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Today on Flashpoints:
Robert Fisk dissects the latest violence in Iraq as the death
tolls of Iraqis and American soldiers continue to spike, we
will have a report from him on the ground in Baghdad; and
we’ll speak with Brian Concannon, a lawyer for president
Aristide about the latest legal issues facing the exiled president
and the increasing terror unleashed by the U. S. supported
death squads;
5:01 PM PST
Violence in Iraq: Award-winning British Journalist Robert
Fisk with the Independent
of London on the phone from Baghdad talks with Dennis
about continuing violence in Iraq, the increasing death tolls
for US soldiers and Iraqi citizens, and traces the anger behind
attacks on foreign contractors and US forces. Robert gives
first-hand examples of distortions and lies in reporting of
events in Iraq when filtered through the lens of the Coalition
Provisional Authority.
5:25 PM PST
Music Break: Ultranada, The Madness of War
5:26 PM PST
The Staging of the Coup: Brian Concannon, a key player in
prosecuting Haiti's death squads and former military killers,
representing victims of the 1991 coupists, interviewed in
the studio by Dennis Bernstein, provides an overview of the
legal actions now under way to expose the facts around the
February 29, 2004 removal of President Aristide. Details of
a recent visit by an International
Action Center fact-finding trip to the Dominican Republic
and Haiti are discussed. Read their report
incriminating the US in staging the coup within the DR, and
the rap sheet of US-groomed Guy Philippe. More on Haiti
Action Committee, The
Black Commentator and Haiti
Progres
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