DN!: Jeremy Scahill on Obama's Mercenary Position//MLK Speechwriter Date: Thu, 28 Feb 2008 13:51:42 -0500 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST February 28, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Read Amy Goodman's latest column * "Taxi to the Dark Side" http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080227_taxi_to_the_dark_side/ Consider writing your local newspaper and asking for them to carry the column, distributed by King Features. Many papers across the US have done so already. If you see the column in your paper, please mail us a copy of the full page, to: Democracy Now! 100 Lafayette St New York, NY 10013 Thank you! = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now! has immediate job openings for: TV Producer/Editor For more information visit http://www.democracynow.org/about/jobs. = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * Jeremy Scahill: Despite Antiwar Rhetoric, Clinton-Obama Plans Would Keep US Mercenaries, Troops in Iraq for Years to Come * Jeremy Scahill reports Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama will not ³rule out² using private military companies like Blackwater Worldwide in Iraq. Obama also has no plans to sign on to legislation that seeks to ban the use of these forces in US war zones by January 2009. Despite their antiwar rhetoric, both Obama and Senator Hillary Clinton have adopted the congressional Democratic position that would leave open the option of keeping tens of thousands of US troops in Iraq for many years. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/28/jeremy_scahill_despite_anti_war * Ex-Speechwriter, Confidante Dr. Vincent Harding on Dr. Martin Luther King's Courageous -- and Overlooked -- Antiwar and Economic Justice Activism * In the fortieth year since the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King, we speak to Dr. Kingıs close associate and former speechwriter, Dr. Vincent Harding. Dr. Harding drafted Kingıs historic April 1967 antiwar speech ³Beyond Vietnam.² He is the author of many books including Martin Luther King: The Inconvenient Hero. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/28/former_king_speechwriter_dr_ * William F. Buckley Dies at 82; A Look Back at his 1969 Debate with Noam Chomsky on Vietnam * William F. Buckley, Jr. died yesterday at the age of eighty-two. He was the founder of the conservative magazine National Review and the television show Firing Line. In 1969, he invited Noam Chomsky on his show to discuss the Vietnam War. We play an excerpt. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/28/william_f_buckley_dies_at_82 * Headlines for February 28, 2008 * 20 Palestinians Killed in Israeli Attacks on Gaza Poll: Most Israelis Support Hamas Ceasefire Jailed Afghan Journalist Declared Enemy Combatant U.S.: Karzai Controls Less Than Third of Afghanistan DIA Head Calls Waterboarding ³Inhumane² Colombian Rebels Free 4 More Hostages to Venezuela Bush: U.S. ³Three Words² from Missile Shield Deal With Czech Republic Leading Iraqi Journalist Slain in Baghdad U.S. OKs Continued Turkish Offensive in Northern Iraq Rice Apologizes for U.S. Rape Allegations in Japan Radiohead Frontman Backs Emission Cuts in Europe Nationwide Vigils for Gay Teen Slain in Apparent Hate Crime Supreme Court Hears Arguments in Exxon Valdez Suit Alaskan Tribe Sues 24 Companies for Village Erosion 3 Arrested Protesting Peru Trade Deal at Clinton Office 2 Former Clinton Supporters Throw Support to Obama Bush Admin to Delay U.S.-Mexico ³Virtual² Border Bloomberg Wonıt Run in ı08, Nader to Announce Running Mate Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/2/28/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, February 28, 2008: http://www.democracynow.org/es 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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