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Noam Chomsky: U.S.-Backed Israeli Policies Pursuing "End
of Palestine"; Hezbollah Capture of Israeli Soldiers
"Very Irresponsible Act" That Could Lead To "Extreme
Disaster"
The One Percent Doctrine: Journalist Ron Suskind on the Deliberate
U.S. Bombing of Al Jazeera, Losing Bin Laden and More
Noam Chomsky: U.S.-Backed Israeli Policies Pursuing
"End of Palestine"; Hezbollah Capture of Israeli
Soldiers "Very Irresponsible Act" That Could Lead
To "Extreme Disaster"
Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon as warplanes
launched fresh strikes on Beirut airport, communication networks,
Lebanese roads and a power plant. Meanwhile, the US has vetoed
a UN Security Council Resolution condemning Israel's attack
on the Gaza Strip. MIT professor Noam Chomsky says the US
and Israel are punishing Palestinians for electing Hamas,
and says Hezbollah's capture of Israeli soldiers subjects
Lebanese "to terror and possible extreme disaster"
from Israeli strikes. We also get comments from Middle East
analyst Mouin Rabbani in Jerusalem. [includes rush
transcript]
Israel has intensified its attacks on Lebanon as warplanes
launched fresh strikes on Beirut airport, communication networks,
Lebanese roads and a power plant.
More than 60 Lebanese civilians have been killed in the offensive
which follows the capture of two Israeli soldiers by Hezbollah.
Israeli jets bombed the main highway linking Beirut to Damascus,
tightening an air, sea and land blockade of Lebanon.
The Israeli army said Hezbollah fighters fired more than
100 rockets on northern Israel on Thursday, killing two people,
wounding 92 others and hitting Haifa, Israel's third largest
city. Hezbollah denied firing into Haifa, but Israel described
the incident as a "major escalation" of the crisis.
The Lebanese army also responded to the offensive with anti-aircraft
fire.
Israel has warned that the south of Beirut could be targeted.
Israeli jets dropped leaflets on Thursday warning people to
stay away from Hezbollah offices. Some areas of the city are
now without electricity following an attack on a power station.
Israeli jets also struck a pro-Syrian Palestinian group in
eastern Lebanon. No casualties were reported.
The escalation has sparked international calls for restraint.
The European Union and Russia have criticized Israel's strikes
in Lebanon as disproportionate. President Bush said Israel
has the right to defend itself, but should not weaken the
Lebanese government.
The UN Security Council is due to hold an emergency meeting
later on Friday. Lebanon has urged it to adopt a resolution
calling for a ceasefire. The US has already vetoed a council
resolution demanding Israel end its military offensive in
the Gaza Strip. Eight of the last nine vetoes have been cast
by the United States. Seven of those were to do with the Israel-Palestinian
conflict.
- Noam Chomsky, professor of linguistics and philosophy
at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is author
of dozens of books, including his latest "Failed States:
The Abuse of Power and the Assault on Democracy." In
May he traveled to Beirut where he met, among others, Hezbollah
leader Sayyid Hassan Nasrallah. He joins us on the line
from Massachusetts.
- Mouin Rabbani, senior Middle East analyst with the International
Crisis Group and a contributing editor of Middle East
report. He joins us on the line from Jerusalem.
The One Percent Doctrine: Journalist Ron Suskind
on the Deliberate U.S. Bombing of Al Jazeera, Losing Bin Laden
and More
Pulitzer prize-winning journalist Ron Suskind joins us to
discuss his new book, "The One Percent Doctrine: Deep
Inside America's Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11."
In it, Suskind writes that that the U.S deliberately bombed
the Kabul, Afghanistan offices of Al Jazeera in 2001. [includes
rush
transcript]
Earlier this week, Dima Tahboub - the widow of Al Jazeera
correspondent Tareq Ayyoub - filed a lawsuit against the Bush
administration for her husband's death. On April 8 2003, Ayyoub
was reporting from Al Jazeera's offices in Baghdad when he
was killed by a US missile. He was the first journalist to
be killed in Iraq just hours before U.S. forces seized the
capital. At a press conference in Washington D.C earlier this
week, Dima's attorney said the case was being launched in
part because of the disclosure last year in London's Daily
Mirror that President Bush told British Prime Minister Tony
Blair of his desire to bomb Al Jazeera's headquarters in Qatar.
The Mirror cited a secret memo leaked from the British government.
In the new book, "The One Percent Doctrine," investigative
journalist Ron Suskind writes that that the U.S deliberately
bombed the Kabul, Afghanistan offices of Al Jazeera. He writes,
"On November 13, 2001, a hectic day when Kabul fell to
the Northern Alliance and there were celebrations in the streets
of the city, a U.S. missile obliterated Al Jazeera's office.
Inside the CIA and White House there was satisfaction that
a message had been sent to Al Jazeera."
The "One Percent Doctrine" also examines how the
Bush Adminstration's philosophy of separating analysis from
action and embracing suspicion as a justification for the
use of American power has shaped its policies.
- Ron Suskind, Pulitzer prize-winning journalist and author
of "The One Percent Doctrine: Deep Inside America's
Pursuit of Its Enemies Since 9/11." His previous books
include "The Price of Loyalty: George W Bush, the White
House and the Education of Paul O'Neill" and "A
Hope Unseen."
- Website: RonSuskind
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