Pacifica's Peace Watch
Wed., Dec. 18, 2002
Today's Stories:
Baghdad Weapons Report Uncensored
Code Pink, Women of Peace Fast for Peace Sing Carols at Rumsfeld’s
Home
Rumsfeld Press Conference
Edward Peck Invasion Plan Flawed
Still closer to war
Gang member’s thoughts on peace
Alternatives to War
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Story: Baghdad Weapons Report Uncensored
A German newspaper reporter assigned to the United Nations
has obtained an unedited copy of the Iraqi document submitted
to the UN Security Council outlining the status of Saddam
Hussein’s weapons arsenal. Andreas Zumach a reporter
for the German daily Die Tageszeitung says the unedited version
lists 24 U.S and 80 German firms that supported Saddam Hussein’s
weapons of mass destruction.
Tape: Andreas Zumach reports for the German daily paper
Die Tageszeitung
Music Break
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Story: Code Pink, Women of Peace Fast for Peace
Sing Carols at Rumsfeld’s Home
Women for Peace, Code Pink and other DC anti-war activists
sang Christmas carols at the home of US Secretary of Defense
Donald Rumsfeld yesterday evening, in Washington DC. Trying
to help Mr. Rumsfeld understand that bombing people is naughty,
they dressed up in the holiday spirit and distributed cider
and cake to passer bys.
Tape: by David Russo, from the Independent Media Center
of Washington DC and Ryme Katkhouda, of WPFW
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Story: Rumsfeld Press Conference
In the Washington Post today, two chiefs of US ground forces
challenged the Defense Department on the effectiveness an
attack would have against Iraq’s president. In a public
address the Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfled fielded questions
about the possible strikes on Iraq.
Tape: Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and Joint Chief
of Staff Richard Myers
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Story: Edward Peck Invasion Plan Flawed
Also disagreeing with Assistant Secretary of Defense Paul
Wolfowitz’s assessment of the Iraq War as being easy
is Edward Peck. Speaking with Peacewatch earlier this afternoon,
Peck, who’s the former US chief of mission to Iraq and
deputy director of the White House Task Force on Terrorism
in the Reagan Administration, expects a far more difficult
task ahead.
Tape: Edward Peck, former US chief of mission to Iraq
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Story: Still closer to war
A war against Iraq seems closer today as Washington disparaged
Baghdad’s weapons declaration and London acknowledged
deploying an aircraft carrier and additional chartered ships
to augment the 40,000 British troops already in the region.
Tape: Robert Knight of WBAI in New York
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Story: Gang member’s thoughts on peace
From the prisons of California, a plea for peace and hope.
Within his prison cell on death row, philosopher, former Crips
founder and gang member, and children’s author, and
Nobel Peace prize nominee, Stanley Tookey Williams offers
a chilling lesson of hope to America.
Tape: Stanley Tookey Williams interviewed by Dana Granby
of Pacifica station KPFA in Berkeley
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Story: Alternatives to War
And finally, an appeal to the American people to look within
our hearts and see that the things that unite us are greater
than those that separate us. Teacher, poet, philosopher Rajeev
R. Kasat shares his unique recipe for peace.
Tape: Rajeev R. Kasat, teacher at in the DC Public school
system, poet and philosopher.
Credits
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