Democracy Now! Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Over 12,000 Killed in Chinese Earthquake
• Clinton Expected to Win in WV; Obama Looks to November
• McCain Outlines Plans to Address Global Warming
• Up to 700 Arrested in Immigration Raid in Iowa
• Report: 83 Immigrants Have Died in US Custody
• Bush Vows to Help Arm Lebanese Army
• Bush Accuses Iran of Arming Militias in Iran
• US Admits Some “Iranian-Supplied” Arms Aren’t from Iran
• Ban Ki-moon Presses Burmese Junta to Accept Aid
• Inglewood, California Police Shoot Dead Unarmed Teenager
• South African Apartheid Suit to Proceed
• Pentagon Drops Charges Against Alleged 20th Hijacker

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  EXCLUSIVE: Fmr. Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing of Two Journalists in 2003

  Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network Telecinco. The Pentagon has called the killings accidental, but in this broadcast exclusive Army Sgt. Adrienne Kinne (Ret.) reveals she saw secret US military documents that listed the hotel as a possible target. Kinne also discloses that she was personally ordered to eavesdrop on Americans working for news organizations and NGOs in Iraq. [includes rush transcript]