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D'loadToday on Flashpoints: A dozen more marines are killed in Ramadi during fierce confrontations with Shi'ite muslims loyal to Muqtada As-Sadr; meanwhile US attack helicopters kill more than 20 in Fallujah. We feature reports from the ground in Iraq and interviews with two middle eastern scholars. Also Flashpoints Special Correspondent Lyn Duff reports from Haiti on the continuing violence against pro-democracy activists and the arrests of high-level Aristide officials. And from New York, the Knight Report with Robert Knight
01:00 The Knight Report:
An escalating quagmire in Iraq as continuing resistance demonstrates
the failure of mid-east style Vietnamization...
thousands more soldiers may be dispatched to quell the uprisings which
have claimed 130 lives, including as many as 3 dozen Americans, and
more than 300 woundedSenator Kennedy: "Iraq is George Bush's Vietnam and this country needs a new president"
Secretary Powell: "[Kennedy] should be a little more restrained and careful in his comments because we are at war"
Hans Blix: "It's positive that Saddam and his bloody regime is gone, but when one weighs the cost, it's clearly the negative aspects that dominate"
06:30 Iraq Inflamed: Mideast scholar
Asad
Abu Khalil is interviewed by Dennis Bernstein, discusses the latest
violence in Iraq and the US attempts to minimize its importance as
contrasted with non-US coverage. Offended by satirical articles
about him in a local weekly paper, CPA head Paul Bremer, claiming
"false articles" and inciting violence against occupation forces,
closed the newspaper touching off a maelstrom of anti-occupation
demonstrations and attacks. More on Angry Arab News Service
21:00 Sunni and Shi`ite Unity:
Independent reporter and human rights worker Dahr Jamail is inteviewed
by Dennis Bernstein, and describes the scene in Shi'ite
stronghold Sadr City in Baghdad, and
reports on Fallujah and the surrounding areas. Corpwatch observer Pratap
Chatterjee reports on the Shi'ite
uprisings in Baghdad in support of Moqtada Sadr and the beginning of
cooperation between Sunni and Shi'ite muslims in the mounting
resistance
to the occupation forces. Also discussed is the bonanza
for mercenaries in Iraq. For more information, visit Corpwatch or WarProfiteers
43:00 Behind the War on Terror: An
excerpt of an interview with author, human rights activist, political
analyst and executive director or the Institute for Policy
Research and Development based in Great Britain, Nafeez Mosaddeq
Ahmed who shares his insights into the predictable unravelling
in Iraq. The full interview with Dennis Bernstein is scheduled to air
tomorrow, Wednesday, 7 April.48:00 Musical Break
50:00 Powell Parade in Haiti: Flashpoints Special Correspondent Lyn Duff, on the ground in Port-au-Prince, Haiti is interviewed by Nora Barrows-Friedman, as she describes the spectacle surrounding Colin Powell's visit on Monday. Amid protestors calling for elections and respect for the Haitian constitution, Powell and Latortue announced plans to launch an investigation and possible prosecution of President Aristide for war crimes (hold on just a minute... who made war on whom and who pleaded for peace here?) The situation in Bellaire is described as "worse than the 1991 coup" with marine attacks and killings in the poor neighborhoods. 9