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Live report from progressive rally in Tampa against corporations shirking taxes listen
04/18/11 Seán Kinane & Janelle IrwinWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: taxes, progressives, income tax, war, corporations, corporate taxes, offshore tax havens
Federal Income Tax returns are due today. But many progressives feel that an undue proportion of taxes go toward war and not enough goes to important social priorities. A group Fight for Florida is organizing about a dozen tax day protests across the state including one at this hour in downtown Tampa. Our reporter Janelle Irwin is live on the scene in front of downtown’s Bank of America. Janelle, tell us who is there and what they’re saying.
Be the first to commentAttacks on Libya have cost U.S. taxpayers $550 million so far listen
03/29/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace, Hillary Clinton
A U.S. defense official says U.S. ships and submarines unleashed a barrage of cruise missiles at Libyan missile storage facilities in the Tripoli area late yesterday and early today.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss military details, said 22 Tomahawk cruise missiles were launched from the Mediterranean - the most in at least several days.
The Pentagon says the military intervention in Libya has cost the United States about $550 million so far, beyond what it ...
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03/28/11 Robert LoreiRadioactivity: Live Call-In (Friday)
Tags: Kim Barker, foreign correspondents, Afghanistan, Pakistan, war, media
Good morning, welcome to Radioactivity. I'm Rob Lorei. Our first guest today is Kim Barker, author of the new book THE TALIBAN SHUFFLE. She chronicles the years she spent reporting on the forgotten war, doing the “Taliban Shuffle” between Afghanistan and Pakistan after the U.S. military had decamped for Iraq. Barker was an unlikely foreign correspondent—she did not own a passport, spoke only English, and knew little to nothing about Osama bin Laden or Islam. But, in the wake of 9/11, her bos...
Be the first to commentUS to lead attacks on Libya until at least Saturday listen
03/23/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace, Robert Gates
President Barack Obama is ruling out a land invasion of Libya to force Moammar Gadhafi out. Obama told the television network Univision that an invasion is absolutely out of the question.
1 comments"What this is is a very specific military action that's time limited, that is in support of an international effort to prevent a humanitarian crisis in Libya. And to establish a no-fly zone so that Gadhafi cannot use his forces against his own people. We've been successful in pushing his forces back so t...
Both crew from US fighter jet that crashed over Libya have been rescued but civilians may have been killed listen
03/22/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace, Tunisia, NATO, Dennis Kucinich, Colin Powell, Spain, China, France, UN
Heavy anti-aircraft fire is lighting up the skies over Tripoli and the sound of loud explosions is echoing through the Libyan capital after nightfall.
A U.S. official says both the crew of an F-15 fighter jet that crashed yesterday in Libya are safe and back in American hands.
The official said a Marine Corps Osprey search and rescue aircraft retrieved the pilot. He says the second crew member, a weapon's officer, was recovered by Libyan rebel forces and is now in U.S hands.
The cras...
1 commentsUS led coalition bombs targets inside Libya for a third straight day listen
03/21/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Monday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace
The U.S. commander in Africa says coalition jets fired 12 more cruise missiles at Libyan missile, command and air defense sites as they continued to press a no-fly zone over the North African nation.
The attacks today followed a weekend of punishing air strikes aimed at preventing Moammar Gadhafi's forces from killing civilians seeking his ouster.
General Carter Ham said not much was known about Gadhafi’s whereabouts. Speaking by video conference from his headquarters in Germany, Ham to...
2 commentsPresident Barack Obama says the U.S. will help its allies enforce a no-fly zone over parts of Libya listen
03/18/11 wire reports including APWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Libya, war, Barack Obama, peace
President Barack Obama says the U.S. will help its allies enforce a no-fly zone over parts of Libya if Moammar Gadhafi does not immediately cease military actions against rebels.
Obama told reporters at the White House that thousands of Libyans could die if Gadhafi is not forced to pull his troops back from rebel strongholds. He said humanitarian aid must reach those in need.
Last night the U.N. Security Council approved possible military action against Gadhafi.
Earlier today, Libya’...
2 commentsMortin Halperin describes Pentagon Papers, not WikiLeaks, as “courageous act” listen
02/11/11 Zack BaddorfWMNF Drive-Time News Friday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: WikiLeaks, Sarasota, Daniel Ellsberg, Pentagon Papers, war, war crimes
WikiLeaks has made waves around the world with the release of tens of thousands of classified State Department and Defense Department documents. About 20 Tampa Bay Area residents came to Sarasota Monday night to hear from Mortin Halperin, a Senior Advisor to George Soros’ Open Society Foundation, about his analysis on the release of the secret information.
Mortin Halperin was responsible for the writing of the so-called Pentagon Papers, a study of the American political and military invol...
Be the first to commentIsraeli air strikes target Gaza listen
02/09/11 Seán KinaneWMNF Drive-Time News Wednesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Gaza, Israel, war
Israel launched a series of air strikes against the Gaza Strip early this morning. The Associated Press reports that eight residents were injured. But WMNF’s reporter in the northern Gaza Strip, Pam Bailey, tells us there were more injuries than that and a child was killed.
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02/08/11 Pam BaileyWMNF Drive-Time News Tuesday Listen to this entire show:
Tags: Palestine, Gaza, Israel, war
Two years ago, Israel bombarded the Gaza strip: about 1300 Palestinians and 13 Israelis were killed. But Pam Bailey reports, Gazans fear a new war could be around the corner.
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