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Today on Flashpoints:
We'll feature an in-depth report on the Iraqui Bridge slaughter massacre; and an update on the bloody and endless US occupation; we'll talk about what the Louisiana National Guard should be doing instead of kill and be killed in Iraq; we'll feature an interview with Michael Parenti on the hurricane and its aftermath; and from exile in New York City, we'll have the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: There is more chaos in New Orleans; a London bomber surfaces on videotape; Shi`a devotees bury their dead in Iraq; snd the Bush administration defends its murder of an Iraqi journalist. Robert Knight

5:06 PM PST
The Slaughter Massacre on the Iraqui Bridge: As'ad Abu Khalil, Professor of Political Science at California State University, Stanislaus, and webmaster of AngryArab.blogspot.com. Also discussed is a recent NY Times Seymour Hersch article on US interference and bribes to solidify the Iraqi Constitution (Dennis Bernstein)

5:20 PM PST
Musical Break

5:21 PM PST
Louisiana National Guard Killing Stead of Saving Lives: Joe Ramsay, Military Families Speak Out discusses the relationship between US Imperialism and loss of services and security for the poor in the US.
Also read Greg Mitchell's article

5:41 PM PST
Michael Parenti on the Louisiana Hurricane: Author Michael Parenti discusses the free market politics of the hurricane where those who can afford to evacuate can buy their way out, but the poor are left to die; where protection of property is more important than rescuing victims of the tragedy. Where are the billions of dollars of homeland security aid? Where are the Feds? Overseas, overextended, overpriced...

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