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Days of Penitence: Over 70 Palestinians Dead in Deadliest
Israeli Offensive in Gaza Since Intifada
Nader Charges DNC Chair McAuliffe Told Him "We're Going To
Try To Get You Off The Ballot In All Of The Close States"
8:01-8:06 Headlines
8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break
8:07-8:58 Days of Penitence: Over 70 Palestinians
Dead in Deadliest Israeli Offensive in Gaza Since Intifada
INTRO: Over 70 Palestinians many of them civilian
have been killed during a five-day Israeli assault on
the Gaza Strip. We go to Gaza to speak with longtime Palestinian
political leader Dr. Haidar Abdel Shafi and Chris McGreal
of the London Guardian at the Jabalya refugee camp.
An Israeli air strike on a northern Gaza refugee camp killed
at least four Palestinian militants on Monday bringing the
Palestinian death toll to 73 over the past five days
many of them civilians.
The offensive, called Operation Days of Penitence, was launched
in response to a Palestinian rocket attack on the Israeli
border town of Sderot which killed two Israeli children. The
past week has marked one of the deadliest periods for Palestinians
since the Intifada began four years ago.
Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon said the army would
expand a "buffer zone" in the region to stop rockets
being fired into Israeli towns ahead of his planned withdrawal
from the Gaza Strip next year. Israeli tanks and armored vehicles
have now seized three square miles of the northern strip.
UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has called on Israel to
halt the raids saying they have "led to the deaths of
scores of Palestinians, among them many civilians, including
children." Annan also called on Palestinian leaders to
help curtail rocket attacks.
Egypt and France joined Spain, Switzerland, the International
Committee of the Red Cross and Canada in expressing concern
at the operation.
- Chris McGreal, reporter from for the London <I>Guardian</I>.
He joins us on the phone from Gaza City.
- Dr. Haidar Abdel Shafi, veteran Palestinian politician
and political leader from Gaza. He has led several Palestinian
delegations to peace talks, most prominently at the 1991
Madrid Conference and the subsequent Washington talks. He
is also a physician and is head of the Red Crescent in the
Gaza Strip. He joins us from Gaza.
Nader Charges DNC Chair McAuliffe Told Him "We're
Going To Try To Get You Off The Ballot In All Of The Close
States"
INTRO: An extensive conversation with independent presidential
candidate Ralph Nader about why he has chosen to stay in the
presidential race and about the allegations that he is taking
support from GOP operatives.
As John Kerry and George W Bush prepare for their next so-called
debate this week at Washington University in St. Louis, there
is still much discussion over last week¹s back and forth
at the University of Miami.
Virtually all major polls say that John Kerry benefited
most from the nationally televised face-off. A Newsweek poll
released over the weekend shows Bush¹s 49-43 percent
lead has been erased with Kerry now leading 47-45. More than
63 million Americans watched the Miami discussion. Some 61
percent of those polled by Newsweek said Kerry won, while
only 19 said Bush came out ahead. And while Bush and Kerry
continue to consolidate their campaign stops to key battleground-or
swing states‹they are not alone.
Independent presidential candidate Ralph Nader said last
week that he will continue his campaigning in many of the
key states being canvassed by Bush and Kerry. This week, he
is traveling around the swing states of Maine and New Hampshire.
Since he announced his bid for the White House, Nader has
been attacked by the Democrats as a spoiler whose candidacy
will aid Bush in his reelection effort. Nader has spent most
of his campaigns time and resources fighting legal battles
to get on the ballot. As it stands, Nader is on the ballot
in 33 states with legal battles in 3 more.
Nader recently held a press conference in Washington at
the National Press Club in which he accused the Democratic
Party of orchestrating a campaign of dirty tricks against
him. This past weekend, I had a chance to sit down with Ralph
Nader in Washington DC for an extensive conversation about
why he has chosen to stay in the race and about the allegations
that he is taking support from GOP operatives.
- Ralph Nader, independent presidential candidate.
8:58-8:59 Outro and Credits
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