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Court Hearing on Suit Filed by Iraq Veterans Contaminated
with Depleted Uranium Against U.S. Military; As CIA Detainees
Transferred to Guantanamo, President Bush Acknowledges Secret
Prisons; Study: 70 Percent of 9/11 Responders Suffer Lung
Ailments; Darfur Violence Intensifies as Deadline for Withdrawal
of AU Peacekeepers Looms
Court Hearing on Suit Filed by Iraq Veterans Contaminated
with Depleted Uranium Against U.S. Military
A U.S. District court in Manhattan held a hearing Wednesday
on a lawsuit brought by soldiers from the New York National
Guard who have been sick since being exposed to depleted uranium
while serving in Iraq. Democracy Now! co-host Juan Gonzalez
first broke the story in the New York Daily News.
As CIA Detainees Transferred to Guantanamo, President
Bush Acknowledges Secret Prisons
President Bush has acknowledged for the first time the CIA
has been operating a secret network of overseas prisons. Bush
made the admission as he ordered 14 prisoners previously held
by the CIA to be transferred to Guantanamo Bay where they
could be tried by a military tribunal. Bush said the CIA is
no longer holding any detainees but that the secret prisons
may be re-opened. We get analysis from Center for Constitutional
Rights attorney Barbara Olshansky.
Study: 70 Percent of 9/11 Responders Suffer Lung
Ailments
A major new study of 9/11 health effects finds that nearly
seven out of every ten first responders at Ground Zero suffer
from chronic lung ailments. For the past five years city,
state and federal officials have downplayed the health dangers
of the toxic dust that was released when the World Trade Center
collapsed. We speak with co-author of the Mount Sinai study.
Darfur Violence Intensifies as Deadline for Withdrawal
of AU Peacekeepers Looms
The Sudanese government is increasing its attacks in Darfur
as the African Union confirms it will withdraw peacekeeping
troops by the end of the month. We speak with Alex de Waal,
an advisor to the African Union and author of "Darfur:
A Short History of a Long War."
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