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Today's headlines:
Arab Press Coverage of the US Occupation
of Iraq;
The Environmental Impact of the War in Iraq;
Dynecorp Defoliating in Colombia & Ecuador;
Anti-Islamic Statements by Republican Party Leaders;
Youth Teach-in Tomorrow in SF;
8:00:00 PM PST
Leslie Kean: introduction: Arab press coverage of the US occupation
of Iraq; About the environmental impact of the war in Iraq;
Dyncorp defoliating in Colombia and Ecuador; Anti-Islamic
statements by Republican Party leaders; youth teach-in tomorrow
in San Francisco
8:00:00 PM PST
Leslie Kean: now w Hatim Basian.. Hatim: about Arab press
coverage of the US occupation of Iraq; how average Iraqis
are beginning to resent their 'liberators'..
8:09:12 PM PST
Leslie: now with Ross Mirkarimi, of the SF District Attorney’s
Office.. Ross conducted a 1991 study of environmental damage
to Iraq.. see Ross's article, 'Ravaged Land' at MotherJones.com
8:27:00 PM PST
music break
8:27:47 PM PST
Dennis Bernstein: Ecuadorean villagers file a class action
lawsuit against DynCorp for spraying livestock, plants, and
children with deadly poisons.. now w attorney, Christobal
Bonipaz.. US sprayed suspected coca fields and surrounding
areas with RoundUp Ultra.. the Ecuadorean government protested,
but DynCorp doesn't care.. then we filed a lawsuit against
DynCorp for killing four children.. the US State Dept fought
us.. tried to get this case dismissed.. got Mr. Randy Beers,
assistance Secretary of State.. to come in and swear this
was a national security issue, because FARC was associated
with Al-Quada.. under oath.. what are they thinking? this
is just a lie.. why we filed on Sept 11.. about the children
of subsistence farmers, they have nothing.. all crops killed..
everything dies.. Mr. Beers claims this is an action to stop
terrorism.. he came back six months later, said, Judge, I
was wrong, FARC not associated with Al-Quada.. RoundUp Ultra
absorbed through the skin..
8:38:24 PM PST
Dennis: at a pro war rally on Friday, at USC, a state Republican
official, Shawn Steel, remarked that 'the Islamic community
has a cancer growing inside of it.. the disease of Islam must
be rectified'.. now w Sabiha Khan, of CAIR.. about these hatemongering
statements, we were dismayed.. sends a wrong message to the
larger community..
8:49:00 PM PST
Leslie: about the role of INTERNATIONAL
ANSWER in protesting this war on Iraq.. tomorrow ANSWER
sponsoring a teach-in in San Francisco on the connection between
Israel, Oil, and the war on Iraq, threats on Syria and Iran,
Cuba.. now w Gloria LaRiva and Lailani Dowel (sp?) of ANSWER..
we have to keep our eyes open everywhere.. We live in the
eye of the hurricane.. the media sculpts everything.. the
cultural and health systems of Iraq are in collapse.. Event:
a teach in tommorrow at noon at Horace Mann Middle School
in SF.. info 415-821-6545
8:56:08 PM PST
Marvelous Mary Bishop: wrapup
8:55:30 PM PST
End today's show. today's review by John Lionheart
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