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San Francisco-based reporter and human rights activist David Martinez abducted by the Mujahadeen and then released; we’ll hear his account of his two days with the resistance in Fallujah; also, Flashpoints special correspondent Dahr Jamail on life in Baghdad; we’ll feature two tax-day protest reports from Solange Echeverria; Barbara Lubin with more reaction on the … Continued
US soldiers hover on the outskirts of Najaf, threatening the city with what could amount to a massacre and the destruction of an ancient city; also, mass murderer and bribester, Ariel Sharon in Washington to seal the deal with Bush on the West Bank steal; the former Justice Minister of Haiti talks about the phony … Continued
Expanding violence in Iraq and the kidnapping of foreigners as the situation on the ground continues to worsen; we’ll have two reports from Baghdad; Flashpoints special correspondent Kevin Pina in studio to report on the ongoing US-supported massacres in Haiti’s killing fields; plus the Knight Report.
More violence rocks Baghdad and Fallujah; as the US occupying forces vow to “capture or kill” Moqtada al-Sadr; we’ll feature eyewitness reports from the ground in Fallujah and Baghdad; we’ll also hear a report from the ongoing killing fields in Haiti after the US-led coup there; and we’ll feature a report with the first indigenous … Continued
A report from Iraq on the bloody situation in Fallujah, where the death toll has risen to more than 450 with over a thousand wounded; we’ll also feature a report on the situation in Baghdad, where gun battles and bomboings have punctuated another day of the unraveling of the US occupation; also, Military Families Speak … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, Sunni and Shia Muslims unite against U. S. occupiers in Iraq; we’ll feature a report from our special correspondent on the growing number of innocent Iraqis been killed by U.S. occupiers; also we hear a report from Baghdad on what U.S corporations aren’t doing with the billions they been given to recreate … Continued
US forces open fire on Mosques as the situation continues to worsen in occupied Iraq, we’ll feature reports from the ground as well as an interview with Robert Fisk; also, an in-depth discussion on the climate of political terror in Haiti as the death squads and former military continue their reign of terror, we’ll be … Continued
Today on Flashpoints, a dozen more marines are killed in Ramadi during a fierce confrontation with Shia muslims loyal to Moqtada Sadr; Meanwhile US attack helicopters kill more than twenty in Falluja; We feature reports from the ground in Iraq and interviews with two middle eastern scholars: Also Flashpoints Special Correspondent Lynn Duff reports from … Continued
Iraq is in flames: we’ll go to occupied Baghdad with a full report from Pretap Chatterjee; we’ll speak with Dr. Paul Farmer about the current political situation in Haiti as well as the dire medical catastrophe that is worsening by the day; a look at the juvenile justice system after California Youth Authority guards violently … Continued
Israeli security forces attack Palestinian worshippers at the al-Aqsa Mosque on the heels of a raid against a mental hospital in Bethlehem; we’ll have a discussion on the implications of the expanding resistance in Iraq; we’ll have an update from the ground in Haiti; and we’ll open the phones to discuss the situation in Iraq … Continued
