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Global Report: Sept. 29-Oct. 5 2010: BPA Exposure in Humans Grossly Underestimated
In this week's news: the Obama administration intervened to help stop a federal lawsuit over the administration's plan to assassinate a U.S. citizen overseas; the FBI raided anti-war activists' homes across the country for counter-terrorism investigations; human exposure to toxic BPA chemicals was discovered to be grossly underestimated; and in recent months, more private contractors than soldiers were killed in Iraq and Afghanistan. These stories and more.
Email this pageGlobal Report: Sept. 22-28 2010: Iraqi Citizens Killed in US Operations; Obama Administration Being Sued; Genetically-Modified Salmon Won't Be Labeled
This week: Two weeks after President Obama announced combat operations over in Iraq, US soldiers engaged in combat in which civilians were killed; the Obama administration is being sued over a claim that it is withholding key data on the BP oil disaster in the Gulf; the US Food and Drug Administration is not going to require genetically-modified salmon to be labeled in stores; and the legitimacy of Afghanistan's elections are once again in doubt over questions of violence and voter disenfranchisement. These stories and more on The Global Report.
Global Report: Sept 8-14 2010: Immigrants Good for US Economy, US Troops in Iraq Beyond 2011
This week: A new report reveals that immigrants help to bolster the US economy, raising average wages and stimulating investment; former British Prime Minister Tony Blair was faced with a crowd of shoe-and egg-hurling protesters at the first stop of his book tour; one week after the supposed end to combat operations in Iraq, officials are saying the US will likely keep US troops there beyond 2011. At the same time, the private military contractor presence in Iraq has ballooned. These stories and more.
Global Report: June 30 - July 6: BP, Blackwater, and More
Global Report news anchors Eamon Martin and Allie Morris review highlights from the week in under-reported news. This week: The judge who threw out a US moratorium on offshore drilling held stock in oil companies; millions go on strike in France; and genetically modified salmon may soon be for sale in stores. Also: Afghanistan's government is accused of preventing its top officials from investigation over corruption charges; and BP's oil gusher recovery efforts may be burning sea turtles alive. These stories and more.
GRITtv: Blackwater's Secret War In Pakistan
At a covert forward operating base run by the US Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, members of an elite division of Blackwater are at the center of a secret program in which they plan targeted assassinations of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda operatives, "snatch and grabs" of high-value targets and other sensitive action inside and outside Pakistan, an investigation by The Nation has found. Jeremy Scahill talks about this latest development in the story of the company that seems to pop back up in conflict zones over and over again.
GRITtv: Jeremy Scahill: Will Blackwater Founder Face Charges?
Jeremy Scahill, author of Blackwater: The Rise of the World's Most Powerful Mercenary Army writes in the Nation that Blackwater founder Erik Prince ?may have murdered or facilitated the murder of individuals who were cooperating with federal authorities investigating the company,? according to the sworn testimony of a former Blackwater employee and an ex-US marine. Scahill discusses the story and its implications for Prince and Blackwater itself. You can read Scahill?s blog, Rebel Reports at rebelreports.com.
