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Today on Flashpoints:
A new report documents widespread abuses against Black and
Latino workers in post-Katrina New Orleans; also Palestinians
in the US protest Israel's ongoing ethnic cleansing of Palestine;
a former CIA-backed Haitian death squad leader is arrested
in New York on fraud and embezzlement, and grand larceny charges;
the mother of another Iraq soldier speaks out about the war;
and the Knight Report;
5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report
* Two US troops are tortured and killed in retaliation for
the American military rape and murder of a 14 year-old Iraqi
girl and her family;
* Somalia's Muslim militias defeat a CIA proxy warlord in
Mogadishu and call for George Bush's arrest and prosecution;
and
* The White House is calling for more troops and bases in
and around Afghanistan, where Washington's War of Terror is
spilling over into Pakistan.
Robert Knight
5:07 PM PST
Abuses Against Black and Latino Workers in New Orleans
Jordan Flaherty is a union organizer and editor of Left Turn
Magazine. He is not planning on moving out of New Orleans.
All his articles on hurricane Katrina and New Orleans are
at www.leftturn.org/Articles/SpecialCollections/jordanonkatrina.aspx
5:25 PM PST
Former CIA-backed Hatian Death Squad Leader Arrested in New
York
Jenny Green, Attorney with the Center
for Constitutional Rights is interviewed by Dennis Bernstein.
Is the US harboring an international terrorist, trained and
supported by the CIA? The Center for Constitutional Rights
welcomed the arraignment of Emmanuel “Toto” Constant,
the former paramilitary leader of the paramilitary organization
known as FRAPH (translated as the Front for the Advancement
and Progress of Haiti) for grand larceny, forgery and falsifying
business records. The indictment accused Constant and five
co-defendants with helping to defraud SunTrust Bank of more
than $1 million last year. Read
more...
www.ccr-ny.org
5:34 PM PST
Music Break
5:36 PM PST
Palestinians in the US Protest Israel Ethnic Cleansing
Lara Kiswani and John Batarseh on the despicable murders of
civilians and the illegal destruction of Palestinian infrastructure
to collectively punish civilians under the brutal Israeli
invasion and occupation aimed at creating a deadly humanitarian
crisis.
Demonstrations are being held in Sacramento California, at
16th and J Streets on Tuesday, and in San
Francisco on Thursday, ahead of the Palestinian
Right of Return Coalition convention this coming weekend
(July 14 to 16)
www.arab-american.net
5:50 PM PST
Music Break
5:52 PM PST
Freedom Ride Bus Tour: The World Can't Wait, Drive Out the
Bush Regime
Elaine Brower, mother of a US marine in Iraq with a message
for the Bush administration, is interviewed by Flashpoints
Intern Joe Tougas.
www.worldcantwait.net
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