Pacifica's Peace Watch
Thurs. Dec. 19, 2002
Today's Stories:
Hans Blix re: Iraq’s Weapons Report
Syrian Ambassador Mikhail Wehbe Responds to Iraq’s Weapons
Report
John Negroponte US Ambassador to the UN re Iraq’s Weapons
Report
Reaction from Baghdad re: UN Security Council Press Conference
Former Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter Analysis of IraqWeapons
Report
Ed Peck Calls for Greater resistance to War Asserts Iraq is
no Threat
Director of WI, Arms Control Project Gary Milhollin blasts
US Companies for selling arms to Iraq
Immigration Demo
Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State Press Conference
Afghan refugees flee to Turkey
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Story: Hans Blix re: Iraq’s Weapons Report
United Nations weapons inspection chief Hans Blix reported
back to the UN Security Council today on his team's evaluation
of Iraq's 12,000 page weapons report. Speaking this morning
in a closed-door session, said that more inspections are needed
before Iraq can be given a clean bill of health. Blix briefed
reporters in New York after the session
Tape: Hans Blix, chief UN weapons inspector in Iraq.
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Story: Syrian Ambassador Mikhail Wehbe Responds to
Iraq’s Weapons Report
Among the Security Council members at this morning's meeting,
Syria was conspicuously absent, after walking out in protest
of the Council's decision to release the full text to only
the five permanent members of the Council. Ambassador Mikhail
Wehbe expressed his disappointment to reporters at the UN,
asserting that it is impossible for Syria to fully assess
whether Iraq has complied with the provisions of UN resolution
because pertinent portions of the report have been excised
Tape: Syrian Ambassador to the UN Mikhail Wehbe at the UN.
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Story: John Negroponte US Ambassador to the UN re
Iraq’s Weapons Report
The US ambassador to the UN John Negroponte accused Iraq
of deliberately misleading the UN security Council, asserting
that the December 7th report “contains reams and reams
of material” that was submitted previously. Negroponte
goes on to claim that any omissions to the report are not
the result of error, but an attempt on the part of a rogue
nation to deceive the Security Council.
Tape: US Ambassador to the UN John Negroponte
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Story: Reaction from Baghdad re: UN Security Council
Press Conference
A senior Iraqi official speaking in Baghdad said Iraq has
nothing to fear because Iraq has nothing to hide.
Tape: a senior Iraqi official.
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Story: Former Chief Weapons Inspector Scott Ritter
Analysis of IraqWeapons Report
In an interview on MSNBC former UN weapons inspector Scott
Ritter provided analysis of Iraq’s December 7th weapons
report to the UN. In contrast to other pundits Ritter, challenged
the assertion the Iraq should be considered guilty until proven
guilty.
Tape:Former UN weapons inspector Scott Ritter
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Story: Ed Peck Calls for Greater resistance to War
Asserts Iraq is no Threat
The former Chief of Mission to Iraq, Edward Peck is critical
of the Bush administration’s seeming agenda to launch
an attack against Iraq. During a conversation with Peace Watch
yesterday Peck said Iraq is not the military threat to the
region that the U.S. portends. In part two of this discussion
with Peck he said Americans who oppose the war need to speak
up.
Tape: former Chief of Mission to Iraq, Edward Peck
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Story: Director of WI, Arms Control Project Gary
Milhollin blasts US Companies for selling arms to Iraq
Gary Milhollin, director of the Wisconsin Project on nuclear
Arms Control said that while it is not illegal for countries
to sell weapons to Iraq, it was however, questionable.
Tape: Gary Mulhollin former law professor and director of
the Wisconsin Project on Nuclear Arms control.
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Story: Immigration Demo
"Hundreds of Men from five Muslim countries continue
to be detained by the Immigration and Naturalization Service
in Los Angeles after voluntarily coming in for registration
as mandated by new immigration guidelines. About 4,000 Iranian-Americans
demonstrated in front of the Westwood Federal building in
Los Angeles yesterday to protest the way their friends and
family have been mistreated at the hands of federal authorities.
Tape: Christopher Sprinkle reports from Los Angeles."
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Story: Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State
Press Conference
The practice of public diplomacy has evolved and adapted
to meet the challenges of the post-9/11 environment and support
the war on terrorism, reported Charlotte Beers-Under Secretary
of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs in her address
at the National Press Club yesterday.
Tape: Charlotte Beers, Under Secretary of State, by Ryme
Katkhouda, Pacifica's Peacewatch producer for WPFW-Washington
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Story: Afghan refugees flee to Turkey
As the U.S mobilizes for a new war against Iraq, refugees
from the last war, with Afghanistan, continue to flow... and
ironically they're traveling very close to the Iraqi border.
Tape: From Istanbul Khaled Sid Mohand reports on Turkey's
new community of Afghan refugees...
Tape: War and peace montage of music and cuts
Credits
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