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Today on Flashpoints:
Israeli tanks gun down seven Palestinian children on their
way to school in Gaza, and NPR purposely overlooks the killings;
also we'll speak with Allan Nairn about the situation in Aceh
and the deadly actions of the Indonesian military; we'll talk
about the growing resistance to war among the US troops in
Iraq; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Iraqi Resistance eliminates the governor
of Baghdad; Colin Powell hopes US relief efforts in Indonesia
will offset US killings of Iraqis among global Muslims; Chile's
Supreme Court rules that CIA agent General Pinochet will stand
trial for murder; Mahmoud Abbas decries the Zionist enemy
after Israeli tanks slaughter 8 Palestinian children; and
the FBI greenlights the arrest of a New Jersey laser man (Robert
Knight)
5:06 PM PST
Update on Aceh, the Tsunami, and the Indonesian Military's
Actions. Allan Nairn discusses raids on Aceh pro-independence
groups, widespread military corruption, and the restricted
distribution of aid. Also discussed is the relationship between
the US government, US multinational corporations, the Indonesian
government and military, and control of Aceh's vast natural
gas resources (Dennis)
5:22 PM PST
Music Break - Tsunami by David Rovics
5:25 PM PST
Seven Children Killed in Gaza: Mohammed Omar, photojournalist,
describes the killing, by Israeli shelling, of 7 Palestinian
children in a strawberry field on their farm near an illegal
Isreali settlement (Nora)
5:35 PM PST
Gaza, Palestine and the Corporate Media's Ignorance, Ali Abunimah,
co-founder of www.electronicintifada.net
describes biassed reporting on NPR and the pro-Israeli spin
which ignores violence against Palestinians (Dennis)
Read Ali Abunimah's open
letter to NPR, NPR
Hides An Atrocity But Highlights The Reaction; and write
to Jeffrey Dvorkin jdvorkin@npr.org
or ombudsman@npr.org
about Steve Inskeep's selective reporting on NPR's Morning
Edition
5:48 PM PST
Military Families on Bush's Iraq Policies: Nancy Lessin, Military
Families Speak Out, www.mfso.org
describes disillusionment of US soldiers in Iraq and longterm
damage to soldiers (Solange)
Also visit the UK website for Military Families Against the
War, http://www.mfaw.org.uk/,
and BringThemHomeNow
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