Pacifica's Peace Watch
Wednesday. Dec. 11, 2002
Today's Stories:
Pre-emptive Strikes
Landmines
Dec. 10th protest: Houston
Winning Without War Roundtable
New York Times Anti-War Ad
DC Poets On Peace
Iraqi Americans: KPFT
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Story: Pre-emptive Strikes
A Bush administration strategy announced yesterday calls
for the preemptive use of military and covert force before
an enemy attacks and underscores the United States' willingness
to retaliate with nuclear weapons for chemical or biological
attacks on U.S. soil or against American troops overseas.
The strategy introduces a more aggressive approach to combating
weapons of mass destruction, and it comes as the nation prepares
for a possible war with Iraq.
Tape: Bob Hartung, a senior researcher for World Policy
Institute by Josh Chaffin of IMC
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Story: Landmines
In a front page story in the USA Today reveals that in fact,
the U.S. is currently stockpiling landmines in countries around
Iraq. And even though the U.S. no longer manufactures landmines,
taxpayer dollars continue to pay several private companies
to manufacture anti-personnel mines for the U.S..
Tape: Mark Hiznay of Human Rights Watch, senior researcher
in the Arms Division
Tape: Gina Coplon Newfield, Coordinator of the U.S. Coalition
to Ban Landmines.
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Story: Dec. 10th protest: Houston
The Houston Coalition for Justice not War commemorated International
Human Rights Day with a street theater presentation about
how Iraqi children may be spending the holiday season this
year. The group performed their skit, "No Christmas As
Usual," outside of a busy toy store in the Galleria,
Houston's most expensive mall.
Tape: by Honore Brown and Jeff Barber from Pacifica station
KPFT in Houston.
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Story: Winning Without War Roundtable
Winning Without War….there’s a novel concept
and today a new broad-based coalition of religious and civic
leaders launched an effort to persuade the Bush administration
to seek a peaceful, diplomatic solution to the crisis with
Iraq. The group is composed of The National Council of Churches,
The NAACP, National Organization for Women, The Sierra Club,
Working Assets and Moveon.org.
Tape: Bob Edgar National Council of Churches, Terry O’Neill,
The National Organization For Women and Michael Kechnic of
Working Assets.
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Story: New York Times Anti-War Ad
An article on the front page of the Washington Post today
outlines a Bush administration strategy announced yesterday
that calls for a first strike and the use of covert force
before a perceived enemy strikes us. A full-page ad in the
New York Times, placed by the anti-war organization MOVE-ON.COM
calls on the administration to go slow with its war agenda.
A coalition of 175,000 major civic groups and individual Americans
urge Bush to “Let The Inspections Work… We Can
Win Without War” and the ad invites the public to call
the President and Congress members to make their point.
Tape: Eli Pariser, President of Moveon.org
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Story: DC Poets On Peace
Artists, spoken word poets, actors, musicians and political
cartoonists have all weighed in on the impending war.
Tape: Ryme Katkhouda, Peacewatch producer from WPFW, Pacifica’s
station in Washington
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Story: Iraqi Americans: KPFT
"Iraqi-Americans are stuck between IRAQ... and a hard
place with a pending war about to be waged on their family-members
still living in Iraq and a concerted effort to take away their
civil liberties here at home.
Tape: Over 30 IraqiAmericans, produced by Dan Pavlish,
Nathan Thompson, and Jennifer Bosustow
Credits
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