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Today's headlines:
Debunking Israel’s Big Lie About Their Deadly Attack
On The USS Liberty;
The Situation In Liberia As Bush Turns The Corner Of His Whirlwind
Africa Tour;
Rumsfeld Claims The Iran Is Moving It’s Borders With
Iraq;
The Knight Report
8:00:00 PM PST
The Knight Report: by Robert Knight. Bush family’s persistent
involvement slavery in Hannibal, Mo. And Greenwich, CN. Owning
slaves on both sides of the family. When Danish arms merchant
and Bush family patriarch Hendrick Bosch came to America from
Amsterdam, the 1790 US Census tallied 13 slaves between the
four ‘newly Bush’ families in Greenwich. Upon
being questioned repeatedly regarding this at the White House
yesterday and today, the stonewalling on the slavery issue
continued. The Liberian sociology and the Americanization
of West Africa.
8:08:00 PM PST
Dennis Bernstein Intro: Bush in Africa, Amira Woods, Foreign
Policy in Focus. In Liberia, Charles Taylor leaving further
exacerbates the violence and destabilizing disorder in the
streets of Monrovia….Taylor offering to go to Nigeria
in exile. Core problems are not addressed in the current U.S.
overtures. Mass exodus to neighboring countries remains a
danger as long as root issues are not addressed. Dennis Bernstein:
The US effort now seems to be supporting civil war in Liberia,
funneling arms to the Rebels. Woods: There has be the opportunity
to curb the core problems of the diamonds, which have predated
and fueled the current crisis. The US is primarily interested
in a presence there for intelligence gathering as it relates
to the west coast African petroleum extraction in the Gulf
of Kenya. With a more sustainable US energy policy domestically
these problems would step aside for development and nation
building. One point that the Africans are underscoring is
the snub of Nelson Mandela’s strong opposition to the
Iraq War II. Umbeki wants greater access to US markets for
Africa’s products, which are not related to petroleum.
What is need is a new international plan which stresses interdependency
among the world’s citizens and multilateral involvement,
respect for the international criminal court raising the standards
for civilized conduct by the world’s leaders. This process
begins in the United States.
8:26 PM PST
Music Break Ladysmith Black Mambazo
8:27 PM PST
Dennis Bernstein Intro: Iran Border Movement: Sasam Fayazmanesh,
California State University at Fresno, Professor. Iran is
moving its Iraqi borders according to Donald Rumsfeld. Fayazmanesh:
I wouldn’t really take Rumsfeld’s allegations
seriously. Dennis: Is this another chapter of a media assisted
war prelude? . ..A real possibility.
8:42 PM PST
Dennis Bernstein Intro:The USS Liberty Attack: Accident or
Design: Dennis with guest: Delinda C. Hanley, editor, “The
Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs”: The SF
Chronicle stepped into the pro-Israeli side of the issue reprinting
Hareetz stories that the attack on the USS Liberty was actually
a terrible mistake. Actually “if it was an accident
it was the best planned accident in history”…Mistaken
Identity? Flying American flags…the Israeli’s
did not want the passengers to observe the attack on Syria
which was happening in the area so they attacked the Liberty
and have lied about it since 1967. True to form, the Israeli’s
sought to provoke an attack on the Golan Heights by Syria.
At the time, the Soviets were gaining a foothold in Syria
and Egypt. Nasser closed the straits and war was set to begin.
The US conducted the investigation into the attack on the
ship and skewed it to hide the Israeli’s attack on the
ship. It was a cover-up that required complicity at the Pentagon.
Delinda C. Hanley, The Washington Report on Middle Eastern
Affairs: Why did the US exonerate Israel? Plausible deniability
manufactured to flip the reality under the guise that they
took the Golan Heights because they were being attacked, when
the truth is just the opposite. They were after the water…For
a free copy of The Washington Report on Middle Eastern Affairs
containing Delinda’s article call 1-(800) 368-5788 and
you will be sent this issue.
8:56 PM PST
In Memoriam Chris Bruney - Chris was the person whom I trusted
to wake me up in the morning every morning at 6:00 AM. I counted
on him to get me moving into the day in a strong, rational,
and yet gentle and compassionate manner. I miss him so much
already. The entire team at Flashpoints deeply mourn his loss
and send our deepest regards and sympathies to those closest
to him. .
Notes by Michael Jordan
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