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Democracy Now! April 23, 2003

Precarious situation in Baghdad: As protests against a U.S. occupation in Iraq continue, we speak to Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness who just left Baghdad; Mines and unexploded munitions in Iraq continue to maim and kill: Sean Sutton of the Mines Advisory Group reports from Northern Iraq; Animals in the military: A look at how the U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: In Baghdad, hundreds of Shiites yesterday staged demonstrations outside the Palestine Hotel for the second straight day. They demanded the release of Baghdad s leading Shiite cleric Sheikh Muhammad al-Fartusi, who they said had been arrested by US forces.

Democracy Now! April 23, 2003

Hour 1: Precarious situation in Baghdad: As protests against a U.S. occupation in Iraq continue, we speak to Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness who just left Baghdad; Mines and unexploded munitions in Iraq continue to maim and kill: Sean Sutton of the Mines Advisory Group reports from Northern Iraq; Animals in the military: A look at how the U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: In Baghdad, hundreds of Shiites yesterday staged demonstrations outside the Palestine Hotel for the second straight day. They demanded the release of Baghdad s leading Shiite cleric Sheikh Muhammad al-Fartusi, who they said had been arrested by US forces.

Democracy Now! April 22, 2003

Nina Simone 1933-2003: The High Priestess of Soul dies at age 70; Dennis Kucinich on war, abortion, corporate-financed campaigns & the Democratic Party: The presidential candidate and chair of the Progressive caucus joins us in our Firehouse studios; Publisher of Harper s magazine calls a story in yesterday s New York Times the closest thing I ve ever seen to American state media and a wa

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:10 Headlines 9:10-9:11 One Minute Music Break 9:11-9:20: She was called the High Priestess of Soul. She was one of the most influential American musicians of the last century. She was a singer, composer and pianist. She fused elements of spiritual, jazz and protest songs. She was Nina Simone. Nina Simone died yesterday at her home in France at the age of 70.

Democracy Now! April 22, 2003

My feeling is that there will be a war it may already have begun against the Americans by the Iraqis : British journalist Robert Fisk discusses looting, the U.S. targeting of journalists, the possibility of civil war in Iraq and why he feels the U.S. will not attack Syria

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:20: London Independent reporter Robert Fisk writes in his most recent article: It's going wrong, faster than anyone could have imagined. The army of liberation has already turned into the army of occupation. The Shi'ites are threatening to fight the Americans, to create their own war of liberation .

Democracy Now! April 22, 2003

Hour 1: My feeling is that there will be a war it may already have begun against the Americans by the Iraqis : British journalist Robert Fisk discusses looting, the U.S. targeting of journalists, the possibility of civil war in Iraq and why he feels the U.S.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:20: London Independent reporter Robert Fisk writes in his most recent article: It's going wrong, faster than anyone could have imagined. The army of liberation has already turned into the army of occupation. The Shi'ites are threatening to fight the Americans, to create their own war of liberation .

Democracy Now! April 21, 2003

IDF shoots and kills Associated Press cameraman in the West Bank: Nazeh Darwazeh is the seventh journalist killed in last two years by Israeli forces.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:10 Headlines 9:10-9:11 One Minute Music Break 9:11-9:30: An Israeli soldier shot and killed an Associated Press cameraman in the West Bank city of Nablus on Saturday. 45 year old Nazeh Darwazeh was filming a skirmish Israeli troops firing on rock-throwing Palestinians. Then, an Israeli soldier pointed his gun at the journalists and fired.

Democracy Now! April 21, 2003

Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts: A report from Baghdad by Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson; A look at how the CIA backed and financed Saddam Hussein 40 years in an effort to assassinate Iraq s then prime minster: UPI reporter Richard Sale discloses the CIA-Hussein connection; Bush nominates Islamophobe Daniel Pipes to the United States Institute of Peace: We talk with Pipe

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:20: Last week Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson filed a story titled Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts. It began: The night after Baghdad fell, three Bradley Fighting Vehicles, fresh from battle, came across some Iraqi military trucks loaded with ordnance in residential District 405.

Democracy Now! April 21, 2003

Hour 1: Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts: A report from Baghdad by Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson; A look at how the CIA backed and financed Saddam Hussein 40 years in an effort to assassinate Iraq s then prime minster: UPI reporter Richard Sale discloses the CIA-Hussein connection; Bush nominates Islamophobe Daniel Pipes to the United States Institute of Peace: We talk w

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:10 Headlines 8:10-8:11 One Minute Music Break 8:11-8:20: Last week Christian Science Monitor reporter Scott Peterson filed a story titled Setbacks in winning Iraqi hearts. It began: The night after Baghdad fell, three Bradley Fighting Vehicles, fresh from battle, came across some Iraqi military trucks loaded with ordnance in residential District 405.

Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

Bechtel Group wins first major Iraq reconstruction contract: This comes 20 years after Donald Rumsfeld met with Saddam Hussein seeking approval of a Bechtel-owned pipeline to run from Iraq to Jordan; The problem of the 20th century is the problem of the color-line : On the 100th anniversary of the publication of The Souls of Black Folk a look at the life of W.E.B. DuBois.

9:00-9:01 Billboard 9:01-9:12 Headlines 9:12-9:13 One Minute Music Break 9:13-9:20: The Bush administration has awarded the Bechtel Group the first major contract for Iraq s reconstruction. The contract could be worth up to $680 million dollars over the next year and a half for the rebuilding of Iraq s electrical, water and sewage systems. Bechtel has a long history of doing business in Iraq.

Democracy Now! April 18, 2003

An icon of civilian suffering: Dr. April Hurley, recently back from Baghdad, speaks about Ali Ismaeel Abbas, the badly-burned child amputee wounded in a missile strike on his house; Christian missionary groups head to Iraq to combine aid with evangelization: A debate between the Southern Baptist Convention, the Council on American-Islamic Relations and a professor of religious studies.

8:00-8:01 Billboard 8:01-8:06 Headlines 8:06-8:07 One Minute Music Break 8:07-8:20: "Can you help me get my arms back? Do you think the doctors can get me another pair of hands?

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