[Peace-discuss] Fwd: Today's Voice: Kennedy Warns on Nuclear Tests

Fri May 2 13:54:36 CDT 2003

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>Today's Voice
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>Kennedy Warns on Nuclear Tests
>Julian Borger
>The Guardian
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>Wednesday 30 April 2003
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>WASHINGTON -- Senator Edward Kennedy yesterday warned that the Bush
>administration was preparing to restart the testing of nuclear weapons so
>it could develop a new generation of bunker-busting bombs and tactical
>"mini-nukes", potentially triggering a new arms race.
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>The veteran Democrat from Massachusetts was speaking before a congressional
>debate on an administration proposal to lift the legal restrictions on
>research into "mini-nukes" with an explosive force of less than five
>kilotons.
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>ABC's Weapons "Scoop" Turns Up Empty
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>NEW YORK - April 29 - On April 26, ABC's World News Tonight led with a
>major scoop. Anchor Claire Shipman announced at the top of the broadcast,
>"U.S. troops discover chemical agents, missiles, and what could be a mobile
>laboratory in Iraq. An ABC News exclusive." But ABC's "exclusive," as it
>turns out, appears to be false.
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>ACTION: Encourage ABC News to set the record straight on the weapons story
>it was pushing on April 26-27. Remind ABC that retractions of false stories
>should be featured as prominently as the original reports, and ask that
>more caution be shown in reporting government claims.
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>Courtesy of Fairness and Accuracy in Reporting
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