Monthly Archive: January 2002

January 17, 2002

Download MP3 POWELL SAYS US IN AFGHANISTAN TO STAY (1:39) For the first time in a quarter of a century, a US Secretary of State has stepped foot on Afghan soil. Colin Powell was...

January 16, 2002

Download MP3 THE BUSH ADMINISTRATION: OIL, GAS, AND ENRON 4:14 How influential was the Texas based- energy trading giant, ENRON, in the White House? As the Department of Justice and members of Congress investigate...

January 15, 2002

Download MP3 American Human Rights Violations Against Taliban Prisoners (4:06) Over the last 24 hours, 30 additional Al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners have been flown to the US Naval base at Guantanamo, Cuba. They...

January 14, 2002

Download MP3 INDIA SAYS WAR MAY NOT BE NECESSARY (3:57) India has extended a cautious welcome to Pakistani President General Pervez Musharraf’s landmark speech this weekend pledging to crackdown on religious extremism. New Delhi...

January 11, 2002

Download MP3   TALIBAN SHACKLED AND SEDATED, SENT TO CUBA 20 prisoners from the military action in Afghanistan arrived at the US naval base on Guantanamo Bay, Cuba today. It is the first stage...

January 10, 2002

Download MP3 AIRLINES PARTY WITH CONGRESS IN HAWAII (2:24) Campaign finance reform group Common Cause took aim at the nation’s airline industry today. Common Cause says the airlines are using campaign contributions to create...

January 09, 2002

Download MP3 LAY-OFFS HIT BLUE COLLAR AMERICA (4:46) A wave of lay-offs hit America’s blue collar workers this week. The worst is the announcement by Ford Motor Company Chairman William Clay Ford Jr, that...

January 08, 2002

Download MP3 AFGHAN REFUGEES (6:47) Pratap Chatergee talks with Verna Avery Brown about the serious refugees situation in and around Afghanistan.  He is currently monitoring the humanitarian aid moving from Uzbekistan into Afghanistan. BUSH’S BUDGET...

January 07, 2002

Download MP3 OMAR EVADES CAPTURE (2:26) Taliban leader Mollah Omar has slipped through the net of the interim government’s troops who hoped to capture him this weekend.  Additionally, Osama Bin Laden’s whereabouts are a mystery.  But...

January 04, 2002

Download MP3 US BOMBS VILLAGE AS HUNT FOR OMAR CONTINUES (1:02) The United Nations has weighed in on the weekend bombing of a small village in Eastern Afghanistan. The Pentagon claims, B-52 bombers hit...