[Peace-discuss] DN!: How US Aid to Pakistan Aids Taliban; Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians

Tue Jun 10 15:38:15 CDT 2008

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          An exceptionally good show today, start to finish. Click on http://www.democracynow.org/ and choose yr format to listen or watch.
   --Jenifer

--- On Tue, 6/10/08, Democracy Now! <outreach at democracynow.org> wrote:

  
  TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!:    * "Descent Into Chaos": Ahmed Rashid on How the US Aid to "War  on Terror"  Ally Pakistan is Aiding the Taliban *    Veteran Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid explains how the US ally Pakistan  has armed and financed the Taliban after the US invasion of Afghanistan; how  the CIA pays Pakistan to arrest al-Qaeda operatives, but Pakistan uses the  money to fund the Taliban resurgence in northwest Pakistan; and how the US  and NATO's failure to deal with Afghan civil society has led directly to  the  huge rise of the opium trade that funds the Taliban.    Listen/Watch/Read  http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/10/descent_into_chaos_ahmed_rashid_on       * Chris Hedges and Laila al-Arian on "Collateral Damage: America's War  Against Iraqi Civilians" *    In their new book, journalists Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian bring us the  voices of fifty American combat veterans of the Iraq war and their  understanding of the US occupation and why Iraqis are
 so opposed to it.    Listen/Watch/Read  http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/10/chris_hedges_and_laila_al_arian       * Headlines for June 10, 2008 *    Iraqi Lawmakers Reveal New US Demands on Long-Term Deal  Kucinich Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Bush  McClellan Agrees to Testify on Plame Case  Obama Calls for Oil Windfall Tax  Bolivians Protest Rumored US Asylum for Accused Leaders  Italians Protest Feared Crackdown on Anti-Bush Demonstrations  Study: Global Military Spending Rises Nearly 50% in Last Decade  Number of "Underinsured" Americans Sees Sharp Increase  Democratic Sens. Call for Pentagon Propaganda Ban    Listen/Watch/Read  http://www.democracynow.org/2008/6/10/headlines    = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = =    COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW!    Wednesday, June 11, 2008:    * We speak with former White House Press Secretary Scott McClellan about his  new book, "What Happened: Inside the Bush White House and Washington's  Culture of Deception"
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