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The SHORTWAVE REPORT 6/4/04 ¡LISTEN GLOBALLY! A weekly 30 minute review of news and opinion recorded from a shortwave radio. 2 files- broadcast quality (13.3MB) and quick download (3.3MB). With times and freqs for listening at home. Free to rebroadcast. Netherlands, China, Russia, Germany, Spain, and Cuba....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 5:00pm PDT
Cease-fire in southern cities appears to be all but ruined NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting broke out today between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen in Kufa - the eighth straight day of clashes that have all but ruined a deal signed last week aimed at ending violence in the holy city.
At least five Iraqis were killed and 11 injured in the skirmishes in Najaf's twin city, a stronghold of radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, hospital officials said....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 1:23pm PDT
Stop Imperialist interferece in Venezuela-Without signatures no Referendum! Solidarity with the Bolivarian Revolution...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 12:45pm PDT
Fatwa of Grand Ayatollah Ali Sistani on the New Government Sistani's Fatwa on the New Government translated by Juan Cole...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 11:51am PDT
Sistani gives tacit endorsement to new government; U.S. troops battle in Kufa NAJAF, Iraq - Fighting broke out Thursday in nearby Kufa between U.S. soldiers and Shiite militiamen - the eighth straight day of clashes since a deal last week to end the violence. The country's most influential Shiite cleric, meanwhile, tacitly endorsed Iraq's new interim government....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:23am PDT
A Baghdad Resident's Thoughts On The New Iraqi Government What authorities dose this government posse, to re-build the country??
Do they have a budget to implement the re-building program?
This is what concerns us in the entire subject…
This government has a period of time, the coming months till the end of 2004, until they prepare a new national assembly, elections, and, a new government.
How shall we spend these six months?
Would they be spent as was the case of the late Governing Council? Without authorities or achievements?...
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:20am PDT
Turkish PM: Israel treating Palestinians as Jews were treated 500 years ago ANKARA - Israel is not contributing to the peace process, it is killing women and children indiscriminately and destroying Palestinian houses, and there is no way to describe such actions except as "state terrorism" says Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, in an exclusive interview with Haaretz....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:16am PDT
Palestinians sources: IDF destroys 18 homes in Rafah At least 18 houses were demolished in the latest Israel Defense Forces raid in Rafah, Palestinian security officials said Thursday....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:14am PDT
US marines plead guilty to prisoner abuse Two US marines have pleaded guilty to giving electric shocks to an Iraqi prisoner they were guarding at a temporary detention centre south of Baghdad, the US military announced today.
The torture occurred in early April inside the Al Mahmudiya prison, several months after the abuses at Abu Ghraib prison, military officials said....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:13am PDT
Iraq demands say in UN resolution Iraq's interim leaders are demanding input to a United Nations draft resolution, which will set out how much power a new Iraqi government will have....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:11am PDT
Iraqi president questions de-Baathification Iraq's new president has said that the interim government could bring back former members of Saddam Hussein's defunct Baath Party....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:09am PDT
Secrets and Lies: Author Dilip Hiro on Chalabi, the CIA and the Battle for Iraq With the June 30 deadline for the so-called transfer of power in Iraq just weeks away, we speak with author and veteran Middle East journalist Dilip Hiro whose trilogy of books on Iraq and Iran are considered some of the most definitive histories of the wars in the Persian Gulf....
Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 10:08am PDT
CALL TO ACTION: OPPOSE REPRESSION IN GUADALAJARA FYI the # of the Mexican consulate in San Francisco is 415-354-1700.
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Posted: Thu, Jun 3, 2004 1:13am PDT
Haiti's Constitution and the Coup In the debate over Haiti's events of February 29, we have heard from almost all angles. We have heard from opponents and supporters of the elected government and its replacement, and from officials from France, the U.S., the Caribbean and Africa. We have not, for the most part, heard from the law. Although both the new and old government claim "legitimacy" (from the Latin word lex, or "law"), there has been little analysis of what Haiti's law requires in the circumstances....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:39pm PDT
Monsanto all around the world 
Monsanto, the world most prominent biotech company is facing protests all over the world....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 1:11pm PDT
No consensus on Iraq sovereignty resolution There is no consensus among UN Security Council members on a new draft US-British resolution on Iraq, Russia's foreign minister has said....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:56pm PDT
Iraq: Nine killed in anti-occupation clashes Nine Iraqis have been killed and 44 wounded in ferocious clashes between US forces and Iraqi resistance fighters....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:55pm PDT
Massive Blasts at U.S. Base in Kirkuk, Iraq -Witness KIRKUK, Iraq (Reuters) - Massive explosions rocked a major U.S. military base outside the northern Iraqi city of Kirkuk on Wednesday, shrouding the city in smoke, after what police said was a rocket strike on an arms store.
Shells and rockets screamed into the night sky over the base at Kirkuk's main airport and thick smoke rolled across the whole area, a Reuters reporter said from the scene....
Posted: Wed, Jun 2, 2004 12:53pm PDT
Ex-Baathist With Ties to the CIA Picked To Be New Iraqi Prime Minister The Iraqi Governing Council was dissolved today as a newly selected Iraqi government emerged comprising many key members of the Council including Ayad Allawi who will become prime minister. Andrew Cockburn talks about Allawi's ties to the old Baathist regime, the CIA, MI6, Saudi intelligence and how Allawi claims that Iraq had WMDs and ties to Al Qaeda....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 7:17pm PDT
Haiti: Protection of human rights essential for security and long-term stability Last week's devastating flooding in Haiti is another compelling reason for the international community to take action to address the humanitarian and human rights crisis in Haiti, said Amnesty International today....
Posted: Tue, Jun 1, 2004 8:15am PDT
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