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Today's headlines:
Native American Scholar Ward Churchill
on Perversions of American Justice and the Use of Weapons
of Mass Destruction Against the Native People’s of North
America;
Flashpoints Special Correspondent Ann Gwynn with an Eyewitness
Account of the Execution of a 10 year-old by Israeli Colonizers;
Noted Author and Palestinian Scholar Edward Said;
8:00:00 PM (PST)
Dennis Bernstein: introduction: Anne Gwynn in Nablus, eyewitness
to execution yesterday of a ten year old boy, and the death
of his father.. Native American scholar, Ward Churchill, on
the history of US use of chemical and biological weapons against
Indians.. more of Edward Said's recent lecture at UC Berkeley..
8:00:42 PM (PST)
Dennis: more phone messages last night from Anne Gwynn member
of ISM in Nablus.. ANNE GWYNN'S EYEWITNESS ACCOUNT OF THE
EXECUTION OF A TEN YEAR OLD BOY IN NABLUS BY AN ISRAELI SNIPER..
beseiged city of Nablus, in the occupied West Bank.. 3:23AM
Anne: another day of terror here.. we had to run.. a tank..
Druze.. enormous amount of shooting.. demolished more houeses..
three jeeps surround our ambulance.. 3:27 This is the sound
of two tank two feet from us.. the tank cannon pointed directly
at us.. followed by two hummers.. .. here a peaceful city
square.. they just torched a car.. the sound of children throwing
small stones at a jeep.. 3:33: yet more tanks, more hummers,
more armored cars.. this is terrorism gone mad.. now they
have started shooting, someone else calling for an ambulance..
none left.. just children here throwing stones.. just one
side attacking, totally unarmed people.. an APC approaching
down the sidewalk, no way we can get away from them, especially
when you see the Druze.. killer carriers.. three jeeps, two
APCs.. unbelievable.. I don't know how many tax dollars we
are being menaced with.. later: we are trying to escort three
people home.. they are really menacing us now.. the gun swivel..
3:54am: the tank up opposite, swiveled its 80mm cannon at
us, 20 feet away.. it is very very scarey.. now the APC come
back, rifles.. 3:58am: we are a small group of people standing
on the corner with our hands up.. being menaced by rifles..
terrorism inflicted daily on the people of Nablus.. now w
Anne.. all of us in Nablus are not doing well.. although the
Israelis left for a couple hours today.. home demolitions
continue.. Dennis: an ongoing onslaught, correct?.. Anne:
yes, since Sunday, except for one small break.. I heard the
Israeli commander address arrested people in a school (what
he said to them).. about the father and son walking holding
hands.. the child was shot, the father not shot, but as he
leaned over his child he had a massive heart attack, and fell
over his child.. they refused to let us pick up the bodies
until ten oclock this morning.. a ten year old boy.. IT IS
JUST TOO MUCH, TOO MUCH.. HOW MUCH MORE OF THIS TERROR CAN
WE TAKE?.. the ambulance driver has been working everyday
for two months.. takes 70 people or corpses to the hospital
every day.. Dennis: why did you get involved?.. Anne: I found
KPFA and got involved with Palestine.. I am in the most determined
city in the whole West Bank.. the freedom fighters here have
only old rifles.. no match for armored weapons.. but the fighters
all left Sunday, and the last six days the Israelis have been
attacking children.. the name of the ten year old who was
killed was Akmed.. the hospital full of wounded people, no
one complaints, not the doctors or the wounded.. almost unimaginable,
their strength..
8:16:10 PM (PST)
Dennis: Native American professor and activist, Ward Churchill
speaks out on the suffering of Native Americans from US historical
use of weapons of mass destruction, including chemical and
biological weapons.. how the US is the biggest roque state
in the world and the biggest supporter of international terrorism..
8:26:50 PM (PST)
Dennis: hear more of Edward Said's address to UC Berkeley
on Feb 19, 2003.. [end today's review]
8:33:00 PM (PST)
Dennis: this is a Pacifia Network pledge drive period, make
a donation today.. call 510-848-5732 or 800-439-5732..
Dennis: wrapup: see Greg Palast at the First Congregational
Church, Berkeley, Feb 26, 7PM, $15 tickets, no one turned
away, wheelchair accessable.. more info call 510-548-0542.
8:58:00 PM (PST)
Dennis: wrapup: see Greg Palast at the First Congregational
Church, Berkeley, Feb 26, 7PM, $15 tickets, no one turned
away, wheelchair accessable.. more info call 510-548-0542.
"And that wraps it up for another edition of Flashpoints,
which airs every week day and is produced by Dennis Bernstein
with Associate Producer Leslie Kean and Contributing Producer
FLASHPOINTS Robert Knight. Our Technical Directors are Mary
Bishop and Rainjita Geesler. We had production assistance
from Stephanie Hendricks and Eric Park. For a taped copy of
this broadcast, call 510-848-6767 ext. 625. An archive of
our recent shows can be heard on the web at www.flashpoints.net.
Many thanks to John Lionheart, our Web Maestro and thank you
for listening.
8:59:06 PM (PST)
End today's show. today's review by John Lionheart
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