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Today on Flashpoints:
A well-known Kurdish leader is chosen to be the next president of Iraq, we'll have a background report on today's actions by Iraq's puppet parliament and a report from Baghdad on the bloody violence that continues to threaten everyday life; plus, a former Salvadoran guerilla leader talks about contemporary life in El Salvador; activists at the US-Mexico border resist the Minutemen Vigilantes; and the Knight Report with Robert Knight;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Iraqi politicians have chosen a President and Speaker, so they can now start arguing over a Constitution; American troops try kidnapping as a counter-insurgency tactic; Israeli troops beat up Palestinian police and conduct war games with American troops; and British Prime Minister and Islamic scholar Tony Blair announces elections for May. Robert Knight in New York

5:06 PM PST
Iraq's New President and Regional Analysis: As'ad Abu-Khalil, author, webmaster of http://angryarab.blogspot.com

5:21 PM PST
Report from Baghdad: Iman, reporter and former director of Occupation Watch in Baghdad

5:33 PM PST
Former Salvadoran Guerrilla Leader Speaks Out: Maria Chichilco, Salvadoran activist

5:45 PM PST
Vigilantes at the Arizona-Mexico Border: Jennifer Allen, Border Action Network

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