Home > Programs
> FSRN
> Mon., Aug. 29, 2005
FSRN
FREE SPEECH RADIO NEWS
Thanks to FSRN.org
for making the daily programs available to Pacifica.org
Today's lead stories:
Hurricane Katrina Devastation Poses Toxic Threat for New Orleans
The Case of Ahmed Abu Ali
Critics Fear New Iraqi Constitution Will Lead to Increased
Violence
Manmohan Singh Visits Afghanistan
Closing Arguments in Gwen Araujo Case
Chicano Moratorium 35-Year Anniversary
Historic Memorial of Minority World War 2 Vets
FSRN Headlines
Tony Blair faces increased criticism today after a high level
letter leaked to the media revealed that part of his own government
warned him more than a year ago that the invasion in Iraq
was fuelling Muslim extremism in Britain. From London, Naomi
Fowler reports.
An immigration hearing for alleged terrorist and former CIA
agent, Luis Posada Carriles, began today in El Paso. Although
the US has not prosecuted Carriles for his involvement in
the mid-air bombing of a Cuban commercial plane in 1976 that
killed 73 people and hotel bombings in Havana, the immigration
hearing will decide his migratory status. Meanwhile protestors
want Carriles extradited to his country of origin, Venezuela.
Dolores M. Bernal has more from El Paso, Texas.
Nation wide outrage in Nigeria over another rise in the price
of fuel could result in civil resistance. This time fuel costs
increased 30 percent. Sam Olukoya reports from Lagos.
Protestors in Ecuador are threatening to restart their oil
strikes. They said the government has 48 hours to follow through
on a deal that was reached late last week between the two
groups and the foreign oil companies. The protestors are skeptical
of the governments promise to implement the agreement. In
that agreement, the protestors said they would end their strikes
if the oil companies shared profits with the communities who
live on the land in which they operate.
Secretarial talks opened today between India and Pakistan,
the nuclear-armed rivals are seeking to curb violence and
drug trafficking. Vinod K. Jose reports from New Dehli.
[top]
Hurricane Katrina Devastation Poses Toxic Threat
for New Orleans (2:02)
Hurricane Katrina made landfall in New Orleans and turned
eastward earlythis morning as a category 4 storm. Massive
flooding is expected to be along term reality for the city's
residents. Emergency response teams arepreparing for damage
to nearby oil and chemical refineries that couldcause the
area - that is shaped like a bowl - to become filled with
atoxic soup. KPFT's Renee Feltz reports
[top]
The Case of Ahmed Abu Ali (2:00)
The trial 23-year old Ahmed Abu Ali, an US-born citizen,
charged withplotting to assassinate President Bush and supporting
Al-Queda began inVirginia today. The case has also become
a trial of the US government'salleged practice of detaining
people accused of terrorism in countries where coercive interrogation
techniques are legal. Ingrid Drake has morefrom Washington,
DC.
[top]
Critics Fear New Iraqi Constitution Will Lead to
Increased Violence (1:59)
Iraqi leaders presented a disputed draft constitution this
Sunday thatwill be put to a referendum to the Iraqi people
in October. The draftwas pushed through by Shia and Kurd negotiators
over the objections ofthe Sunnis. Thousands of Shias took
to the streets in Baghdad in supportof the Constitution, while
some 2,000 Sunnis did the same but inopposition in Saddam
Hussein's hometown of Tikrit. While President Bushpraised
the process, critics worry that Sunni objections will lead
tomore violence in the already war-torn country. Mitch Jeserich
has morefrom Washington.
[top]
Manmohan Singh Visits Afghanistan (3:18)
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's visit to Afghanistan
is seen bymany as a cementing step towardds denying Pakistan
the firm grip it hadover the country during the Taliban regime.
But, as FSRN's Binu Alexreports, New Delhi says there is much
more to it.
[top]
Closing Arguments in Gwen Araujo Case (4:03)
Transgendered high school student Gwen Araujo was brutally
murdered inOctober of 2002. This week, lawyers are expected
to wrap up closingarguments in the second trial of three men
charged with first degreemurder in the case. The proximity
of the murder to the progressive SanFrancisco bay area, and
the stark brutality of the murder itself haveput the case
on the national radar. But as correspondent Sarah Olsonreports
from Oakland, Araujo's family and community believe that both
justice and gender are at the heart of this case.
[top]
Chicano Moratorium 35-Year Anniversary (3:48)
Today, August 29, marks the 35th Anniversary of the Chicano
Moratorium,when tens of thousands marched in Los Angeles to
stop Chicanos frombeing sent to fight on the front lines of
the Vietnam War. (audio) LA County Sheriffs surrounded the
crowd at Laguna Park, making itimpossible for people to leave
the premises, and violently attacked thecrowd with batons
and tear gas, resulting in the death of 3 people,including
LA Times journalist Ruben Salazar.
This past Saturday, more than a hundred marched down the
same route andgathered at Salazar Park in East LA to oppose
the US War and Occupationin Iraq and Afghanistan. Meanwhile,
with the number of new militaryrecruits dropping, the Pentagon
is looking to boost recruitment amongLatinos and other students
at community colleges. Ngoc Nguyen has thestory.
[top]
Historic Memorial of Minority World War 2 Vets
(2:00)
After serving in World War 2, thousands of people of color
who survivedthe violence returned home to another battleground.
They had to continuefighting, this time against the racism
of their fellow US citizens. Now,60 years after their military
service, some of these people are finallybeing honored. From
Syracuse, FSRN's Catherine Komp reports.
[top]
|
Listen
to the show 
Help
stream
download
