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Today on Flashpoints:
Our special correspondent in Iraq is shot at by US troops
as he investigates the bloody mess in Baquba today; Nablus
under seige once again by Israeli occupying soldiers in the
West Bank; an update on the situation in Haiti forgotten by
mainstream media; womens' reproductive rights under fire by
right-wing pharmaceutical industry heads; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: A Tet offensive in Iraq - More than 100
killed in the fiercest day of resistance to the US occupation.
5:05 PM PST
Iraq Dispatch: Special Flashpoints correspondent Dahr Jamail.
interviewed by Nora Barrows-Friedman, describes massive multiple
attacks on US occupation and Iraqi police forces in 5 cities.
Dahr Jamail also traces his journey to Baquba to investigate
US bombing near the football stadium. Also read the Iraq
Dispatches weblog for more information, and the Aljazeera
report of today's attacks.
5:16 PM PST
Nablus Again Under Seige: Kristen Ess, interviewed by Flashpoints
Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman, describes this morning's
invasion and lockdown of the Old City in Nablus, and the effects
of daily attacks, demolitions, curfews, shootings, and sleep
deprivation on Palestinians, particularly children. Read more
on the Palestine
News Network.
5:29 PM PST
Poetry Break: The Conflict, Natalie Handall
5:31 PM PST
Haiti Crisis Worsening: A first-hand report from a young Haitian
reveals ongoing persecution, abuse, arrest, imprisonment and
killings of Fanmi Lavalas supporters, unobserved by international
Human Rights organizations. While the UN struggles to raise
$35 million to help the impoverished country devastated by
recent floods, you can help by contributing to the Vanguard
Public Foundation's Haiti
Emergency Relief Fund. Check the Haiti
Action Network for updates on the situation in Haiti.
Read the recent Counterpunch article Haiti
After the Press Went Home -Chaos upon Chaos by Lucson
Pierre-Charles (6/21/04).
5:41 PM PST
Body Politics: NARAL Pro-Choice America Interim President
Elizabeth Cavendish, interviewed by Flashpoints Associate
Producer Solange Echeverria, discusses the ramifications to
a woman's right to choose should anti-choice committee member
W. David Hagar be reappointed to the FDA Women's Reproductive
Health Drugs Advisory Committee. Visit the Pro-Choice
America website to
sign the petition urging that W. David Hagar and Susan
Crockett not be reappointed, and read about the latest important
developments regarding reproductive rights.
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