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Asad Abu-Khalil Violence in
Morocco
Profile Of A Suicide Bomber
Native American girl assaulted
Al Hajj Malik El Shabbazz Ballot or the Bullet
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Asad Abu-Khalil Violence in Morocco
At least 41 French, Spanish, Italian and Moroccan civilians
were killed in five terrorist explosions in Casablanca, Morocco
on Friday evening. The explosions took place at a hotel, a
Spanish-owned nightclub, a Jewish center, a Jewish cemetery
and a Jewish-owned Italian restaurant. The incident occurred
the same week as a series of bombings in the Saudi capitol,
Riyadh.
Peacewatch spoke earlier today with Asad Abu-Khalil, author
of Bin Laden, Islam and America’s New War on Terror
and asked him how he interprets these latest terrorist actions,
which the US is attributing to al Qaeda…
Tape: Asad Abu-Khalil is the author of Bin Laden, Islam
and America’s New War on Terror, and a professor at
the University of California.
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Profile Of A Suicide Bomber
A suicide attacker detonated explosives at the entrance
to a crowded mall in northern Israel on Monday, killing at
least three shoppers and wounding 47, the latest in a series
of bombings that have derailed U.S. peace efforts. The attack
in the town of Afula was the fifth suicide bombing with 48
hours, following blasts in Gaza, Jerusalem and the West Bank.
The spate of bombings underscored how difficult it will
be to carry out the U.S.-backed "road map" plan,
a three-stage prescription for ending violence immediately
and setting up a Palestinian state by 2005.
In Washington, President Bush said the string of attacks
were aimed at stopping the peace process, but insisted, "The
road map still stands." He called it "sad and pathetic"
that some "cannot stand the thought of peace."
But just who are these suicide bombers and what’s
motivating them to act? Scott Atran is a research scientist
at the National Center for Scientific Research in Paris and
at the University of Michigan. His article, “Who wants
to be a martyr?” appeared in the New York Times several
weeks ago.
We spoke to him earlier today and asked him what the common
perception of a suicide bomber is, and how his findings contrast
with that perception.
Tape: Scott Atran is a research scientist at the National
Center for Scientific Research in Paris, a professor at the
University of Michigan, and the author of In Gods We Trust:
The Evolutionary Landscape of Religion. His article, “Who
wants to be a martyr?” appeared recently in the New
York Times.
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Native American girl assaulted
An Oglala Sioux tribal member has accused a U.S. Army recruiter
of sexually assaulting her in his government vehicle on South
Dakota’s Pine Ridge Reservation while en route to a
“supposed” physical re-evaluation in Sioux Falls.
Nineteen-year old Lavetta Elk passed up a full college scholarship
to join the military. Now, she tells Peacewatch correspondent
Jim Kent that she has little respect for the Army, and very
little trust in anyone…
Tape:
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Al Hajj Malik El Shabbazz Ballot or the Bullet
Today is the birth date of the civil rights leader Al Hajj
Malik El Shabazz also known as Malcolm X, El Shabazz was spokesman
for the Nation of Islam an organization of African American
Muslims. He would have been 78 years old today if he had not
been slain, on April 24, 1965. In remembrance of him we present
his speech, The Ballot or the Bullet, recorded at King Solomon
Baptist Church in Detroit Michigan, November 1963.
Tape:
We've been listening to Malcolm X, recorded at King Solomon
Baptist Church in Detroit Michigan, November 1963.
Tape: Slain civil rights leader and former spokesman for
the Nation of Islam, AL Hajj Malik El Shabazz, aka Malcolm
X would have been 78 today. We've been listening to his speech
The Ballot or the Bullet, recorded at King Solomon Baptist
Church in Detroit Michigan, November 1963.
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