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Today's lead stories:
US Role in Iraq Post Transition
Green Party Convention
Resistance Movements in Iraq
INS Uses Israeli Reconnaissance Planes for Border Patrol
Mumia Abu Jamal -- Commentary
FSRN Headlines
President George W. Bush will be surrounded by a huge security
operation keeping him from protestors in Ireland as he makes
his way to a European Union summit. Maeve Conran reports from
Dublin.
Dozens of journalists in Tijuana, Mexico marched to raise
awareness of the slaying of yet another collegue. Aura Bogado
has more.
New York City officials plan to evict public housing residents
if they are arrested on serious drug charges with or without
a conviction. Geoff Brady reports from New York.
The National Muslim Student Association has elected its first
woman president. Ambar Espinoza reports from D.C.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency launched a new 1-million
dollar advertising campaign. In the mostly humorous television
spots, the EPA pokes fun at the notion that fuel efficient
cars do less damage to the environment. In one, a woman reads,
“The EPA says the energy we use in our home can cause
twice the greenhouse gases of a car.” One policy analyst
at the Union of Concerned Scientists said a hybrid car could
cut fuel use in half. However, he countered it is unlikely
that home electric bills will be cut in half by using more
fuel efficient appliances.
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US Role in Iraq Post Transition (4:04)
Last night the U.S. Senate unanimously passed the 450 billion
dollar Department of Defense appropriation. Included in the
bill is 70 billion dollars for the development of controversial
warplanes and other weapons and 36 million dollars to continue
researching the use of low yield nuclear weapons. While the
measure includes pay raises for military personnel, the Senate
defeated a measure to annually increase veteran’s benefits.
The bill must now be reconciled with the House version. Meanwhile,
with less than a week before the Provisional Coalition Authority
dissolves in Iraq, top Bush administration officials testified
on Capitol Hill on the future US role there. Mitch Jeserich
reports.
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Green Party Convention (4:40)
The national Green Party convention is underway in Milwaukee
Wisconsin. Tomorrow 800 Green delegates from all over the
country will decide who the party will support in the upcoming
presidential election. The contest boils down two tickets
– Ralph Nader and Peter Camejo or David Cobb and Pat
Lamarsh. Free Speech Radio News spoke today with Marni Glickmn,
co-chair of the National Green Party, and Pat LaMarsh Vice
Presidential hopeful on the ticket with David Cobb. Ms. Glickman
began by explaining how the Green’s Convention differs
from those held by the Democrats and Republicans.
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Resistance Movements in Iraq (4:36)
U.S. warplanes bombed a suspected guerrilla safe house west
of Baghdad today; stepping up a hunt for Jordanian Abu Musab
Zarqawi believed to be behind a series of deadly attacks in
Iraq. A US-led coalition official who refused to be named
said that between 20 and 25 people were killed in today's
strike. It was not immediately clear who was among the dead.
With less than a week before the U-S occupation authority
is set to transfer some powers of state to an appointed Iraqi
government, yesterday Iraqi fighters launched apparently coordinated
attacks in four Iraqi cities. Wire services report more than
100 dead, including two U-S soldiers, and more than 300 wounded
as civilians were caught in cross fire and Iraqi police stations
were entirely destroyed. U-S troops fired warning shots at
a pair of American journalists in Baquba. David Enders has
more from Baghdad, Faluja and Baquba.
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INS Uses Israeli Reconnaissance Planes for Border
Patrol (4:11)
The Department of Homeland Security revealed it’s
begun using unmanned Israeli reconnaissance planes along the
US border with Mexico. It’s the latest sign of increased
activity by American immigration authorities who have stepped
up raids and deportations of undocumented immigrants throughout
the southwest. As part of this stepped up activity, the border
patrol has opened a new south California office with a jurisdiction
of more than 3000 miles. In the last month they have rounded
up hundreds of immigrants sparking community outrage –
from Los Angeles, Aaron Glantz has more.
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Mumia Abu Jamal -- Commentary (3:28)
And now from his cell on Pennsylvania’s Death Row,
Free Speech Radio News Correspondent Mumia Abu Jamal brings
us his thoughts recent remarks by Bill Cosby on language in
African American communities.
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