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Today's headlines:
Tony Blair Facing a Rebellion in his Own Labor Party;
A British Intelligence Worker Faces Criminal Prosecution for
Blowing the Whistle on the NSA Dirty Tricks Operation at the
United Nations;
Robert Fisk on the Inspectors, the Proposed War and the US
Press;
Kathy Kelly’s Baghdad Journal;
A Report on More Anti-war Protests Planned for This Week-end;
The Knight Report
8:00:00 PM PST
Dennis Bernstein: introduction: Tony Blair facing rebellion..
criminal prosecution for British NSA whistleblower.. Kathy
Kelly in Baghdad.. Robert Fisk in Beruit.. info on this weekend's
peace rallies..
8:00:47 PM PST
Robert Knight and the Knight Report.. Robert: frustrated Bush
drops a bomb on Florida.. stalemate at the UN.. even India
and Pakistan oppose Iraq war.. British government under pressure
to publish legal advice it has been given.. Turkey still debating
support.. Europe's top human rights court chides Turkey for
punishment of Kurdish leader.. Russian and EU aid packages
threatened by the US.. 22,000 pound bomb tested in Florida..
NYC council votes to oppose Iraq war.
8:06:03 PM PST
Dennis: now w Martin Bright of the London Observer.. Tony
Blair didn't use the opening provided by Rumsfeld to step
back from the edge.. Blair won in a landslide his first election..
has no real opposition, but has seemed to box himself in a
corner.. frittering away the faith the British public had
in him, a death wish of sorts.. about the top secret US National
Security Ageny (NSA) memo Bright helped publish last week
about the US ordering surveillance and dirty tricks against
UN Security Council members.. clearly the real story was not
the spying, but that someone somewhere had decided to blow
the whistle.. and on Saturday a Brit was arrested.. a 28 year
old woman.. will be a significant spying trial.. I can confirm,
however, that this woman is not our source for the leak..
but whoever it was that brought this to our attention, was
very brave.. can the Observer reporters be sued by the government?
yes, but we will not reveal our sources.. we too face a possible
two year sentence..
8:16:04 PM PST
Dennis: now w Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness in Baghdad..
Kathy: yesterday two of our people were at a maternity hospital,
and returned disturbed.. eight women opted for ceasarian section
to avoid maybe having to give natural birth during a US bombing
attack next week, and six women aborted.. about the big bomb
dropped in Florida.. the UN pulling out today, leaving the
Iraqi people helpless.. yesterday morning I said goodbye to
the family of the woman painter, headed for Syria.. going
off without enough money, only has the name of one person..
those who dug wells are finding that the water is not potable..
we deeply appreciate every civil disobeidiance and teach-in
in the USA.. Bush is simplistic thinking, but Rumsfeld, Wolfowitz,
and Perle know better.. but we do still hold out some hope
in the UN.. more websites: ElectronicIraq.net.. IraqPeaceTeam.org..
IraqJournal.org.. antiwar.com.. commondreams.org
8:26:00 PM PST
Dennis: is there going to be war?.. now w British journalist,
Robert Fisk.. Robert: I think Bush wants a war and he will
get one, and it will be disastrous.. originally we were told
the Americans wanted the inspectors back on the ground, but
Hans Blix has become the nightmare headmaster to the White
House.. the US administration doesn't want to hear his reports..
this war may destroy Tony Blair, one the few good elements
to this war.. and it will be a disaster for the Middle East,
for American policy in the Middle East, for the EU, and for
NATO.. what do the Iraqis really want?.. Bush says democracy..
but what do the Iraqis want?.. take Basra, a Shiite Muslim
society in Southern Iraq.. do you think they will want to
live under US occupation?.. do you think the Kurds in the
north will want to live under Turkish occupation?.. there
could be civil war between Shiites and Sunnis.. Napolean liberated
Egypt 'from tyranny'.. over and over again the West arrives
to liberate the people of the Middle East from tyranny.. and
establishes more tyranny.. about the NPR claim that with a
quick win for Bush in Iraq, he will be position to create
peace for Palestine.. Robert: we saw what happened when Blair
tried to call a peace conference in London, Sharon wouldn't
even let the Palestinian leadership attend.. so much for Blair,
so much for Mideast peace..
8:44:53 PM PST
Dennis: now w Gloria Uriba, a member of ANSWER, sponsor of
this weeks peace march and rally in SF, just back from England
and a gathering of peace activists from 27 countries.. EVENT:
this Saturday, gather at 11AM Civic Center Plaza, march to
Jefferson Park..
8:54:00 PM PST
Marvelous Mary Bishop: wrapup
8:54:43 PM PST
End today's show. today's review by john lionheart
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