Democracy Now! Monday, October 8, 2007

Headlines for October 8, 2007

- Iraq Accuses Blackwater of "Deliberate Murder"
-Blackwater Hires PR Firm Connected To Hillary Clinton
- Gen. Petraeus Steps Up Accusations Against Iran
- 1,000 Iraqis March Against U.S.-Built Wall In Baghdad
- Suicide Bomb Kills Five on Sixth Anniversary of Afghanistan Invasion
- World War II Interrogators Criticize U.S. Interrogation Practices
- Off Duty Sheriff's Deputy in Wisconsin Kills Six
- 83 Arrested at Columbus Day Protest in Denver


Attorney General Nominee Michael MuKasey "Has Distaste for People who Voice Skepticism about the Government's Motives in the War on Terror," Says Attorney from Center for Constitutional Rights

Shayana Kadidal discusses Mukasey's role in the trial of Jose Padilla, his view on presidential power and the significance of the news that that the Justice Department under former Attorney General Alberto Gonzales secretly issued legal opinions that reportedly authorize methods including head-slapping, simulated drowning and frigid temperatures. [includes rush transcript]


"They Are Destroying the Female Species in Congo": Congolese Human Rights Activist Christine Schuler Deschryver on Sexual Terrorism and Africa's Forgotten War

In a war that has already killed over 4 million people, Christine Schuler Deschryver describes how women continue to be the victims of "sexual terrorism" in the Congo. John Homes, the UN Undersecretary General for Humanitarian Affairs, called the sexual violence in the Congo “the worst in the world.” [includes rush transcript]


Israeli Columnist Akiva Eldar on Nuclear Weapons in the Middle East, Iran, Military Censorship in Israel and the Influence of the Israel lobby in the United States

Akiva Eldar, chief political columnist and a senior analyst for the Israeli daily “Ha’aretz” calls for a nuclear free Middle East and questions whether the Israeli lobby in Washington is contributing to the security of Israel.