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Today on Flashpoints:
Human rights activists call for an international inquiry into revelations of a secret prison in Baghdad run by the Iraq government, in which people were tortured, beaten and starved, we’ll talk about this and new revelations about torture and abuse at Guantanamo Bay; also, an Israeli commanding officer acquitted of charges for murdering 13 year-old Palestinian girl last year, shooting her 20 times; also, 27 days until the State plans to kill Stanley Tookie Williams; The Palestinian youth of Ibdaa come to the Bay Area; and the Knight Report;

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5:01 PM PST
Knight Report: Bush administration officials are shocked, shocked they tell us, to learn Iraqis committed torture in Jadariyah, just like Americans did in Abu Ghraib; The 170 victims found in Jadariyah are only one-fifth of one-percent of the 83,000 prisoners abducted and abused by the U.S. since 2001; and Bob “One of the President’s Men” Woodward pulls a deus ex machina and a mea culpa in the CIA’s Plame-leaking case.

5:06 PM PST
Iraq, Torture, and Secret Prisons - Michael Ratner, President, Center for Constitutional Rights

5:21 PM PST
Israeli Commander Acquitted of Murder of Palestinian Girl
Mohammed Ali, FP Special Correspondent in Gaza City

5:40 PM PST
Tookie Williams Death Row Update- Barbara Becnel, advocate for Tookie; Todd Chretien, activist and organizer;

5:54 PM PST
Promo: Ibdaa Youth Dance Troupe in Palo Alto TONIGHT!
For more information, please visit Mecca For Peace for complete listing of Ibdaa events

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