Home > Programs
> FSRN
> Mon., Nov. 10, 2003
FSRN
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
Thanks to FSRN.org
for making the daily programs available to Pacifica.org
Today's lead stories:
Electoral Defeat for Rios Montt in Guatemala
Worldwide Protests Israeli “Wall”
Global Power Exposed: Part 11: South Korea
Agent Orange Still a Problem in Vietnam
Media Reform Conference Builds Momentum
FSRN Exclusive: Afrika Bambaataa Interview
Free Speech Radio News Headlines by Nell
Abram
US RESUMES AIRSTRIKES IN IRAQ - TERROR ATTACK IN SAUDI ARABIA
ON SATURDAY - Oula Farawati
US warplanes resumed bombing raids in Iraq over the weekend
in the first air strikes since President Bush declared combat
over on May 1. The US Army said the air strikes targeting
Saddam Hussein's hometown of Tikrit was a "show of force"
after six soldiers were killed when a Black Hawk helicopter
was shot down on Friday. And, Authorities in Saudi Arabia
have tightened security in the holy city of Mecca and around
diplomatic targets in Riyadh, because of fears of more terrorist
attacks there.
US SUPREME COURT TO HEAR GITMO CASE - Mitch Jesserich
The U.S. Supreme Court will decide whether detainees in Guantanamo
Bay should have access to Federal Courts.
BUSH ADMIN TRIES TO BLOCK P.O.W. COURT AWARDED DAMAGES -
Elia Herman
President George W. Bush is trying to stop 1991 Gulf War veterans
tortured as POW's from receiving monetary reparations out
of frozen Iraqi assets.
WTO RULES AGAINST US IN STEEL DISPUTE - Zeenat Hansrod
The World Trade Organization has confirmed that US tariffs
on some steel imports break international rules. The WTO's
ruling is a victory for the European Union, Japan, Brazil
China and other exporters that lodged a complaint at the WTO
last year.
TURKEY DECIDES NOT TO SEND TROOPS TO IRAQ - Ezgi Sarytap
...this headline was unfortunately cut from the newscast due
to time constraints...download
it here... The Turkish Government declared that it would
not use permission granted by the Turkish assembly a month
ago to send troops to Iraq as a part of US led occupation
forces. Ezgi Sarytap is in Ankara.
”After initial permission to deploy troops was given
by the Turkish parliament, the decision was met with great
opposition by the Iraqi interim Governing Council. This reaction
is mainly the cause of the USA's demand that Turkey not send
troops to Iraq. State Department spokesman Richard Boucher
declared that deployment of Turkish troops would not help
the final goal of stability in Iraq. Many Turks were opposed
to deployment of their troops. Now, although the decision
has been reversed, public opinion about the government is
still weak as it was not an independent decision of the Turkish
government. Rather - it came as a result of US pressure. The
preparations of the army to make troops ready is over, but
the question of the 8.5 billion dollars of credits Turkey
expected in return for sending its soldiers remains.”
[top]
Electoral Defeat for Rios Montt in Guatemala (3:42)
Right wing and United States favorite Grand National Alliance
candidate Oscar Berger and the National Unity for Hope party’s
candidate Alvaro Colom move into the second round of elections
after a tense and turbulent day at the polls on Sunday in
Guatemala’s highly disputed Presidential elections.
Guatemala’s biggest victory Sunday was the tremendous
defeat dealt to ex-dictator General Rios Montt and his Guatemalan
Republican Front, which lost the presidency and the congress.
Luz Ruiz and Tim Russo in collaboration with Guatemala Indymedia
bring us this report on the difficulties and complications
that marked the Guatemalan elections.
[top]
Worldwide Protests Israeli “Wall” (3:09)
The Israeli cabinet narrowly approved a prisoner exchange
Sunday with Lebanon based Hezbollah, but according to the
Israeli Daily Ha’aretz- Israeli security sources say
the swap could take weeks. Details have yet to be finalized,
but the deal would free Lebanese prisoners and 400 Palestinian
prisoners while Hezbollah would hand over DNA samples from
three Israeli soldiers and one businessman. Meanwhile, the
14th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall was remembered
yesterday. The occasion was marked by demonstrations across
the world against the wall Israel is constructing around the
west bank. In Israel and the Occupied Territories many protests
took place and in certain places what protestors call the
“apartheid wall” was actually torn down. Irris
Makler attended one protest at a village in east Jerusalem,
destined to be divided in two by the wall.
[top]
Global Power Exposed: Part 11: South Korea (2:56)
More than 50-thousand people rallied in the streets of Seoul
over the weekend for immigrant and workers rights. South Korean
protesters joined immigrant workers as over 10-thousand South
Korean police officers clamped down on protestors leaving
many injured on both sides. Miles Ashdown brings us this reports
from the streets of Seoul in part 11 of our special series
looking at the global crackdown on civil liberties.
[top]
Agent Orange Still a Problem in Vietnam
(4:19)
Vietnam’s Defense Minister met with officials in the
Bush Administration this past weekend. It’s the first
time Vietnam has sent a defense envoy to the United States
since the end of the war. A naval ship is expected to sail
into Ho Chi Minh City port next month. The scheduled visits
signal increased military cooperation between the two countries,
but a key war-time issue remains: Vietnam’s defense
minister was expected to ask Washington to play a greater
role to help the country’s more than a million agent
orange victims, as Ngoc Nguyen reports from Hanoi.
[top]
Media Reform Conference Builds Momentum
(3:12)
In Madison Wisconsin this weekend, almost two thousand people
took part in the first National Conference on Media Reform.
With the goal of mobilizing and empowering the media reform
movement, the conference united politicians, artists and activists
with media professionals as well as representatives of grassroots
media, and social justice groups. At times as many as ten
concurrent panels convened to educate and strategize about
the direction and tactics of the progressive media reform
movement. From Madison, Patrick Beckett has more.
[top]
FSRN Exclusive: Afrika Bambaataa Interview
(2:26)
This weekend the hip hop community celebrated the 30th anniversary
of the Universal Zulu Nation. The Universal Zulu Nation is
a community organization that was founded in the Bronx a year
before the date that many say hip hop was born. The Universal
Zulu Nation has spearheaded anti-violence and anti-gun projects
and is credited by many as the pioneering organization to
use hip hop culture – graffiti, b-boying and girling,
mc’ing, and d-j-ing – to provide alternatives
for young people in marginalized neighborhoods. Afrika Bambaataa
is the founder and host Deepa Fernandes caught up with him
at the weekend’s celebrations.
[top]
|
Listen
to the show 
Help
stream
download
