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Today's Stories:
Haliburton Subsidiary Wins Contract to Rebuild Iraq’s
Oil Fields
Peace Protest in Turkey as Erdogan Becomes Prime Minister
US Says at UN that Iraq Has Missed Its Last Chance to Disarm
France to Oppose Second UN Resolution
Syrian Minister to UN Characterizes US Position as Naive
Dr. Rania Masri and Dr. Angana Chatterji speak at International
Women’s Day Teach-in
Helen Caldicott on the Women’s Peace Movement
Latinos March Against War in Los Angeles
Author Susan Griffin, speaking at International Women’s
Day Rally in DC
Author and Poet Alice Walker, speaking at International Women’s
Day Rally in DC
International Women’s Day DC Montage: Sounds of the
Streets
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Story: Haliburton Subsidiary Wins Contract to Rebuild
Iraq’s Oil Fields
A company owned by Vice President Dick Cheney’s former
company Haliburton has received a Pentagon contract to advise
the administration on rebuilding Iraq’s oil fields after
an invasion is launched. The contract is marked classified
information.
Tape: Edward Epstein, reporter for the San Francisco Chronicle
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Story: Peace Protest in Turkey as Erdogan Becomes
Prime Minister
Tomorrow, the leader of Turkey's ruling Islamic AK Party,
Recep Tayyip Erdogan will be sworn into Parliament after being
elected as a deputy from the Southeastern City of Siirt. By
Thursday he will likely be the Prime Minister, and after he
becomes Prime Minister, Erdogan will likely submit a new resolution
to the Parliament authorizing the United States to launch
a Northern Front for its war on Iraq from Turkish soil. All
of this only a week after the Turkish Parliament narrowly
voted against the war while more than 100 thousand Turks staged
a peace protest on the streets of the Turkish Capital. Saturday
was the first demonstration against the war in Ankara since
the vote.
Tape: Report from Ezgi Saritai with help from Aaron Glantz
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Story: US Says at UN that Iraq Has Missed Its Last
Chance to Disarm
Chief weapons inspectors Hans Blix and Mohammed El Baradei
reported to the UN Security Council last week. Secretary of
State for the US Colin Powell addressed the Council and stated
that Iraq had once again failed to uphold the demands of UN
resolution 1441.
Tape: US Secretary of State Colin Powell
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Story: France to Oppose Second UN Resolution
Speaking before the UN Security Council last week, French
Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin again asserted France’s
opposition to any resolution calling for the use of force
against Iraq.
Tape: French Foreign Minister Dominique de Villepin
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Story: Syrian Minister to UN Characterizes US Position
as Naive
Speaking in the strongest terms possible last week at the
UN Security Council, Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs Farouh
Al Shara denied the need for a second UN Resolution against
Iraq. Al Shara also expressed concern for the US’s support
of Israel’s weapons of mass destruction and the possible
impact on Palestinians in the areas currently occupied by
Israel if war on Iraq goes forth
Tape: Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Farouh Al Shara
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Story: Dr. Rania Masri and Angana Chatterji speak
at International Women’s Day Teach-in
Last Friday, the women’s activist group Code Pink
and local DC-area activists organized a teach-in entitled
“Building A Just Peace and Real Security: Listen to
Women for A Change!” Women came from around the world
to share with others their struggles for peace and justice.
Dr. Rania Masri urged feminists and peace activists to broaden
their analysis of oppression, as a way to transform the movement
against war with Iraq into a global movement for peace and
real security. Dr. Angana Chatterji spoke about how the US
government has not kept its commitments to nation building
and reconstruction following military invasions.
Tape: Dr. Rania Masri from the Iraq Action Coalition. Dr.
Angana Chatterji, professor at the California Institute of
Integral Studies
Thanks to Ingrid Drake and Radha Lewis for production assistance
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Story: Helen Caldicott on the Women’s Peace
Movement
Among the speakers at Saturday’s rally was Nobel Peace
Prize laureate Dr. Helen Caldicott. She describes the women
protesting the war as a bit ‘desperate.’
Tape: Physician and anti-nuclear activist Dr. Helen Caldicott.
For those who wish to contact the Vatican to urge the Pope
to visit Iraq, the fax number is 011-390-669-8872-05.
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Story: Latinos March Against War in Los Angeles
This past weekend, thousands of young Mexican Americans
and their supporters marched through the streets of Los Angeles
protesting the U.S. government's plans to wage war against
Iraq. A rally was held in East Los Angeles's Ruben Salazar
Park.
Tape: Vietnam veteran Rolando Menjibar, speaking with KPFK’s
Fernando Velazquez
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Story: Author Susan Griffin, speaking at International
Women’s Day Rally in DC
Tape: Susan Griffin, writer and social thinker, author of
Women and Nature: The Roaring Inside Her
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Story: Author and Poet Alice Walker, speaking at
International Women’s Day Rally in DC
Tape: Alice Walker, author of The Color Purple, reciting
her poem, “Dead Men Love War”
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Story: International Women’s Day DC Montage: Sounds
of the Streets
As tens of thousands of women marched through Washington,
DC to the White House on Saturday to call for peace on International
Women’s Day, Peacewatch was there.
Tape: Montage of Saturday’s rally, created by Peacewatch
Producer Scott Gurian
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