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Today on Flashpoints:
US-designed elections in Haiti undermine the poors' ability
to vote and immediately taint the elections - we'll have a
live report from Kevin Pina in Port-au-Prince; also the deadly
untold story of depleted uranium used in Iraq - we'll feature
an interview with DU expert Major Doug Rokke; and we'll broadcast
exerpts of a hard-hitting new documentary Poison DUst, a close
look at the dangers of radioactive DU; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report:
* More global Muslim protest
* Resistance in Iraq and Afghanistan
* Consternation in Egypt
* Voting and death in Haiti
* Coretta Scott King is memorialized in the spirit of Martin
Luther King (Robert Knight)
5:06 PM PST
Haiti Elections: Flashpoints Special Correspondent Kevin Pina
reports observations at various polling places in Port-au-Prince,
contrasting delayed, congested and problematic polling places
in poorer communities with those in wealthier pro-business
elite neighborhoods. Learn about the methods used by a wealthy
few to try and control the majority poor while attempting
to maintain a facade of democracy. Also exposed is the role
and responsibility of the media in supporting the elite agenda,
ignoring and misrepresenting the widespread support for Aristide
that continues even now.
More to follow. Also visit haitiaction.net
for updates. Watch Reuters
video for an amazing view of voting activities.
5:19 PM PST
Depleted Uranium - The Weapon That Goes On Killing: Gulf War
veteran and former Director of the US Army's Depleted Uranium
Project, Major Doug Rokke provides alarming statistics on
mounting disabilities resulting from DU exposure. The US
Department of Veteran Affairs has formally awarded permanent
disability to close to 200,000 Gulf War I veterans as of December
2005, and it is estimated that close to 370,000 veterans suffer
permanent disabilities as a result of DU exposure in the Persian
Gulf region. Also discussed is the devastating long-term impact
of indisciminant environmental contamination in Iraq that
can not be cleaned up.
5:32 PM PST
Poison DUst - Radioactive DU Weapons in Iraq: Excerpts from
a new documentary that takes a closer look at the deadly effects
of radioactive depleted uranium weapons on soldiers returning
home from the Gulf region. Poison DUst tells the story of
three young men from New York who could not get answers for
their mysterious ailments after their National Guard unit's
2003 tour of duty in Iraq. A mother reveals her fears about
the extent of her child's birth defects and the growing disablity
of her young husband - a Gulf War veteran.
5:43 PM PST
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