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Today on Flashpoints:
We'll have a report from Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on the apparent
victory of Aristide frind and protege, Rene Garcia Preval;
also 15 Palestinians killed by Israel in the last two weeks
- we'll feature a report by Laila El-Haddad in Gaza; a look
at the exploding Middle East and South Asian region with an
area expert, blogger Rahul Mahajan; we continue with the excerpts
from David Ray Griffin's hard-hitting speech on '9/11' and
the coverup; and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report:
* President Bush defends warantless wire-tapping with uncorroborated
claims of a '9/11' plot in Los Angeles
* The White House is sending sailors to augment the ground
troops in Iraq
* UN Secretary Kofi Annan speaks out as new issues imerge
in the Muslim cartoon protests
* It appears that Rene Preval has won the election in Haiti.
Robert Knight
5:6 PM PST
Haiti Elections a Victory for the Poor: Election exit polls
show Preval a 63% winner of the Presidential elections. Flashpoints
special correspondent Kevin Pina reports from Port-au-Prince
on the hopes for an end to oppression and groundless arrests
of pro-democracy advocates.
5:17 PM PST
Palestine Report: Laila El-Haddad describes the escalation
by Israeli forces of targeted assasinations that also result
in civilian bystander casualties, continual shelling and amplified
psychological warfare following the Palestinian elections.
Read Laila El-Haddad's blog at http://a-mother-from-gaza.blogspot.com/
5:23 PM PST
Middle East Protests: Middle East expert, author and blog
master, Rajul Mahajan provides perspective on freedom of the
press and provocation, double-standards and the targeting
of protesters, with at least 13 protesters dead at the hands
of agents of 'Western order'. Visit EmpireNotes.org
for more.
5:31 PM PST
9/11 and the American Empire - How should Religious People
Respond? Author and theologian David Ray Griffin updates some
Commandments in a recent speech at the University of Wisconsin,
Madison.
- Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's oil
- Thou shalt not murder thy neighbors in order to steal
their oil
- Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbors,
accusing them of illicitly harboring weapons of mass destruction
in order to justify killing them to steal their oil...
David Ray Griffin builds a powerful case for fore-knowledge
of the 9/11 attacks and worse.
5:47 PM PST
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