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Showing videos filed under: Scahill
Jeremy Scahill: Will Blackwater Founder Face Charges?
August 6, 2009Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army writes in the Nation that Blackwater founder Erik Prince “may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company,” according to the sworn testimony of a former Blackwater employee and an ex-US marine.The US Withdrawal: Rebranding the Occupation or Changing the Game?
July 7, 2009The US media have reported on the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities. But 130,000 troops remain in Iraq and many argue that the occupation will continue only under a different guise. Have things really changed? Or has the occupation simply been rebranded? Jeremy Scahill, best selling author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army, Patrick Cockburn, journalist and author most recently of The Occupation:Is the Occupation Over?, Mariam Said's Story of a Lost World, and The Battle for Power in Honduras
July 6, 2009The US media have reported on the withdrawal of American troops from Iraqi cities. But what's the real story? Journalists Patrick Cockburn and Jeremy Scahill and Kristele Younes of Refugees International on what the withdrawal means. Mariam Said discusses her mother's memoir and life in Beirut, A World I Loved: The Story of an Arab Woman. And The Real News Network on the coup in Honduras.America's Military Meltdown
December 13, 2008Is the US Military falling apart? What is the state of our military and defense system, and outsourced private contractors? The Center for Defense Information has a new book, "America's Defense Meltdown.” We’re joined by the editor of this new book, Winslow Wheeler; Tim Weiner of the NYTimes; Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army.Meltdown, Movement and MILK
December 11, 2008America's Defense Meltdown. The Pentagon is moving to get three of the four combat brigades requested by commanders into Afghanistan by summer. We'll discuss that move and others, with TIM WEINER, JEREMY SCAHILL and the editor of a new collection of former military personel writing about America's Defense Meltdown. Then, he was't the candidate.Obama and Progressives, The Long War in Afghanistan, And Rev. Billy
November 24, 2008Can progressives shape Obama’s cabinet and, looking ahead, his policies? Obama’s early appointments are discouraging. Nearly every top post has been filled by former Clinton insiders and it appears that foreign policy and economic policy may not change much at all. What can progressives do?
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