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Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Iraq Against the War in Lebanon:
Middle East Analyst Juan Cole on War in the Middle East -
from Baghdad to Beirut
Newsday Middle East Bureau Chief Mohamad Bazzi on Reporting
the War in Lebanon
"The Republicans Are Trying to Take Over The Democratic
Primary": Congressmember Cynthia McKinney on The Political
Fight of Her Life
Hundreds of Thousands Rally in Iraq Against the War
in Lebanon: Middle East Analyst Juan Cole on War in the Middle
East - from Baghdad to Beirut
As Israel expands air strikes on Lebanon, an estimated 250,000
Iraqi Shias have gathered in the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City
for a rally in support of Hezbollah. Meanwhile, the top US
general in Iraq is warning Iraq could soon descend into civil
war. University of Michigan Middle East scholar Juan Cole
joins us with his analysis. [includes rush
transcript]
Israel's aerial attack on the suburbs of Beirut is intensifying.
On Thursday Israel dropped leaflets on the suburbs of Lebanon's
capital warning residents to flee their homes ahead of a massive
bombardment. Earlier today Israeli warplanes bombed three
bridges linking Beirut to northern Lebanon.
On Thursday Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah threatened
to strike the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv if Israel continued
to bomb Beirut. A high-ranking Israeli official responded
by saying that if Tel Aviv is hit, Israel will destroy all
of Lebanon's infrastructure.
Meanwhile the situation in Iraq also continues to worsen.
On Thursday, the top US commander in the Middle East, General
John Abizaid, admitted that Iraq could move toward a civil
war.
And today hundreds of thousands of Shiite Muslims are streaming
into the Baghdad suburb of Sadr City to take part in what's
been called a million man march. The protest was called by
Shiite cleric Muqtada al Sadr to show support for Hezbollah.
Juan Cole is a leading expert on the Middle East. He runs
a popular blog at juancole.com and is also a professor at
the University of Michigan -- he joins us now from Michigan.
Welcome to Democracy Now.
- Juan Cole. Professor of Modern Middle East and South
Asian History at the University of Michigan. On his website
"Informed Comment"
Newsday Middle East Bureau Chief Mohamad Bazzi on
Reporting the War in Lebanon
In our continuing coverage of how the war in Lebanon is
being reported, part two of our discussion with Lebanese-born
journalist and Newsday Middle East Bureau Chief Mohamad Bazzi.
[includes rush
transcript]
Israel's aerial attack on the suburbs of Beirut is intensifying.
On Thursday Israel dropped leaflets on the suburbs of Lebanon's
capital warning residents to flee their homes ahead of a massive
bombardment. Earlier today Israeli warplanes bombed three
bridges linking Beirut to northern Lebanon. The Israeli newspaper
Haaretz says the strikes are the worst northern Lebanon has
seen so far.
On Thursday Hezbollah leader Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah threatened
to strike the Israeli capital of Tel Aviv if Israel continued
to bomb Beirut. We play part two of our interview with Mohamad
Bazzi, a Lebanese-born journalist and Newsday's Middle East
Bureau chief. He spoke to us from Beirut on Wednesday.
- Mohamad Bazzi. Lebanense-born journalist and Newsday's
Middle East Bureau chief
"The Republicans Are Trying to Take Over The
Democratic Primary": Congressmember Cynthia McKinney
on The Political Fight of Her Life
Cynthia McKinney - Georgia's first African American Congresswoman
- has been one of the most outspoken critics of the Bush administration.
On Tuesday, she faces a Democratic primary run-off vote against
former Dekalb County Commissioner Hank Johnson. She joins
us from Georgia. [includes rush
transcript]
On Tuesday, voters go to the polls in two closely watched
elections. In Connecticut, incumbent Senator Joseph Lieberman
is facing a serious challenge from anti-war candidate Ned
Lamont in the Democratic primary. The latest polls show Lamont
beating Lieberman. And in Georgia, Representative Cynthia
McKinney is in a run-off election with former Dekalb County
Commissioner Hank Johnson. Last month, the six term Congresswoman
was forced into a run-off with Johnson after none of the three
contestants in the Democratic primary received more than 50
% of the vote.
McKinney - who is Georgia's first African American Congresswoman
- is one of the most outspoken critics of the Bush administration.
She was one of the earliest opponents of the Iraq invasion,
has continually spoken out against U.S policy in the Middle
East, and was one of the most visible politicians to investigate
the government's response to Hurricane Katrina.
In 2002, McKinney lost her seat to Democratic challenger
Denise Majette. But two years later Mckinney won back her
seat - defeating five opponents in the 2004 Democratic primary
- and beating her Republican challenger that November. Congresswoman
Cynthia McKinney join us now on the phone -- We invited her
opponent Hank Johnson to join us but he never responded to
our request.
- Cynthia McKinney. Congressional Representative, Georgia
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