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Today's lead stories:
NATO Talks Stall
Jamaicans Protest War
Dems to Filibuster Estrada
Public Housing Funding Cuts
NATO Talks Stall
Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld today said the US would
not rule out the use of nuclear weapons in a war on Iraq.
This as NATO called off talks which have been stalled over
the issue of protecting Turkey in the case of war on Iraq.
Deepa Fernandes speaks with William Hartung, Senior research
fellow at the World Policy Institute.
Anniversary of US Bombing of Civilians On this day February
13th, twelve years ago, 2 US bombs directly hit a Baghdad
nuclear shelter during the Gulf War. Originally designated
as one of Baghdad's 34 nuclear shelters, no one imagined that
a purported sanctuary from war would become a death trap.
Nor did any Iraqi civilian anticipate that the Pentagon would
deliberately target the structure. Free Speech Radio News
Correspondent Ben Granby filed this report on the anniversary
of the Amiryiah Shelter bombing which claimed the lives of
408 Iraqi civilians, mostly women and children.
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Jamaicans Protest War
The campaign opposing military action against Iraq is rife
on the streets of Kingston, Jamaica. A group calling itself
Jamaicans Against War staged a peaceful protest yesterday
just outside the national stadium where the American soccer
team was playing a friendly match with Jamaica. Patrick Scudder
was at the stadium in Kingston and filed this report.
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Dems to Filibuster Estrada
Congressional Democrats have chosen to stand and fight on
at least one issue in this new Congress -- the nomination
of conservative attorney Miguel Estrada to sit on the U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia. The
White House is refusing to release documents Democrats say
might reveal Estrada's positions on some hot-button issues.
The Democrats have threatened a filibuster, and they think
they have the votes. Josh Chaffin reports from Capitol Hill.
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Public Housing Funding Cuts
Tenants from public housing projects in New York, Washington
DC, and Baltimore, many of them elderly, disabled, or with
small children in tow, rallied yesterday to protest a 30 percent
cut in funding for public housing. The rally was organized
by ENPHRONT (Everywhere and Now Public Housing Residents Organizing
Nationally Together) to demand that congress act to restore
that money. Organizers of the rally called the cuts some of
the worst in recent history and say they will jeopardize virtually
all services for tenants who live in public housing including
child care, job training, education and public safety. In
DC alone, where over 30,000 low-income residents live in public
housing including over 10,000 children and over 5,000 seniors,
tenants will lose over 1000 child care slots, and see the
elimination of summer youth employment programs sponsored
by the district's housing authority. Tom Gomez from WBIX refugees
and exiles radio has the story.
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