DN!: Seymour Hersh: US Indirectly Backed Islamist Militants Fighting Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 15:52:21 -0400 Seymour Hersh: US Indirectly Backed Islamist Militants Fighting Lebanese Army//Kucinich on Democratic Leadership Failing US Citizenry DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST May 24, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Democracy Now Seeks Full-time Outreach Organizer We're looking to add an experienced organizer to our outreach team who is committed to making Democracy Now! a household name and bringing the program to new stations. visit http://democracynow.org/jobs.shtml for more information. TV News Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Seymour Hersh: U.S. Indirectly Backed Islamist Militants Fighting Lebanese Army * Islamist militants entrenched in a Palestinian refugee camp in Lebanon are facing an ultimatum to surrender or face further military action. The Lebanese government accuses Fatah al-Islam of having ties with al-Qaeda and the Syrian government. Investigative journalist Seymour Hersh joins us to talk about another theory of who is backing the militant group - the Lebanese government itself, along with the United States. Last March, Hersh reported the U.S. and Saudi governments are covertly backing militant Sunni groups like Fatah al-Islam as part of an overarching foreign policy against Iran and growing Shia influence. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/24/143208 * The View From Lebanon: Scholar, Ex-Diplomat Speak Out on Current Crisis * We go to Lebanon to speak with Rania Masri, an assistant professor at the University of Balamand in Lebanon, currently in the Beddawi refugee camp in northern Lebanon. And from Beirut we¹re joined by Alastair Crooke, founder of the Conflicts Forum. He is a former British intelligence agent and former special Mid-East adviser to European Union High Representative Javier Solana. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/24/143218 * Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Democratic Leadership Failing U.S. Citizenry on War * On Capitol Hill, the House is expected to agree today to give President Bush $96 billion to continue the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. In a major victory for the Bush administration, the Democratic leadership abandoned its effort to include a non-binding timetable for withdrawal from Iraq in the war spending bill. Congressmember and presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich of Ohio says the Democratic leadership is failing the U.S. citizenry. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/24/143225 * In Annual Human Rights Report, Amnesty International Says U.S. ³Unrepentant About Global Web of Abuse² * Amnesty International is accusing the United States of turning the world into a global battlefield in the so-called war on terror. That charge appears in Amnesty's new report on the state of human rights around the world. The authors of the Amnesty report write ³The U.S. administration¹s double speak has been breathtakingly shameless. It is unrepentant about the global web of abuse it has spun in the name of counterterrorism.¹¹ We speak with Amnesty International USA executive director Larry Cox. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/24/143235 * Headlines for May 24, 2007 * - More Than 100 Dead in Iraq Attacks - UNICEF Launches New Appeal for Iraqi Children - Israel Arrests 30 Palestinian Officials - Ex-Gonzales Aide Testifies on Attorney Firings - Senate Backs Limit on Guest-Worker Provision - Environmentalist Jailed for 13 Years After Ruled a Terrorist - For First Time, New York Links Death to 9/11 Dust Exposure - Prosecutors: GSA Head Broke Law Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/24/142259 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, May 24, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/05/24/1847250 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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