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The Brian Lehrer Show

Wednesday, November 10, 2004
  • U.S. Marines fire a Howitzer providing defensive fire for Camp Fallujah in Iraq
    U.S. Marines fire a Howitzer providing defensive fire for Camp Fallujah in Iraq (Daniel J. Klein, USMC)

    Falluja Me Once, Shame on Me....

    On Sunday night, interim Prime Minister Ayad Allawi enforced a state of emergency in much of Iraq, this was to offset any violence caused by the assault on Falluja by 10,000 US soldiers and Marines backed up by 2,000 Iraqi troops. The battle for this insurgent stronghold is seen as vital to Iraq’s transition to democracy, however reports coming out of the city are sketchy at best.

A Major Combat Operation

Colonel Sam Gardiner Retired Air Force Colonel who has taught military operations at The War Colleges gives analysis on the military action on Falluja
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Fawaz A. Gerges holds the Christian A. Johnson Chair in Middle East and International Affairs at Sarah Lawrence College The Jihadists: Unholy Warriors (Harcourt Press, forthcoming Summer 2005) on the makeup of the insurgency in Falluja
» Sarah Lawrence College

The Bounds of Tolerance

Abigail Esman writer based in NY and Amsterdam who has written for Salon.com and other publications on the clash between the West and Muslims in The Netherlands on the killing of Theo Van Gogh and Dutch tolerance
» Salon.com

Ashes to Ashes

Ken Walsh Chief White House Correspondent on John Ashcroft's resignation

Special Interest

Gus Faucher covers fiscal policy, taxes and spending for economy.com on another expected interest rate and the weakening dollar
» Economy.com

Pleasure

Michael Flocker author,The Hedonism Handbook (De Capo Press, 2004) The Metrosexual Guide to Style (De Capo Press, 2003) on the lost art of pleasure and leisure
» De Capo Press

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