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Friday, February 8, 2002
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Creating Community in Violent Times: An Interview with Author Luis Rodriguez
The Bush administration has kicked off a flashy media blitz that links illegal drug use with acts of terror.Full-page ads ran in major U.S. newspapers this week bearing the message, "drug money helps support terrorism." Theads followed a series of television commercials that aired during Sunday’s Super Bowl, the biggest advertising day ofthe year.
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Reporters On the Front Lines: As Wall Street Journal Correspondent Daniel Pearlremains Missing in Pakistan, Journalist Robert Fisk Makes a Plea to Osama Bin Laden to Release Hisfriend
CBS News is reporting that the first attempt to rescue journalist Daniel Pearl from his captors has ended indisappointment. After zeroing in on prime kidnapping suspect, Sheik Omar Saeed, Pakistani police reportedly calledhim on Wednesday and attempted to negotiate. They told him that they had arrested members of his family and thatthey would release his loved ones if he would give up Pearl. Well, Saeed appeared to agree to these conditions,promising to release his journalist-captive within hours. But Pearl was never freed. Instead, Saeed used those hoursto make his own getaway. Now police are admitting their investigation has faltered and the trail has once again rundry.
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A Plundered Network: The Pacifica Foundation Releases the Results of An Independent Audit
Pacifica’s old administration left the network saddled with $4.8 million in debt, according to independent auditorswho have examined the books since dissidents regained control of the network last month.
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By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan
Gen. John Allen, commander of U.S. Forces Afghanistan, spoke Wednesday at the Pentagon, four stars on each shoulder, his chest bedecked with medals. Unlike Allen, many decorated U.S. military veterans left the streets of Chicago after the NATO summit without their medals.
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Human Rights Watch’s Kenneth Roth examines why the U.S. has not pressured Bahrain to release pro-democracy activists. He also discusses Syria and the conditions in Israeli jails and courts that prompted 1,550 Palestinian prisoners to go on a hunger strike. [includes rush transcript]
