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Thursday, September 9, 2004
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- FBI Pressured To Slow Israel Spy Investigation
- Eight Die in Blast At Australian Embassy in Jakarta
- Bush Calls For Nat’l Intelligence Director
- Iraq: Fallujah Bombing Continues; Anbar Official Kidnapped
- Aid Agencies Consider Pulling Out of Iraq
- 600 Candlelight Peace Vigils Scheduled For Tonight
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"They Are Not Enemies of the Iraqi People"–Italian and Iraqi Aid Workers Kidnapped in Baghdad
In one of the most chilling abductions in the wave of kidnappings that has gripped Iraq, two Italian and two Iraqi humanitarian workers of the Italian organization "A Bridge to Baghdad" were abducted by 20 armed men in broad daylight. We go to Italy to speak with the coordinator of "A Bridge to Baghdad" and we speak with Kathy Kelly, co-founder of Voices in the Wilderness. [includes rush transcript]
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Shirking Duty in a Time of War: Documents Reveal Bush Received Special Treatment in National Guard
New information about President Bush’s military record reveal he fell short of his military obligations and received favorable treatment at the National Guard. We speak with journalist Ian Williams of The Nation and author of Deserter: George Bush’s War on Military Families, Veterans, and His Past. [includes rush transcript]
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EXCLUSIVE: International War Whistleblowers Tell Why They Exposed Their Governments
In a Democracy Now! U.S. exclusive, two former intelligence officials from Britain and Denmark discuss why they blew the whistle on their governments in relation to the war in Iraq. Katharine Gun is a former British employee who leaked details of a secret U.S. spy operation on UN Security Council members in the run-up to the Iraq invasion. Major Frank Grevil is a former military intelligence officer from Denmark who was fired for leaking classified reports that showed no weapons of mass destruction would be found in Iraq. He currently faces charges for breaching the country’s official information law. [includes rush transcript]
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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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In an extended interview, David Bronner, president of Dr. Bronner’s Magic Soaps, discusses the history of the company, why they put sustainability and social justice ahead of profits, the organic and GMO labeling movements, the U.S. war on hemp, and why they refuse to sell out. [includes rush transcript]
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]
