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Today on Flashpoints:
We commemorate the 60th anniversary of the atomic bombings
of Hiroshima and Nagasaki - the only use of nuclear weapons
against a civilian population in wartime. We'll feature an
interview about a new documentary called Original Child Bomb
about the real impacts of the bombing and how they were covered
up for so many years. Also we'll air The Road from Hiroshima,
an award-winning dramatic production by Marc Kaminsky based
on survivor testimony from Hiroshima and Nagasaki. And from
exile in Southern California, we'll have the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: The US troop presence in Iraq will escalate
before it is reduced for the 2006 elections; a NATO escalation
is planned for the US occupation of Afghanistan, where the
Bush administration wants to send prisoners from Guantanamo;
India and Pakistan reach a nuclear agreement; Venezuela severs
ties with the DEA; ABC news anchor Peter Jennings is dead
at 67; major sandstorms bring Baghdad to a halt while Saharan
dust storms deliver pesticides and red tides from West Africa
to the Caribbean, Florida, the Gulf coast and as far west
as California while the globe convenes to commemorate the
mushroom clouds over Nagasaki and Hiroshima. Robert Knight
5:08 PM PST
Original Child Bomb: An interview with Greg Mitchell, editor
of Editor and Publisher, about the misinformation campaign
and coverup following the A-bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
60 years ago. (Dennis Bernstein)
The film Original Child Bomb is currently airing on Sundance
channels across the country. Also read At
the 60th Anniversary: The Embedded 'New York Times' Reporter
Who Brought Us the 'Atomic Age'
5:29 PM PST
The Road From Hiroshima: An extraordinary dramatic production
based on Marc Kaminsky's narrative poem, broadcast 20 years
ago. This powerful performance also features original musical
compositions. (Dennis Bernstein)
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