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Between The Lines For The Week Ending April 20, 2007

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U.S. Accused of De Facto Complicity with Iraqi Death Squads and Ethnic Cleansing

Interview with anti-war activist Tom Hayden, conducted by Scott Harris

http://www.btlonline.org/hayden042007.ram

Script summary/Related links: http://www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html#1hed

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Pentagon Spends Nearly 40 Cents of Every U.S. Dollar

Interview with Pamela Schwartz, communications director with the National Priorities Project, conducted by Scott Harris

http://www.btlonline.org/schwartz042007.ram

Script summary/Related links: http://www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html#2hed

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New Orleans' St. Bernard Parish Citizens Battle Industrial Polluters in Flood Ravaged City

Interview with Anne Rolfes, founder of the Louisiana Bucket Bridgade, conducted by Melinda Tuhus

http://www.btlonline.org/rolfes042007.ram

Script summary/Related links: http://www.btlonline.org/btl042007.html#3hed

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This week's summary of under-reported news

Compiled by Bob Nixon

Pakistan President Gen. Pervez Musharraf ignited a political firestorm by suspending Supreme Court Chief Justice Iftikhar Mohammad Chaudhry, who had blocked Musharraf's effort to be re-elected, in a ruling that prohibited him from being president and military chief at the same.

An unfolding scandal puts $700 million of U.S. aid to Colombia at risk: An internal CIA report claims Colombia's army chief, Gen. Mario Montoya made a secret deal with a right-wing paramilitary group in 2002 to attack leftist rebels near Medellin, a nexus of the Latin American drug trade.

Democrats are seeking options to raise taxes fairly to pay off a ballooning deficit that could increase to $7.8 trillion if Bush tax cuts to wealthiest Americans are extended.

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AGENT 666 (George Warmonger Bush) : "Sorry to Oil the 'Salvador Option' in Iraq, the US Sponsored Ethnic Cleansing, the Turning of Baghdad into a War Zone, the Bush Sponsored Al CIAda Antics in Iraq, the Troop Surge in Iraq, and the continuing Oil For Bombs Program in Iraq but Oil comes First. HOOK 'EM HORNS ????????"