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"Presidential Race Ignores Arms Race"

As the U.S. presidential race continues, so does the arms race worldwide. People—civilians, children—are being killed and maimed, on a daily basis, by unexploded cluster bombs and land mines. Thousands of nuclear missiles remain at hair-trigger alert. The U.S. government rattles its saber at Iran, alleging a nuclear-weapons program, while at the same time offering enriched uranium to Saudi Arabia.
May 21, 2008 | Columns & Articles
Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on the US Rush to War in Iraq, the Threat of an Attack on Iran, and the Need for a Global Nuclear Ban to Avoid Further Catastrophe

The Bush administration’s claims of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq formed the key justification for the war to Congress, the American people and the international community. As the former chief United Nations weapons inspector in Iraq, Hans Blix was at the center of the storm. From March 2000 to June 2003, Blix oversaw the UN Monitoring, Verification, and Inspection Commission’s 700 inspections at 500 sites in the run-up to the invasion....
May 21, 2008 | Story
US Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs

Representatives of more than 100 governments are gathering in Dublin, Ireland for two weeks of talks aimed at finalizing a global treaty to ban the use of cluster bombs. But the United States, historically the world’s largest producer, stockpiler, and user of cluster bombs, won’t be at the negotiations. Other major producers of cluster bombs — Russia, China, Israel, India and Pakistan — also stayed away from the talks. [includes...
May 20, 2008 | Story
"Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr"

A US military judge dismissed the argument Friday that Guantanamo’s youngest detainee, Omar Khadr, was a child soldier when captured in Afghanistan and therefore in need of protection and not prosecution. US Army Colonel Peter Brownback’s ruling clears the way for Khadr’s trial, which will be the first war crimes trial in history of anyone under the age of eighteen. [includes rush transcript]
May 05, 2008 | Story
After More than Six Years, Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Hajj Released from Guantanamo Bay

Arrested in Pakistan in December 2001, Sami al-Hajj spent nearly six-and-a-half years at Guantanamo without charge or trial. He had been on a more than a year-long hunger strike to protest his imprisonment. We hear al-Hajj’s first public remarks from his hospital bed in Sudan and speak to his brother, Asim al-Hajj. [includes rush transcript]
May 02, 2008 | Story
As Petraeus Urges Delay of Troop Withdrawal, a Debate on Iraq and Iran's Role in the War

The top US military commander in Iraq, General David Petraeus, has recommended a suspension of troop withdrawals from Iraq after July. His recommendation would leave just under 140,000 American troops in Iraq well into the fall, more troops deployed in Iraq than before the so-called "surge." Petraeus testified before two Senate committees on Tuesday alongside Ambassador Ryan Crocker. We play highlights of the hearing and host a debate...
Apr 09, 2008 | Story
Barack Obama's Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Samantha Power on Obama's Call to Increase the Pentagon's Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the Iraq Occupation and Attacking Pakistan

Samantha Power discusses Obama’s foreign policy platform and why she temporarily left her post at Harvard University to advise the presidential candidate. [includes rush transcript]
Feb 25, 2008 | Story
Outspoken Niece of Benazir Bhutto Accuses Aunt's Party of Fraud in Pakistani Elections

In Pakistan, voters have handed President General Pervez Musharraf’s ruling party an overwhelming defeat in the country’s parliamentary elections. We go to Pakistan to speak to columnist Fatima Bhutto, the niece of slain opposition leader Benazir Bhutto. Fatima has been critical both of Bhutto’s party, which she says committed fraud in Monday’s vote, and of Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf. [includes rush transcript]
Feb 19, 2008 | Story
Super Tuesday Roundtable with Bill Fletcher of The Black Commentator, Sociologist Frances Fox Piven, Roberto Lovato of New America Media, and Progressive Democrats of America Director Tim Carpenter

We host a Super Tuesday roundtable with four guests: Bill Fletcher, executive editor of The Black Commentator and former president of TransAfrica Forum; Frances Fox Piven, a distinguished professor of political science and sociology at the Graduate Center, CUNY, and author of many books; Roberto Lovato, a writer with New America Media and a frequent contributor to The Nation magazine; and Tim Carpenter, national director of the Progressive Democrats...
Feb 06, 2008 | Story
Pakistani Opposition Leader Imran Khan on Musharraf, Bhutto and How the US Has Undermined Pakistani Democracy

On a visit to the US, legendary cricket star turned politician Imran Khan discusses the challenges he faces opposing the US-backed military government of President Pervez Musharraf. Khan is boycotting the upcoming elections and calling for an end to military action in the embattled border regions of Pakistan. [includes rush transcript]
Jan 30, 2008 | Story

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"Presidential Race Ignores Arms Race"

Former Chief UN Weapons Inspector Hans Blix on the US Rush to War in Iraq, the Threat of an Attack on Iran, and the Need for a Global Nuclear Ban to Avoid Further Catastrophe

US Skips International Conference to Ban Cluster Bombs

"Guantanamo's Child: The Untold Story of Omar Khadr"

After More than Six Years, Al Jazeera Cameraman Sami al-Hajj Released from Guantanamo Bay

As Petraeus Urges Delay of Troop Withdrawal, a Debate on Iraq and Iran's Role in the War

Barack Obama's Senior Foreign Policy Adviser Samantha Power on Obama's Call to Increase the Pentagon's Budget, Hugo Chavez, Funding the Iraq Occupation and Attacking Pakistan

Outspoken Niece of Benazir Bhutto Accuses Aunt's Party of Fraud in Pakistani Elections

Super Tuesday Roundtable with Bill Fletcher of The Black Commentator, Sociologist Frances Fox Piven, Roberto Lovato of New America Media, and Progressive Democrats of America Director Tim Carpenter

Pakistani Opposition Leader Imran Khan on Musharraf, Bhutto and How the US Has Undermined Pakistani Democracy

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