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Today's lead stories:
Inspections and the US No Fly Zones
French-German Resistance to War
New Revisions to Patriot Act
Terrorism Hotline Promo-ed in News
India – Pak Tensions Rise
Inspections and the US No Fly Zones (5:00)
Iraq has approved the use of U2 surveillance planes as part
of the effort to determine if the country has weapons of mass
destruction. While Washington still insists Iraq is not cooperating
Chief inspector Hans Blix this weekend returned to Iraq to
continue the inspections where reports say that in fact inspectors
are hampered from doing their work because of the US and British
imposed no fly zones. FSRN's Jeremy Scahill has this report
from Baghdad where he asked Blix about the no fly zones.
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French-German Resistance to War (4:01)
This past weekend with War Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in
Germany, French-German resistance to a US led war in Iraq
has been gaining momentum, and infuriating American diplomats.
A secret Franco-German plan for the peaceful disarmament of
Iraq was announced this weekend and afterwards France beefed
up its resistance by vetoing, along with Belgium and Germany,
NATO plans to protect Iraq's neighbor Turkey. Meanwhile Russian
President Vladimir Putin is meeting in Paris with the French
president to consolidate the peace camp. Nick Champeaux reports
from Paris.
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New Revisions to Patriot Act (4:00)
The D.C.-based Center for Public Integrity broke a story
late Friday that the Justice Department has plans for revising
the USA Patriot Act -- plans that would further restrict Americans'
privacy, legitimize the practice of secret detentions, and
strip Americans of their citizenship, if the President decides
they have ties to so-called "terrorists". Josh Chaffin
reports from DC.
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Terrorism Hotline Promo-ed in News (3:28)
Meanwhile, this past weekend most of the major media around
the country kept broadcasting the Bush Administration's increased
terror alert, with Homeland Security Chief Tom Ridge giving
advice to people that they should make emergency meeting plans
with their family members and even think about what to do
with their pets in case of a terror attack. While critics
have called these actions alarmist, many in the corporate
media have reported the Homeland Security tips as leading
news. A New Mexico television station is even running a terrorism
tip-line as a public service announcement during its newscasts.
Civil libertarians say the hotline does not belong in a newscast
and is more divisive than helpful and as Jeremiah Johnson
reports from member station KUNM in Albuquerque, next month
the New Mexico department of safety will review the effectiveness
of the terror hotline and then decide whether or not to keep
the program running.
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India – Pak Tensions Rise (3:15)
This weekend relations between nuclear rivals India and
Pakistan reached a new low. On Saturday India expelled Pakistan's
deputy high commissioner from Delhi, after Indian officials
alleged that he had handed over cash to a Kashmiri separatist
group. A few hours later, Pakistan responded by expelling
its highest Indian official from Islamabad. The expulsions
come amid escalating warlike rhetoric between India and Pakistan,
and a standoff over the issue of so-called Pakistani sponsored
cross border terrorism. From Delhi, Miranda Kennedy reports.
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