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Today's Stories:
Voices in the Wilderness In Baghdad
- Dr. April Hurley
The Blundering of Iraq’s Treasures of Antiquity
US Expresses Concern About Syria
The Arab League Calls for Emergency Meeting of UN Security
Council
The Christmas Coup Comedy Players
A Die-In at The University of New Mexico Ends in Arrests
On US Campuses Free Speech is Rare Commodity
Corporate Globalization Driving Force Behind War on Iraq -
Vandana Shiva
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Story: Voices in the Wilderness In Baghdad - Dr.
April Hurley
The cost of the war on Iraq to the citizens of Iraq can
be counted in bodies. The number of civilian casualties continues
to grow as medical supplies and water and electricity is still
out in the major cities. Dr. April Hurley, a family physician
of Santa Rosa, CA spent the last several weeks in Baghdad
going from hospital to hospital to document for herself the
victims of the US invasion of Iraq. PeaceWatch caught up with
Hurley today, in Amman, Jordan and asked what moved her to
leave her lucrative practice and go to Baghdad.
Tape: Dr. April Hurley, a family physician of Santa Rosa,
CA, in Amman Jordan after leaving Baghdad, Iraq.
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Story: The Blundering of Iraq’s Treasures of
Antiquity
The halls and display rooms of Iraq’s museums are
still littered by the ruins left by looters and plunderers.
Law enforcement officials and museum curators are rushing
to assess and document the damages. Many groups are criticizing
the U.S. military’s failure to protect Iraq’s
relics. Amnesty International secretary general, Irene Khan,
said that coalition forces were in breach of the Geneva Convention,
which requires occupying forces to take responsibility for
security and humanitarian affairs.
Tape: Peacewatch commentators Ralph Schoenman and Mya Schoen
offer these thoughts.
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Story: US Expresses Concern About Syria
Seeking to tone down the Bush administration’s hawkish
rhetoric towards Syria, Secretary of State Colin Powell said
yesterday that although the Bush administration has expressed
concerns about Syrian actions, it has no plans for military
moves at the present time. But as Aaron Glantz reports from
Amman, Jordan, many in the region are still concerned that
the American tanks that rolled into Baghdad will turn northwest
towards Damascus…
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Story: The Arab League Calls for Emergency Meeting
of UN Security Council
The 22-member Arab League this week called for an emergency
meeting of the UN security council to help war-torn Iraq stand
back again on its feet and prevent more acts of looting and
destruction brought about by the sudden collapse of the regime
of Saddam Hussein. Arab League chief Amr Musa said Arab countries
will meet soon to reach agreements on how to deal with a post
war administration in Baghdad. Analysts, however, were skeptical
that Arab states will manage to arrive at a consensus, especially
after a pan-Arab realization that the almost 55-year old body
is now obsolete.
Tape: Oula Farawati reports from Dubai, the United Arab
Emirates
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Story: The Christmas Coup Comedy Players
On a lighter note, the radio satire group, the Christmas
Coup Comedy Players present this skit on the Mass Media Coverage
by Independent Journalists at home…
Tape:
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Story: A Die-In at The University of New Mexico Ends
in Arrests
Seven demonstrators were arrested in Albuquerque Tuesday
at the end of a march that involved about 50 protesters staging
what they called a funeral march from the University of New
Mexico to the nearby offices of defense contractor Lockheed
Martin.
Tape: Catherine Wier of Pacifica affiliate station KUNM
in Albuquerque. Thanks also to Paul Ingles.
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Story: On US Campuses Free Speech is Rare Commodity
With no military draft in America, U.S. college campuses
are not the hotbed of opposition to the war in Iraq that they
were during the Vietnam War. In fact, many student activists
who have spoken out against the current war feel marginalized
and harassed by fellow students. At Yale University, President
Bush’s alma mater, which often considers itself a bastion
of free speech and civilized debate, anti-war students have
experienced threats, intimidation and worse.
Tape: Melinda Tuhus reports from New Haven, Connecticut
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Story: Corporate Globalization Driving Force Behind
War on Iraq - Vandana Shiva
Best known for her courageous work on bio-diversity and
anti-corporate globalization, India author and activist Vandana
Shiva is author of several books including Stolen Harvest:
The Hijacking of the Global Food Supply, and Water Wars. She
is the founder of Nav-danya, a revolutionary program in India
to preserve biodiversity. KPFK's Sonali Kolhatkar spoke with
Dr. Shiva about corporate globalization of natural resources
as the driving force behind the war on Iraq. Today we bring
you part 2 of that conversation. Dr. Shiva began by talking
about the role that women play in the social justice movement,
given that women are the first victims of war and corporate
globalization
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