LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Documentos del FBI revelan quejas de detenidos por profanación del Corán en 2002
• Amnistía: Bahía de Guantánamo es "el gulag de nuestra época"
• Amnistía: Sudán sufre las peores violaciones a derechos humanos
• Irak planea desplegar 40.000 soldados en nueva ofensiva en Bagdad
• Cámara de Representantes rechazó solicitud de retiro estadounidense de Irak
• Estados Unidos e Irak consideran liberar 20 ex funcionarios baathistas
• Al Qaeda designó reemplazo temporario para Zarqawi
• Ex primer ministro haitiano Yvon Neptune compareció ante un tribunal
• Oleoducto inaugurado en región caspia con apoyo de Estados Unidos
• Policía egipcia reprimió manifestantes opositores a la reforma
• Senador republicano Voinovich pidió a colegas que no voten a Bolton

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• FBI Files Show Guantanamo Detainees Reported Desecration of Koran Beginning in 2002

  
  

  One prisoner interviewed in August 2002, said that guards had flushed the Koran in the toilet. Others reported the Koran being kicked, withheld as punishment and thrown on the floor. On Wednesday, the American Civil Liberties Union released these newly declassified documents. [includes rush transcript]

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• Lies That Cost Lives: As Newsweek is Pressured Over Koran Report, Who Should Be Held Accountable For The Media’s Mistakes Ahead of the Iraq Invasion?

  
  

  Last week the White House charged that "people lost their lives" because of an inaccurate Newsweek report on the desecration of the Koran at Guantanamo. Media analysts Norman Solomon and Michael Massing discuss government pressure on journalists and the media’s coverage in the lead up to the Iraq war. [includes rush transcript]

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• Dr. David Hager’s Family Values: Should This Man Be Advising Bush on Women’s Health?

  
  

  In a recent cover story, the Nation magazine examined the political and personal history of David Hager, a top advisor to the Food and Drug Administration. In the article, his former wife accused him of repeatedly raping her throughout their marriage. We talk to the reporter, Ayelish McGarvey, who broke the story and two women’s health experts on how Hager’s political views affect FDA policies on the morning after pill and other issues. [includes rush transcript]

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