Martes 30 de Enero de 2007

LOS TITULARES DE HOY

• Bush consolida control sobre agencias del gobierno
• Legisladores examinan interferencia política en trabajo de científicos del gobierno
• Exhortan a Estados Unidos a que deje de venderle bombas racimo a Israel
• Israel y Boeing firman acuerdo de armas de cien millones de dólares
• Mueren 36 peregrinos chiítas en Irak
• 500.000 personas huyen de sus hogares en Bagdad
• Informe: Guerra civil en Irak podría expandirse a toda la región
• Ex contratista del Pentágono condenado por soborno y fraude en reconstrucción de Irak
• Shell firma acuerdo con el gobierno iraní
• John Bolton dijo sobre Irán: “La única solución es un cambio de régimen”
• Testimonio de Ari Fleischer contradice declaraciones de Libby sobre filtración de la CIA
• Israel bombardea la Franja de Gaza
• Hamas y Fatah acuerdan un cese del fuego
• Manifestante interrumpe audiencia del Senado sobre recuperación tras Katrina
• Miami realizará una fiesta oficial tras la muerte de Fidel Castro
• Gigante farmacéutico Novartis intenta bloquear medicamentos genércios en India
• Quince activistas por los derechos humanos condenados en protestas en contra de la Escuela de las Américas
• Arrestan a nueve manifestantes en contra de la guerra en Capitol Hill

EL RESTO DE LA HORA DE DEMOCRACY NOW!

• Two Charges Dropped Against War Resister Lt. Watada; Army Says Journalists Won’t Be Forced to Testify at Court-Martial

  
  

  The Army has agreed to drop two misconduct charges against Iraq war resister First Lieutenant Ehren Watada. The agreement knocks two years off from a maximum six-year prison sentence he had faced at a court-martial scheduled to begin next week in Fort Lewis. Lieutenant Watada is the first commissioned officer to refuse to serve in the Iraq war. As part of the agreement, the Army has dropped its subpoena of two journalists in exchange for Lieutenant Watada’s admission that he made statements critical of the Iraq war. [includes rush transcript]

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• Barry Lando on "The History of Western Complicity in Iraq, From Churchill to Kennedy to George W. Bush"

  
  

  Barry Lando, a former 60 Minutes producer, examines how the United States has meddled in Iraq dating back to the Eisenhower administration. He also looks at how the Reagan and Bush administration helped arm Saddam Hussein at a time when he was committing his deadliest atrocities. [includes rush transcript]

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• The Cold War’s Deadly Legacy: How the U.S.’s Atom for Peace Program Helped Spread Nuke Technology to Iran and Beyond

  
  

  "The specter of nuclear warfare waged by North Korea or Iran has hung over the world in recent months. But beyond that fear and foreboding looms a more far-reaching threat: the vast amount of nuclear bomb-grade material scattered across the globe. And it wasn’t Kim Jong Il or the ayatollahs of Iran who put it there. America did." Those are the opening lines of a new expose by the Chicago Tribune reporter Sam Roe. [includes rush transcript]

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• LA Times Baghdad Bureau Chief Borzou Daragahi: The Intensity of the Bloodbath Is Increasing

  
  

  In Iraq, at least 36 Shiite pilgrims have died today in a series of bombings and ambushes aimed to disrupt Ashura, the holiest period of the year for Shiite. Another five Shiite worshippers were killed on Monday when a rocket-propelled grenade hit a mosque south of Kirkuk. [includes rush transcript]

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