[imc-nyc-audio] BTL Summary 12/03/04: Iraq Vets: War Can't be Won; School of the Americas Protest; U.S. Media Ignores 2004 Election Scandals

[Scott Harris]

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1) U.S. Iraq Veterans Call for an End
to a War They Say Can't be Won

Interview with former Marine Cpl. Michael Hoffman,
co-founder of Iraq Veterans Against the War,
conducted by Scott Harris

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2) Thousands of Protesters Again Demand the Closing
of the Pentagon's Infamous School of the Americas

Report on the 15th annual protest
at Fort Benning, Ga.
Produced by Melinda Tuhus

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3) U.S. Media Ignores Questions on 2004 Election

Interview with Robert Parry,
award-winning investigative journalist,
conducted by Scott Harris

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4) This week's summary
of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

- Bush administration again putting the squeeze on U.N. Global Fund that
fights AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
- Grassroots campaign emerges to push for U.S. ratification of the
Convention for the elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against
Women (or CEDAW).
- Over the last four years, U.S. military aid to Latin American has
soared under the guise of the war on terrorism.

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