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Judge Grants Pakistani Immigrant Faisal Ulvie Green Card
After Narrowly Avoiding Deportation
Kerry Picks Edwards as Running Mate
Saddam in the Dock: Counsel Denied, Hearing Censored, Calls
Bush "Criminal"
Nadia McCaffrey on Her Son's Death in Iraq: "We Cannot
Ignore Anymore What Is Going On In Iraq...I am Speaking as
a Mother and as a Human Being"
Embedded Filmmaker Who Shot "Fahrenheit 9/11" Footage
Describes Young U.S. GIs Committing Abuses
Judge Grants Pakistani Immigrant Faisal Ulvie Green
Card After Narrowly Avoiding Deportation
A New York judge granted Pakistani immigrant Faisal Ulvie
a green card last week after his post-911 detention followed
by his two-year battle to stay in the U.S. with his American
wife and their children.
Pakistani immigrant Faisal Ulvie has won the battle to stay
in the United States with his family.
Ulvie traveled to the United States eight years ago and applied
for political asylum. But after he missed an asylum hearing,
he was issued deportation orders.
He came so close to being deported he was on the airport
tarmac when INS authorities received a cell phone call from
a federal judge ordering them to pull Faisal off the plane.
Ulvie remained in the country and married a US citizen, Nadine
Young. He helped raise Nadine's two children. Three years
ago, they had a child of their own named Shaheen.
In November 2002, Faisal Ulvie was picked up by the INS.
Two months later the Ulvie family won a major victory. Federal
Immigration Judge Patricia Rohan gave Faisal permission to
file a marriage petition with the INS.
The marriage interview took place in April of this year.
After a nearly two-year battle, a judge last week granted
Faisal Ulvie a green card.
- Faisal Ulvie, Pakistani man who traveled to the United
States six years ago for a martial arts competition. He
decided to stay in the country and apply for political asylum.
He is married to a US citizen. After a nearly two-year battle,
a New York judge granted him Green Card status.
Kerry Picks Edwards as Running Mate
After much speculation, Sen. John Kerry has selected Sen.
John Edwards of North Carolina to be his vice presidential
running mate. We speak with The Nation correspondent John
Nichols about the selection.
Sen. John Kerry has selected Sen. John Edwards of North Carolina
to be his vice presidential running mate. Earlier today Kerry
informed Edwards of the decision in a brief telephone call.
Kerry is expected to make a public announcement at a rally
in downtown Pittsburgh later this morning. The two will campaign
together later today and this week.
An email to Kerry's website read: "John [Edwards] understands
and defends the values of America. He has shown courage and
conviction as a champion for middle class Americans and those
struggling to reach the middle class. In the Senate, he worked
to reform our intelligence, to combat bioterrorism, and keep
our military strong. John reaches across party lines and speaks
to the heart of America -- hope and optimism."
- John Nichols, correspondent for The Nation.
Saddam in the Dock: Counsel Denied, Hearing Censored,
Calls Bush "Criminal"
We speak with Saddam Hussein's lawyer Curtis Doebbler about
the controversial pretrial hearing last week and political
analyst Sam Husseini discusses how the only people granted
the opportunity to clearly condemn U.S. policy in the Middle
East are criminals themselves. [includes rush
transcript]
Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein appeared before an Iraqi judge
last Thursday to face charges that may lead to a formal indictment
for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. He was
not represented by a lawyer and refused to sign a statement
acknowledging that he had been charged and read his rights,
including a right to legal counsel.
Chief U.S. administrator Paul Bremer, who stepped down last
week, established the tribunal by decree on December 10 to
try Hussein and 11 other top Baathist officials. It is headed
by Salem Chalabi, nephew of disgraced Iraqi politician Ahmad
Chalabi.
Although legal custody of Saddam Hussein was reportedly transferred
to Iraqi authorities it is unclear what actual power the interim
government has over the former president. Robert Fisk of the
London Independent writes "Americans continue to hold
Saddam and Americans ran the court in which Saddam appeared.
American soldiers in plain clothes were the 'civilians' in
the court. American officials censored the tapes of the hearing,
lied about the judge's wish to record the sound of the trial,
and marked the videotapes 'cleared by US military; three US
officers later confiscated all the original tapes of the trial."
Many lawyers say the trial is a political vendetta by Saddam's
political foes and say only an international court would guarantee
an impartial and fair hearing.
- Curtis Doebbler, attorney who is part of Saddam Hussein/s
legal team.
- Sam Husseini, Washington-based political analyst.
Nadia McCaffrey on Her Son's Death in Iraq: "We
Cannot Ignore Anymore What Is Going On In Iraq...I am Speaking
as a Mother and as a Human Being"
Two weeks after her son, Patrick, was shot dead in an ambush
in Iraq, Nadia McCaffrey joins us to discuss Patrick's last
days in Iraq, his disillusionment with the occupation and
requesting the media photograph his returning casket. [includes
rush
transcript]
Patrick McCaffrey photo gallery Two weeks ago today Army
National Guard Special Patrick McCaffrey was shot dead in
an ambush in Iraq. He was 34 years old and the father of two.
His son is 9 years old. His daughter is 2 years old.
McCafferey had joined the National Guard on the day after
the Sept. 11 attacks with hopes of helping the country recover
- he never expected to serve in combat.
But in March his National Guard unit was deployed to Iraq.
On June 22 he was shot dead alongside National Guard Lt. Andre
Tyson of Riverside, California.
His death received national attention last week when his
mother Nadia McCaffrey invited the press to Sacramento International
Airport to record images of his flag-draped coffin returning
home. Since his body was flown in on a commercial flight,
the Pentagon's ban on photos of coffins did not apply.
- Nadia McCaffrey, her son Patrick died in Iraq two weeks
ago today.
Embedded Filmmaker Who Shot "Fahrenheit 9/11"
Footage Describes Young U.S. GIs Committing Abuses
Swedish-Iraqi filmmaker Urban Hamid, who was embedded with
U.S. troops in Iraq for two and a half months, describes how
young, American soldiers are driven to abusing and humiliating
Iraqi detainees. [includes rush
transcript]
Michael Moore's new film Fahrenheit 9-11 has been shattering
box office record for a documentary raking in over $60 million
despite a limited release in theaters last weekend. The film
deals extensively with the build-up to the invasion of Iraq,
as well as the occupation.
In producing the film, Moore relied on a number of independent
filmmakers on the ground in Iraq to get much of the footage
he uses to paint a picture of the occupation including scenes
of young American GIs conducting nighttime raids and humiliating
Iraqi detainees. One of the filmmakers who provided Moore
with some disturbing footage joins us again in our studio.
- Urban Hamid, independent filmmaker who recently returned
from Iraq. His footage of U.S. troops taunting and humiliating
Iraqi prisoners appears in Michael Moore s latest film,
Fahrenheit 9-11.
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