foreign contractors. The chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee says Congress will be seeing unreleased photos of prisoner abuse in iraq.. The news comes as another leading Republican is suggesting that Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the Chairman … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 7, 2004

Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld testifies before the Senate and the House Armed Services Committees about the abuse of Iraqi Prisoners by American Troops.. Rumsfeld takes responsibility and apologizes but rebuffs demands that he resign and he warns that the scandal will get worse –more photos and even a video of other atrocities have been … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 4, 2004

The Bush Administration struggles to contain growing outrage over the abuse of Iraqi prisoners, calling it unacceptable and un-American even as officials revealed Americans murdered at least two detainees.. On Capitol Hill outraged lawmakers demand full disclosure of the extent of the abuse The Bush Administration reverses course and announces there will be no reduction … Continued


The Pacifica Evening News, Weekdays

The KPFA Evening News, Weekdays – May 2, 2004

Eleven U.S. troops are killed in attacks in Iraq.. Meanwhile, the top U.S. military commander says he can’t be sure that the recently-disclosed abuses of prisoners in Iraq are only isolated incidents Members of Israel’s Likud Party reject their Prime Minister’s plan for withdrawal from Gaza and annexation of parts of the West Bank Environmental … Continued