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Today on Flashpoints:
A freewheeling conversation with Robert Fisk of the Independent
of London. Fisk talks about his journey outside of Baghdad
into the land of Muqtada al-Sadr, the failing occupation,
and what is in store for the US if they continue to stay the
course in Iraq. Plus, an in-depth report on the assault of
the West Bank and how Sharon's policy affects what is left
of the Palestinian leadership and the Zionist redrawing of
the map; and from New York, the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: President Bush lines up Iran to be the
next Iraq; the Philippines receives its hostage safely after
withdrawing 51 troops a month early; The United Nations Atomic
Agency is going back to Iraq to ease the sanctions; and Israel
loses two soldiers in southern Lebanon, and is rebuked in
both France and New Zealand.
5:08 PM PST
Picking Up the Pieces: Robert
Fisk, interviewed by Dennis Bernstein, discusses Monday's
bombing by US forces in Fallujah which killed 14 Iraqis, his
trip to Najaf through deserted checkpoints and past destroyed
police vehicles, and his visit with Muqtada al-Sadr's militia
where he learns of details of the ceasefire, and the astonishingly
fractured city-by-city territorialism beyond the grasp of
both US troops and the Iraqi Interim Government, which apparently
only controls Baghdad itself. Dennis and Robert also discuss
the background and behind-the-scenes manipulations of US Ambassador
John Negroponte, and the failure of security on the ground,
exposing the US stategy of trying to "keep the lid on"
until the elections in January, 2005 and then withdrawing.
The ultimate security question of the role of US support for
Israel in the middle east conflict is also discussed. See
Robert
Fisk's articles in the Independent
online.
5:39 PM PST
West Bank Under Seige - 640 Days and Counting:Amer Abdel-Hadi,
general manager of sister station Radio
Tariq al Mahabbeh in Nablus, discusses the nightly IDF
raids and attacks on Nablus and the Balata refugee camp. At
least nine residents have been assassinated during the last
two weeks in the raids, in addition to those injured through
taunting and provoking young Palestinians with profanity and
insults, then shooting those who react - often allowing them
to bleed to death by preventing medical aid from being administered.
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