Monthly Archive: August 2004

August 17, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Calling the policy a backdoor draft, lawyers for an unnamed California Army Reservist is suing the government’s so called “stop loss” plan. The decorated combat veteran referred to as “John Doe”...

August 16, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Around 15-hundred Palestinian political prisoners started an open-ended hunger strike in four Israeli jails yesterday. The prisoners say they are subject to unnecessary strip searches, want more access to family visits...

August 13, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines This morning, the US military suspended its offensive against forces loyal to Shi’ite cleric Muqtada Al-Sadr in the city of Najaf. The move brought a temporary halt to fighting that has...

August 12, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines The California Supreme Court has ruled that San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom exceeded his authority when he ordered the City to grant marriage licenses to same-sex couples. Kellia Ramares reports from...

August 11, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Middle East Update A bomb exploded between two Israeli army checkpoints today on a busy transit route outside Jerusalem in the first such attack in six months. Two Palestinians were killed...

August 10, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines A federal judge is holding a Time Magazine reporter in contempt of court for refusing to give testimony in the investigation of which federal official named a CIA operative. The judge...

August 09, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines The Baghdad office of the Arab world’s primary news service Al-Jazeera was shut down for 30 days by the U.S. installed Iraqi government. Iraq’s Interior Minister Falah al-Naqib said the government...

August 06, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Iraqi fighters and U.S. forces in Iraq are still locked in armed conflict as the casualty count continues to rise. Dave Enders reports from Baghdad. Today, the Israeli military finally released...

August 05, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Some of the fiercest fighting broke out in Iraq today. Dave Enders files this report from Baghdad.   Journalists were finally allowed to attend tribunals being held at the U.S. naval...

August 04, 2004

Download MP3 Headlines Iraq Update 12 Iraqis have been killed and 26 wounded in gun battles today in Mosul. Witnesses report that dozens of masked fighters with assault rifles and rocket propelled grenade launchers...