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Today on Flashpoints:
An in-depth report on the real implications of the Israelis bloody pullout of occupied Gaza; also, we’ll feature a special report from Crawford, Texas, where the Arlington West project has just delivered a thousand crosses to signify the growing number of dead from the illegal war in Iraq; and from exile in Southern California, the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: Peace protesters erect a thousand crosses outside George Bush's Texas ranch to commemorate US troops killed in Iraq, as the Commander in Chief plays AWOL with a Gold Star mother; the junta in Mauritania will keep close ties with Israel as well as the United States, which sent 1,000 troops or more to the oil-rich nation for the biggest US military exercise in Africa since WWII; but military and other operations in northern Africa are literally bringing the camel dung to hit American fans, courtesy of the trans-Atlantic Saharan dust storms. Robert Knight

5:06 PM PST
Gaza Disengagement and the West Bank: Toufic Haddad, activist, writer

5:36 PM PST
Music Break

5:37 PM PST
1,000 Crosses in Crawford: Peter Dudar, producer of the documentary Arlington West, with the gathering crowd outside the Bush ranch in Crawford, Texas

5:49 PM PST
Update on 1,000 Crosses: Peter Dudar describes the arrival of the Veterans for Peace memorial and what will be happening on Thursday

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