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The Pacifica Evening News is a collaboration of KPFA and KPFK in Los Angeles and KFCF in Fresno. The hour-long newscast airs on all three stations each weeknight at 6:00 PM. KPFA News broadcasts news headlines throughout the day at 5:55, 7:00, 7:30, 8:00, 10:00, 12:00 and 4:00. Comprehensive coverage of the day’s news with a focus on war and peace; social, environmental and economic justice.
The Pentagon admits foreign countries are not likely to commit any more troops to the so-called US-led coalition in Iraq even if the United Nations passes a new Iraqi resolution. The admission comes in a somewhat contentious hearing in the Senate and as two nations pull their forces out of Iraq. Iraqi insurgents attack the … Continued
US troops out of Iraq-drawing a rebuke from President Bush. . .Shiite cleric Muqtada Al Sadr tells his supporters to stop attacking Spanish troops. Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal calls for an Arab Moslem alliance to defeat the U.S. and Israel. . . Israeli officials are reportedly considering attacking Hamas headquarters in Syria if the … Continued
The US Administration in Iraq says Iraqi security forces won’t be ready to protect the country when the official handover of power takes place on June 30th. Hundreds of thousands of Palestinians take to the streets of Gaza to protest Israel’s assassination of Hamas leader Abdel Azia Rantisi. Nuclear whistleblower Mordecai Vanunu is scheduled to … Continued
President Bush and British Prime Minster Blair stand together at the White House, backing Israeli Prime Minister Sharon’s unilateral plan for Gaza and the West Bank and endorsing a United Nations proposal for a provisional government for Iraq. U.S. occupation in Iraq slay at least 20 Iraqis in the besieged city of Fallujah and in … Continued
Iraqi resistance fighters kill an Iranian diplomat in Baghdad as Iran undertakes a mission to negotiate a settlement between occupation authorities and a radical Shiite cleric in the southern city of Najaf.. U.S. officials are still trying to end the stand off in the beseiged city of Fallujah but the chairman of the Joint Chiefs … Continued
Pentagon officials say they’re extending the tour of duty for some 21 thousand U.S. soldiers who have served a year in Iraq and were set to leave U.S. warplanes strafe Fallujah as the nominal cease fire there threatens to disintegrate completely.. in southern Iraq, mediation may avert a U.S. assault on the holy city of … Continued
In the wake of the bloodiest week of U.S. combat in Iraq, President Bush holds only the third news conference of his presidency U.S. troops are massed outside the holy city of Najaf — the current home to Shiite cleric Moqtadar Al Sadr, whom the military has threatened to capture or kill The State Department … Continued
A shaky ceasefire in Fallujah is interrupted by sporadic clashes between U.S. occupation troops and resistance fighters.. The toll of dead and wounded Iraqis over the past week nears 2,000 U.S. occupation officials maintain their tough stance towards Shiite cleric Moqtada Al Sadr, saying they seek to locate, capture, or kill him More than 40 … Continued
The Iraqi body count grows in Falluja, as U.S. forces continue an offensive against resistance fighters. NGOs report dead bodies lying in the streets, ambulances being shot by snipers, and medical aid being stopped by U.S. occupation forces A battalion of the new U.S. trained Iraqi Army refuses to go to Falluja to fight.. They … Continued
