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Today's lead stories:
New Level of INS Deportations Noted
CBC: Justify the $87B or we Won't vote for it!
Cluster Bombs: Still Effecting Iraqis Today
Turkish troops not wanted by Kurds in Iraq
Mumia on the US and the UN
War on Drugs update
New Level of INS Deportations Noted
The Bureau of Immigration and Customs Enforcement, or BICE,
the enforcement arm for the Department of Homeland Security.s
new Immigration office, continues to defend its deportation
program despite mounting criticism from immigrants rights
groups. Contending BICE is ignoring the US Constitution and
due process, family members of recent deportees gathered with
immigrant rights advocates at the New York City federal building
over the weekend to denounce BICE.s rapid- fire deportation
of immigrants like Juan Diego Jimenez . a 19 year old who
was deported 16 hours after arriving for what BICE called
a routine appointment with Immigration services. From Pacifica
station WBAI in New York City, Jackson Allers reports
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CBC: Justify the $87B or we Won't vote for it!
A car bomb exploded at the United Nation.s building in Baghdad
on Monday, killing the attacker, an Iraqi police officer,
and injuring 19 people. The top UN Official in Iraq, Kevin
Kennedy, said the incident proves that the occupied country
is still a war zone. The attack comes a day before President
Bush addresses the United Nations where he is expected to
offer the UN a larger role in Iraq. In return Bush will likely
ask for troops and money from other nations such as France
and Germany, to date both nations have been skeptical of the
U.S. reconstruction effort in Iraq. And today, U.S. Administrator
Paul Bremmer testified to a Senate Committee that is beginning
a series of hearings on the 87 billion dollar supplemental
request for both Iraq and Afghanistan. The Congressional Black
Caucus is demanding that the administration detail how the
money will be spent in Iraq if they are to vote for it. Mitch
Jeserich has more from Washington D.C.
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Cluster Bombs: Still Effecting Iraqis Today
Meanwhile, as the Bush Administration is pushing for the
supplemental request of $87 billion, which in large part will
go to the US military, many companies are lining up to bid
for weapons contracts . some of whom showed their wares at
a recent European Arms fair in London. Cluster bombs were
used by the US during the latest war on Iraq, and this controversial
weapon, which poses a potential threat to civilians because
they contain many bomblets that can fail to explode in the
initial attack, were on offer at the stand of an Israeli arms
company, Israel Military Industries at the London fair, and
seemed a popular item. Yet as FSRN.s Ahmed Al-Rawi reports
from Baghdad, cluster bombs continue to harm the Iraqi population
even months after the war ended.
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Turkish troops not wanted by Kurds in Iraq
A small unit of Turkish troops was sent to Baghdad today,
and according to Turkish authorities, the Turkish contingent
will act as a liaison between US troops in Baghdad and Turkish
troops already in northern Iraq. This despite complaints from
the Kurdish population who live in Northern Iraq and are wary
of any Turkish troop movement. The US, Turkey and NATO authorities
have been discussing the issue of sending Turkish troops as
part of an international peacekeeping force in Iraq. Ozlem
Sayiildiz has more from Ankara on the growing tensions between
Kurds and Turks.
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Mumia on the US and the UN
As President Bush prepares to address the UN tomorrow, our
commentator from Death Row, Mumia Abu Jamal reflects on the
US role and use of the international body.
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War on Drugs update
On Saturday, about 50,000 people turned out on the Boston
Common for the 14th annual Hemp Freedom Rally to highlight
the tactics and progress on the US war on drugs. Chuck Rosina
has more from Boston.
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