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Today on Flashpoints:
Israel kidnaps 87 members of the elected Palestinian government
and resistance leaders as the attacks continue in Gaza; we'll
speak with Ali Abunimah on the escalating crisis in occupied
Palestine; also the United States Supreme Court votes against
the Bush administration in a surprising move to give civil
rights to Guantanamo detainees; on Earth Matters, a look at
the science of glacial ice cores and climate change; and the
Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report
* The Supreme Court outlaws military tribunals at Guantanomo;
and
* Israeli troops arrest most of the Palestinian parliament
Robert Knight
5:06 PM PST
Criminal Israeli Attacks in Gaza Continue; Palestinian Leaders
Kidnapped - While insisting that the capture of an occupation
soldier after dozens of Palestinian civilian deaths is an
act of terrorism justifying destruction of infrastructure
in Gaza, Israeli invaders kidnap scores of Palestinian officials
in an outrageous brazen criminal act. Ali Abunimah, co-founder
of ElectronicIntifada.net,
discusses the need for US citizens to pressure political leaders,
and calls for a boycott and divestment as one way to hold
Israel accountable. Visit www.electronicintifada.net
and www.pacbi.org for
more information on boycott, divestment and sanctions.
5:21 PM PST
Musical Break
5:22 PM PST
Supreme Court Says No Exemption for Bush Administration
"The Supreme Court has firmly rejected President Bush's
attempt to sidestep American courts. Now the President must
act: try our clients in lawful U.S. courts or release them.
The game is up. There is no way for President Bush to continue
hiding behind a purported lack of judicial guidance to avoid
addressing the illegal and immoral prison in Guantánamo
Bay. Significantly, the Court decided that the Geneva Conventions
apply to the so-called 'War on Terror' - people must be treated
humanely and the administration cannot put itself above the
law. (Michael Ratner, CCR President)
Barbara Olshansky, lead attorney with the Center
for Constitutional Rights in New York, interviewed by
Nora Barrows-Friedman, discusses the implications of today's
decision for detainees and the Bush administration.
5:34 PM PST
Musical Break
After the Garden is Gone, Neil Young
5:36 PM PST
Earth Matters - Environmental News with Amanda Bellerby -
Dr.
Lonnie Thompson, research scientist at the Byrd
Polar Research Center at Ohio State University, interviewed
by Amanda Bellerby, discusses the importance, challenges and
implications of tropical glacier ice core paleoclimatology,
ecosystems, human impact and global climate change. Melting
has been accelerating in the last five years.
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