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Today on Flashpoints:
Major invasions by Israel across the West Bank, at least two people are already dead; plus, Ken Lay, CEO of Enron and close Bush contributor, finally comes to trial, but will he really be prosecuted? Medicinal marijuana activist takes his own life rather than face hard jail time, we'll remember him and talk about the status of medicinal marijuana; and the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Half the Sunni members of occupied Iraq's constitutional commission have quit or been killed as Shia and Kurds rush to establish secular militias and oil autonomy; al Qaida demands the withdrawal of European occupiers from Iraq, or, they say, the war will be taken from Mesopotamia to the streets of Europe; the sweltering summer of Iraqi resistance continued to rage with two dozen more deaths added to the nearly 200 since the weekend; and amid echoes of the Tet offensive, the commander of the ill-fated US occupation of Vietnam, General William Westmoreland, is dead at the age of 91. Robert Knight

5:06 PM PST
Israel Invades and Kills, Palestinians Fight Each Other: Kristen Ess, editor, Palestine News Network

5:24 PM PST
Enron: Tyson Slocum, Public Citizen

5:44 PM PST
Music Break - "Burn One Down" - Ben Harper

5:45 PM PST
Medical Marijuana in the Crosshairs: Stephanie Sherer, Hillary McQuie, Americans for Safe Access Rebbeca Saltsman, Field Coordinator

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