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Today on Flashpoints:
A former high-level DEA agent talks about government drug
trafficking and the Oliver North connection; and we'll be
joined by the author of Drug War: Covert Money, Power and
Policy, an encyclopedia on the history of government drug
involvement; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Operation Matador pushes forth near the
Iraqi-Syrian border as resistance forces capture a nearby
governor; Italy will extend its troops' stay in Iraq to 2006;
and George W. Bush disses Russia with a visit to Georgia,
the home of a Caspian Sea petroleum pipeline, where Bush called
for a 'well-oiled' democracy. Robert Knight
5:06 PM PST
Drugs and the CIA: Cele Castillo and Dan Russell, interviewed
by Dennis Bernstien discuss the relationships between illegal
drugs, CIA smuggling operations, and financing the overthrow
of 'undesirable' democratic governments and pushing 'US interests'.
Gary Webb excerpts
5:40 PM PST
KPFA Spring Fund Drive Kickoff: with Barbara Lubin
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