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  • A July Surprise? Pakistan Announces Arrest of Top Al Qaeda Figure Hours Before Kerry Speech

    The timing of the disclosure rekindles controversy surrounding an earlier report by the New Republic that the White House was pressuring Pakistan to produce a "high value target" in July during the Democratic convention. We talk to New Republic editor John Judis. [includes rush transcript]
    Jul 30, 2004 | Story

  • July Surprise: Is Bush Pressuring Pakistan to Capture Bin Laden During DNC?

    An article in The New Republic charges that the Bush administration may be pressuring Pakistan to deliver a so-called "High Value Target" before November–ideally at the height of the Democratic National Convention. We speak with the reporter who broke the story.
    Jul 09, 2004 | Story

  • Pakistani Immigrant Being Deported for Taking Pictures of NY Reservoir Speaks from Jail

    Pakistani immigrant Ansar Mahmood, lost his final judicial appeal this week and is scheduled to be deported. He was first picked up in October 2001 for taking photographs of an upstate New York reservoir. No terror-related charges were ever filed against him but investigators found him in minor violation of immigration law. He joins us from prison where he has been held for nearly three years.
    Jul 01, 2004 | Story

  • Pakistani Immigrant Married to U.S. Citizen Faces Deportation

    Pakistani immigrant Faisal Ulvie, his American wife Nadine Young Ulvie and their lawyer Elizabeth Ouyang joins us in our firehouse studio to discuss their case. A judge will decide today whether Faisal must leave his family and return to Pakistan to apply for a visa–a process which would take at least 10 years. [includes rush transcript]
    Jul 01, 2004 | Story

  • Did Bush Spike Probe of Pakistan's Dr. Strangelove?

    BBC investigative reporter Greg Palast and Tariq Ali discuss how the Bush administration stopped an investigation that might have revealed Pakistan’s top nuclear scientist helped share nuclear secrets with Iran, North Korea and Libya. [includes transcript]
    Feb 10, 2004 | Story

  • Tariq Ali on Pakistan's Nuclear Program, the Hutton Inquiry and the Iraqi Resistance

    Tariq Ali, author of Bush in Babylon: The Recolonization of Iraq and editor of the New Left Review joins us in our Firehouse Studios to talk about Pakistan, Tony Blair and Iraq. [includes transcript]
    Feb 10, 2004 | Story

  • Iran Signs Protocol on Surprise Inspections; Israel Threatens Iran's Nuclear Sites

    As Iran agrees to allow UN inspectors into the country to examine suspected nuclear sites, Israeli Defense Minister Shaul Mofaz has begun publicly discussing a possible Israeli attack on Iran to destroy Iran’s nuclear capability. And two weeks ago, evidence emerged indicating Pakistan might have given Iran and North Korea technology to enrich uranium. [includes transcript]
    Dec 22, 2003 | Story

  • Ex-Guantanamo Pakistani Man Sues U.S. And Pakistan Governments

    In the first case of its kind, a Pakistani cleric who spent a year detained at Guantanamo Bay is suing the U.S. and Pakistani governments for his "illegal detention, torture and humiliation." We go to Islamabad to speak with his lawyer. [Includes transcript]
    Nov 10, 2003 | Story

  • Sept. 11, 2001: Pakistani Family Mourns Loss of Son Who Went From Terror Suspect to 9/11 Hero

    Salman Hamdani died two years ago today after he raced to the Twin Towers to help survivors. He earned a mention in the Patriot Act for his bravery yet because he was a Muslim immigrant, the New York Post and others considered him a suspect until his DNA was discovered. [Includes transcript]
    Sep 11, 2003 | Story

  • Israeli PM Sharon Makes Unprecedented Visit to India; Will India and Pakistan Send Troops to Iraq?

    As Ariel Sharon begins his three-day visit to India and as the White House continues to pressure Indian troops to come to Iraq- Democracy Now! goes to India and to Pakistan and hosts a debate between journalists C. Raja Mohan, Praful Bidwai and M. Ziauddin.
    Sep 08, 2003 | Story