Pacifica's Peace Watch
Tues. Jan. 7, 2003
Today's Stories:
Congressional Support for the war: Intact or Waning?
The 108th Congress was sworn in today
On the ground from Iraq Denis Halliday
Ralph Shoneman/Mya Shone Iraq
Donald Rumsfeld
Food For Oil: Turkey Truckers: Pratap
North Korea: Gavan McCormack
Victims of September 11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows
Kahil El Zabar, Composer and arts activist w/ music
The audio of today's show is posted at http://www.radio4all.net/
Story: Congressional Support for the war: Intact
or Waning?
Tape: by Ryme Kathhouda
(WPFW)
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Story: The 108th Congress was sworn in today
Today, the Senate passed a five-month extension of emergency
federal unemployment benefits two hours after getting sworn
in; with Republicans in control of both houses. The $7 billion
jobless assistance package was the first order of business
for the Senate under its new majority leader, Bill Frist of
Tennessee. The House is to take up the bill Wednesday, a day
before it is to be signed by President Bush to avoid any delay
in checks for about 750,000 jobless workers. Not all on the
hill were delighted with the GOP takeover.
Tape: From the halls of the US Capital by Peace Watch producer
Ryme Kathhouda
from Pacifica station WPFW in Washington.
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Story: On the ground from Iraq Denis Halliday
The U.S. military command that would run a war against Iraq
is dispatching much of its battle staff to a Persian Gulf
base equipped to coordinate large-scale land, sea and air
war. Officials say the command post at Camp As Sayliyah in
Qatar is being readied in case President Bush decides that
military force is needed to disarm Iraq. Hussein says Baghdad
is ready for war, if it happens and accused the U-N weapons
inspectors of being spies. He says the only way now to avoid
an invasion is for the Bush administration “to seek
a way out of what is regarded as a mess.” Dennis Halliday,
former Head of the U-N Oil for Food Program is presently in
Baghdad.
Tape: Dennis Halliday, former Head of the U-N Oil for Food
Program
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Story: Ralph Shoneman/Mya Shone Iraq
The Stratfor Global intelligence report is the subject of
this commentary by Ralph Shoneman and Mya Shone of Pacifica
station WBAI New York
Tape: Ralph Shoneman and Mya Shone, hosts of Taking Aim of
Pacifica station WBAI New York
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Story: Donald Rumsfeld
We present this musical collage of War Secretary Donald
Rumsfeld, produced by the Department of Corrections Collective.
Tape: "Rumsfeld Comes Clean" was produced by Department
of Corrections Collective.
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Story: Food For Oil: Turkey Truckers: Pratap
The United Nations oil-for-food program calls for limited
quantities of Iraqi oil to be exported under strict controls
through the Kirkuk pipeline to tankers in the Mediterranean,
or via the Mina al-Bakr terminal to the Persian Gulf. But
for the last ten years, large quantities of diesel and fuel
oil have been smuggled through northern Iraq, by truck into
eastern Turkey. In the Iraqi border town of Azkho, they’ve
been smuggling up to 150 thousand tons of diesel fuel a month
across the narrow bridge to the Turkish border post of Habur
for the last decade.
Tape: Pratap Chatterjee files this report from a truck stop
along the road out of Iraq...
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Story: North Korea: Gavan McCormack
As the controversy over North Korea continues to build,
there is a cloud of puzzlement of why such a small country
would seem to defy the US. Bush’s declaration that N.
Korea is part of the axis of evil stands in stark contradiction
to the progress taking place in the region today.
Peace Watch spoke with N. Korean expert Professor, Gavan
McCormack of Australia National University today. McCormack
has written extensively on the subjects and debunked the myths
of N. Korea as a rogue nation, and part of the axis of evil.
Tape: Professor and Dr. Gavan McCormack of the Australia
National University, The Research School of Pacific and Asian
Studies.
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Story: Victims of September 11th Families for Peaceful
Tomorrows
As President Bush continues to prepare a military message
for Iraq a group of victims of September 11 are also enroute
to Baghdad. Robert Knight spoke with members of September
11th Families for Peaceful Tomorrows as they departed New
York for Baghdad.
Tape: Robert Knight of WBAI Pacifica New York
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Story: Kahil El Zabar, Composer and arts activist
w/ music
On a lighter note, we turn to Composer, percussionist, and
arts activist Kahil El Zabar of Chicago, IL for his unique
perspective of the impending war on Iraq.
Tape: Kahil El Zabar, composer, percussionist and arts activist.
Credits
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