Pacifica's Peace Watch
Thur. Jan. 30, 2003
Today's Stories:
U.S. Claims It Has Allied Backing for Iraq War
Administration Provides No Evidence of Iraq’s Weapons
Cache
US Role in Arming Iraq
Opposition to U.S. War Plans from Non-Aligned Nations
Former British Parliamentarian Tony Benn Opposes War
Los Angeles Radio Listeners Comment on Bush’s State
of the Union
Activists Decry the Sorry State of the Union
Bush greeted by anti-war protestors
Investigative Reporter Greg Palast On Iraq, Venezuela and
Oil
Poverty Activists Speak Out Against War
British music group Chumbawamba
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U.S. Claims It Has Allied Backing for Iraq War
President Bush said today he will give diplomacy "weeks
not months" and that the United States would welcome
Saddam Hussein going into exile.
From Capitol Hill to public appearances elsewhere in Washington,
key Bush administration figures kept up the war of words against
the Iraqi leader . Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armatage
addressed the Senate Foreign Relations Committee today, providing
them with a description of allies backing the President’s
war.
Tape: Deputy Secretary of State Richard Armatage
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Administration Provides No Evidence of Iraq’s
Weapons Cache
Democrat Christopher Dodd of Connecticut raised concerns
about the techniques the Bush administration has employed,
specifically its failure to provide evidence of Hussein’s
alleged weapons cache.
Tape: Senator Chris Dodd (D-CT)
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US Role in Arming Iraq
The relationship between Secretary of War Donald Rumsfeld
and Saddam Hussein came under congressional scrutiny when
Senator Barbara Boxer of California raised concerns about
the role Rumsfeld played in the 80s in protecting Hussein
from condemnation.
Tape: Senator Barbara Boxer (D-CA)
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Opposition to U.S. War Plans from Non-Aligned Nations
As the United Nations Security Council met earlier this week
to hear Hans Blix's report back on the progress of the weapons
inspections, voices of protest could be heard both out on
the street and within the UN, itself. Among those voicing
concerns was the non-aligned movement of nations, led by South
Africa.
Tape: Dumisani Kamalo, South Africa's Ambassador to the United
Nations
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Former British Parliamentarian Tony Benn Opposes
War
While British Prime Minister Tony Blair is closely aligning
his government with the United States in its plans to launch
a war against Iraq, retired British Parliamentarian Tony Benn
in en route to Baghdad for a personal meeting and interview
with Saddam Hussein. The last time Benn met with Hussein,
he achieved the release of British hostages.
Tape: Former British Parliamentarian Tony Benn, speaking
with Bernard White and Robert Knight on Pacifica station WBAI
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Los Angeles Radio Listeners Comment on Bush’s
State of the Union
Pacifica Radio station KPFK in Los Angeles opened the phone
lines for listeners to share their feelings on the State of
the Union.
Tape: Callers speak with Michael Slate of Pacifica Radio
station KPFK in Los Angeles
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Activists Decry the Sorry State of the Union
Challenging Bush's State Of The Union address, close to 2000
performers, union leaders, Gulf War Veterans, members of the
"Shirts Off Coalition" and Green Party Representatives
met outdoors Tuesday in front of the Capitol in Washington,
DC for a rally, concert and march.
Tape: Musical mix by Ryme Katkhouda of Pacifica station WPFW,
featuring Folksinger David Rovics, the Shirts Off Coalition,
Mr. Lif, singer Stephan Smith and Adam Eidinger of the DC
Statehood Green Party. Thanks to David Russo, Eddie Becker
and Alan Bushnel from the IMC-DC and Radha Lewis and Ingrid
Drake from WBIX.org-Refugees And Exiles Radio Network.
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Bush greeted by anti-war protestors
Today at a Boys and Girls Club in Washington, DC, President
Bush celebrated the one year anniversary of the Freedom Corps,
the national volunteering initiative he announced during last
years' State of the Union.
Tape: Report from Ingrid Drake of WBIX.org, Refugees and
Exiles Radio Network
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Investigative Reporter Greg Palast On Iraq, Venezuela
and Oil
Any attempt to understand the motives behind the war on Iraq
must consider the vast reserves of oil in the region. However,
Iraq is not the only oil-rich country under attack by America.
According to Greg Palast, author of THE BEST DEMOCRACY MONEY
CAN BUY, the US is also trying to overthrow the government
of Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, one of the key members of OPEC,
the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Tape: Author Greg Palast
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Poverty Activists Speak Out Against War
The cost of invading Iraq is estimated at $60 billion to
$1.9 trillion dollars, according to the National Network to
End The War Against Iraq. This is drawing poverty activists,
social service organizations and the poor to the streets,
where they are protesting investing in a war abroad when the
war against the fiscal crisis at home is neglected.
Tape: Report from Tom Gomez of WBIX.org-Refugees And Exiles
Radio Network Thanks also to Ingrid Drake and Ryme Katkhouda.
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British music group Chumbawamba
The British music group Chumbawamba is best known here in
the United States for its 1997 hit single “Tubthumping,”
but the group has also released nine other albums, many with
quite political content.
Tape: Chumbawamba band members Dunstan Bruce and Boff speak
about the group’s new, anti-war song, “Jacob’s
Ladder.”
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