LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush enviará 20.000 soldados más a Irak
• Informe: Comenzó el aumento de soldados
• Estados Unidos irrumpe en consulado iraní luego de que Bush amenazó a Irán y Siria
• Senador republicano se opone al aumento de soldados en Irak
• Informe: Reino Unido retirará tres mil soldados de Irak para fines de mayo
• Fuerzas Armadas sabían que soldado sospechoso de violación y asesinato tenía tendencias homicidas
• Líder de Hamas suaviza posición con respecto a Israel
• Gobierno sudanés y rebeldes dijeron que acordarán nueva tregua
• Mengistu condenado en juicio en rebeldía
• Protestas en todo el mundo para exigir el cierre de Guantánamo
• Chávez asume tercer mandato consecutivo
• Ortega regresa a la presidencia
• Demócratas aprueban aumento del salario mínimo
• Renuncia Kenneth Tomlinson, el presidente de BBG
• Fundación Gates revisa inversiones tras artículo de denuncia
• Gates Foundation Reviews Investments Following Expose

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Bush Escalates Iraq War with 20,000 More Troops; Threatens Iran, Syria with Military Action

  
  

  President Bush announced plans Wednesday night to escalate the war in Iraq and send over 20,000 more troops. He said he took responsibility for past mistakes but that more troops are needed to pacify Baghdad and other parts of the country. The President also threatened military action against Iran and Syria. We play excerpts of his address. [includes rush transcript]

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• EXCLUSIVE..."I’m Scared Out of My Mind"–Live From Iraq, Active Duty Army Sgt. Speaks Out Against War Escalation

  
  

  In an Democracy Now! exclusive, we go to Iraq to speak with Army Sergeant Ronn Cantu who is serving his second tour in Iraq. Cantu recently signed a petition to Congress–known as an Appeal for Redress–calling for the withdrawal of U.S. troops. He says, "Everything we do here is on the defense. Any troops increase over here–they will just be more sitting ducks, more targets." [includes rush transcript]

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• As Bush Commits More Troops to Iraq, UFPJ Calls For March on Washington to End War

  
  

  We speak with Leslie Cagan, the national director of United For Peace and Justice. The group has called for a March on Washington on January 27 to end the war. Cagan says, "I do not think anybody really understood just how deeply the feeling against the war is in this country was until Nov. 7th." [includes rush transcript]

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• Iraqi-American in Najaf: More U.S. Troops Will Result in More Resistance

  
  

  As President Bush announces plans to escalate the war in Iraq and send over 20,000 more troops, we go to Najaf to get response from Sami Rasouli, an Iraqi-American living in Najaf. [includes rush transcript]

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• Torture, Suicide and Imprisonment: A Look Back at Five Years of Guantanamo

  
  

  Today is the fifth anniversary of the first prisoners being sent to the U.S. prison camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Since then, more than 750 men and boys from 40 countries have been imprisoned at there. Not one of them has been put on trial. Hundreds have been released without charge and sent home. Three have committed suicide at least 40 others have tried to do so. We look back at some of our coverage over the years, including interviews with former Guantanamo detainees and interrogators, attorneys, human rights activists and more. [includes rush transcript]

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• Former Guantanamo Prisoner, Brother of Current Prisoner in Cuba to Call for Closure of Prison Camp

  
  

  Protests are scheduled across the world today as part of the International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo. We speak with a former Guantanamo detainee currently in Cuba as part of an international delegation calling for the closure of the prison camp as well as the brother of a Guantanamo detainee who has been held there since 2002. [includes rush transcript]

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• "A Deep Sense of Depression and Hopelessness"–Guantanamo Attorney on State of Imprisoned Clients

  
  

  We speak with Gita Gutierrez, an attorney with the Center for Constitutional Rights and has traveled to Guantanmo many times to represent detainees there. [includes rush transcript]

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