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Today's lead stories:
Former 9/11 Commissions Scold The Pentagon
Hussein Trial Turns Chaotic
Current Iraqi Prison Condition Similar to Conditions Under
Hussein
Niger Delta Seeking Autonomy
Mexican Mobile Consulate Arrives in Oregon Town Amid Protests
Stan “Tookie” Williams: Race, Class and the Prison
System
FSRN Headlines
SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISRAEL
In Israel at least 5 are dead and dozens injured after a suicide
bombing near a shopping mall in the coastal town of Netanya.
Israel's Foreign Minister says his country's response will
be "hard and painful." Security officials say commanders
are recommending Israel carry out targeted killings of militant
leaders and are also suggesting Israel seal off the West Bank
and Gaza. The Islamic Jihad claims responsibility for the
attack saying it was avenging Israel's recent killing of senior
members of the group. Saeb Erekat is a Palestinian negotiator.
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Israeli helicopter gunships carried out four missile strikes
against targets in Gaza City early Sunday. The Israeli Army
claims the targets were the offices of a militant group and
an area used to launch attacks on Israel on Saturday. Palestinian
Security officials say the missiles hit a charity belonging
the Islamic Jihad.
SECRET PRISONS
The German Parliament wants answers from the US about the
possibility that more than 400 CIA flights from a US Air Force
base in Germany were used for transporting suspected terrorists
to secret prisons. Ingrid Drake reports from Washington, DC.
VENEZUELA ELECTIONS
The parties that support Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez
won all 167 seats of parliament in yesterday's vote. Greg
Wilpert reports from Caracas.
UKANIAN BIRD FLU
Ukranian President Viktor Yushchenko ordered the dismissal
today of the country’s top veterinary officer after
declaring a state of emergency in the Crimea peninsula. This
follows the discovery of a virus that killed more than 1,500
birds within hours.Ukraine officially recorded its first case
of bird flu on Saturday, but villagers complain their birds
have been dying since September with officials taking no action.
Nineteen medical teams were dispatched to six villages, and
some 901 people, including 150 children, are under medical
observation. Officials began culling and burning all fowl
on Sunday.
CA APPEALS COURT ALLOWS DOCTORS TO DISCRIMINATE
A California Appeals court in San Diego has ruled that doctors
can use their religious beliefs as a basis to discriminate
against patients and withhold medical treatment. Kelly Barnes
reports from Los Angeles.
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Former 9/11 Commissions Scold The Pentagon
(3:39)
The country has received mostly grades of Cs, Ds, and Fs
today in a report card released by the 9/11 Discourse Project,
which is made up of former 9/11 Commissioners, on the government’s
implementation of last year’s 9/11 Commission recommendations.
The former Commissioners also slammed the Pentagon for increasing
its role in conducting domestic surveillance. Mitch Jeserich
reports from Washington.
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Hussein Trial Turns Chaotic (2:01)
The trial of Saddam Hussein resumed today in the heavily
fortified Green Zone in Baghdad. After meeting for about an
hour, the defense team walked out of the hearing as the judge
refused to allow it to challenge the court’s legitimacy.
Saddam Hussein was one of those who called the trial illegitimate.
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Current Iraqi Prison Condition Similar to Conditions
Under Hussein (3:50)
US soldiers in Iraq raided a prison in Baghdad last month
run by the Ministry of Interior and found nearly 180 prisoners,
many of whom showed signs of malnourishment and torture. For
months now, Iraqis have been complaining that the new government
has been committing human rights abuses similar to those committed
under Saddam Hussein. And as David Enders reports from Amman,
Jordan, it's likely that last month's raid only scratches
the surface.
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Niger Delta Seeking Autonomy (2:38)
Leaders of two secessionist groups campaigning to excise
the oil rich Niger Delta region from the rest of Nigeria are
being tried for treason. If found guilty, they could face
the death penalty. Communities in the Niger Delta accuse western
oil companies of causing environmental pollution and denying
them a share of the region's oil wealth. As FSRN’s Sam
Olukoya reports, many in the Niger Delta believe the region
cannot get a fair deal as long as it remains a part of Nigeria.
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Mexican Mobile Consulate Arrives in Oregon Town Amid
Protests (3:50)
The Mexican Mobile Consulate takes off from Portland and
tours 17 times throughout Oregon each year to issue ID cards
to Mexican nationals who live and work in the state. The last
mobile consulate service of the year stopped at the Woodborun
offices of the Northwest Treeplanters and Farmworkers United,
better know as PCUN, in the midst of both pro and anti-immigrant
demonstrations. FSRN’s Miae Kim reports.
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Stan “Tookie” Williams: Race, Class and
the Prison System (4:08)
Stan “Tookie” Williams’ lawyers have a
clemency hearing scheduled with California governor Arnold
Schwarzenegger for Thursday, December 8. If the governor does
not grant Tookie clemency, he will be executed on December
13. As that day draws closer, more and more people are beginning
to look at the issues of racism and extreme poverty as they
pertain to Stan Tookie Williams, and the criminal justice
system as a whole. Sarah Olson files this story from Oakland,
California.
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