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Today's Stories:
Baghdad’s threat to Israel
Women’s Peace Vigil
In not Saddam Hussein, then who?
The Iraqi Ambassador on No Fly Zones
Thousands protest the SOA outside Ft.
Benning, GA
Speech by Scott Ritter
Art in a Time of War
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Story: Baghdad’s
threat to Israel
United Nations weapons inspectors have arrived in Baghdad
poised to launch a new round of inspections aimed at disarming
Iraqi President Saddam Hussein of any weapons of mass destruction
he may be harboring. Tariq Aziz, Iraq's Deputy Prime Minister,
gave his clearest warning yet yesterday that Baghdad would
launch strikes against Israel if it was attacked by Britain
and America. Norm Finkelstein, author of “Image and
Reality of the Israel Palestine Conflict” has written
extensively about Zionism and the Middle East. During a visit
today to our Pacifica studio, he downplayed Baghdad’s
threat to bomb Israel, if attacked by the U.S. or Britain.
Guest: Norm Finkelstein, is the author of four books including
“Image and Reality of the Israel Palestine Conflict”
and ‘The Rise and Fall of Palestine.”
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Story: Women’s Peace Vigil
As war looms on the horizon, women across the U.S. who oppose
sending their sons and daughters off to fight the sons and
daughters of Iraqi women held a peace vigil outside the White
House to promote peaceful alternatives to conflict.
Tape: From Chris Strohm of the Indy Media Center in Washington,
D.C. attended the vigil.
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Story: In not Saddam Hussein, then who?
There's been a lot of talk lately about regime change in
Iraq, but with all discussion about war in the Persian Gulf,
not a lot has been said about the Administration's more long-term
plans. We spoke with Vijay Prashad, Director of International
Studies at Trinity College in Hartford, Connecticut and posed
the question: if not Saddam Hussein, then who?
Guest: Vijay Prashad, Director of International Studies
at Trinity College
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Story: The Iraqi Ambassador on No Fly Zones
Hans Blix, the current head of the United Nations weapons
inspection team in Iraq, said today that he is unable to guarantee
that the newly-formed team will be free of American spies,
as was the case in 1999. Speaking with Peace Watch last week,
Iraq's ambassador to the United Nations, Mohammed Aldouri,
said he wasn't concerned about the composition of the inspection
team. According to Aldouri, the more pressing issue will likely
be the US/ UK- imposed no-fly zones, which Iraq declares as
a threat to its national sovereignty.
Music Break
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Story: Thousands protest the SOA outside Ft. Benning,
GA
Around the U.S., military bases are gearing up for a war
on Iraq. Fort Benning, in Columbus, Georgia is one of the
largest military bases in the US and the home of the US Army
Infantry School and the elite Army Rangers. But Ft Benning
draws the attention of Americans for another reason, it is
also home to the controversial School of the Americas, recently
renamed the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation.
This weekend thousands protested outside Ft. Benning to call
for the closing of the School of the Americas.
Tape: from Laurel Paget-Seekins at the Atlanta IMC
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Story: Speech by Scott Ritter
The U.S. government has no intention of allowing new weapons
inspections to succeed in Iraq, and instead wants to wage
war in the Middle East in order to advance American economic
and military supremacy, says Scott Ritter. In a bold speech
before a standing room only crowd on Veteran’s Day at
the University of Maryland, the former Marine and UN weapons
inspector who has gained international fame for opposing U.S.
policy toward Iraq brought home the images of what it means
to be at war and the results of the sanctions on Iraq.
Tape: Scott Ritter
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Story: Art in a Time of War
Graphic artist Eric Drooker`s watercolors and scratchboard
drawings have been seen in publications such as `The New Yorker`
and the underground comix journal `World War 3.` Hius work
has also documented progressive social movements on the walls
and signposts of his native Lower East Side in New York, and
in Berkeley California, where he now resides.
Tape: Eric Drooker spoke with WBAI`s Robert Knight
Credits and Music
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