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World Health Organization: Lebanese Residents Displaced by
Israeli Bombardment Expected to Top 900,000
A Sampling of Arab TV Coverage of the Middle East Crisis
U.S. EXCLUSIVE: Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad on U.S. Foreign
Policy, the Resistance in Iraq, Syrian-Lebanese Relations
and More
World Health Organization: Lebanese Residents Displaced
by Israeli Bombardment Expected to Top 900,000
Israel continues to target Lebanon's infrastructure and
bomb civilian neighborhoods. Meanwhile, the World Health Organization
expects the number of Lebanese residents displaced by the
assault to reach 900,000 by the end of today. We go to Beirut
to get a report from Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Anthony
Shadid of the Washington Post. [includes rush
transcript]
Israel continues to target Lebanon's infrastructure and bomb
civilian neighborhoods. The United Nations is warning of a
looming humanitarian disaster and the World Health Organization
expects the number of Lebanese residents displaced to reach
900,000 by the end of today. Just before the program we reached
Anthony Shadid in Beirut. He is a Pulitzer prize-winning reporter
for the Washington Post. He spoke about the mounting crisis
in Lebanon.
- Anthony Shadid, Pulitzer prize-winning reporter for the
Washington Post. He reports from Beirut.
A Sampling of Arab TV Coverage of the Middle East
Crisis
We look at how Israel's bombardment of Lebanon is being
covered in the Arab world by turning to MOSAIC, an award-winning
program on LinkTV that compiles television news reports from
more than 30 television outlets throughout the Middle East.
We play an excerpt of MOSAIC's newscast and speak with Jamal
Dajani, director of Middle Eastern Programming at Link TV.
[includes rush
transcript]
Israel's bombardment of Lebanon has entered its seventh day
and the death toll continues to rise. More than 215 people
have been killed - all but 14 of them are civilians. The country's
infrastructure has been devastated and more than 400,000 people
have been displaced. Hezbollah continues to fire rockets into
Israel. At least 24 Israelis, including 12 civilians, have
been killed. Meanwhile, the international community has no
plan to stop the bloodshed and there has been little progress
on the diplomatic front.
News networks across the United States have been closely
following the story over the past week. But how was the news
delivered in the Middle East? In the U.S., there's one place
to find out: MOSAIC, a daily show on our partner network,
Link TV, that compiles television news reports from more than
30 TV outlets throughout the Middle East. Last year, MOSAIC
won one of journalism's highest honors, the Peabody Award.
We play an edited excerpt of the last night's newscasts from
across the Middle East.
- Jamal Dajani, Director of Middle Eastern Programming
at Link TV that produces MOSAIC: World News from the Middle
East. The program distills daily news reports from more
than 30 Middle Eastern television outlets.
Learn more about MOSAIC
U.S. EXCLUSIVE: Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad on
U.S. Foreign Policy, the Resistance in Iraq, Syrian-Lebanese
Relations and More
In a Democracy Now U.S. broadcast exclusive, we air an interview
with Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad. He spoke with independent
journalist Reese Erlich last month in Damascus in a wide-ranging
interview on United States foreign policy, resistance to the
occupation of Iraq, Syrian relations with Lebanon and much
more. [includes rush
transcript]
As the bombardment of Lebanon continues, the United States
and Israel have been calling on Syria to pressure Hezbollah
to back down and release the two captured Israeli soldiers.
On Monday President Bush was caught on tape speaking privately
to British Prime Minister Tony Blair. On the tape, he curses
and blames Syria for the current crisis. Meanwhile, former
CIA Director James Woolsey, appeared on Fox yesterday to call
for US air strikes against Syria.
Damascus has warned that it will respond in a "unlimited"
manner to any Israeli attacks on the country. Meanwhile, a
massive pro-Hezbollah rally was held in Damascus yesterday.
Today, a Democracy Now U.S. broadcast exclusive: An interview
with Syrian President Bashar Al-Asad. Last month, he gave
a wide-ranging interview to independent journalist Reese Erlich
in Damascus. Erlich is a freelance foreign correspondent who
reports regularly for CBC, ABC Australia, Radio Deutche Welle
and National Public Radio. He also co-author of the book "Target
Iraq: What the News Media Didn't Tell You"
In the interview, Asad discusses United States foreign policy,
resistance to the occupation of Iraq, Syrian relations with
Lebanon and much more.
- Bashar Al-Asad, president of Syria interviewed by freelance
foreign correspondent Reese Erlich on June 14, 2006.
We get response on Bashar Al-Asad's comments from British
journalist Patrick Seale, a British journalist who has covered
the Middle East for over 30 years. He is the author of the
definitive biography of Bashar Al-Asad's father Hafez, titled
"Asad: The Struggle for the Middle East"
- Patrick Seale, British journalist who has covered the
Middle East for over 30 years. He is the author of "Asad:
The Struggle for the Middle East"
For a copy of today’s program, call 1 (800) 881 2359.
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