DN!: Iraqi Refugees in Syria//Nir Rosen on Ethnic Cleansing in Iraq, Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2007 16:51:58 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST August 21, 2007 = = = = = = = = = * Fall Internships * Democracy Now! is looking for interns for this fall in New York City. Please email admin@democracynow.org for information on the positions and how to apply. = = = = = = = = = * DN! is hiring * Full-Time Senior TV Producer/Editor http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml Full-Time Broadcast Engineer http://www.democracynow.org/jobs.shtml = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Report From Damascus: Iraqi Refugees in Syria Speak Out Against U.S. Occupation * Over four years of brutal warfare in Iraq has spawned a refugee crisis of staggering proportions. Two million Iraqis have been forced to leave their country and are now scattered across Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Iran, Lebanon, and Turkey. There are an estimated 1.2 million Iraqi refugees in Syria. This report was filed by Democracy Now correspondent Jen Utz. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1349247 * "Iraq Does Not Exist Anymore": Journalist Nir Rosen on How the U.S. Invasion of Iraq Has Led to Ethnic Cleansing, a Worsening Refugee Crisis and the Destabilization of the Middle East * Nir Rosen is an independent journalist and the author of "In the Belly of the Green Bird: The Triumph of the Martyrs in Iraq." He is a fellow at the New America Foundation and has reported extensively from Iraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1349252 * March for Peace: Two Teenagers Walk From San Francisco to Washington D.C. To Protest The Iraq War * Ashley Casale will be a sophomore this fall at Wesleyan University. She came up with the idea of a cross-country march for peace last year and set up a website to invite more people to join her. The only person who stuck it out was Michael Israel, an 18 year old just out of high school. Democracy Now! caught with them last week in Indianapolis. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1349257 * Headlines for August 21, 2007 * - Sen. Levin Calls For Ouster of Iraqi Prime Minister - Bush, Harper and Calderon Hold Summit to Expand NAFTA - Category 5 Hurricane Dean Hits Mexico - Gaza Suffers Fifth Day of Powers Blackouts - White House Ignores Subpoenas Over Warrantless Wiretapping - Attorneys Seek New Trial for Cuban Five - Ex-CNN News Chief Defends Vetting Military Analysts With Pentagon Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1349243 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, August 21, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/08/21/1921221 To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! Wednesday, August 22, 2007: * Tomorrow is the 80th anniversary of the execution of Italian American anarchists of Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti. 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