Democracy Now! Tuesday, June 10, 2008

Today's Headlines

• Iraqi Lawmakers Reveal New US Demands on Long-Term Deal
• Kucinich Introduces Articles of Impeachment Against President Bush
• McClellan Agrees to Testify on Plame Case
• Obama Calls for Oil Windfall Tax
• Bolivians Protest Rumored US Asylum for Accused Leaders
• Italians Protest Feared Crackdown on Anti-Bush Demonstrations
• Study: Global Military Spending Rises Nearly 50% in Last Decade
• Number of “Underinsured” Americans Sees Sharp Increase
• Democratic Sens. Call for Pentagon Propaganda Ban

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  "Descent Into Chaos": Ahmed Rashid on How the US Aid to "War on Terror" Ally Pakistan is Aiding the Taliban

  Veteran Pakistani journalist Ahmed Rashid explains how the US ally Pakistan has armed and financed the Taliban after the US invasion of Afghanistan; how the CIA pays Pakistan to arrest al-Qaeda operatives, but Pakistan uses the money to fund the Taliban resurgence in northwest Pakistan; and how the US and NATO’s failure to deal with Afghan civil society has led directly to the huge rise of the opium trade that funds the Taliban. [includes rush transcript]

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  Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian on "Collateral Damage: America's War Against Iraqi Civilians"

  In their new book, journalists Chris Hedges and Laila Al-Arian bring us the voices of fifty American combat veterans of the Iraq War and their understanding of the US occupation and why Iraqis are so opposed to it. [includes rush transcript]