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Today on Flashpoints:
Canada does the post-coup bidding for the United States in Haiti; also, excerpts of Gary Webb on stage with Flashpoints in a 1996 interview after the release of his book, Dark Alliance: The CIA, the Contras and the Crack Cocaine Explosion was released, we'll have an in-depth interview with investigative journalist Robert Parry about Gary Webb and his own confrontations with corporate media; and the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
The Knight Report: The Bush administration wants four or more years in Iraq and Afghanistan; Iraq's puppet regime plans show trials for the election campaign; and Palestinian front-runner Mahmoud Abbas says armed resistance is inappropriate to the Israeli occupation (Robert Knight)

5:05 PM PST
Report from Haiti: Anthony Fenton, Canadian Journalist discusses the recent visit of US-appointed Prime Minister Latortue, meeting in Canada of 400 wealthy Haitian diaspora, and the role of France and Canada in the overthrow of President Aristide (Solange)

Read Anthony Fenton's satirical Zmag article Canada to Exterminate Lavalas and his recent article Kosovo Liberation Army helps establish "protectorate" in Haiti on HaitiAction.net

For more on Haiti and the latest violence against pro-democracy Lavalas supporters in Cite Soleil demanding the return of President Aristide, read Deaths reported as UN enters Haiti slum

5:17 PM PST
Musical Break - Joni Mitchell

5:22 PM PST
Remembering Gary Webb - Part 2 in a series: Robert Parry, investigative journalist and author of the new book Secrecy & Privilege: Rise of the Bush Dynasty from Watergate to Iraq, and Flashpoints remember the courage, vicious media mistreatment, and the brilliant, award-winning investigative journalism of Gary Webb who died this past weekend in what is being described as an apparent suicide. Includes excerpts from a June 13, 1997 Flashpoints panel discussion with journalist and policy expert Martha Honey (Dennis)

Read Robert Parry's article America's Debt to Journalist Gary Webb on ConsortiumNews.com

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