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Today's lead stories:
US Torturing Iraqis in Mosul Prison?
Soldier Speaks out About Serving in Iraq
March for Education in CA
Whistleblower’s Conference: Expose Government Cover-Ups
Exposing Bush’s Environmental Record
FSRN Headlines
Annan Says Iraq Invasion Illegal
The United Nations Secretary General has come the closest
to declaring the U.S. led invasion of Iraq illegal. Coalition
members are criticizing the comments. Anastasia Kershaw reports
from London.
Bush Names Defense Contractor to Run Army
George W. Bush has nominated a defense industry executive
as the new Secretary of the Army. Mitch Jeserich reports from
DC.
CA Oil Co. Faces Human Rights Abuse Charges
A California judge is allowing a lawsuit to proceed against
Unocal alleging the oil company is responsible for human rights
abuses committed by the Burmese military. Kellia Ramares explains
from Oakland.
Civil Servants Strike in South Africa
Today, tens of thousands of civil servants started their largest
strike in South Africa to date; with the General Secretary
of the Congress of South African trade unions calling for
workers to continue next Monday and Tuesday. Na’eem
Jeenah reports from Johannesburg.
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US Torturing Iraqis in Mosul Prison? (4:13)
As we reported this week on FSRN, new torture allegations
inside another Iraqi jail have arisen, this time from detainees
being held in Mosul. British attorney Phil Shiner says that
he has evidence that American soldiers in the northern Iraqi
city of Mosul beat and stripped detainees, threatened sexual
abuse and forced them to listen to loud western music. No
US media has yet reported on the allegations that were first
revealed on Tuesday. Mr Shiner speaks exclusively to FSRN.
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Soldier Speaks out About Serving in Iraq (3:47)
A U.S. federal judge yesterday ordered the Bush administration
to produce a list of all documents pertaining to the Abu Ghraib
prison abuse scandal following an ACLU request for 70 documents
detailing the treatment and deaths of detainees while in U.S.
custody in Iraq. On Aug. 17 the judge had ordered the government
to start producing the documents, but none have yet been released.
Meanwhile more returning soldiers are beginning to speak out
about their experiences serving in Iraq. FSRN Host Deepa Fernandes
speaks with Mr. Richard Murphy, a Specialist in the US Army
Reserves, who enlisted following September 11, 2001 and was
sent to Iraq in May 2003. Murphy was stationed in Iraq for
15 months, including several months as an MP (Military Police)
at Abu Ghraib Prison.
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March for Education in CA (4:17)
Yesterday, a small group of UC Santa Cruz students set out
on an 8 day march for education to highlight budget cuts and
lagging student enrollment. The trek from San Jose, CA to
UC Berkeley will take participants to 17 different university
and community college campuses in an effort to dialogue with
students, faculty, & staff. FSRN's Vinny Lombardo reports
from the march.
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Whistleblower’s Conference: Expose Government
Cover-Ups (3:11)
Katharine Gun, the GCHQ translator who leaked details of
a British-American operation to tap UN communications before
the invasion of Iraq, yesterday announced that she is setting
up a support group for potential whistleblowers. Gun, who
was arrested for publicizing classified information, has been
speaking out, urging would-be whistleblowers to contact her
new Truth-Telling Coalition. Whistleblowers have come under
particular attack in the post Iraq war context, and as FSRN's
Tom Allen reports, a gathering in Washington DC has called
for more people to come forward and expose the lies of the
Bush Administration.
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Exposing Bush’s Environmental Record
(3:49)
An ex-EPA chief has lashed out at President Bush saying
this Administration has weakened environmental laws. Russell
Train, who headed the EPA under Presidents Nixon and Ford,
called the Bush administration's environmental record over
the past four years appalling and filled with paybacks to
special interests. This comes as one of the nation's largest
environmental and advocacy group has released a report outlining
how the Bush administration has chipped away at environmental
protections that impact our drinking water, our coasts, and
our health. Dolores M. Bernal from the DC Radio Coop has more.
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