Pacifica's Peace Watch
Friday December 20th, 2002
Today's Stories:
Reaction to Colin Powell’s speech
Diplomatic Façade by Bush Administration
Dr. Blessings Heaven, Nigerian poet and musician
The Propaganda War of Words
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Story: Reaction to Colin Powell’s speech
President Bush said today that Iraq's weapons declaration
showed Saddam Hussein was not serious about disarmament and
marked "a disappointing day for those who long for peace."
"We expected him to show that he would disarm and...
it's a long way from there," said Bush. What’s
included or excluded from the document submitted to the UN
by Iraqi President Saddam Hussein depends, it seems, on who’s
reading it. Secretary of State Collin Powell issued a formal
response yesterday from the Bush administration and today
we sought a more progressive interpretation of the 12-thousand
page report.
Tape: Jim Paul, Executive Director of the Global Policy
Forum
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Story: Diplomatic Façade by Bush Administration
Secretary of State Colin Powell's remarks yesterday seemed
to firm up the Bush administration's drive towards war with
Iraq. And despite Deputy Defense Secretary Paul Wolfowitz's
prediction earlier this week that this would be an easy war,
many observers remain unconvinced.
Tape: James Fallows, Director of the New America Foundation
and author of the article "The Fifty-first State?"
in the November issue of the Atlantic Monthly
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Story: Dr. Blessings Heaven, Nigerian poet and musician
Anti war activists are hoping that expressing what actually
happens once the bombs are dropped will prove to be a deterrent
to this war. Dr. Blessings Heaven is a local poet and singer
who lives in the Nation’s capital. She wrote the song
"Soldier is the Son of a Woman", after watching
a British comedy entitled "The Longest War." The
Nigerian songwriter dropped by Pacifica station WPFW earlier
today to add her voice to the anti-war chorus.
Tape: Dr. Blessings Heaven, speaking with Peacewatch producer
Ryme Katkhouda
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Story: The Propaganda War of Words
The Bush administration has already launched war against
Iraq on one very critical front: in the court of public opinion.
Attacks and counter-attacks have raised the level of tension,
but in many ways, words rather than violence have fueled a
desire for revenge and war. Today-- in the first of a five-part
series produced by Radio Netherlands called ‘War of
Words,’ we look at who’s talking and what they’re
saying.
Tape: "War of Words," produced by Michele Ernsting
and Radio Netherlands
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