Pacifica's Peace Watch
Friday, Dec. 13, 2002
Today's Stories:
Bush calls for smallpox vaccinations for the military
Turkey’s Role in the War on Terrorism
Iraq Uses U.S. Materials for Nuclear Weapons Development
Joseph Wilson on U.S. Policies Towards Iraq
War’s Impact on unions, civil liberties, and organized
labor
Newspaper journalist “Poindexters” Total Information
Awareness Czar, John Poindexter
Domestic Weapons Inspections
Folk Singer Jim Page
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Bush calls for smallpox vaccinations for the military
The White House announced today that military personnel
and emergency health personnel would receive the smallpox
vaccine. Exposing the general population to the smallpox vaccine
sets up a scenario where millions can inadvertently be infected
with the virus.
Tape: Bioterrorism expert Dr. Meryl Nass
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Turkey’s Role in the War on Terrorism
In an historic agreement, the European Union announced at
a Summit in Copenhagen today that it will add ten new members.
But Turkey was left off the list, which is likely to drive
it closer to the Bush Administration's position for war on
Iraq.
Tape: Khaled Sid Mohand reports from Istanbul
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Iraq Uses U.S. Materials for Nuclear Weapons Development
A senior Iraqi official is quoted in Newsday saying the
12-thousand page document Bagdad handed over to the UN last
weekend contains a list of U.S. companies that sold chemicals.
The materials were reportedly sold during the 1980’s
before the relationship between Washington and Bagdad went
sour.
Tape: Kelly Motz, Editor of Iraq Watch and part of the Wisconsin
Project
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Joseph Wilson on U.S. Policies Towards Iraq
Joseph Wilson is the last U.S. official to meet with Saddam
Hussein, Iraq’s President. Yesterday at a press briefing
in Washing D.C., sponsored by the Center for International
Policy and Fenton Communication, Wilson gave his perspectives
and opinions on the current administration’s policy
towards Iraq.
Tape: former U.S. foreign ambassador to Iraq, recorded by
WPFW producer Ryme Katkhouda.
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War’s Impact on unions, civil liberties, and
organized labor
Chicago forum on Iraq discusses impact of Patriot Act, Homeland
Security Act, and a potential war.
Tape: Rebecca Hanscom of Teamster Local 738 Chicago, recorded
by Wayne Heimbach of Labor Express
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Newspaper journalist “Poindexters” Total
Information Awareness Czar, John Poindexter
Journalist investigates what he sees as a new ‘amerika’…that’s
amerika spelled with a ‘k’ and recently found
out what federal information czar john Poindexter is up to
these days. Poindexter, the former Iran Contra conspirator,
had been named head of the new federal division to compile
data on would-be terrorists.
Tape: Matt Smith, San Francisco Weekly columnist
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Domestic Weapons Inspections
Jacqueline Cabasso recently led a "citizens weapons
inspection team" to the gates of the U.S. nuclear weapons
laboratory in Livermore, California. The lab is suspected
of secretly working on nuclear weapons and bio terrorism research.
Cabasso’s group wants the U.S. to accept inspections
of its own nuclear weapons facilities under the same conditions
as mandated to Iraq.
Tape: Jacqueline Cabasso Executive Director of the Western
States Legal Foundation
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Folk Singer Jim Page
Following the traditions of Woody Guthrie his special brand
of activism resounds in coffee houses and campuses around
the country.
Tape: interview with Jim Page and song, “Collateral
Damage”
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