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Today on Flashpoints:
US warplanes drop 2,000-pound bombs on the city of Fallujah
as thousands of Marines storm the city, we'll have an on-the-ground
report from Dahr Jamail in Baghdad; plus, we'll air excerpts
of a recent speech by noted author and analyst Rahul Mahajan
on the implications of the attack in Fallujah; also, live
sounds from the antiwar protest in San Francisco; Israeli
snipers shoot two Palestinians in the Gaza strip; an update
on the crisis in Haiti; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report, Robert Knight
The Empire Strikes Back in George Bush's post-election Triumph
of the Will To Win, with "surgical strikes" on hospitals
in the New Crusade against "Satanic" Fallujah. Military
disables hospital and cripples clinics in the city.
5:05 PM PST
Report from Baghdad, Dahr Jamail, special correspondent and
independent journalist reports from on the ground in Baghdad.
Disabling hospitals and clinics to prevent reports of civilian
casualties increases fatalities in Fallujah, but also creates
expanded resistance, spreading insurgency to other cities.
Is the US trying to decimate the Sunni voting block before
the elections, and will this tragedy be repeated in other
cities under the ruse of rooting out insurgents? For more
visit www.dahrjamailiraq.com
5:19 PM PST
Rahul Mahajan's Speech in Houston: Rahul Mahajan, author,
Full Spectrum Dominance: US Power in Iraq and Beyond. Rahul
describes his experience and what he witnessed during the
previous attack on Fallujah - destruction of electricity generating
plants, imposition of cuefews, restriction of movement within
and out of the city, attacks on civilians, sniping ambulances,
shutting down hospitals. More on www.EmpireNotes.org
5:30 PM PST
Live from the Protest in San Francisco: Dennis Bernstein reports
live from the protest against the Fallujah assault. We can't
be silent about the massacre taking place now in Iraq. U.S.
ground troops have begun a massive assault through the streets
of the poorest sections of Iraq. Visit the San Francisco International
A.N.S.W.E.R coalition website
for more.
5:35 PM PST
Music Break
5:36 PM PST
Crisis in Gaza: Mohammed Omar, photo-journalist, webmaster
of www.rafahtoday.org,
describes conditions under seige in Rafah, and the desperation
and hardship of daily life in occupied Palestine.
5:47 PM PST
Haiti Update: Kevin Pina, filmmaker and Flashpoints special
correspondent, describes the arrest of 19 police officers
accused of plotting to assassinate Lavalas activists imprisioned
in Port au Prince. The US has lifted its 13-year arms embargo
and is now arming the Haitian police, including former "death
squad" thugs and paramilitaries. For more on Haiti visit
www.haitiaction.net
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