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U.S. Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Attack on Gaza,
Arab League Lifts Financial Blockade
Darfur Diaries: Filmmakers Return From Sudan to Bring Stories
of Oppression and Survival
Amy Goodman Recounts the East Timor Massacre 15 Years Ago
15 Years After East Timor Massacre, Calls for Accountability
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U.S. Vetoes UN Resolution Condemning Israeli Attack
on Gaza, Arab League Lifts Financial Blockade
The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution
condemning Israel's recent attack on the Gaza town of Beit
Hanoun that killed at least 19 Palestinian civilians and left
dozens wounded. In response, the Arab League announced it
would lift the financial blockade on the Palestinians in defiance
of the U.S. We go to Ramallah to speak with Diana Butto, the
former legal adviser to the PLO. [includes rush
transcript]
The United States vetoed a UN Security Council resolution
condemning Israel's recent attack on the Gaza town of Beit
Hanoun that killed at least 19 Palestinian civilians and left
dozens wounded.
One family lost 16 members when Israel tanks opened fire
on their house. Seven children died, the youngest was just
a year old. The UN resolution called on Israel to abide by
its obligations and responsibilities under the Geneva Convention.
The U.S veto was widely criticized in part because the United
States has repeatedly used its veto to shield Israel from
criticism at the United Nations.
Arab League chief Amr Moussa said the veto was incomprehensible.
In response, the Arab League announced it would lift the financial
blockade on the Palestinians in defiance of the United States.
In other developments, a deal appears to have been reached
between leaders of Hamas and Fatah over a new coalition Palestinian
government. Under the reported agreement, a former university
official named Mohammed Shbeir will become the new Palestinian
Prime Minister replacing Hamas leader Ismail Haniya.
- Diana Butto, political analyst and the former legal advisor
to the PLO. She joins us on the line from Ramallah in the
West Bank.
Darfur Diaries: Filmmakers Return From Sudan to Bring
Stories of Oppression and Survival
The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour
on Friday called for the disarming of government-backed militias
in Darfur. We speak with three young filmmakers about their
journey into Darfur where they interviewed refugees living
in camps in the harshest of conditions and produced the documentary,
"Darfur Diaries." [includes rush
transcript]
On Friday, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights - Louise
Arbour - warned that unless the Sudanese Government disarmed
militias operating in West Darfur, there would be more attacks
like those that occurred last month. Those attacks left over
50 people dead - including 27 children under the age of 12.
Thousands more were displaced.
The United Nations said in a report last week that there
were indications that Sudan's military participated in the
attacks. It said witnesses identified the 300 to 500 attackers
as Arabs riding on horseback, wearing green camouflage military
uniforms and armed with AK-47 assault rifles and rocket-propelled
grenades.
More than 200,000 people have been killed - and 2.5 million
displaced - in fighting between rebels and government-backed
militias since early 2003. A 7,000-strong African Union contingent
is conducting a peacekeeping mission in the region with logistic
support from NATO. The U.N. Security Council voted in August
to send over 20,000 peacekeepers to Darfur to replace the
African Union force -- but Sudan has rejected the decision.
Our guests today traveled to the refugee camps in eastern
Chad and the Zaghawa tribal region of northern Darfur in October
2004. They snuck across the border between Chad and Sudan
and remained behind rebel lines. They interviewed refugees
living in camps in the harshest of conditions and produced
the documentary "Darfur
Diaries: Message from Home." We plan excerpt and
speak with the filmmakers.
- Darfur Diaries - excerpt of documentary.
- Jen Marlowe, filmmaker of "Darfur Diaries."
Marlowe also facilitates a youth peace-building project
in Mostar, Bosnia-Hercegovina.
- Aisha Bain, filmmaker of "Darfur Diaries."
Bain is the Asia Program Associate at Global Rights: Partners
for Justice, where she works on women's rights in India
and environmental rights in Mongolia.
- Adam Shapiro, filmmaker of "Darfur Diaries."
Shapiro is an organizer with the International Solidarity
Movement. He has spent extensive time in Palestine. After
the US invasion of Iraq began, he traveled to Baghdad to
film a documentary called "About Baghdad."
Amy Goodman Recounts the East Timor Massacre 15 Years
Ago
This weekend marked the 15th anniversary of the massacre
at the Santa Cruz cemetery in East Timor. On November 12th,
1991, Indonesian troops opened fire on a crowd of several
thousand unarmed Timorese civilians gathered in Dili. At least
271 people were killed. Journalists Amy Goodman and Allan
Nairn witnessed and survived the massacre. We play an excerpt
of their award-winning documentary, "Massacre: The Story
of East Timor." [includes rush
transcript]
The massacre was a turning point in East Timor's struggle
for self-determination after decades of Indonesia's brutal
occupation. At least 200,000 Timorese were killed - one third
of the population - since Indonesia invaded Timor on December
7th, 1975.
Amy Goodman was in East Timor fifteen years ago with journalist
Allan Nairn. They witnessed and survived the massacre. This
is an excerpt of our documentary, "Massacre: the Story
of East Timor."
For further information on the massacre, see etan.org
15 Years After East Timor Massacre, Calls for Accountability
Continue
On the fifteenth anniversary of the massacre of over 270
East Timorese civilians by the Indonesian military, calls
for justice and accountability continue for its victims and
their families. We speak with John Miller, the National Coordinator
of the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network, and Shirley
Shackleton, Indonesian soldiers killed her husband Greg and
his Australian-based TV crew in the lead up to the 1975 invasion.
[includes rush
transcript]
- Shirley Shackleton, her husband Greg was killed thirty-one
years ago while on assignment in East Timor - investigating
Indonesian military attacks. Send email
to Shirley.
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