Pacifica's Peace Watch
Tues. Nov. 12, 2002
Today's Stories:
Donald Rumsfeld says war on terror will
last forever
Kuwait spokesman applauds UN Resolution
Response to Kuwaiti spokesperson
Veterans speak out against anthrax vaccinations
Yemen: War By Remote Control
State-wide anti-war rally in Ohio
Stephen Zunes Commentary
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Story: Donald Rumsfeld says war on terror will last
forever
The sabre rattling is getting louder at the top echelons
of the Bush administration. President Bush issued a tough
new warning to Saddam Hussein yesterday, as administration
officials said that a war could begin before the end of the
year.
Speaking at a forum hosted by Fortune Magazine in Washington
Monday, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld took questions
from members of the audience, who paid $5,000 dollars a plate
to hear him speak. One had to read between the lines during
his lengthy response only to learn that the administration
believes the war could be neverending.
Tape: Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, answering a
question from the audience
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Story: Kuwait spokesman applauds UN Resolution
Terek Al Mezrem is a spokesman for the Kuwaiti Embassy.
When we spoke with him Friday after the U-N vote he reiterated
Kuwait’s longtime alliance with the U.S.
Tape: Interview with Terek Al Mezrem
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Story: Response to Kuwaiti spokesperson
Steve Peletier, author of Iraq and the International Oil
System says the Kuwaiti official is oversimplifying the matter.
Tape: Interview with Steve Peletier
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Story: Veterans speak out against anthrax vaccinations
Anthrax and its potential as a weapon of mass destruction
was discussed last week by retired Air Force Major Sonnie
Bates. Speaking at a conference hosted by the National Vaccine
Information Center, he documented the effects of the anthrax
vaccine on many of his military colleagues.
Tape: Speech by Major Sonnie Bates
MUSIC BREAK
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Story: Yemen: War By Remote Control
During the Gulf War, the world watched as high tech military
computer systems seemed to reduce the horrors of military
combat to what might have seemed to the casual observer like
a computer video game. Now, with the unofficial onset of the
war against Iraq, the US has ushered in a new phase in technological
warfare. Enter the CIA-operated Predator surveillance planes,
as witnessed last week in Yemen where six individuals were
killed.
Tape: Interview with Frida Berrigan, Senior Research Associate
at the World Policy Institute’s Arms Trade Resource
Center.
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Story: State-wide anti-war rally in Ohio
Ohio was the site of a state-wide anti-war rally last weekend.
Speakers spoke from religious, revolutionary, and humanistic
perspectives about building local, national and international
coalitions to stop the impending war against Iraq. Among them
was Debra Calhoun, Director of the American Friends Service
Committee in Akron
Tape: Debra Calhoun of the American Friends Service Committee,
recorded by WPFW’s Ryme Katkhouda
MUSIC
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Story: Stephen Zunes Commentary
In our final segment tonight, a commentary on a controversial
allegation that 4000 Israelis workers were absent from the
World Trade Center on 9-11. A Fox News reporter Carl Cameron
aired a 4-part series on Israeli spies in the U.S. in which
he quotes a U.S. official saying, ‘evidence linking
these Israelis to 911 is classified information.’ The
charge has resuscitated rumors that Jews were involved in
the attack on the World Trade Centers, which has cropped up
from time to time over since September 11th and has been heard
through artistic expression on this program. We invited Middle
East expert and author Steve Zunes to respond to the allegations.
Music from Ohio Rally
Just as the United Nations voted unanimously for a tough
US resolution against Iraq, more than 800 people marched to
the Ohio State House on Saturday. In near-freezing temperature,
they drummed, sang and spoke of strengthening local actions
to fuel the international movement to stop the war.
Tape: Music Recorded by WPFW’s Ryme Katkhouda
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