DN!: Exclusive: Two Ex-KBR Employees Raped by Co-Workers in Date: Tue, 8 Apr 2008 13:50:08 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST April 8, 2008 = = = = = = = = = * Amy Goodman on Tour - 12th Anniversary of Democracy Now! Standing Up to the Madness Tour * Amy Goodman has written her third book with her brother David, titled "Standing Up to the Madness: Ordinary Heroes in Extraordinary Times" The tour begins in New Orleans this Thursday, Apr 10th, then to Seattle on Sunday, Apr 13th, Portland, OR on Apr 14th, and then on to the San Francisco Bay Area. Find your event and use our "Email to a Friend" system to help spread the word. See http://tour.democracynow.org for details = = = = = = = = = TODAY'S DEMOCRACY NOW!: * EXCLUSIVE...In Their First Joint Interview, Two Ex-KBR Employees Say They Were Raped by Co-Workers in Iraq * Another female employee of the military contractor KBR has come forward with allegations of rape in Iraq. The woman, identified by the pseudonym "Lisa Smith," says two colleagues raped her at a southern Iraqi military base in January. She says a supervisor told her to "keep quiet" or face danger. "Lisa Smith" will be testifying publicly tomorrow before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Last year, former KBR employee Jamie Leigh Jones sued KBR and its former parent company Halliburton after she says she was drugged and gang-raped by employees of the company in Baghdad. Today, in their first joint interview, we speak to both of these women, who have bravely come forward with their stories. We also speak with journalist Karen Houppert, who broke the story of "Lisa Smith" in The Nation magazine. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/8/exclusivein_their_first_joint * Stuffed and Starved: As Food Riots Break Out Across the Globe, Raj Patel Details "The Hidden Battle for the World Food System" * Global food prices have risen dramatically, adding a new level of danger to the crisis of world hunger. In Africa, food riots have swept across the continent, with recent protests in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Mauritania and Senegal. In most of West Africa, the price of food has risen by 50 percent ‹‹ in Sierra Leone, 300 percent. In the United States there has been a 41 percent surge in prices for wheat, corn, rice and other cereals over the past six months. We speak with Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved: The Hidden Battle for the World Food System. 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Defends Renewing Blackwater Contract in Iraq President Bush Urges Congress to Approve Colombian Trade Deal Questions Raised Over New Domestic Satellite Surveillance System Report: Israel Is Secretly Importing Iranian Oil Spy Caught Infiltrating UK Environmental Group Olympics Consider Scrapping Torch Rally Due to Protests Abe Osheroff, 92, Veteran of Abraham Lincoln Brigades, Dies Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/2008/4/8/headlines = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Tuesday, April 8, 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! Wednesday, April 9, 2008: * Gen. David Petraeus, the commander of US forces in Iraq, and Ryan Crocker, the US Ambassador to Iraq, testify before Congress. 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