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 4/30
A special report from Nora Barrows Friedman on the
last day of her two week investigation in Occupied Palestine.
Also, a reading by Poets for Peace with keynote poet Gerald
Stern. He’ll join us in the studio for a mini-reading
and some political talk. And of course, the Knight Report;
4/29
US forces pound Fallujah and open fire on civilian
vehicles; we'll continue our on-the-ground reports from Baghdad.
Also Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from Nazareth on life for
Palestinians inside the Green Line. Bush and Cheney do the
9/11 shuffle before the Kean Commission; we'll feature an
in-depth interview with Catherine Austin-Fitts on the state
of the investigation and the significance of recent revelations
on the cover-up. And a live conversation in the studio with
Greg Palast revealing the latest thefts of Iraq resources;
4/28
Falluja up in flames. UN officials fear the worst.
We’ll have a special report from Baghdad on the growing
rebellion. Also, Israeli Forces continue their attacks on
young Palestinians. Nora Barrows-Friedman reports from Occupied
Palestine. We’ll have an in studio discussion with the
founder of Al-Fowwad, a cultural and arts center for children
in Aida refugee camp in Bethlahem. Coca-Cola workers in Colombia
risk their lives to organize. And the Knight Report;
4/27
Fallujah under heavy attack by US occupation forces
using fighter jets, attack helicopters, tanks and heavily-armed
ground forces. Eyewitness accounts report as many as 10 explosions
a minute for extended periods of time. We'll have a report
from the field and speak with regional experts about the ramifications
of the US's all-out assault on Fallujah. Also we'll be joined
in-studio by Michael Parenti talking about his latest book
The Assassination of Julius Caesar and commenting on the current
US war climate. And of course from New York City, the Knight
Report;
4/26
Murder, mayhem, and growing resistance to the US Occupation
of Iraq. Israeli occupiers continue to execute Palestinian
children throwing stones. Senior Producer Nora Barrows-Friedman
continues to report on the impacts of the Occupation. Interview
with Helen Caldecott, President of The Nuclear Policy Institute,
remembering the catastrophe called Chernobyl, a lookback eighteen
years after the worst nuclear accident in history. And of
course, from NYC, the Knight Report;
4/23
Israeli colonizers continue their murders of young
children. More violence in Baghdad with a report from our
special correspondent Dahr Jamail. In Haiti, US marines close
in on entire neighborhoods where President Aristide had his
strongest support. Cesar Cruz on a march and fast against
draconian budget cuts in the school system. And of course,
the Knight Report;
4/22
A live report from Flashpoints Senior Producer Nora
Barrows-Friedman on the ground in Hebron; Dahr Jamail in Fallujah
on the ongoing US massacre; also special excerpts from a teach-in
on the occupation of Haiti with Pierre Labossiere, founder
of the Haiti Action Network; and the bittersweet worldwide
celebration of the 50th birthday of political prisoner Mumia
Abu-Jamal;
4/21
Today on Flashpoints, more bloodshed on the ground
in Iraq as fighting breaks out in Falluja, and a series of
bombings in Basra kill more than 70 and wound more than a
hundred. And a special report on the tremendous violence and
poverty fostered by World Bank policies in the Narmada Valley
of India. And of course, the Knight Report;
4/20
Rahul Mahajan reports from Baghdad on potential US
war crimes; also a report on the Saudi connection and why
the Bushes are silent about it; plus an account from Gaza
on the killing of the second Hamas leader in the last two
weeks; and an in-depth look at the implications of recent
elections in South Africa on the region, as well as a look
back at the French role in the Rwanda genocide; and of course
the Knight Report;
4/19
US troops create a medical nightmare
in Iraq by raiding hospitals and emergency rooms even as people
are being treated. We’ll feature a special report from
Iraq by Pratap Chatterjee, CorpWatch on the situation on the
ground in Baghdad, reconstruction rackets, and the failure
of US Corporations to rebuild the crumbling medical infrastructure.
Also John Negroponte becomes the new US godfather for Iraq.
And Greg Palast, on how the Bushes are preparing to steal
the next election;
4/16
An on the ground report from occupied Baghdad with
special correspondent, where violence and unrest continues
to spread throughout Iraq; We go to Nablus for a report on
the Bush-Sharon theft of Palestinian land; Haitians still
in hiding, we’ll speak with Flashpoints special correspondent
Lyn Duff on the ground in Port-au-Prince; We’ll take
a look at South Africa’s democratic elections ten years
after apartheid; The Case for Impeaching the Bushies; and
Poetry by Roaddawgz;
4/15
San Francisco-based reporter and human rights activist
David Martinez abducted by the Mujahidin and then released;
we'll hear his account of his two days with the resistance
in Fallujah; also Flashpoints Special Correspondent Dahr Jamil
on the ground in Baghdad; we'll also feature two Tax Day protest
reports with Solange Echeverria; also Barbara Lubin with more
reaction on the US-Israeli collaboration to steal the West
Bank; plus, of course, the Knight Report;
4/14
US soldiers hover on the outskirts of Najaf, threatening
the city with what could amount to a massacre and the destruction
of an ancient city; also, mass murderer and bribester, Ariel
Sharon in Washington to seal the deal with Bush on the West
Bank steal; the former Justice Minister of Haiti talks about
the phony attempt to indict President Aristide on drug trafficking
charges; plus the Knight Report;
4/13
Expanding violence in Iraq and the kidnapping of foreigners
as the situation on the ground continues to worsen; we’ll
have two reports from Baghdad; Flashpoints special correspondent
Kevin Pina in studio to report on the ongoing US-supported
massacres in Haiti’s killing fields; plus the Knight
Report;
4/12
More violence rocks Baghdad and Fallujah; As the US
occupying forces vow to “capture or kill” Moqtada
al-Sadr; An eyewitness reports from the ground in Fallujah
and Baghdad; A report from the ongoing killing fields in Haiti
after the US-led coup ; A report with the first indigenous
governor of a Colombian state;
4/9
A Report from Iraq on the bloody situation in Fallujah,
where the death toll has risen to more than 450 with over
a thousand wounded; We’ll feature a report on the situation
in Baghdad, where gun battles and bomboings have punctuated
another day of the unraveling of the US occupation; Military
Families Speak Out as the US body count jumps; An update from
the Haitian killing fields; The price of US aggression back
home as it targets education;
4/8
Sunni and Shi`ite muslims unite against US occupiers
in Iraq; We'll feature a report from our Special Correspondent
on the growing number of innocent Iraqis being killed by US
occupiers; Also we'll hear a report from Baghdad on what US
corporations aren't doing with the billion$ they've been given
to rebuild the health care system in Iraq; We'll also feature
a report from Nablus on new deadly attacks by the Israelis
there and in occupied Gaza; And of course, the Knight Report;
4/7
US forces open fire on Mosques as the situation continues
to worsen in occupied Iraq, We’ll feature reports from
the ground as well as an interview with Robert Fisk; An in-depth
discussion on the climate of political terror in Haiti as
the death squads and former military continue their reign
of terror, We’ll be joined in-studio by Flashpoints
Haiti correspondent Kevin Pina, and speak with a human rights
attorney about the growing numbers in Haiti’s killing
fields; The Knight Report;
4/6
A dozen more marines are killed in Ramadi during fierce
confrontations with Shia muslims loyal to Moqtada Sadr; meanwhile
US attack helicopters kill more than 20 in Fallujah. We feature
reports from the ground in Iraq and interviews with two middle
eastern scholars. Also Flashpoints Special Correspondent Lyn
Duff reports from Haiti on the continuing violence against
pro-democracy activists and the arrests of high-level Aristide
officials. And from New York, the Knight Report with Robert
Knight;
4/5
Iraq is in flames: We go to occupied Baghdad with
a full report from Pratap Chatterjee; We speak with Dr. Paul
Farmer about the current political situation in Haiti as well
as the dire medical catastrophe that is worsening by the day;
A look at the juvenile justice system after California Youth
Authority guards violently beat up kids as it was all caught
on camera; And the Knight Report;
4/2
Israeli security forces attack Palestinian worshippers
at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the heels of a raid against a mental
hospital in Bethlehem; Discussion on the implications of the
expanding resistance in Iraq; An update from the ground in
Haiti; We will open the phones to discuss the situation in
Iraq and Haiti;
4/1
Robert Fisk dissects the latest
violence in Iraq as the death tolls of Iraqis and American
soldiers continue to spike, we will have a report from him
on the ground in Baghdad; and we’ll speak with Brian
Concannon, a lawyer for president Aristide about the latest
legal issues facing the exiled president and the increasing
terror unleashed by the U. S. supported death squads;
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