Democracy Now!: Fri., Jan. 29, 2010

An exclusive report from Jeremy Scahill about a nine year old boy shot in the head and killed by Blackwater in the infamous Nisour Square massacre. His father, who is suing the private military contractor, provides the most detailed eyewitness account of the massacre to date. A NATO convoy came under assault Thursday while carrying supplies through Pakistan to Afghanistan in a rare ambush inside Karachi. Quratulain Bakhteari, founding director of the Institute for Development Studies and Practices, talks about rising militancy in Pakistan. A grassroots effort is using Craigslist to find a candidate for the upcoming election for Utah House seat. From Fracking to Freedom Riders, Sundance documentaries take on a wide range of human rights and social justice issues. "Democracy Now!" is a daily independent newshour.